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John Wooley

John Wooley's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Predator (1987) 64% 1/5 EDIT “...director John McTiernan insists on a lot of vulgarity and realistic-looking gore in a film that is essentially a simple-minded science fiction-fantasy - ending up with something that resembles a cross between "Platoon" and "The Amazing Colossal Man."” – Tulsa World Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Predator 2 (1990) 36% 3/5 EDIT “A big, wild amusement-park ride that delivers the thrills.” – Tulsa World Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Night of the Living Dead (1990) 57% 3/5 EDIT “Savini directs crisply and efficiently, and knows how to get some good old fashioned scares going.” – Tulsa World Sep 18, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 3/5 EDIT “It's simply a wild ride, taken at a high fast pitch all the time.” – Tulsa World Aug 26, 2025 Full Review Pumpkinhead (1988) 51% 3/5 EDIT “Pumpkinhead is at its best when its impressive monster is only seen in glimpses, rather than in a full shot. ” – Tulsa World Aug 14, 2025 Full Review DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 66% 3/5 EDIT “"DuckTales -- the Movie" is a cheerful, kinetic cartoon adventure that may not rank up there with the great Disney efforts but isn't bad on its own terms.” – Tulsa World Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) 16% 3.5/5 EDIT “Luckily, the nuclear stuff is handled neatly.” – Tulsa World Jul 2, 2025 Full Review Day of the Dead (1985) 61% 1.5/4 EDIT “"Day of the Dead" stretches into what is essentially a conflict between two factions of unpleasant people with some zombies thrown in.” – Tulsa World Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Child's Play (1988) 64% 3/4 EDIT “Scripters Don Mancini, John Lafia and Holland himself do score points for showing that they can make at least a fairly scary movie by deft scene construction and the use of suspense rather than gore.” – Tulsa World Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Final Destination (2000) 50% 3/4 EDIT “The filmmakers sustain an atmosphere that's both intense and dream-like.” – Tulsa World May 22, 2025 Full Review Blood Rage (1987) 75% 1/4 EDIT “Fans of bad cinema will enjoy this sleazy little exploitation number; others be warned.” – Tulsa World Oct 8, 2024 Full Review Alien Resurrection (1997) 56% 3/4 EDIT “A lot of filmmakers these days would do well to watch Alien Resurrection, if only to understand that great effects and a good script don't have to be mutually exclusive.” – Tulsa World Aug 6, 2024 Full Review A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 68% 3/4 EDIT “The special effects this time include some convincing animation and a couple of very grisly sequences. ” – Tulsa World Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 72% 3/4 EDIT “Gremlins 2 works better than its 1984 predecessor for one simple reason: Gremlins was only partially goofy, while Gremlins 2 is totally goofy.” – Tulsa World Jun 23, 2020 Full Review Scream 3 (2000) 45% EDIT “Craven... [and] Carpenter often fill their movies with plenty of subtext about one thing or another, and this particular picture seems to be about taking responsibility for your own actions instead of blaming your childhood, or even violent movies. ” – Tulsa World Jun 25, 2019 Full Review Street Fighter (1994) 11% 2/4 EDIT “One of the best things that can be said about Street Fighter is that it's not nearly as bad as it could've been.” – Tulsa World Apr 25, 2019 Full Review Reign of Fire (2002) 41% 3/4 EDIT “Look too closely at it, and you'll find a question or two that aren't satisfactorily answered by film's end. But it deserves high marks for not being quite like anything else -- for being, in fact, just different enough to impress.” – Tulsa World Mar 31, 2019 Full Review I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 47% 2.5/4 EDIT “A fresh look at the '80s-style slasher film, substituting characterization and suspense for the graphic violence and nudity that marked the earlier genre entries.” – Tulsa World Mar 28, 2019 Full Review Dreamcatcher (2003) 27% EDIT “Dreamcatcher isn't half-bad. Or even a quarter-bad. What it is, however, is sometimes meandering and confusing.” – Tulsa World Dec 10, 2018 Full Review Dr. Giggles (1992) 23% 1/4 EDIT “"Sick" is the operative (sorry) word for Dr. Giggles, a by-the-numbers horror entry distinguished only by a good performance by Tulsa's Larry Drake as the deranged doc.” – Tulsa World Dec 4, 2018 Full Review Species (1995) 42% 2/4 EDIT “It's all competent enough, and the climactic scenes play out in a pretty exciting way, but don't expect anything innovative here.” – Tulsa World Dec 3, 2018 Full Review Pure Country (1992) 41% 2.5/4 EDIT “You always know that you're being manipulated by Pure Country, and you're usually pretty sure what's going to happen next. Still, chances are fairly good you'll leave the theater smiling when it's over, humming one of the sentimental songs.” – Tulsa World May 18, 2016 Full Review Die Another Day (2002) 56% 3/4 EDIT “Die Another Day faithfully hews to the James Bond formula, giving us all the elements and allowing the '60s formula to not only live, but prosper, into the the new millennium.” – Tulsa World Nov 2, 2015 Full Review Blade II (2002) 57% 2/4 EDIT “Blade II is certainly not without interest... But mostly, it looks and feels so much like a video game that some members of the audience will feel their thumbs twitching before the final reel.” – Tulsa World Jul 14, 2015 Full Review Spirited Away (2001) 96% 3/4 EDIT “What it does have is the same kind of free-floating, imaginative animation, taking wing for even wilder flights of fantasy.” – Tulsa World Dec 7, 2014 Full Review
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