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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The Howling (1981) Lou Cedrone Dante may have wanted us to laugh with him, but the film doesn't shape up that way.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
RoboCop 3 (1993) Stephen Hunter None of the action sequences have true zing.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Waiting for Guffman (1996) Michael Ollove It doesn't presume great dramatic arc or insight. It is a series of sketch pieces from superb sketch performers. It may lack bite of Spinal Tap, but it charms with its affection for the fools who so completely fall under their own spells.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
RoboCop 2 (1990) Stephen Hunter For its flaws and its gut-wrenching violence, "RoboCop 2" remains a wickedly entertaining film and the more you surrender to its gulling raptures, the more you'll hate yourself in the morning.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
RoboCop 2 (1990) Lou Cedrone "Robocop 2" is a keen example of a movie that doesn't know where it wants to go or how far it should go.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Phantom Lady (1944) Donald Kirkley Miss Raines gives an excellent performance, as do Messrs, Gomez and Tone.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Anastasia (1956) R.H. Gardner The creators of "Anastasia"...have made excellent use of the medium to transform a slight play into a fairly fascinating motion picture.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
RoboCop (1987) Stephen Hunter It's more fun than a barrel of mechanical monkeys.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
RoboCop (1987) Lou Cedrone It may be excessive, but it excites.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) R.H. Gardner It is a tender, hilarious, if somewhat predictable, story; and, assuming you are able to regard it with the tolerance necessary to go along with its antic spirit, you should enjoy it immensely.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Hope Pantell The whole film is complete nonsense, but it has its moments - thanks partly to Audrey Hepburn, who is her captivating self and George Peppard, who is a solid and likeable foil.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Stephen Hunter Thompson's screenplay is drawn adroitly from the convoluted novel and finds an economical line through the material. For his part, the director Lee... glides through the Regency era with extraordinary clarity.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Postman (1994) Stephen Hunter It's a film of small pleasures and small moments that only fails when it tries for a big moment.
Posted Feb 22, 2026  Edit critic review
THX 1138 (1971) R.H. Gardner In the end, "THX 1138" fails, owing to its derivative nature and the fact -- unforgivable in this genre of fiction -- that it is rather dull.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Pretty in Pink (1986) Stephen Hunter Pretty in Pink does a number of things very well, and it gets some good performances out of its young actors, but generally it's a disappointment.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Chris Kridler There's not quite enough of the traditional Muppet humor in this latest film, but it's sweet and fun, especially for kids.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Chris Kaltenbach The film never stoops to cheap sentiment or takes the easy way out of the conflicts it so lovingly crafts. And did I mention that it's a hoot to watch?
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Erin Brockovich (2000) Ann Hornaday The kind of movie that gives mainstream Hollywood star vehicles a good name.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
THX 1138 (1971) Lou Cedrone The photographic and electronic whizardry display in "THX 1138" are brilliant, but there is not much else that is.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Vanishing Point (1971) R.H. Gardner The spectator's credulity is strained again and again.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Vanishing Point (1971) Lou Cedrone What emerges is a frequently exciting film that is finally brought down by confusion, lack of direction and affectation.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
A Face in the Crowd (1957) R.H. Gardner Mr. Schilberg's tale is of epic proportions, being on the one hand a vicious attack upon the gullibility of the American people, and on the other a sort of compliment to those same people.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Blonde Venus (1932) Gilbert Kanour It is, in all truth, a slick piece of direction.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Camille (1936) Donald Kirkley This is the best production given [to] the Dumas word, in so far as this writer's knowledge goes, and the best performance on stage or screen.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Arabesque (1966) R.H. Gardner Until Hitchcock makes another good one - which he hasn't lately - "Arabesque" must stand as the best Hitchcock-type movie since "Charade."
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Ace in the Hole (1951) Donald Kirkley It is Mr. Douglas' best performance since The Champion, Miss Sterling is most effective, and there's a host of good secondary actors. It's an unusual picture, and one you won't soon forget.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
House (1985) Lou Cedrone "House" looks like a film that was made up as it went along.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
House (1985) Stephen Hunter George Wendt makes an amiable next-door neighbor and Katt is always appealing, but both these actors definitely need a change of address.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The American President (1995) Stephen Hunter Politics aside, The American President is a delightful romantic comedy in which boy president meets girl... But it's so hard to put the politics aside because the movie doesn't want to put the politics aside.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Misery (1990) Stephen Hunter Quite an amusing, nasty little piece of work.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Misery (1990) Lou Cedrone Reiner does avoid most of the cliches of the genre, but some of them are in there, and the movies has more than its share of inconsistencies.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Lou Cedrone An almost constant delight.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Lou Cedrone "The Sure Thing" is a delight throughout.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Donald Kirkley The picture opens a new field, that of well-written, carefully produced science-fiction.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Lou Cedrone It is long. That's the problem. It runs 2 hours and 11 minutes and needn't. Two hours or less would have made a better film, but it is interesting enough as is, once the show is on the road.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) R.H. Gardner "Bite the Bullet" is too long, with a tendency to wander from its central plot-line; but its classic story of struggle and hope amounts to good escapist fare.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Stephen Hunter The story is painfully clumsy as it labors to insert various props and symbols.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Stand by Me (1986) Lou Cedrone The kids are all stand-up comics... They all talk like budding Woody Allens. You do begin to wonder who is writing their material.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Gaslight (1944) Donald Kirkley This is one of those rare cases in which a motion picture displays a marked superiority over the play which served as model.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A Place in the Sun (1951) Donald Kirkley The story is told very well indeed, under the brilliant direction of George Stevens, with appropriate settings and the help of an extraordinary fine cast.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Out of the Past (1947) Baltimore Sun Staff The pace of the film lags at times, and the plot sometimes gets too involved, at the expense of suspense.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Donald Kirkley The film has all the virtues of a better-class musicartoon, carried to feature length, and this means that it is far more entertaining and worthwhile than the average screen play.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Patrick Skene Catling The difference between Lewis Carroll's stories and Walt Disney's adaptation is the difference between a soap bubble -- iridescent, light and delicate -- and a jester's gaudy bladder.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Stephen Hunter Reiner never forces things. He's got the same sense of understood humor in the brilliant This is Spinal Tap.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Stephen Hunter The first half is much better than the second, by which time Reiner and Goldman's hip-facetious style and fondness for in-jokes has worn quite thin.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
A Few Good Men (1992) Stephen Hunter It's everything a movie should be, except thought-provoking. Sit back and enjoy the ride; just don't expect to get anywhere.
Posted Jan 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Gilbert Kanour The acting is so natural that most of it, certainly, doesn't seem to stem from Hollywood.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Donald Kirkley It is unique, intensely patriotic and absorbing.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Death Race 2000 (1975) R.H. Gardner "Death Race 2000" is a grimly amusing satire.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Christine (1983) Stephen Hunter It zips along so efficiently, fueled primarily by excellent performances and witty visual flourishes, that one never stops to analyze just how patently absurd the premise is.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
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