Arthur Knight
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Hollywood Reporter
Movies reviews only
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Tron (1982) |
It’s a bit like Through the Looking Glass combined with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea — a skilled commingling of wonder and adventure. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 10, 2022
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
No mistake about it, Star Trek is a big movie - big in scope, big in spectacle and, most important, big in entertainment values. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 07, 2021
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The Right Stuff (1983) |
Rarely has a film made a historic accomplishment seem so vivid and personal... It makes you wonder, quite suddenly, why there aren't more movies like this. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 29, 2019
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The Big Chill (1983) |
What might have been a meaningful exploration of the changes wrought by 20 years of abrasive reality is diverted, essentially, into who's going to wind up sleeping with whom. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 29, 2019
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The Deer Hunter (1978) |
To my mind, The Deer Hunter is a major achievement in American movies. And I fervently hope that the American public won't vote me wrong. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 18, 2018
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The Brink's Job (1978) |
The Brink's Job comes off as a black comedy with a sour, misplaced sense of humor. Falk also seems misplaced... - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 18, 2018
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |
With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Forman takes his rightful place as one of our most creative young directors. His casting is inspired, his sense of milieu is assured, and he could probably wring Academy Award performances from a stone. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 19, 2018
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Hooper (1978) |
With this film, Needham demonstrates conclusively that he is far more than simply a spirited action director, eliciting beautiful performances from every member of his large and carefully chosen cast. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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The Driver (1978) |
While we can readily identify these characters, we can't identify with them simply because Hill never bothers to tell us what makes them tick. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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The Candidate (1972) |
If this candidate doesn't prove to be a winner, I'll demand a recount. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 29, 2018
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
It's all done with such a great spirit of high adventure and good humor that you don't even begin to count the corpses... The finale suggests that Ford's Indiana Jones character will soon be back with further adventures, and I'm all in favor of it. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 12, 2018
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Caddyshack (1980) |
To attempt a critical evaluation of Orion's new Caddyshack is a little like describing the esthetic qualities of an outhouse. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 25, 2017
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Escape From New York (1981) |
It has got an intriguing premise, an effective cast, and it has been expertly mounted. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 10, 2017
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Annie Hall (1977) |
Woody Allen fans will buy it 100%. Never before has the diminutive comedian been so urbane, so open - so funny. And with lovely Diane Keaton as consort, it becomes well-nigh irresistible (especially if you find Keaton as well-nigh irresistible as I do). - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Apr 20, 2017
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The Godfather (1972) |
This is a curious film. One comes to understand, even to condone, the activities of the Godfather and his clan. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Mar 15, 2017
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
What Benton achieved with his screenplay he intensified with his direction. Each performance is a minor miracle of perfection - not only Hoffman's and Streep's, which dominate the picture, but each of the supporting roles as well. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 19, 2016
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
A film of incredible power and intensity. It is also, and ultimately, reassuring. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 15, 2016
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Network (1976) |
No performance is less than brilliant, with Dunaway particularly effective in the film's showiest role. Holden, Finch and Duvall, as always, contribute bed-rock-solid performances. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Sep 26, 2016
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Rocky (1976) |
In addition to a heart-warming script, Stallone has created on the screen a character of enormous appeal and charm -- half-articulate but funny, gruff but good-hearted. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 24, 2015
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Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi (1983) |
Unfortunately, it conveys the sense that the machinery has already started to wear down, and the inventiveness to wear thin. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 03, 2015
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All the President's Men (1976) |
While there's an undoubted fascination in all this, after a couple of hours it begins to wear thin. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 22, 2015
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Nashville (1975) |
Certainly, for the American cinema, it is the most epochal event since Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 06, 2015
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Jaws (1975) |
Perhaps the most perfectly constructed horror story in our time. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 06, 2015
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Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
The Empire may not top Star Wars, but it certainly makes one look forward to whatever new surprises George Lucas and his band of cinematic wizards can conjure up for us. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 29, 2015
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Ghostbusters (1984) |
The plotting may be primitive, but it's all carried off with far more style and finesse than one might expect from the creators of Animal House and Meatballs. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 16, 2015
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Grease (1978) |
What makes it work is its youthful vitality, the tremendous energy and imagination expended on its virtually wall-to-wall song and dance number. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 16, 2015
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The Goonies (1985) |
The action at the center of Chris Columbus' script occasionally falters and generally feels manufactured, but the kids go about their chores as if convinced that all their make-believe is true. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 08, 2015
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Battlestar Galactica (1979) |
Richard A. Colla directed, and Robert L. Kimble led the team of editors faced with the impossible task of carving a masterpiece out of a monstrosity. What they got is a monumental turkey - and just in time for Thanksgiving. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 17, 2014
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