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Harper Barnes

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North (1994) 12% EDIT “While "North" is generally entertaining, it falls far short of the quality of Reiner's best work.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% EDIT “In the end, it unabashedly tries to make us feel good about our country and its political process. In these rancorous, ugly times, sentimentality about democracy, the electoral process and the Bill of Rights may be naive, but it is quite welcome. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% EDIT “This story of a write held captive by a woman who calls herself his "number one fan" delivers the goods in terms of suspense and jolts of horror. It is, however, a bit of a disappointment compared to some of the other work of director Rob Reiner.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% EDIT “As sweet, funny and painfully true as any portrait of boyhood you are likely to see on film.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 14, 2026 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% EDIT “Outrageously entertaining. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 91% EDIT “"Terminator 2"...is packed with thrills and astonishing visual effects - there are a couple of long, winding chases... that are as exciting as any ever filmed, and this is one of the few movies worth seeing for its special effects alone.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% EDIT “This movie is a farce. And a good, low farce, at that.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Predator 2 (1990) 36% EDIT “"Predator 2" is another sequel that is somewhat better than the original.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Desert Hearts (1985) 77% EDIT “One of those films that may not hold together very well as drama, and a couple of times beats you into submission with clichés in the dialogue, but still has a great deal of appeal because of the sheer humanity that pours from these characters. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 13, 2025 Full Review My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 95% EDIT “The sexuality and violence may be a little hard to take for some, but none of it is gratuitous. And all of it adds to a fine film that is complex without ever bogging down in its complexities, without ever being preachy. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Casper (1995) 59% EDIT “[Casper] has some of the feel of an old Abbott and Costello horror spoof, where the spooks are a bit scary but ultimately harmless, and where there is plenty of slapstick but mostly of a relatively gentle nature...” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 1, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% EDIT “"To Sleep With Anger" is leisurely and bittersweet, like an extended blues song.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Toy Story (1995) 100% EDIT “Toy Story is exciting but sweet-tempered, the kind of movie that parents and younger children can enjoy together. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 10, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% EDIT “"This Is Spinal Tap" is a hilarious send-up of rock movies and the evolution of rock style.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Pumpkinhead (1988) 51% EDIT “If you are looking for gore, you are going to have trouble with Pumpkinhead because almost all the action takes place in very dim light...” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Aug 14, 2025 Full Review Babe (1995) 98% EDIT “The story moves a tad slowly at times, and some younger children will probably grow restless. But then something astonishing will happen to snap them back to attention. "Babe" is a sweet, clever movie...” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Waterworld (1995) 60% EDIT “Costner is effective at what he does best -- playing the strong, silent type. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 28, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% EDIT “These characters first appeared in the short-lived but memorable Police Squad TV series and their comedic roots reach back to the original Airplane! No, The Naked Gun 2½ is not as funny as that 1980 comic tour de force, but nothing much is.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Red Rock West (1993) 95% EDIT “Dahl has an admirably economical, elegantly rhythmic visual style.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 14, 2025 Full Review Explorers (1985) 49% EDIT “"Explorers" spends too much time introducing use to the three boys.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Superman III (1983) 31% EDIT “Mainly, it is pretty much what you would expect from a Superman movie starring Richard Pryor: moderately entertaining and totally predictable. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Jurassic Park (1993) 91% EDIT “Unlike some of Spielberg's other work, Jurassic Park has very little soul, and it has a heart only in the sense that there is something at the center of it pumping away like crazy, providing an abundance of energy.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 1, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% EDIT “So is The Lost World any fun? Sure. Tons of fun. It's a Steven Spielberg movie. Particularly entertaining this time around are some little bitty dinosaurs who seem cute until they attack en masse and nibble you to death.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Supergirl (1984) 19% EDIT “By now, we have seen it all before, and done much better, too.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 27, 2025 Full Review Day of the Dead (1985) 61% EDIT “Once you get over the initial scenes of intense revulsion, there are signs of intelligence life somewhere in Romero's brain.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 25, 2025 Full Review
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