Leonard Klady
Tomatometer-approved critic
http://www.moviecitynews.com
Movies reviews only
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9 to 5 (1980) |
Due largely to an excellent cast, a strong script, and sure-footed direction, the film emerges as a solid piece of entertainment. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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The Deer Hunter (1978) |
The issues the movie tackles are important, the horror it conveys genuine, and the craft it displays exemplary. Nonetheless, the movie remains an insular piece, a very personal memory. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 30, 2022
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
Dustin Hoffman has never given a better performance. It is a role stripped down to the raw nerve endings, and incredible feat of winning audience sympathy. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 05, 2022
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Terms of Endearment (1983) |
Terms of Endearment is one of those rare films that can encompass most aspects of personal experience without lying to an audience or betraying its characters. Of all the holiday movies, it is the one to see. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 20, 2022
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Gandhi (1982) |
Attenborough may lack flourish, but he commands the action with an assured hand and draws a superb performance from Ben Kingsley, as Gandhi, which sweeps away the small lapses evident in the story. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 19, 2022
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Amadeus (1984) |
Amadeus is a film of grand emotions and gestures. Director Miloš Forman with Shaffer has taken the intimacy of the stage production and turned it around. The canvas is now huge and complete with Dolby stereo. The effect is dazzling. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 08, 2022
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Thief (1981) |
The underlying humanities of the characters and the hopelessness of their situation becomes a fascinating, disquieting experience for audiences. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 07, 2022
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Tess (1979) |
Polanski's Tess is a cinematic tour de force. This long, lavish version of Thomas Hardy's novel is filled with passion. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jun 16, 2022
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Filming 'Othello' (1978) |
Filming Othello is marvelously entertaining. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jun 16, 2022
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Hardly Working (1981) |
The picture looks as if it had been made a decade ago and kept in cold storage. Despite some fine moments, it suffers from a lack of originality. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jun 16, 2022
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Serial (1980) |
Serial is quite simply the funniest film of the year. Even though 1980 has nine months to go, I can't imagine anyone topping the wild, irreverent humor of this movie. I laughed so hard my sides hurt. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Apr 07, 2022
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |
Loretta Lynn's story on screen is a tonic for the spirit. A real tale which has universal appeal. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Apr 07, 2022
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The Flamingo Kid (1984) |
It's a small picture but an enormously entertaining and satisfying movie-going experience. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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H.E.A.L.T.H. (1980) |
Health remains a serious casualty of entertainment anemia. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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All That Jazz (1979) |
It's a film that takes chances, an exciting rollercoaster ride that deserves its personal chapter in the art of film-making. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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The Great Santini (1979) |
The Great Santini is great. It's a raw, uncompromising film which leaves the audience emotionally drained but richer for the experience. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Silent Rage (1982) |
Silent Rage emerges as one of the more interesting chillers of the year. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Purple Hearts (1984) |
On balance, Purple Hearts is much better for its parts than for its whole. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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The Howling (1981) |
[Dante] has demonstrated a deft touch at mixing genuinely horrifying effects and sly humour in The Howling. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Aug 18, 2021
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The Blues Brothers (1980) |
The Blues Brothers is a joke that went too far. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Dec 21, 2020
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
There's a wonderfully playful quality among Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley as the ship's top officers. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Sep 09, 2020
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Ordinary People (1980) |
Despite technical flaws and awkward story-telling, Ordinary People has tremendous emotional power. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 13, 2020
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Sophie's Choice (1982) |
The film is tentative when the story demands voice. Sophie's Choice, no matter how disturbing, remains muted. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 13, 2020
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Raise the Titanic (1980) |
Question: Is it possible to raise the Titanic from its watery grave? Answer: Scientifically, probably. Artistically, no. - Winnipeg Free Press
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| Posted Jul 13, 2020
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My Life (1993) |
The sincere, often touching story tugs shamelessly at the heartstrings. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 04, 2019
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Bloodsport (1988) |
Hacking through the jungle of cliche and reservoir of bad acting in Bloodsport are some pretty exciting matches. - Los Angeles Times
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| Posted Dec 28, 2018
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Brand Upon the Brain (2006) |
It is breathlessly preposterous at times but stays clear of arch parody, allowing audiences to be unabashedly part of the antics. - Screen International
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| Posted Oct 17, 2014
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Bushwhacked (1995) |
Riddled with noble sentiments and good intentions, this great-outdoors hijinx is hiking familiar trails with a combination of bathroom humor, cute kids and a fuzzy, happy ending. - Variety
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| Posted Jan 22, 2013
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Habibi (2010) |
Susan Youssef employs the religious and political turmoil of the period as well as the region's exotica to breathe new life into the Romeo and Juliet-style romance that's credited as a retelling of a seventh century Arabian saga. - Screen International
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| Posted Dec 05, 2012
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Miracle on 34th Street (1994) |
The overall effect is enjoyable and cuddly like a warm fire on a cold night. It also harkens back to a bygone, simpler time. - Variety
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| Posted Jul 06, 2010
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It Takes Two (1995) |
The film's underlying sentiment is conveyed effectively, if obviously. - Variety
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| Posted Aug 03, 2009
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) |
A decided case of diminishing returns. - Variety
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| Posted Jul 23, 2009
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Holy Man (1998) |
The material lacks a biting edge. - Variety
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| Posted Jul 01, 2009
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) |
This followup to last year's successful teens-in-jeopardy opus piles on the chills, thrills and body count. - Variety
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| Posted Apr 03, 2009
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How to Make an American Quilt (1995) |
Dramatically, more ultimately proves less, and the jumble feels like it should have been torn apart and rethreaded with stronger material. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 27, 2009
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Rudy (1993) |
Rudy is one of those beating-the-odds tales that no one does better than Hollywood. A film that hits all the right emotional buttons, it's an intelligent, sentimental drama that lifts an audience to its feet cheering. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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The First Wives Club (1996) |
With its combination of comic zingers and star turns, pic shapes up as one of the more commercial fall entries. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Bopha! (1993) |
A handsomely crafted, potently played drama that brings the issue of apartheid down to a visceral human dimension. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Steel (1997) |
Its protagonist is good-natured, wholesome, devoid of moral flaws and acutely civic-conscious. But good intentions aren't good enough, and this Shaq attack is too broad and episodic to attract anything other than the most undemanding crowd. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Major League II (1994) |
A singularly unfunny, dramatically tepid follow-up to 1989's $ 50 million theatrical success. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Leprechaun 2 (1994) |
This malevolent little horror item is a nasty piece of business that revels in chicanery and gore. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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The Sandlot (1993) |
Sweet and sincere, the film is also a remarkably shallow wade, rife with incident and slim on substance. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Trial and Error (1997) |
"Trial and Error" is a breezy confection for a summer's day that effectively conjures up a smile. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Homegrown (1998) |
"Homegrown" is serious, funny, sinister, sexy, silly and a lot more. But it isn't particularly good in any one of those departments. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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North (1994) |
The intrinsic failure of Alan Zweibel and Andrew Scheinman's script is that it tips its hand from the start. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) |
Cusack is charming and assured in the film. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Dr. Dolittle (1998) |
Slim on story and rife with scatological jokes, the film may strike a chord with pre-teens but misses for an older crowd despite some nifty effects and broad humor. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Floundering (1994) |
While the disjointed tale of contemporary alienation doesn't always connect the dots, it has a raw energy and sense of fun that's infectious. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Bio-Dome (1996) |
It's not by any means inspired madness. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) |
Delivers a requisite number of shocks to satisfy the core cult group that propelled the original to hitdom. - Variety
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| Posted Mar 26, 2009
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