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Catherine Rambeau
Catherine Rambeau's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Detroit Free Press
Movies reviews only
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Moscow on the Hudson (1984) |
So forget Mazursky. Forget the expedient politics and comic-book finales. Instead, watch Williams and Baskin in Bloomingdale's... Williams and Alonso when she tells hims why she can't move in with him. It's great stuff. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Aug 17, 2023
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The Color Purple (1985) |
If Whoopi Goldberg isn't a star after this film, there's no justice. She becomes Celie. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 31, 2023
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Yentl (1983) |
Yentl, which is not a good movie but is often an irresistible one, is only for Streisand fans. Fortunately, that's a big audience. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) |
[Temple of Doom] has so much violence, torture and bloodshed, parents should see it themselves before exposing small children to it. Despite its faults, audiences will probably love this Steven Spielberg epic. It's big, loud, brash and often very funny. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Apr 17, 2023
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Gandhi (1982) |
Gandhi is a triumph, a great achievement, and a masterful look at history that manages to avoid becoming anything as trite as an epic. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jul 19, 2022
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Amadeus (1984) |
Abraham and Hulce make these men absolutely real; even powdered wigs and extravagant clothes cannot conceal the timeless emotions being played out. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jul 11, 2022
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The Last Starfighter (1984) |
Earth is inferior in every way to Out There. But once Alex gets Out There, audiences are in for goose bumps and prickling napes. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 03, 2022
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Poltergeist II (1986) |
Poltergeist was an original, and Poltergeist II is not. The first was good enough to justify a sequel; the second is not good enough to justify a third. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Nov 02, 2021
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) |
"The Pope of Greenwich Village" is an actor's movie and a good love story with a twist. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 30, 2021
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Short Circuit (1986) |
Folks who like tweaking the Army or those with a special fondness for adorable robots may enjoy this harmless, reasonably funny film. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Salvador (1986) |
Although it doesn't attain the stature of The Killing Fields, the film is an effective comment on the actions in Central America. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) |
A disappointing waste of talented actors. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) |
A brutally funny social comedy about the racial and social consequences of a Pakistani and an Englishman going into business and becoming lovers. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) |
Spring is here, and Renato and Albin, the '80s version of Lucy, and Ricky, are back in a rococo sequel that, while not as divine as the first two, allows us to drop in on our friends at that tres gai nightclub on the French Riviera. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Critters (1986) |
Sure, it's a Gremlins derivative. But this nifty little alien invasion movie is a thoroughly engaging, simultaneously funny and frightening pop horror romp with much of the same trash culture verve as The Howling. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Echo Park (1985) |
Susan Dey is the best thing in an often strenuously arty picture whose actors manage to triumph over a graceless script. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Sweet Liberty (1986) |
Mature audiences looking for decent mainstream entertainment should have a good time watching the consequences of this classic Hollywood standoff. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Paris, Texas (1984) |
"Paris, Texas," despite its history of last-minute rewrites, is unsentimental adult entertainment. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 07, 2021
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Teachers (1984) |
Despite its faults, "Teachers" has moments that make it worth seeing. Just don't expect too much. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 03, 2021
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) |
Comparisons to TV's "Miami Vice" are probably inevitable because of the picture's look and sound track. But "To Live and Die in L.A." is hotter, faster, kinkier, and has better music. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Aug 22, 2021
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El Norte (1983) |
[Audiences will] get plenty for their money: powerful acting, flint-clean cinematography, a riveting story that transcends geographical boundaries, and a touch of the supernatural thrown in for good measure. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Aug 03, 2021
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) |
"Big Trouble in Little China" might have been fun 10 years ago. Now, it's an embarrassment long past its time, with nothing new to offer audiences. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 29, 2021
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Psycho III (1986) |
Red herrings, flashbacks and hallucinations, violence and the various obsessions of its characters give this complicated and occasionally out-of control film a curious power and appeal. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 29, 2021
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Crimes of Passion (1984) |
It remains steamy, sordid, grim and utterly fascinating, but it is not a movie to be taken lightly. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 23, 2021
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Harry and Son (1984) |
Too bad "Harry & Son" is just a hard-hat soap opera. On the other hand, you can't go far wrong with performers like Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, and Joanne Woodward. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 01, 2021
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Target (1985) |
Despite a terribly stagy finale, "Target" is exciting, intelligent and entertaining enough to keep audiences on edge, and, violence or no, its messages are good ones. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 26, 2021
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The Mean Season (1985) |
"The Mean Season" often has a scary, unbalanced heat that makes it fascinating. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 20, 2021
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Testament (1983) |
There's nothing impersonal about this movie. Nothing unbelievable, either, if you believe the human animal has a core of righteousness that can shine like a sun when everything else has been lost. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 10, 2021
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Sugar Cane Alley (1983) |
Although Sugar Cane Alley is about life's inequities, it is also about hope. Thanks to the courageous example of people like Tine and Medouze, Jose stands a good chance of escaping the canefields without bartering away his soul. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 07, 2021
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Ruthless People (1986) |
Directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker are the same guys who who gave us "Airplane!" six years ago and "Ruthless People" is a lot funnier and meaner. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Apr 20, 2021
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Lassiter (1984) |
A talky, old-fashioned, plot-wise movie that's smart enough to keep audiences amused for a couple of hours. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Apr 07, 2021
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Out of Africa (1985) |
Director Sydney Pollack and Redford screenwriter Kurt Luedtke... have made an intelligent, beautiful, thoughtful film with enormous respect for its audiences. Luedtke's screenplay his second film is so assured he even dares to use silence. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jan 12, 2021
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Howard the Duck (1986) |
Jones's performance makes the picture worth seeing. The duck ain't bad, either. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Dec 12, 2020
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