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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
My Bloody Valentine (1981) Richard Labonte Director George Mihalka puts his young cast through lacklustre paces.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
North (1994) Jay Stone A disastrous attempt at surreal whimsy from the usually reliable Rob Reiner.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Misery (1990) Noel Taylor Reiner builds a devastating momentum.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The American President (1995) Jay Stone In a country where presidents are royalty, this is rich comic stuff, and the surprising thing is how well it works.
Posted Jan 20, 2026  Edit critic review
French Connection II (1975) Richard Labonte Hackman's superb performance makes Doyle's ordeal honestly cathartic.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Richard Labonte Every fine cliche is treated with care and compassion; it's a film to feel good afterward.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Jay Stone The weakest link in the project. The Lord of the Rings is still a majestic accomplishment, a masterful work of imagination on a grand, mythic scale, and it is carried to a satisfying conclusion by virtue of its momentum alone.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Noel Taylor It is a rare and charming film.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Gaslight (1944) Citizen Staff If you must have your marrow frost rimed, undoubtedly The Capital's Gaslight is the most magnificent chiller in town.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Jay Stone Gollum bears an uncanny resemblance to Steve Buscemi. It's a computer creation as well, and the most fully formed character in the film. We loves it to pieces.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jay Stone The Fellowship of the Ring is a grandly imaginative epic that captures both the stirring adventure and the little-boy fussiness of this gargantuan project.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Sydney J. Harris The Disney film may not please the purists... But it represents the best (and most honest) work he has done since Snow White -- which is to say, the most creative and imaginative work the American screen has known.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
A Few Good Men (1992) Noel Taylor It's a movie with so much moral force that it could almost direct itself, if [Rob] Reiner hadn't done it so methodically.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Noel Taylor Reiner packages the whole trip neatly to include oddball encounters with roadside flotsam, and spices it with the mellowing relationship of the two youngsters.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Princess Bride (1987) Barbara Crook For those who enjoy a good old-fashioned adventure story, The Princess Bride fits the bill. And for those who like to laugh, it's a double treat.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Robert Murdock MacLeod The film is a real thriller in its widespread action.
Posted Jan 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Death Race 2000 (1975) Noel Taylor Death Race has the look of a low-cost film with none of the responsibilities of moviemakers who get all indignant about hypothetical horrors of the next century.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Hook (1991) Noel Taylor It's the ultimate Spielberg, a technical triumph, and that will see it through the Christmas parade.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Christine (1983) Noel Taylor Super 1950s rock score and some suggestive automobile imagery add up to slick entertainment.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Nancy Baele The magic of the circus accounts for the film's upswing in the second half.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
True Lies (1994) Jay Stone Cameron seems to be saying, "You want action? I'll give you action.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Noel Taylor For sheer, stupefying, screen-filling destructive size, Terminator 2 is the ultimate weapon. Movies won't (can't?) come any bigger, louder or expend so much technical sweat as this - and all over a couple of cyborgs trying to terminate each other.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Abyss (1989) Nancy Baele As aquatic adventures go, The Abyss holds a lot of water.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Eric Kohanik For all-out adventure, non-stop action, and overwhelming, in-your-face special effects, there aren't many movies that can top the rousing megabuck master of Terminator 2: Judgment Day...
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Terminator (1984) Noel Taylor There's no real suspense to The Terminator, just one long bloody, pointless and rather boring massacre.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Peeper (1975) Noel Taylor This one sets out to be a brain twister... but it contorts itself out of existence.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Richard Labonte Gee whiz is what The Wiz isn't. Cold and mechanical and ponderous is what The Wiz is.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Noel Taylor It's all packaged spectacularly by Sidney Lumet.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
The Running Man (1987) Noel Taylor Since Arnie never loses there's not much tension and there's an awful lot of mutilation.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator 2 (1990) Eric Kohanik Predator 2 still manages to pack enough violent thrills to make it an entertaining sequel for horror fans.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
Predator 2 (1990) Steven Mazey Everything feels mechanical and tired.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
Predator 2 (1990) Noel Taylor Street fights, chases and all-round carnage make sleazy flick.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Noel Taylor It's a handsome production which hardly seems worth all the creative effort and costly attention lavish on it.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Stephen King's It (1990) Tony Atherton Tim Curry imbues the apparition with such an alarming mix of goofiness and malevolence he is easily the most powerful thing on the screen.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Born Yesterday (1950) William M. Gladish Born Yesterday has undoubtedly gained value in the broader scope of the screen.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Desert Hearts (1985) Noel Taylor The seeker of cinematic truth will applaud its boldness and the honesty of Deitch's treatment.
Posted Oct 12, 2025  Edit critic review
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Noel Taylor Prepare to be amused, moved, outraged -- and occasionally shocked.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) Noel Taylor It all adds up to a calculated recollection and a modestly exciting entertainment, enough to offer a tantalizing taste of Chandler but not the full-bodied flavor.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Steven Mazey Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have done a remarkable job of tracing Hollywood history and following the way things have changed in the movies since those early days.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Tron (1982) Mark Henderson Simply put, the computer animation transforms an otherwise mundane film into a sporadically awe-inspiring experience.
Posted Oct 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Casper (1995) Jay Stone Thanks mostly to its effects, Casper works often enough to be appealing.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Times (1975) Noel Taylor There is a curious combination here of good intention and superficiality which lands Hard Times somewhere between raw adventure and near-realism -- but satisfying the demands of neither.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Noel Taylor Burnett, who is making his feature film debut is a film-maker under control. Nothing gets away from him.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Goodfellas (1990) Bill Provick This slick and searing drama will stand for years as a classic in the gangster genre.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Bill Provick Writer-director Charles Burnett has fashioned an intriguing film with a major flaw -- its true worth is noticed mostly in hindsight.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Spider-Man (2002) Jay Stone Spider-Man, which plays like the collectors-edition first issue of some long-running series, doesn't have the gothic darkness of Tim Burton's first batman movie, but it has an aching adolescent tone all its own.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Boogie Nights (1997) Jay Stone It was the last great party. It was when the neighbours asked you to turn up the music. It was disgusting. And it is relived in all its glittery horror in Paul Thomas Anderson's remarkable tour-de-disco.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Jay Stone Pace is everything in horror, and Night of the Living Dead puts the screams in all the right places.
Posted Sep 18, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Toy Story (1995) Jay Stone Ingenious, charming, and breathtaking.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Steven Mazey In their shag haircuts and tight spandex pants, the actors are sublimely funny. The details are exactly right.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
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