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Predator (1987) 64% EDIT ““Predator” is a slightly above-average actioner that tries to compensate for tissue-thin-plot with ever-more-grisly death sequences and impressive special effects.” – Variety Oct 31, 2025 Full Review High and Low (1963) 97% EDIT “A tighter film, concentrating and balancing police activity and human conflicts would have given this added distinction in arty circles. As is, it's a finely tooled item, made by a master craftsman. ” – Variety Aug 13, 2025 Full Review The Mad Miss Manton (1938) 84% EDIT “Decidedly amusing and wacky whodunit, with interweave of screwball romance and mystery.” – Variety Apr 22, 2024 Full Review Teen Witch (1989) 43% EDIT “Whatever points Teen Witch gets for its upbeat message has to be penalized by the plebeian way it is handled on several fronts.” – Variety Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Beloved Enemy (1936) 100% EDIT “They have conceived a romantic tragedy between the leader of the Irish insurrectionists and the titled daughter of a British conciliator, and the result is more fantastic than anything. G.A. Henty ever invented.” – Variety Dec 27, 2023 Full Review The Devil Dancer (1927) 71% EDIT “Gilda Gray has the best picture of her career. She is handled remarkably in a photographic way; does plenty of dancing and acquits herself capably from the acting end.” – Variety Dec 6, 2023 Full Review The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) 100% EDIT “Above all else in this picture, and there is enough for a great deal of directorial credit to go to Mr. Julian, it is Julian's own impersonation of the Kaiser that is the most impressive.” – Variety Dec 5, 2023 Full Review Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) 50% EDIT “Finally ‘Superstar’ blares forth with the shallow impact of an inferior imitation of Isaac Hayes.” – Variety Oct 13, 2023 Full Review Nice Girl? (1941) 80% EDIT “Producer Joe Pasternak indicates that he is. having, difficulty, selecting story material for Miss Durbin during her debutante years.” – Variety Oct 2, 2023 Full Review Utu (1983) 86% EDIT “Murphy has produced powerful images and strong performances, particularly from Wallace, Wi Kuki Kaa (as Wirimu) and a big cast of Maori actors.” – Variety Sep 13, 2023 Full Review The Great Outdoors (1988) 42% EDIT “The Aykroyd-Candy pairing is charmed.” – Variety Jun 16, 2023 Full Review The Color Purple (1985) 73% EDIT “Steven Spielberg’s turn at "serious" filmmaking is marred in more than one place by overblown production... But the characters created in Alice Walker’s novel are so vivid that even this doesn’t kill them off and there is still much to applaud here.” – Variety May 25, 2023 Full Review Yentl (1983) 69% EDIT “In league with ace cinematographer David Watkin, Streisand has created a fine-looking period piece, working on Czech locations and in English studios.” – Variety May 12, 2023 Full Review Main Street (1923) 57% EDIT “For those who read the book and enjoyed it the celluloid version will disappoint. ” – Variety Jan 26, 2023 Full Review When Were You Born? (1938) 42% EDIT “Cluttered up with signs of zodiac... slows up the films gait when it might when it might have bee subordinated, or more cleverly adapted to the films plot. ” – Variety Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Lady From Chungking (1942) 80% EDIT “This is just grist for the grinds. ” – Variety Oct 20, 2022 Full Review Daughter of the Dragon (1931) 71% EDIT “Too much effort concentrated in the wrong directions.” – Variety Oct 18, 2022 Full Review Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) 89% EDIT “It still packs considerable punch as a character study, although its action has slowed to where the plot padding is often obvious.” – Variety Sep 26, 2022 Full Review La Strada (1954) 98% EDIT “Acting by Quinn and Basehart is tops, but Giulietta Masina, one of Italy's best performers, easily steals show with her clownish mimicry, a job which should finally earn her more consistent work in local pix. ” – Variety Sep 14, 2022 Full Review The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) 80% EDIT “This amusing comedy affair whiles away a pleasant 98 minutes of screen time. Sassy dialogue and situations predominate and make for sly fun.” – Variety Sep 13, 2022 Full Review A Raisin in the Sun (1961) 90% EDIT “Poitier gives a striking, commanding performance.” – Variety Aug 23, 2022 Full Review Up the Down Staircase (1967) 78% EDIT “With only one major star (Sandy Dennis) and virtually a single setting, this pic is nevertheless thoroughly cinematic and completely engrossing. This is mainly because it is well acted, carefully scripted and directed and finely photographed.” – Variety Jul 5, 2022 Full Review Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) 82% EDIT “The film is almost flawless, presenting the issues in a pleasing, entertaining and thought-provoking manner.” – Variety Jun 15, 2022 Full Review The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 82% EDIT “A film of challenging ideas, and not salacious provocations, The Last Temptation of Christ is a powerful and very modern reinterpretation of Jesus as a man wracked with anguish and doubt concerning his appointed role in life. ” – Variety May 6, 2022 Full Review The Last Starfighter (1984) 76% EDIT “With The Last Starfighter, director Nick Castle and writer Jonathan Betuel have done something so simple it's almost awe-inspiring: they've taken a very human story and accented it with sci-fi special effects, rather than the other way around.” – Variety Apr 27, 2022 Full Review
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