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Ian Nathan

Ian Nathan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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North (1994) 12% 2/5 EDIT “It's a strange concept -- the search for a better upbringing -- too quirky to be genuinely funny, too disorganised to be genuinely sweet, too edgy to sit comfortably.” – Empire Magazine Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% EDIT “While the plot is structurally tight (the horror movie pick them off one-by-one format), McTiernan delights in the ritualisation of combat.” – Empire Magazine Oct 30, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 4/5 EDIT “The special effects and dinosaurs are bigger and better and, for the rubbish ending there are lots of redeeming directorial set-pieces. This delivers fun. T. Rex-sized fun. For that any sized queue is worth it. Cinema du gob smackage.” – Empire Magazine Jun 27, 2025 Full Review Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) 87% 3/5 EDIT “What a peculiar but effective children’s adventure movie this is.” – Empire Magazine Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Postcards From the Edge (1990) 83% 2/5 EDIT “The comedy-drama is trying to capture its drama element, but the film stays as a curio, all their jagged banter feels movie-like, a mockery, rather than tragic.” – Empire Magazine Apr 29, 2024 Full Review The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 88% 5/5 EDIT “The Last Of The Mohicans manages a remarkable double life. It is pure escapism, traditional heroics writ huge. Yet it is also realistic, each and every inch imbued with authenticity and conviction.” – Empire Magazine Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Cocoon (1985) 82% 3/5 EDIT “The sugar level is positively diabetic, but the whole aura of warmth and cuddliness is hard to resist.” – Empire Magazine Nov 12, 2023 Full Review Ladyhawke (1985) 68% 4/5 EDIT “Here is the kind of elaborate, gothic tragedy that fuels Germanic operas and Heavy Metal ballads — the lovers who can remain together but forever be apart.” – Empire Magazine Oct 13, 2023 Full Review JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021) 64% 3/5 EDIT “Skilfully prodding and probing at the edges of America's greatest crime scene, Oliver Stone reinforces the argument that this was far from an open-and-shut case.” – Empire Magazine Nov 22, 2021 Full Review On Golden Pond (1981) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Definitely soppy in places but also genuinely moving.” – Empire Magazine Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Twister (1996) 68% 4/5 EDIT “Like all white-knuckle rides, once you're done you fancy doing it all over again.” – Empire Magazine May 7, 2021 Full Review Innerspace (1987) 80% 4/5 EDIT “It doesn't have the dark edge of Joe Dante's other works, but brilliant performances by Martin Short and Meg Ryan make it a joy from start to finish.” – Empire Magazine Aug 6, 2020 Full Review The Day of the Jackal (1973) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Outstanding on almost every level.” – Empire Magazine Apr 24, 2020 Full Review The Vikings (1958) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Proper Hollywood overblown Viking adventure with not a shred of authentic detail but lots of glam and ham.” – Empire Magazine Mar 17, 2020 Full Review Outbreak (1995) 60% 4/5 EDIT “Petersen pulls off the thrills at a stomach lurching pace, and with its requisite Hollywood ham...” – Empire Magazine Mar 16, 2020 Full Review The Great Mouse Detective (1986) 79% 4/5 EDIT “The genuinely witty and endearing disney animation that everyone forgets.” – Empire Magazine Nov 12, 2019 Full Review The Dark Crystal (1982) 78% 4/5 EDIT “The Dark Crystal has an ethereal alien quality to its startling visions, far removed from the Earth-bound contours of traditional fairy tales.” – Empire Magazine May 2, 2019 Full Review Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) 33% 2/5 EDIT “Reappraisal is not due.” – Empire Magazine Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) 60% 3/5 EDIT “Die Hard With A Vengeance is better than Die Hard 2, but not as good as the peerless original.” – Empire Magazine Apr 2, 2019 Full Review Billy Madison (1995) 40% 1/5 EDIT “Where Dumb And Dumber was clever enough to play dumb to amuse the child in all of us, this suffers under the illusion that just having a central character blissfully unaware of the need for a brain is actually a funny concept.” – Empire Magazine Mar 31, 2019 Full Review Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) 37% 4/5 EDIT “We've been there, done that, and bought the plastic orang-utan figurines.” – Empire Magazine Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Every Which Way But Loose (1978) 41% 3/5 EDIT “Clint doing roughneck humour with an orang-utan, what's not to like?” – Empire Magazine Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Orca (1977) 10% 1/5 EDIT “A cheap and tacky attempt by producer Dino De Laurentiis to cash on the phenomenon of Jaws.” – Empire Magazine Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Willow (1988) 52% 3/5 EDIT “Willow is not without its charms -- the effects are more than special, the set-pieces suitably epic -- but it just doesn't fulfill the promise of certain other fantasy films.” – Empire Magazine Dec 6, 2018 Full Review Species (1995) 42% 3/5 EDIT “Despite the ridiculous premise and casting this is still a pacey little sci-thriller.” – Empire Magazine Dec 3, 2018 Full Review
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