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Robin Karney
Robin Karney's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Radio Times
Movies reviews only
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) |
Michael Gordon directs in journeyman fashion, while William Prince and Mala Powers are adequate as the young lovers. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Clara's Heart (1988) |
Goldberg is on top form, doing her Jamaican accent shtick. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 16, 2020
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True Confession (1937) |
The movie spirals from mad to madder and is extremely funny. - Radio Times
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| Posted May 05, 2020
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The Plainsman (1936) |
A highly enjoyable action epic in true DeMille style. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 22, 2020
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Bird of Paradise (1932) |
The production values are first-rate, though, while the doom-laden tale, played with conviction by the subtle and beautiful Del Rio and the attractive McCrea, is undeniably atmospheric. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 21, 2020
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To Each His Own (1946) |
[An] example of a "woman's picture" at its stylish best. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 21, 2020
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Nanook of the North (1922) |
This remains a historic, ground-breaking work by the great pioneering documentarist Robert Flaherty. - Radio Times
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| Posted Nov 12, 2019
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Imitation of Life (1934) |
This exemplary example of the kind of melodrama that became known as a "woman's picture" is masterfully directed by John M Stahl. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 21, 2019
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Rope (1948) |
A disappointing addition to the great director's canon of work. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 09, 2019
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A Woman Under the Influence (1974) |
It should be seen for its undeniably brilliant elements. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 07, 2019
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A Majority of One (1961) |
Quite painful to behold. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jan 08, 2018
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The Naked City (1948) |
The movie is hard-hitting, gripping and a hymn to the excitement of New York City where it was shot entirely on location. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 23, 2015
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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) |
Pioneering female director Dorothy Arzner, who took over at short notice after filming commenced, does her best with an inadequate script and a miscast O'Hara; she manages to bring the film to life from time to time -- usually when Ball is on screen. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 28, 2015
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We Were Strangers (1949) |
Even though it dissipates its serious political theme with too much mechanical detail, the film is still tense and atmospheric. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 18, 2015
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Way Down East (1920) |
Justly celebrated for the climactic sequence where Gish, drifting unconscious on a raft of ice in a storm, is rescued by Barthelmess, the film offers many less obvious moments that are just as memorable. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2014
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Orphans of the Storm (1922) |
Heavily sentimental and marred by Griffith's taste for unsubtle and inappropriate comedy, this isn't quite a silent masterpiece, but it is, nonetheless, visually spectacular and largely absorbing. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2014
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To Catch a Thief (1955) |
Grant and Kelly are on sparkling form, as is Jessie Royce Landis as the latter's formidable and smirky mother, and the French Riviera is beautifully captured by the Oscar-winning cinematography of Robert Burks. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 08, 2014
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Striptease (1996) |
Andrew Bergman's direction makes it watchable, but his screenplay pulls its punches on the sleaze, and tear-jerking sentimentality and inadequate humour don't combine well with the drama. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 18, 2014
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Cluny Brown (1946) |
This somewhat outmoded satirical souffl on British upper-class mores is nonetheless diverting. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 05, 2014
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989) |
The fake-orgasm-in-a-deli set piece propelled Ryan into stratospheric stardom, but there are numerous other pleasures to be found in Nora Ephron's Oscar-nominated screenplay and Rob Reiner's astute direction. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 30, 2013
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The Blue Angel (1930) |
It was the cruel and seductive Dietrich, in top hat and black stockings, perched on a bar stool and huskily singing Falling in Love Again, that became one of the cinema's great iconic images. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 23, 2006
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Piccadilly (1929) |
This crime melodrama, atmospherically designed by Alfred Junge, was much admired in its day as a stylish piece of work. Now, though, its old-fashioned acting is more likely to cause giggles. - Radio Times
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| Posted Dec 06, 2005
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