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Top Gun (1986) Michael Walsh Made with the full co-operation of the U.S. Navy, Top Gun is simple-minded nonsense attempting to generate a few cheap thrills from a good-guy, bad-guy worldview.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Michael Walsh Listless attempt to keep the Little League baseball comedy series running.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Mission: Impossible (1996) Lee Bacchus What we have here, folks, is an "action thriller" with all of about eight minutes of real action and about as many thrills as at a Jack Weisgerber photo opportunity.
Posted Apr 22, 2026  Edit critic review
Legend (1985) Michael Walsh We'll probably never know whether or not Scott's own Legend realized his dream of greatness. I can tell you, though, that the version I saw in London was disappointingly diffuse and, on the whole, the American cut actually plays better.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Stephen King's It (1990) Lee Bacchus The eerie tension in the first half of It turns into mere irritation at the predictable, comic-book conclusion.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Christine (1983) Michael Walsh Carpenter pushes all the standard shock buttons in an attempt to make us suspend our disbelief. Unfortunately, it is all for naught, a waste of time and talent on a negligible nightmare.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Province Staff Weirdness and excitement are employed by director Robert Wise to make his audience feel as well as see the frightening pandemonium that grips the world.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Perfect Blue (1997) Glen Schaefer Is an audience raised on Chuck Jones ready for the animated psychological thriller Perfect Blue?... Disturbing and definitely not for children.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Fargo (1996) Lee Bacchus Is Fargo the best American movie to hit theatres this year? You're darn tootin'.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The American President (1995) Mike Roberts What we've got here is a damn good story and some fine acting by all involved. Michael Douglas shines. Annette Bening positively glows and Martin Sheen and Michael J. Fox are downright funny.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Michael Walsh Fantastic set decoration notwithstanding, The Hudsucker Proxy isn't about much of anything at all. And that's too bad because Jennifer Jason Leigh, cast in the Jean Arthur-Louis Lane girl reporter role, is a knockout.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Brazil (1985) Michael Walsh Brazil's "black" humor is actually multihued, a dazzling performance from which Gilliam emerges as the James Joyce of filmdom. Far better than any of the official Oscar nominees, his picture is as immediate as the latest headline outrage.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Witness (1985) Michael Walsh In a Weir film, every little thing is given cosmic significance, an effect achieved here by pouring composer Maurice Jarre's rumbling score over scenes as if it were a thick syrup.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Prizzi's Honor (1985) Michael Walsh Just seven weeks short of his own 79th birthday, Huston offers filmgoers a comic vision that is fresh and full of hearty, quick-witted cynicism.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Scarface (1983) Michael Walsh With a running time of nearly three hours, the film aspires to the epic status of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather pictures. When the machine-gun smoke clears, though, Scarface is just the biggest mobster mash that Roger Corman never made.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Blade Runner (1982) Michael Walsh Into this superficially simple detective drama, Scott has built a complex set of moral questions. Visually stunning, his Blade Runner offers us an otherworldly nightmare.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Zardoz (1974) Michael Walsh An ambitious undertaking, Zardoz has its share of little failures. Overall, though, it comes as close as any science-fiction film ever has to being a logically consistent, fully realized vision.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
The Long Goodbye (1973) Michael Walsh A moody, diffuse and disorganized film, The Long Goodbye bids a painfully drawn-out farewell to Philip Marlowe as a screen character. Though I stuck to the absolute end, it was hard not to envy that uncommonly finicky cat.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
A Clockwork Orange (1971) Michael Walsh For all of his personal eccentricities, Stanley Kubrick has turned out a movie custom tailored to the cares and concerns of the moment. It is significant rather than great.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 3 (1993) Lee Bacchus Overall it's standard cinematic pulp. Mayhem and more mayhem. Can this much pyrotechnical action be that boring? Yup.
Posted Apr 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
RoboCop 2 (1990) Michael Walsh Unlike Verhoeven's original, it is both a sequel and a disappointment. Gone is the distinctive wit, anger, intelligence, and yes, compassion that informed that remarkable film.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Vanishing Point (1997) Ray Chatelin Not so deep, this version loses itself in a four-state chase.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Jerry Maguire (1996) Lee Bacchus It is a better sports film than most, and it may just be the most satisfying romantic comedy of the year. So give Jerry Maguire four thumbs up.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
James and the Giant Peach (1996) Lee Bacchus It's more frenetic than funny at times... But there's a lot here beside a blimp-sized peach to sink your teeth into.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Stu Keale Paul Lukas is outstanding as the belligerent, arm-waving Bund leader. It's his best performances in years.
Posted Apr 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Alex Grant Reiner has cast his film with an eye and an ear for the classic types of juvenile fiction.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
C.H.U.D. (1984) Michael Walsh Directed by the aptly named Douglas Cheek, the picture compensates for its overall roughness by emphasizing incidental humor.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop (1987) Michael Walsh Combining a science-fictional premise with some superb contemporary comic art ideas, director Paul Verhoeven has come up with a gritty, original action fantasy with considerable satiric depth.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Bad News Bears (1976) Michael Walsh The Bad News Bears is good news entertainment.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Glen Schaefer Jackson has recreated and elaborated on the book in a way that goes beyond what I ever could have dreamed.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Glen Schaefer The move recounts the 39-day battle itself, the stateside political machinations, and the stories of the three men themselves-- medic "Doc" Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Native American Ira Hayes (Adam Beach, in a career making performance).
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
A-
The Departed (2006) Glen Schaefer Smart, tough talk, and lots of it, drives The Departed.
Posted Jan 25, 2015  Edit critic review
Down River (2013) Glen Schaefer Four stories are woven seamlessly together, and the script finds its teeth in scenes between Markinson and Spence.
Posted Jul 28, 2014  Edit critic review
B+
Fido (2006) Glen Schaefer Is it too early to start lobbying for Fido Come Home?
Posted Jun 13, 2007  Edit critic review
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