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William Thomas

William Thomas's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Melania (2026) 6% 1/5 EDIT “An obsequious, ring-kissing portrait of the current US administration, dressed in gauche, glossy reality-TV clothing. And yet somehow still better than Rush Hour 3.” – Empire Magazine Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2/5 EDIT “How did such a dream project on paper turn out so wrong. It should remain one of the great mysteries of cinema. The less said about this one, the better. For Spielberg completists only.” – Empire Magazine Dec 18, 2025 Full Review The Wiz (1978) 38% 2/5 EDIT “This lengthy funk-gospel Wizard Of Oz makeover deserves points for effort but none for execution.” – Empire Magazine Nov 11, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Like all great parody, it takes pains never to overstep the mark.” – Empire Magazine Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Pumpkinhead (1988) 51% 2/5 EDIT “Despite elaborate monster effects co-ordinated by director Stan Winston and some interesting bits of rural folklore, this is essentially just another... lets-kill-off-some-teenagers-one-by-one movie.” – Empire Magazine Aug 13, 2025 Full Review DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 66% 3/5 EDIT “This is similar to the traditional Disney cartoons that featured Donald Duck back in the forties, but with more modern references to keep today's kids interested.” – Empire Magazine Jul 16, 2025 Full Review The Verdict (1982) 88% 4/5 EDIT “It's Newman's performance itself that really makes this film work and helps it truly get close to Lumet's own '12 Angry Men'.” – Empire Magazine Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Birdy (1984) 84% 2/5 EDIT “Despite the film's heavily symbolic tone, little is revealed about either of the characters or indeed the Vietnam War.” – Empire Magazine Dec 16, 2023 Full Review The Great Outdoors (1988) 42% 2/5 EDIT “The spots of slapstick are mixed up with domestic sitcom, the teenage son's fumbling romantic progress and familial sentiment to fuddling and tedious effect.” – Empire Magazine Jun 16, 2023 Full Review Dont Look Back (1967) 92% 5/5 EDIT “Wonderfully revealing and mythologistic.” – Empire Magazine May 9, 2022 Full Review Blue Collar (1978) 96% 4/5 EDIT “This works both as unrelenting drama and as black comedy.” – Empire Magazine Aug 21, 2021 Full Review The Secret of My Success (1987) 46% 3/5 EDIT “Typically paper thin, the plot and the morality are blown away by the charms of the leading man and a soundtrack that has been hand-picked to get an audience on side. Unadulterated silliness, but harmless fun.” – Empire Magazine Jun 9, 2021 Full Review Superman III (1983) 31% 3/5 EDIT “The action is good but this doesn't move the audience in the same way as the first two.” – Empire Magazine Aug 13, 2020 Full Review National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 72% 4/5 EDIT “If it doesn't make you at least giggle, then you clearly don't understand the true meaning of the festive season.” – Empire Magazine Aug 12, 2020 Full Review Showgirls (1995) 24% 1/5 EDIT “Showgirls would be offensive if it hadn't been hyped ("Leave your inhibitions at the door" winked the US publicity). But it has.” – Empire Magazine Aug 11, 2020 Full Review Heartbreak Ridge (1986) 66% 3/5 EDIT “An unusually thoughtful look (and a broad one) at powers on the wane, at America's shift from Vietnam polarisations to 80's apathy, and at one man teetering on the brink of a lonely old age.” – Empire Magazine Aug 6, 2020 Full Review Something Wild (1986) 92% 4/5 EDIT “As an artefact from a period -- the mid-80s -- that produced almost nothing distinctive, this remains breezy fun.” – Empire Magazine Jun 11, 2020 Full Review La Bamba (1987) 83% 3/5 EDIT “A perfectly respectable biopic.” – Empire Magazine Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Sometimes They Come Back (1991) 67% 3/5 EDIT “One of Stephen King's adaptations that involves less gore and more thrills, this outing relies on solid performances with [Tim] Matheson and [Brooke] Adams delivering while the script is faithful to the book.” – Empire Magazine Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Stephen King's 'The Langoliers' (1995) 48% 3/5 EDIT “Is it the post-apocalypse? Is it another dimension? Or is it a half-decent episode of The Twilight Zone stretched into a miniseries? Whatever the case, expect cries of "For God's sake get on with it!" to reverberate around your living room.” – Empire Magazine Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Airborne (1993) 31% 1/5 EDIT “Predictable teen-slush.” – Empire Magazine Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Quartet (1981) 47% 2/5 EDIT “Fairly stock period piece in which the cast do very little set against a stunning backdrop.” – Empire Magazine May 16, 2019 Full Review Xanadu (1980) 33% 2/5 EDIT “This modern musical with tunes written by Where Are They Now pop band ELO falls flat on its face simply because the premise is so utterly ludicrous.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2019 Full Review Stepmom (1998) 45% 3/5 EDIT “Roberts holds her own with a very attractive performance, admittedly given that hers is the character who is likeable, good-humoured and too good to be true.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2019 Full Review Zardoz (1974) 49% 1/5 EDIT “You have to hand it to John Boorman. When he's brilliant, he's brilliant (Point Blank, Deliverance) but when he's terrible, he's really terrible.” – Empire Magazine Mar 27, 2019 Full Review
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