Roger Hurlburt
Roger Hurlburt's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Movies reviews only
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Alma's Rainbow (1994) |
Alma's Rainbow is ambitious and occasionally fun. Unfortunately, director Chenzira's meandering script becomes diluted and confusing when it should have simplified an essentially interesting story. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jan 10, 2023
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Groundhog Day (1993) |
This sweetly surrealist comedy is, arguably, Murray's most irresistible effort. Groundhog Day is a warm and rewarding story about reason, reckoning, and romance. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987) |
The Witches of Eastwick will thrill and inspire, repel and infect, all in the same wave of the wand. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 21, 2022
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My Family/Mi Familia (1995) |
My Family is an intimate drama about the joys, hardships and legacy of three generations of a family in east Los Angeles. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 26, 2021
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Fatal Beauty (1987) |
Nothing, not a thing in Fatal Beauty is believable. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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The Running Man (1987) |
The Running Man is an energetic film that succeeds better as bloody adventure than it does as social commentary. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Dragnet (1987) |
This movie is for Aykroyd addicts only. Good old badge 714 isn't exactly tarnished it's just lost its flash. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Hellraiser (1987) |
Hellraiser [is] one of the most gruesome, visually horrific fantasy films you will ever see. Written and directed by Clive Barker, the film is a relentless, unflinching foray into a netherworld of monsters, murder and the supernatural. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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My Demon Lover (1987) |
My Demon Lover is not a film without merit -- but it's very close. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 05, 2021
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Link (1986) |
It's a hirsute yarn full of growls and jabbers, knuckle-dragging and primal screams -- and the notion that not even Ray Berwick's trained apes can save a film with a silly story. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 26, 2021
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Doc Hollywood (1991) |
Fox is back where he belongs, playing self-effacing comedy and allowing his boyish style to frame a characterization. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 24, 2021
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Lily in Love (1985) |
For a change it's great to hear two fine actors converse and not merely talk. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 03, 2021
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The Joy Luck Club (1993) |
An unforgettable, highly emotional mosaic of a film. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Dec 17, 2020
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The Karate Kid Part II (1986) |
There is nary a satisfying moment in the film, despite beautiful on-location settings and fine photography. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 12, 2020
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Tequila Sunrise (1988) |
Talky, brooding and leisurely paced, Robert Towne's Tequila Sunrise is a pithy, curiously inviting cop-and-crook thriller with twists, turns and some fine acting. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 12, 2020
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The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) |
Everyone has dreams about flying. Here, with The Boy Who Could Fly, one feels it just might be possible -- if not in the head, at least in the heart. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jul 16, 2020
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) |
The antics of the Gremlins in this sequel are truly amazing, from their sudden appearances and jump-out tactics, to nasty, premeditated shenanigans and hand-to-hand confrontations with humans. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 23, 2020
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Benny & Joon (1993) |
Benny & Joon is a curious movie that should not work but somehow does. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 17, 2020
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Something Wild (1986) |
Something Wild is fun, at first. Then it becomes deadly and weird and engrossing. Predictable it is not. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 11, 2020
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Paris Is Burning (1990) |
Paris Is Burning is a daring and remarkable little film. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted May 18, 2020
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Child's Play (1988) |
Unfortunately, the screenplay by Don Mancini and John Lafia is so predictable, that the jump-out-of-your-seat shocks are telegraphed far in advance. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted May 14, 2020
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) |
Home Alone 2: Alone in New York is a rollicking return to the pesky juvenile high jinks, broad slapstick antics and tender sentimentality that made the first film a phenomenon -- and it does it all even better. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 11, 2019
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Immortal Beloved (1994) |
Immortal Beloved is pure historical hokum. Nevertheless, it is an absorbing motion picture and a heady blend of stellar performances, spectacular backdrops and crafty screenwriting. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted May 24, 2019
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Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) |
Using the tried-and-true recipe, Die Hard With a Vengeance is a grand slice of bang-up action -- purely Hollywood-style. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 02, 2019
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Billy Madison (1995) |
A more moronic vehicle is hard to imagine. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 31, 2019
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Bad Boys (1995) |
Perhaps in a misguided effort to capitalize on the stars' comedic talents, the producers diluted the hardball violence of Bad Boys with extraneous shtick and too much banal banter. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 29, 2019
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) |
The film is great entertainment. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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Legend (1985) |
It's all flash and no flesh. But in the hands of a visual director like Scott, sometimes that's enough. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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Oliver & Company (1988) |
A film packed with superb animation, songs and a nifty story line. And it's all set to a cadence of love, laced with some danger. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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Teen Wolf (1985) |
The movie plods towards a predictable ending and misses all sorts of chances to be funny. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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I Come in Peace (1990) |
With the mob on one side and the dueling aliens on the other, I Come in Peace is one of the most resourceful, crafty and original sci-fi thrillers to hit the screen in some time. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Bloodsport (1988) |
Bloodsport is a film that will appeal to a specialized audience to be sure. Laced with humor and an often light and flippantly written script, Bloodsport is a sleeper with a real wake-up punch. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) |
Despite a promising set up, replete with oodles of Valley-girl lingo and cliquish quips, Buffy the Vampire Slayer becomes a comedy of missed opportunities and banal action. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Hook (1991) |
Spielberg's Hook is an absolute delight. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 25, 2019
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Mannequin (1987) |
Photography is cloudy, the sound weak and often garbled. Performances are broad and antics throughout reveal a penchant for slapstick. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 19, 2019
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Ishtar (1987) |
Ishtar is cute, reasonably pleasant entertainment, but no motion picture oasis for Hoffman, Beatty or their fans. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 19, 2019
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Twins (1988) |
In all, Twins is kind of fun, although it's strangely brutal at times. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 12, 2019
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Clifford (1994) |
Worthless from start to finish, Clifford is a supreme disaster -- a film that neither Short, Grodin nor Steenburgen will be adding to their resumes. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Dec 28, 2018
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Event Horizon (1997) |
There is little to recommend in this nonsensical, repulsively gory outer-space yarn other than moody interiors and a few adequate special effects. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Dec 15, 2018
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Species (1995) |
As a straight fright film, Species would be wildly laughable for all the wrong reasons. But for moviegoers able to shelve credibility and go with the gory flow, it is a nifty parody of 1950s science-fiction fare. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Dec 03, 2018
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The 'Burbs (1989) |
Tom Hanks should forfeit his Academy Award nomination for Big, now that preview audiences have gotten a look at The `Burbs. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Feb 22, 2017
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Once Were Warriors (1994) |
Once Were Warriors is a savage and dismaying tale of a venerable culture in decay and a film difficult to recommend. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Feb 21, 2017
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) |
In Bill & Ted`s Bogus Journey, the laugh is on moviegoers. Teens may call it triumphant, but most folks will find the insipid film a totally non-non-non- non-heinous (i.e. egregiously bad) trip to nowhere... and beyond. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jul 29, 2016
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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) |
Good news is, Tomorrow Never Dies is highly entertaining. It will thrill novices and delight old-guard Bondphiles. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Nov 01, 2015
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Scream 2 (1997) |
Old-hand Craven delivers a delectably gruesome, well-crafted horror yarn that is crisply edited, inventively photographed and devilishly cast. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Sep 01, 2015
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Before the Rain (1994) |
The cast of international players is excellent, with Serbedzija delivering an especially fine performance as Aleksandar, a humanistic photographer. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jul 27, 2015
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After Hours (1985) |
One of the best self-conscious black comedies to come along in a long time, Martin Scorsese`s After Hours is a film that delivers humor and anxiety like a smack in the face with an amphetamine pie. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 18, 2015
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Talk Radio (1988) |
Just how far can Barry go? That`s what stupified audiences will begin to wonder at the outset of this riveting drama. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 13, 2015
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The Hunt for Red October (1990) |
Based on Tom Clancy`s phenomenally successful techno-thriller novel, The Hunt for Red October proves that a film can equal, if not surpass, the intrigue and excitement of the story it is based on. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Feb 11, 2015
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Valmont (1989) |
The effect is like an ermine violin: It is beautiful to look at, but it doesn't play. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Feb 09, 2015
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