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Mark Caro

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Toy Story (1995) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “Toy Story should score like a galaxy of Flash Gordon's. ” – Chicago Tribune Sep 9, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% 4/4 EDIT “"Spinal Tap" hits bull's-eye after bull's-eye on the rock world's hind quarters.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 9, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 2/4 EDIT “Spielberg disposes of his edible humans with unseemly nastiness... Are we supposed to cheer at this display? Does Spielberg think giving kids nightmares is truly the best use of his talents?” – Chicago Tribune Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible II (2000) 58% 2/4 EDIT “M:I-2 never reaches the giddy heights that escapist action movies should scale. ” – Chicago Tribune May 8, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “The difficulty isn't just keeping up with the story; it's caring enough to bother, since Koepp and Towne have inputted little in the way of character.” – Chicago Tribune May 6, 2025 Full Review Smoke Signals (1998) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Beach portrays Victor as a likable, charismatic brooder, and Adams, with his off-kilter rhythms and soft features, makes a distinctive impression as Thomas.” – Chicago Tribune Nov 8, 2023 Full Review The Matrix (1999) 83% 3/4 EDIT “The writing remains more intelligent than most thrillers, and the action is executed with such panache that even if you don't buy the reality of The Matrix, it's a helluva place to visit. ” – Chicago Tribune Jul 10, 2023 Full Review Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992) 55% 2/4 EDIT “Fantasy should be a constant parade of the unexpected, but every surprising element here is matched by an overly familiar device. ” – Chicago Tribune Mar 7, 2023 Full Review Rosewood (1997) 87% 2.5/4 EDIT “Singleton's main goal is the vivid re-creation of mob violence, and he achieves it expertly.” – Chicago Tribune Jun 5, 2020 Full Review Mercury Rising (1998) 21% EDIT “Baldwin's Kudrow is a one-dimensional, humorless variation on his corporate tyrant in Glengarry Glen Ross.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 21, 2020 Full Review Super Mario Bros. (1993) 27% 2/4 EDIT “Like their video-game counterparts, co-stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo somehow manage to weave their way past threatening obstacles and escape with their dignity.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Empire Records (1995) 35% 1.5/4 EDIT “If Clerks were written by TV hacks, it might feel something like this.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 29, 2019 Full Review Gummo (1997) 39% 0/4 EDIT “The point of all this nihilism and grotesqueness? You got me.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 7, 2019 Full Review The Mod Squad (1999) 3% 1/4 EDIT “Maybe someone thought a new Mod Squad would be hip, but it's just a big jive turkey.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 21, 2017 Full Review Oasis: Supersonic (2016) 84% 3/4 EDIT “"Supersonic" boasts an ear-blasting, you-are-there immediacy, utilizing a treasure trove of archival photos and footage to make you feel present.” – Chicago Sun-Times Oct 27, 2016 Full Review The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years (2016) 96% 3/4 EDIT “Howard is more interested in wowing audiences with exuberant, hysteria-ridden performances than he is in digging for explanations.” – Chicago Sun-Times Sep 15, 2016 Full Review Graffiti Bridge (1990) 18% 2/4 EDIT “The movie suffers from various technical difficulties -- like choppy editing and songs that get cut off mid-groove -- and in the end everything collapses in a heap.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 22, 2016 Full Review A Smile Like Yours (1997) 6% 1/4 EDIT “It's the cinematic equivalent of having a saccharine-coated tongue depressor jammed down your throat.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 22, 2014 Full Review My Boyfriend's Back (1993) 13% 1/4 EDIT “The movie is full of nonsensical plot twists, embarrassingly broad performances and unappealing characters.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 15, 2014 Full Review Almost Heroes (1998) 5% 1/4 EDIT “All in the movie have been encouraged to play up the cartoonish aspects of their characters, and they deliver punch lines like a series of elbows to the rib cage.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 15, 2014 Full Review Striptease (1996) 11% 2/4 EDIT “The result is a perversely odd concoction: a comedy that has fun with everything but stripping -- which, post-Showgirls, would seem to wear the biggest bull's-eye.” – Chicago Tribune Jun 18, 2014 Full Review Blast From the Past (1999) 59% 1.5/4 EDIT “That's a relatively clever set-up for what's become a familiar genre: the time-displacement comedy, in which we get a kick out of viewing our era through another era's eyes. But this movie's eyes, Adam's, are awfully twinkly and not too focused.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 21, 2014 Full Review Can't Hardly Wait (1998) 42% 2/4 EDIT “Kaplan and Elfont provide a real public service by showing how underage binge drinking can boost bookish students' social lives.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 19, 2014 Full Review Chasing Amy (1997) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “The performances are universally strong. The goateed Affleck makes for a particularly sympathetic protagonist; he has the looks and confidence of a lady-killer, but nagging befuddlement and vulnerability are rarely far from the surface.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 7, 2014 Full Review Solo (1996) 8% 1.5/4 EDIT “These escapist showdown movies are only as good as their villains and heroes. The heavies here are more of those ubiquitous gung-ho military types who are due to be dishonorably discharged from further cinematic duty.” – Chicago Tribune May 28, 2013 Full Review
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