Michael McNay
Michael McNay's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Guardian
Movies reviews only
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The Great Battle (1973) |
Yuri Ozerov, the director... may not deal very much in little human truths, but he knows a tank from a handsaw. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 05, 2021
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Big Jake (1971) |
A mildly entertaining story of kidnap and ransom foiled by Big John that sags hopelessly when it comes to the big shoot-out. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) |
Balefully brilliant. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) |
It is efficiently directed by Don Taylor and sanely scripted by Paul Dehn. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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Bed and Board (1970) |
Afte rL'Enfant Sauvage it comes as a disappointment. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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I Love You, I Love You (1968) |
With Je t'Aime Je t'Aime Resnais combines lucidity and chop logic ; he deploys a brilliance of surface that can be as baffling as depth, and in the process has lost none of his poetry. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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Godard has gone beyond the point where he can expect any popular or much critical interest, but he is still the major artist working in the medium, he still has ideas which will be given a gloss by other directors. - Guardian
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| Posted Jun 08, 2020
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Bananas (1971) |
Woody Allen is funny by reason of being Woody Allen, but that is becoming a decreasingly cashable asset. - Guardian
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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Taking Off (1971) |
Forman's, in short, is a talent in a thousand. - Guardian
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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Friends (1971) |
The music by Elton John and Bernie Taupin for Lewis Gilbert's Friends, on the other hand, is rather better than the picture deserves. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 17, 2020
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Scandalous John (1971) |
Without having seen every western ever made... I can confidently put forward the Walt Disney production Scandalous John as the most boring. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 17, 2020
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Daughters of Darkness (1971) |
The film is shot in a confusion of surrealistic perspectives. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 17, 2020
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Quest for Love (1971) |
It is based on a story by John Wyndham, but after that spurt from the starting blocks it falls flat on its face. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 17, 2020
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Love of Life (1969) |
It is a moving and endearing portrait of an emotional, wise, lovable, and immensely talented musician. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 16, 2020
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Revenge (1971) |
A thoroughly nasty bit of work. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 16, 2020
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The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun (1970) |
Not even Petula Clark gets a decent line in her title song. - Guardian
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| Posted Mar 16, 2020
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Beyond the Law (1968) |
Reassuringly old-fashioned. - Guardian
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| Posted Jan 23, 2020
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Andrei Rublev (1966) |
Tarkovsky makes his film one of the most convincing portrayals in art of an artist; he succeeds by concentrating on the man's humanity. - Guardian
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| Posted Aug 26, 2013
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