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Dick Banks

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Arabesque (1966) 71% EDIT “Dialogue often is sparklingly amusing. But Peck and Miss Loren react so seldom to each other's wisecracks you might think the chatter was dubbed in after the action had been shot.” – Charlotte Observer Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Bite the Bullet (1975) 69% EDIT “"Bite The Bullet" is a mediocre motion picture with a great cast.” – Charlotte Observer Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Magnificent Seven (1960) 93% EDIT “Call it an absorbing, entertaining picture. As cowboy stories go, this is exceptional.” – Charlotte Observer Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 91% EDIT “"Rebel Without a Cause" is certainly one of the least "preachy" or pious films about juvenile delinquency.” – Charlotte Observer Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Hard Times (1975) 72% EDIT “The script is disaster. Hill's direction doesn't rate accolades' either. He seems under the impression that flinty faces and a funeral pace add up to artful realism.” – Charlotte Observer Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Rollerball (1975) 56% EDIT “Originality and brutality are the prime ingredients of "Rollerball."” – Charlotte Observer Jun 5, 2025 Full Review The Stepford Wives (1975) 55% EDIT “The satirical aspect of the science fiction gimmick can taken only so far, but to argue it out fully would give away too much of this brightly photographed film.” – Charlotte Observer May 2, 2025 Full Review Funny Lady (1975) 55% EDIT “Where "Funny Girl" has driving forward motion, "Funny Lady" tends to be slow and flat.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Brannigan (1975) 48% EDIT “"Brannigan" is reasonably good entertainment as detective thrillers go, although John Wayne doesn't dominate the picture as you might expect him to.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 11, 2025 Full Review Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 92% EDIT “Concocted by Britishers associated with BBC television, it makes Woody Allen seem sedately sane by comparison and leaves jokester Neil Simon looking like Joe Sobersides.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 1, 2025 Full Review Tommy (1975) 71% EDIT “The picture has a combination of mind-blowing imaginativeness in parable-pageantry and rhythmical exuberance that is compelling to persons of any age.” – Charlotte Observer Mar 18, 2025 Full Review The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) 60% EDIT “Visually, it does good things with 1920's airplanes, but dramatically it rarely gets off the ground. ” – Charlotte Observer Mar 3, 2025 Full Review Nashville (1975) 89% EDIT “It's buoyantly rhythmical, gently satirical, and engrossingly crammed with suspense.” – Charlotte Observer Feb 27, 2025 Full Review The Yakuza (1974) 49% EDIT “The pace is slow. Motivations seems ridiculous. Dialogue is abominable, although actually just about par for the course for Robert Mitchum. ” – Charlotte Observer Feb 26, 2025 Full Review Barbarella (1968) 65% EDIT “An unevenly conceived but refreshing adult fantasy.” – Charlotte Observer Feb 12, 2025 Full Review The Conversation (1974) 94% EDIT “A little too slow and somewhat too enigmatic to be first-line entertainment, The Conversation gets in some good licks at the business of bugging and snooping without every being preachy,” – Charlotte Observer Sep 24, 2024 Full Review Jaws (1975) 97% EDIT “It's a thriller-chiller all right, but a wee bit short of a classic.” – Charlotte Observer Jul 2, 2024 Full Review Planet of the Apes (1968) 86% EDIT “Planet of the Apes is a dandy cinematic combination of fantasy, adventure and satire, one of the most delightfully entertaining motion pictures to come along in many a day.” – Charlotte Observer May 1, 2024 Full Review Jailhouse Rock (1957) 67% EDIT “Jailhouse Rock is an astute offering for Presley... It looks very much like an important step in a scheme to let Elvis "level off" into a ballad singer who will be on the scene for a long time to come.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 12, 2024 Full Review Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 96% EDIT “Pacino and a genuinely New Yorkish cast give it great vitality.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 6, 2024 Full Review Lady Sings the Blues (1972) 73% EDIT “"Lady" is one of the most refreshing and engrossing flicks in a long, long time.” – Charlotte Observer Apr 5, 2024 Full Review Chinatown (1974) 98% EDIT “An almost painfully restrained pace and a good amount of commendable acting characterize Chinatown, a detective thriller that... suggests the rich already have inherited the earth.” – Charlotte Observer Mar 8, 2024 Full Review Little Big Man (1970) 91% EDIT “This is no sentimental cheapie. The picture fits in nicely in the agonizing reexamination of social values our world is wrestling with now. ” – Charlotte Observer Nov 10, 2023 Full Review The Last Picture Show (1971) 98% EDIT “It's a good one, all right, but hardly a classic. ” – Charlotte Observer Oct 25, 2023 Full Review Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 92% EDIT “Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is blessed with humanity, brisk comedy, naturalness in acting and a generally peppy pace. It comes close to being just the right cinematic medicine for these recession days. ” – Charlotte Observer Oct 12, 2023 Full Review
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