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Duane Byrge
Duane Byrge's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Hollywood Reporter
Movies reviews only
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Wild Things (1998) |
Director John McNaughton's grip is a bawdy mix of suspense, sex and silliness, all served up with a huge tongue sticking in his cheek. It's a foamy mix, topped off by highly charged performances. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Feb 02, 2023
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RoboCop (1987) |
While those whose tastes don’t include the spectacle of large machines noisily blasting at each other are not likely to be enticed by Robocop, this shocked look at the urban future should engage and crank up action fans. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 18, 2022
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The Last Starfighter (1984) |
Writer Jonathan Betuel, to his credit, has invested a very human element in this film, an ingredient that all too many sci-fi, hardware presentations lack. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 13, 2022
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987) |
Jack Nicholson plays “Just your average horny little devil” in The Witches of Eastwick, an entertaining, albeit uneven, conjuring from Warner Bros. that will likely cast a strong spell at the box office. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Apr 22, 2022
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The Lion King (1994) |
A certain blockbuster and a future classic, The Lion King is a scrumptiously delightful moviegoing experience. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 11, 2021
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Spaceballs (1987) |
Space films are Mel Brooks' latest target in this Star Wars parody that might be appropriately titled Schtick Wars. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 11, 2021
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Unlocking the Cage (2016) |
A crisp and convincing doc. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 03, 2020
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Hard Target (1993) |
The combo is an incendiary mix: Woo unleashes all barrels in vintage Hong Kong action style while Van Damme delivers not only his martial-arts prowess but some well-developed acting skills as well. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) |
Adapted from Terry McMillan's ribald, heartfelt novel and starring Angela Bassett in the title role, Stella's got plenty of style and brains. It's a sexier, sassier version of Hollywood's old-time romancers. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Teen Wolf (1985) |
To his credit, director Rod Daniel has crafted an amiable teen film and gets a pleasing performance from Fox in the title role. Yet Teen Wolf, especially in the basketball sequences, loses its dramatic dribble. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Crimson Tide (1995) |
Simpson/Bruckheimer have plunged to the ocean's depths to reach the heights of commercial, big-movie filmmaking. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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While You Were Sleeping (1995) |
Bullock gives Lucy just the right amount of edge. Pullman's performance as Peter's down-to-earth younger brother is also a deft mix of moxie and frustration. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 05, 2020
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Muriel's Wedding (1994) |
It's funny, strange and, best of all, graced with strong human compassion. Visually, Muriel's Wedding is a bustling blend of wry humor and acerbic social satire. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Apr 02, 2020
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The Devil's Own (1997) |
A beguiling but ultimately leaden tale of moral conflict. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Apr 02, 2020
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Outbreak (1995) |
Petersen's vigilant, enlivening direction never allows the story's death-of-mankind topic to undermine its personal powers, deftly mixing in humor, as well as other tonal lighteners, to nurture it. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Mar 11, 2020
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The Big Lebowski (1998) |
For those of you who forgot how good Bridges was in The Fisher King, here is a reminder. As the gung-ho Nam veteran, Goodman's tenacious, tightly coiled demeanor is smartly explosive and very funny. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Mar 06, 2020
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As Good as It Gets (1997) |
With terrific lead performances by Jack Nicholson as a demonic novelist and Helen Hunt as a Manhattan waitress, As Good as It Gets is as good as mature adult entertainment gets on the silver screen. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 23, 2019
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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) |
This comedy's warm and soothing nature will give mainstream audiences in these dysfunctional-family times a perfect holiday uplift. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 06, 2019
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Aladdin (1992) |
The magical, the mystical, the mysterious -- all those powers that lurk within movies but are rarely tapped are unleashed in Disney's latest magnificent animation, Aladdin. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 06, 2019
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) |
Culkin is breezily winning once again as the self-reliant kid alone, while Pesci and Stern deserve combat metals (especially Stern) to the bricks and slings they endure. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 20, 2019
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Cape Fear (1991) |
The wrath of De Niro, especially when pitched to the level of a jangle-brained Jehovah, is a mighty thing, but, in this case, its inherent cartoonery capsizes this film's small-story frame. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 19, 2019
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Under Siege (1992) |
Die Hard on a ship, this Steven Seagal starrer is a hard-charged, perfectly detonated actioner that should especially delight especially macho mainstreamers. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 25, 2019
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Gattaca (1997) |
Stylishly scoped with ice-blue hues and smartly visualized with a forbiddingly cold design, Gattaca is an intelligently-conceived sci-fi chiller starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Oct 25, 2019
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The Fugitive (1993) |
Call something a "real train wreck" and it's considered a put-down. Not in this fast-track, no-stops chase movie with a massive train-wreck scene that's going to have audiences scrambling for cover. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Aug 07, 2019
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Air Force One (1997) |
This pulsating political actioner should prove cathartic for mainstream viewers who yearn for a decisive, gutsy executive branch of government. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 26, 2019
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Hocus Pocus (1993) |
It's a veritable bagful of box office treats. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 16, 2019
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Free Willy (1993) |
This movie itself is a very special case, a wonderful, timeless story of a boy's struggle to become part of a family. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 16, 2019
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Point Break (1991) |
While the critics may yammer, Point Break delivers the thrills, spills and crunches its action-hungry audience demands. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 16, 2019
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True Lies (1994) |
Schwarzenegger's comic confidence and good-guy tenacity are a perfect balance, while Curtis wins our sympathy as his repressed wife, showing some deadpan drollery of her own. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 16, 2019
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Armageddon (1998) |
Just because you're big does not mean you're not brainy, and this smart, polished entertainment crushes the notion that fx/disaster films run only on low-octane dialogue, lowest-common-denominator narrative and the lowliest instincts of tie-in marketeers. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 01, 2019
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A League of Their Own (1992) |
Under Penny Marshall's spirited, warm direction, the players shine. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 01, 2019
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Predator (1987) |
Visually, Predator is a full-assault experience. Director John McTiernan mixes his range of shots with fast precision and full-blast effect. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jun 12, 2019
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) |
The flaccid film is a goon-show version of Thompson's commentary on the craziness of the American Dream. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 22, 2019
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Top Gun (1986) |
The film's intensity mirrors the competitive and wild personalities of the pilots themselves. In this arena, the casting is on-target. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 16, 2019
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Deep Impact (1998) |
It drags considerably, and mainstream action audiences are likely to find it tedious and undeniably old-fashioned. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted May 08, 2019
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The Sandlot (1993) |
A scruffy underdog yarn that will appeal not only to kids but also to their thirty- or fortysomething parents. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Apr 09, 2019
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Primary Colors (1998) |
The performances are splendid, beginning with Travolta's magnificent turn as the big-hearted but hardballing man with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on his horizon. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Mar 21, 2019
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Coming to America (1988) |
This comedy is generally tame and sappy... what we get is homogenized Eddie Murphy, drained of his kinetic comic charm and smiling sass. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 29, 2019
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Legends of the Fall (1994) |
In general, director Edward Zwick does a commendable job of keeping things apace, while... John Toll's scrumptiously pristine cinematography and James Horner's piercingly full score. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jan 23, 2019
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Big (1988) |
Director Penny Marshall doesn't hammer any themes or satire into the film; she, quite shrewdly, keeps Big likeably small. The comedy is natural and unforced, in no small part because of Hanks' wonderfully slapstick performance. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 26, 2018
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Titanic (1997) |
No meager disaster movie, greased by generic formula and goosed by big-bucks technology... Titanic is one big, bruising movie that will appeal on different levels to different audiences. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 26, 2018
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Empire of the Sun (1987) |
John Williams' resonant and triumphant score superbly augments this simple and complex narrative - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 18, 2018
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Jerry Maguire (1996) |
On the jock front, Gooding is so believable in his role as Jerry's selfish, pea-brained, wide receiver client that the Dallas Cowboys might consider signing him to complement Michael Irvin. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 18, 2018
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Broadcast News (1987) |
As the talented but professionally thwarted news writer, Brooks is sensational, both vain and vulnerable. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 18, 2018
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Starman (1984) |
Give ample credit to director John Carpenter also for his fluid storytelling. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 17, 2018
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Scarface (1983) |
Other than an unflinching, intense and extraordinary performance from Al Pacino as the Cuban-born gangster Tony Montana, this gruesome offering has little to recommend. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Dec 03, 2018
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Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
In these sterile, technological days when creations of architecture, movies and other splendors are inferior to the classics of past ages, this artisan-crafted masterpiece is perhaps the closest we'll ever come to a Gothic cathedral. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 29, 2018
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) |
Mainstream audiences should readily identify with the series of tribulations and woes that befall the Everyman Martin in this good-natured, albeit predictable comedy. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Nov 29, 2018
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Purple Rain (1984) |
Even those who aren't Prince fans are likely to be captivated by its energy, enamored with its simple, often poignant storyline. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Contact (1997) |
Despite its lineage and some impressive special effects, Contact is a disappointingly earthbound production, weighed down by the ballast of talking-heads dramaturgy and bloated storytelling. - Hollywood Reporter
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| Posted Jul 18, 2018
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