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Jay Carr

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House (1985) 49% EDIT “Any present-day mortgage is more terrifying than "House."” – Boston Globe Jan 30, 2026 Full Review North (1994) 12% EDIT “The failure of "North" is a failure of tone -- and a virtual nonexistence of story.” – Boston Globe Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% EDIT “There isn't, in fact, a politician in the land who couldn't profit from this hugely satisfying film's lessons in shrewd mainstreaming. ” – Boston Globe Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% EDIT “Two scenes in "Misery" are shockingly brutal. But many more are wickedly amusing - especially the ones stemming from the fact that no small part of the writer's torture is the way his deranged muse uses language.” – Boston Globe Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% EDIT “"Stand By Me" is one of those rare films with an emotional richness that matches its cinematographic richness.” – Boston Globe Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “The Sure Thing is a delight. ” – Boston Globe Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% EDIT “Despite a certain kind of flatness, it's the kind of movie that parents will relish taking their children to on the grounds that they themselves will also be entertained. ” – Boston Globe Jan 7, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% EDIT “..."A Few Good Men" may settle for safe boundaries, but within those boundaries, it's difficult to imagine more powerful, impassioned work.” – Boston Globe Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% EDIT “Mostly, it's benign spectacle in which the actors keep yielding the camera to some expensive playground or other. Hook is neither wistful nor primal. It's film's most expensive wind-up toy. ” – Boston Globe Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Christine (1983) 72% EDIT “Carpenter expertly picks up on the velvety darkness that De Palma exploited so potently in "Carrie."” – Boston Globe Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 31% EDIT “The film sorely misses all the neat gadgets that sustained the Rube Goldberg-like charm of the first outing.” – Boston Globe Dec 11, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% EDIT “It doesn't reach the rarefied level of imaginativeness to which it aspires, and it reminds us that Cameron's interest lies more in the story's high-tech and sci-fi elements than in character.” – Boston Globe Dec 10, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% EDIT “There are a few laughs and a few dangling-by-a-thread thrills, but not enough of either.” – Boston Globe Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (1987) 59% EDIT “Fast out of the gate, "The Running Man" slows to a walk.” – Boston Globe Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Predator (1987) 64% EDIT “The problem with "Predator" is it just isn't a very good movie. The attempts at characterization are crude, the shards of humor that have effectively punctuated previous Schwarzenegger outings don't work.” – Boston Globe Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Re-Animator (1985) 88% EDIT “A genre standout, its future as a midnight staple for the strong-of-stomach seems assured.” – Boston Globe Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Desert Hearts (1985) 77% EDIT “It's a Reno where metaphor thrives -- hearts as deserts, love as a gamble, roads and rail-road tracks as emblems of transience, cloudbursts and showers as burst dams of sexuality. ” – Boston Globe Oct 12, 2025 Full Review The Celluloid Closet (1995) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “One of the surprising things about this entertaining and informative documentary about movies and homosexuality is how much was right there in plain view. ” – Boston Globe Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Casper (1995) 59% EDIT “The techno-wizards at Industrial Light & Magic really knock themselves out here, but "Casper" is more serviceable than magical.” – Boston Globe Sep 30, 2025 Full Review Boogie Nights (1997) 91% EDIT “There was little in Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature, Hard Eight, to prepare us for the confidence, exuberance, and sheer panache of his surprise -- and surprising -- Boogie Nights... It's a hunka hunka burnin' celluloid.” – Boston Globe Sep 24, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% EDIT “It's a rich, layered performance, quite the best Glover has been allowed to bring to the screen.” – Boston Globe Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% EDIT “The dialogue has the requisite crispness, although Anderson's plotting is patchy. Still, Hard Eight is a flavorful little mood piece, insinuatingly acted.” – Boston Globe Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Night of the Living Dead (1990) 57% EDIT “Because Savini obviously feels a responsibility to the original, it's impossible for this new film to unfold with any sense of discovery or surprise.” – Boston Globe Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Toy Story (1995) 100% EDIT “Like the perennial ballet, it has instant classic written all over it and will be popped into VCR's and laser-disc players for years to come. ” – Boston Globe Sep 9, 2025 Full Review This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 98% EDIT “What Reiner and the twits in this hilariously clunky band sustain in "Spinal Tap" is a heady flow of brilliant stupidity. ” – Boston Globe Sep 4, 2025 Full Review
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