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J.A. Conner

J.A. Conner's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “Like The Breakfast Club, The Sure Thing features identifiable characters who learn to communicate and change during the course of the picture. And, above all, it's funny and entertaining. ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Christine (1983) 72% EDIT “John Carpenter's direction here is much more focused and adroit than in any previous effort.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Tron (1982) 60% EDIT “Writer/Director Steve Lisberger has crafted an action-filled adventure yarn which still manages to set a few brain waves fluttering.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Explorers (1985) 49% EDIT “Dante, as usual, gives this project that extra little satirical edge that goes so far in selling the overall fantasy element, mitigating the now-cliched "Spielberg kid," a Hollywood prop rapidly wearing out its welcome.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Starman (1984) 83% EDIT “Carpenter's direction is sure-handed and sympathetic, showing an equal flair for hardware, and humor.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel May 13, 2025 Full Review The Breakfast Club (1985) 87% EDIT “A character study piece that is both entertaining and illuminating. In some ways it is a reactionary picture in the "teen comedy" genre, as Hughes gives us rich ensemble acting that relies on emotional integrity rather than rock music and sex jokes.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Dune (1984) 36% EDIT “For all it's built in faults, Dune hits more than it misses. And in the final analysis, it's well worth seeing (and re-seeing). ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Feb 15, 2024 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 77% EDIT “From the very first frame, Spielberg sets a race car pace, a non-stop rollercoaster of comic book adventures that will leave you limp and begging for more.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Apr 17, 2023 Full Review A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 94% EDIT “Craven treats us to a garish visual trip into the dark side of dreamland. ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 24, 2023 Full Review The Evil Dead (1981) 85% EDIT “What The Evil Dead may lack in budget or sophistication it more than compensates for in raw power. The terror is relentless and unstoppable. ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 24, 2023 Full Review Fright Night (1985) 83% EDIT “What makes Fright Night so successful is Holland's respect and understanding for the material, and his efficient cinematic style. ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Sep 14, 2022 Full Review Creepshow (1982) 66% EDIT “Fortunately, the slim stories fit this somewhat gimmicky technique. Although horrible in nature, it's all in good old horriffic fun, light and breezy entertainment for those with a slightly bent sense of humor.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Aug 9, 2022 Full Review Superman III (1983) 31% EDIT “One expects romance, humor, and grandeur, but only gets a frustrating mixture of failed opportunities and missed chances. Bummer. ” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Aug 13, 2020 Full Review Maria's Lovers (1984) 43% EDIT “Maria's Lovers is a far cry -- if not a large howl -- from the emotion-Laced mature study of blossoming sexuality it was meant to be, for this thing is just such a silly, goofy soap opera that few will be fooled into taking seriously.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 26, 2020 Full Review Ladyhawke (1985) 68% EDIT “Concerning the removal of a certain diabolical curse which keeps two lovers always together, yet always apart, Ladyhawke is a successful, unpretentious little film that uses strong characterization rather than special effects to achieve its goals.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 25, 2020 Full Review Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) 32% EDIT “The results of all this are, in fact, pretty funny; not as funny as the first film, but still pretty funny, anyway.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 25, 2020 Full Review A Love in Germany (1983) 55% EDIT “A Love in Germany is a maudlin mess of a movie that infuriates when it should fascinate, an artless attempt at high drama and political relevance that stumbles and fails at every turn.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) 57% EDIT “Let's face it, this is nothing more than a formula action picture which should've had the brains to dispense with all the dumb boring "social relevance" sub-plots and get on with the big, loud guns and bone-cracking kung-fu.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Nov 5, 2019 Full Review Tomorrow (1972) 60% EDIT “Tomorrow is a minor masterpiece, a successful literary adaption, a piece of Americana, and a moving experience as well.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Jul 19, 2019 Full Review Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) 25% EDIT “Today's moral: As long as there's a buck in it, evil never dies.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 27, 2019 Full Review A Private Function (1984) 91% EDIT “Alternating between slapstick satire and black comedy, A Private Function is full meal of comic study and insight.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Mar 8, 2019 Full Review Treasure of the Four Crowns (1982) EDIT “There's more plot, humor, originality and literary quality in Bazooka Joe comic than this mess.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Feb 7, 2019 Full Review Time Stands Still (1982) EDIT “Time Stands Still is horny, nihilistic, political, obscure, funny, intense, and rewarding.” – Santa Cruz Sentinel Feb 7, 2019 Full Review
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