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Steve Johnson

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The Second Civil War (1997) 65% EDIT “As close as it treads to real-life anxieties, it is too often too over the top, too obvious in its lampooning.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 21, 2026 Full Review The Rat Pack (1998) 57% EDIT “This depiction of the Rat Pack, in their misogynistic, racist, mob-friendly fullness, feels rounded and human in a way that some of the most dewy-eyed remembrances of Sinatra, at the time of his death, were not.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 8, 2021 Full Review Path to War (2002) 100% EDIT “It is painful and profound to watch a man choosing his own destruction in the belief that he can do nothing else, and these 2 3/4 hours capture that -- the heaviness of the head that wears the crown -- as eloquently as any film in recent memory.” – Chicago Tribune Jun 29, 2020 Full Review 61* (2001) 86% EDIT “The triumph here is one of tone and texture, where the baseball and the emotions are almost always depicted just right.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 25, 2020 Full Review Salem's Lot (2004) 69% EDIT “It develops psychological complexity and a fullness of character that is usually in King's books but rarely makes the transition to screen.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 16, 2020 Full Review Stephen King's 'The Langoliers' (1995) 48% EDIT “It offers decent special effects, and the suspense of King's story contains enough takeoffs and landings to make Flight 29 an unpredictable, and moderately enjoyable, ride.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Jane Austen's Emma (1996) 89% EDIT “Perhaps it is a function of a television budget, but [Andrew] Davies and [Sue] Birtwistle, with director Diarmuid Lawrence, opt not for postcard lavishness but for simple clarity of presentation.” – Chicago Tribune Nov 19, 2019 Full Review Nightjohn (1996) 100% EDIT “[Charles] Burnett has made a remarkable movie about the power of literacy and about what human ownership does to owned and owner.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 27, 2019 Full Review Ready to Run (2000) EDIT “You think you know exactly where this movie is heading, in other words. And then the horses start talking, and it turns from merely predictable into exasperating.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 17, 2019 Full Review EDIT “Quick, somebody give this guy a TV series.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 31, 2019 Full Review Return to 'Giant' (2012) EDIT “The result is a polished and poignant work, sophisticated in its nostalgic tone, vibrant in its crisp editing, and thoughtful in the way it manages to illuminate both the era of "Giant" and its impact.” – Chicago Tribune Dec 2, 2017 Full Review A Very Murray Christmas (2015) 68% EDIT “Any viewer who likes Murray's act - extreme self-effacement punctuated by deadpan brilliance; disaffection duking it out with a desire for sincerity - will be very happy with this program indeed.” – Tampa Bay Times Dec 7, 2015 Full Review Father Hood (1993) 10% 1.5/4 EDIT “It does suggest, ultimately, that if more wards of the state would run off to join their fathers on cross-country crime sprees, we could lick these corrupt foster-care and inattentive-dad problems.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 8, 2014 Full Review Scott Turow's Innocent (2011) 90% EDIT “The story is satisfying, an intellectual cut above many TV mysteries.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 14, 2013 Full Review
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