Michael Lasky
Michael Lasky's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Bay Area Reporter
Movies reviews only
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9 to 5 (1980) |
What we have came to see is a comedy, and that's what we get in time-and-a half overtime. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Mar 03, 2023
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The Deer Hunter (1978) |
The acting ensemble is what carries the sheer force of this movie to its nerve-wracking heights. De Niro captures the minute essence of his character and ignites the screen with a sharp-edged realism that it as once frightening and inspiring. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Aug 30, 2022
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Creepshow (1982) |
We aren't spared the expected gross-out special effects; it's just that Creepshow has been directed with wit and love for the genre. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Aug 09, 2022
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Terms of Endearment (1983) |
Terms of Endearment uses illness as a manipulative theatrical subterfuge that is completely misdirected, poorly handled, and ultimately destructive to enjoyment of the first portion of the film. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jul 21, 2022
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Gandhi (1982) |
With its cast of thousands, breathtaking photography and mesmerizing Ravi Shankar score, Gandhi is inspiring, enlightening, and amazingly enough -- entertaining as the life and above all spirit of the greatest 20th century humanitarian unfolds. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jul 19, 2022
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Chariots of Fire (1981) |
If our emotions have been manipulated by the medium, all I can say is I like the feeling. It's a drugless high, and here's a film that should be made illegal to miss. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jul 18, 2022
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Amadeus (1984) |
Amadeus is a smashing entertainment, a culture maven's orgy, and the best advertisement for classical music we've ever had. Go see it. Go hear it. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jul 11, 2022
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Thief (1981) |
The only thing this Thief steals is our time. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jul 07, 2022
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Tess (1979) |
Tess is a beautiful collage of sight and sound, a sad, poignant tale that is more a masterpiece in filmmaking than a film masterpiece. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Jun 17, 2022
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
Director Nicholas Meyer has made this Star Trek an intelligent and slam-bang thriller with a Saturday matinee serial air. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Sep 09, 2020
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Dinner for Adele (1978) |
This is a Continental pastry, rich, sweet, and full of empty calories. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 28, 2020
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
There is no substance to this bloated project. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 23, 2020
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The Electric Horseman (1979) |
The unseen star of the entire enterprise is director Sydney Pollock who keeps the film at a galloping pace, entertaining us all the way to the realistic ending. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 23, 2020
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The Green Room (1978) |
One of Truffaut's slightest efforts. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 23, 2020
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) |
Fassbinder hasn't really caught on as a mainstream director with Americans yet -- this picture should change that. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 23, 2020
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A Drama of Jealousy (1970) |
A film not to be missed. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 22, 2020
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Cruising (1980) |
This is a malicious movie from the grim voyeurism of the ungraphically depicted sex to the nauseating and unnecessarily explicit scenes of violence. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 22, 2020
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Summer Rental (1985) |
If nose picking, belching, farting, and vomiting make you laugh. Summer Rental will prove to be a refreshing knee slapper. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 22, 2020
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Key Exchange (1985) |
The picture proceeds from dull thud to mild amusement and back again. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 22, 2020
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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) |
Kramer vs. Kramer is a wonderful picture, a lifelike experience which enthralls us, makes us think, laugh, cry, and jump for joy. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 19, 2020
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My Bodyguard (1980) |
It's about time Hollywood released a film that entertained and had substance as well. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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No Nukes (1980) |
The photography by Haskell Wexler is bristling with energy and style, and the stereo sound is about as vivid as you can get without actually being at the concert itself. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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One Wild Moment (1977) |
It says a lot worth listening to if you have the patience. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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Middle Age Crazy (1980) |
The expository set-up is beautifully handled without a cliche but by the middle of the film it palls. The jokes are no longer there. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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Chan Is Missing (1982) |
[Chan is Missing takes] us on an insightful insider's tour of Chinatown with a mini-course in the neighbor's old world/new world politics. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) |
I felt less like a movie viewer and more an indentured servant. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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Wrong Is Right (1982) |
The result is a well-paced comedy based on exaggerated truths (violence, TV, politics) that keeps us smirking with recognition but never quite laughing out loud. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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Diva (1981) |
Ostensibly the film is a comedy thriller. Other than a few sight gags the humor is noticeably missing and the thrills only come if you completely suspend credibility. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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The Atomic Cafe (1982) |
We get the message in the first ten minutes. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 12, 2020
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A Love in Germany (1983) |
A Love In Germany is a provocative film which captures the ruthlessness of propaganda and the ease with which it can sway people's minds and create an inhumane tyranny of the human spirit. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 07, 2020
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Reds (1981) |
Here is a three and one-half hour docudrama that is claustrophobically filled with ceaseless political rhetoric and mixed with a limp, unpersuasive love story. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 07, 2020
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Richard's Things (1980) |
Although there are expected flashes of intelligence, they are about as effective in bringing some substance to this well-acted dirge as a book of matches would be in illuminating the entire Opera House. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 07, 2020
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Knife in the Head (1978) |
Bruno Ganz as Bertolt Hoffmann, our hero, is staggering in a performance frightening in its realism. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 04, 2020
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) |
A richly rewarding film, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a not-to-be-missed treasure. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 04, 2020
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Ordinary People (1980) |
Adapted brilliantly and faithfully from the surprise best-selling novel by Judith Guest. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 04, 2020
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Hopscotch (1980) |
Director Ronald Neame has done a competent job, made a pleasant enough piece of cake, but whether you'll appreciate it depends on whether or not you consider hopscotch child's play. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted May 04, 2020
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Movers and Shakers (1985) |
Movers and Shakers is like one of those precious. coy, terribly urbane cartoons in The New Yorker except they are on one page and this is 90 minutes. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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Maxie (1985) |
The problem is the excessively cute script which is riddled with [too] many coy posings and silly set ups. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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Bliss (1985) |
Bliss left me in unmitigated bliss. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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Songwriter (1984) |
The pacing is flash. bang. pop, with nonstop singing, talking, and carrying on, suggesting the manic pace entertainers on the road must endure. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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The Jigsaw Man (1984) |
It is a mystery how this ludicrous spy caper ever got released from its can. - Bay Area Reporter
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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