David Elliott
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House (1985)
49%
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“"House" works for its laughs, and deserves them.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 30, 2026
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North (1994)
12%
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“The story is a rush of disjointed whimsies, expensively staged, with the rhythm of elephants falling into a pit of taffy.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 12, 2026
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A Few Good Men (1992)
85%
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“Watching "A Few Good Men" is like strolling into an elegant showroom, finding a beautiful car, stroking its polished skin, enjoying the deluxe interior -- and then looking under the hood to find there's no motor.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 12, 2026
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
90%
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“Reiner's smart affection for people is the pilot light that warms it, along with the stars' great charm.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 12, 2026
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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
67%
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“Gilded with Architectural Digest style touches, Ridley Scott's film is a plush, rather dawdling revamp of "Laura."” –
Copley News Service
Jan 12, 2026
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The Princess Bride (1987)
93%
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“Reiner has a lot of light grace, and the film has a floating good spirit.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 12, 2026
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Stand by Me (1986)
88%
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“[It] holds us because of the fresh, natural, often funny work by the young stars.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 7, 2026
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Misery (1990)
87%
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“Bates is a classic movie gargoyle.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 7, 2026
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Manhunter (1986)
90%
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“Mann's approach is preening and full of nightmarish portents that never clarify the rushed, confusing plot.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 7, 2026
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Ghostbusters II (1989)
55%
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“The cast is crack with hipness.” –
Copley News Service
Jan 7, 2026
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The Fly (1986)
94%
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“"The Fly" is adroit.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 14, 2025
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A Christmas Story (1983)
87%
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“A Christmas Story is numbly predictable.” –
USA Today
Dec 14, 2025
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Hellraiser (1987)
71%
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“If you like strong terror and visceral weirdness, you've found your movie.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 14, 2025
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Midnight Run (1988)
95%
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“"Midnight Run" doesn't open new doors, but it opens old ones to find fresh amusements.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Christine (1983)
72%
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“The film is so completely, convincingly weird that it's a sort of warped classic.” –
USA Today
Dec 13, 2025
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
71%
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“The movie is an assault and battery job, and exhausting to watch.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Village of the Damned (1995)
28%
1/4
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“Like the original, this movie doesn't have quite enough story.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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The Sender (1982)
86%
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“The Sender can be subtle. Images are woven in soft webs of light, the music doesn't mug the moods, and the actors seldom become gargoyles.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
48%
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“Director Tommy Lee Wallace apes the manipulations of series founder John Carpenter yet lacks his gifts for kicks.” –
USA Today
Dec 13, 2025
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Die Hard (1988)
94%
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“It's stupid yet engrossingly directed for jolts by John McTiernan.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Die Hard 2 (1990)
68%
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“An almost entirely unbelievable action stampede.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
72%
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“A thin, silly story is just a connecting rod between burst of special effects.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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Gremlins (1984)
86%
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“"Gremlins" is often a gas, yet it's also long, indulgent and almost crushingly synthetic.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 13, 2025
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The Abyss (1989)
76%
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“Assembled from past hits the movie is all derivative blatancy.” –
Copley News Service
Dec 9, 2025
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The Running Man (1987)
59%
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“Schwarzenegger doesn't get enough action. The action he gets is often cheaply staged, deflating the manly magic of cunning, lethal expertise that has made him a star.” –
Copley News Service
Nov 6, 2025
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