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John Marriott

John Marriott's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Cotton Club (1984) 76% 3/5 EDIT “Bob Hoskins as the club owner and Fred Gwynne as his henchman certainly make their mark, while the Duke Ellington soundtrack is sheer bliss.” – Radio Times Apr 1, 2025 Full Review Gambit (1966) 100% 3/5 EDIT “The lead actors certainly have chemistry, while director Ronald Neame skilfully keeps the twists and turns coming, accompanied by a typically lush score from prolific composer Maurice Jarre.” – Radio Times Mar 4, 2025 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% 5/5 EDIT “Scorsese effortlessly fuses top-drawer acting, pumping narrative drive and blitzkrieg camera technique to deliver a giddy, claustrophobic classic.” – Radio Times Aug 30, 2024 Full Review Hoop Dreams (1994) 98% 5/5 EDIT “An unforgettable and thoroughly engrossing movie that's certainly not just for fans of basketball.” – Radio Times Jul 31, 2024 Full Review The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) 77% 3/5 EDIT “What the film lacks in imagination and drive it gains in rich character acting, particularly from those who look as if they've been pushed and pulled by New York life or just spent too long in its gutters.” – Radio Times Oct 30, 2021 Full Review Last Embrace (1979) 58% 4/5 EDIT “Scheider displays a riveting mix of bleakness, determination and paranoia to convincingly play an agent being used for target practice.” – Radio Times Sep 24, 2021 Full Review La Bamba (1987) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Most pop biopics are tepid affairs, but the same cannot be said for director Luis Valdez's engrossing re-creation of Ritchie Valens's short life.” – Radio Times Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Ned Kelly (1970) 27% 2/5 EDIT “The blame has to be laid at the door of director Tony Richardson, whose handling sometimes obscures the message and buries the drama.” – Radio Times Nov 27, 2019 Full Review Lionheart (1990) 39% 2/5 EDIT “Van Damme gawps blankly, as if trying to remember the simplest lines is a particularly tricky task ...” – Radio Times Jan 11, 2018 Full Review A Short Film About Killing (1988) 91% 5/5 EDIT “Kieslowski, arguably Poland's greatest contemporary director, was a true master of narrative construction, and many of his thoughtful compositions linger long in the memory.” – Radio Times Apr 11, 2017 Full Review Never Say Never Again (1983) 71% 3/5 EDIT “The plot, which owes much to Thunderball, lurches badly at times, but the wild action set pieces, decked out in gals, gadgets and glib lines, are there to be cherished.” – Radio Times Sep 9, 2015 Full Review Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Should your front room be in need of redecoration, then Elizabeth Taylor's performance here is guaranteed to strip the paint off the walls with just one verbal volley.” – Radio Times Mar 10, 2015 Full Review Bugsy (1991) 84% 4/5 EDIT “While avoiding the usual gangster film clichs, director Barry Levinson also insists that Warren Beatty does more than coast through this movie on matine idol looks and easy charm.” – Radio Times Oct 29, 2014 Full Review Mobsters (1991) 9% 2/5 EDIT “It is extraordinary that, with gangster-era America providing such a natural source of drama, director Michael Karbelnikoff should turn gritty reality into such an empty tale.” – Radio Times Jul 25, 2014 Full Review The Karate Kid Part III (1989) 18% 1/5 EDIT “The script takes leave of reality at an early stage, and it all becomes increasingly daft and humourless with each scene.” – Radio Times Jul 15, 2014 Full Review The Babe (1992) 47% 3/5 EDIT “John Goodman perfectly captures the hero's commitment, enthusiasm, insecurity and weaknesses, and helps distract from the fact that the film is episodic, not cinematic.” – Radio Times May 9, 2014 Full Review Wired (1989) 4% 1/5 EDIT “This crude low-budget exploiter is one of the most grotesque character assassinations ever put on film.” – Radio Times May 4, 2014 Full Review Rocky (1976) 93% 4/5 EDIT “This triple-Oscar-winning boxing drama is shot through with genuine impassioned commitment, born of the fact that Sylvester Stallone realised that this was his best hope of stardom.” – Radio Times Feb 25, 2014 Full Review Annie Hall (1977) 97% 5/5 EDIT “Although Woody Allen had still to acquire great technical strength as a film-maker, this was the movie where he found his own singular voice, a voice that echoes across events with a mixture of exuberance and introspection.” – Radio Times Feb 10, 2014 Full Review Lethal Weapon (1987) 82% 4/5 EDIT “Implausibility is a large part of the entertainment in this romp par excellence, with each overblown set piece becoming ever more ludicrous.” – Radio Times Dec 6, 2013 Full Review Bull Durham (1988) 97% 4/5 EDIT “A smart, witty character piece that eschews the stale sports flick formul” – Radio Times Jul 29, 2013 Full Review Chariots of Fire (1981) 84% 5/5 EDIT “Unfairly dismissed by some as an empty exercise in cheap schmaltz, this has an old-fashioned innocence that celebrates the human spirit with a lot of careful detail.” – Radio Times Jul 13, 2012 Full Review
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