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Owen McNally

Owen McNally's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Stand by Me (1986) 88% 4/4 EDIT “A delightful, superbly made movie of substance.” – Hartford Courant Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Journey Back to Oz (1974) 30% EDIT “It should provide youngsters with a pleasant enough roundtrip from Kansas to Oz and back.” – Hartford Courant Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Darkman (1990) 80% 2/4 EDIT “Raimi's direction and the fine cast make "Darkman" entertaining rather than sickening and stupid.” – Hartford Courant Aug 27, 2025 Full Review Mortal Kombat (1995) 44% 1/4 EDIT “For all its claims of state-of-the-art special effects, Mortal Kombat never soars to that much-desired "edge-of-your-seat" category. Most often, it just kind of slouches toward the edge of tedium.” – Hartford Courant Aug 19, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 88% EDIT “Unlike so many so-called comedies, this one is bound to make you laugh, maybe even out loud.” – Hartford Courant Jul 24, 2025 Full Review Day of the Dead (1985) 61% EDIT “The film is scary, fast-paced and spiked with the sometimes satirical humor that graced Romero's two earlier works.” – Hartford Courant Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Postcards From the Edge (1990) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Director Nichols has done a deft job with this entertaining comedy packed with laughs.” – Hartford Courant Apr 29, 2024 Full Review The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 82% 1/4 EDIT “Despite the enormous amount of sound and fury generated by the controversial film, most of its contents are devoted to that most boring of all movie and TV formats -- talking heads.” – Hartford Courant May 5, 2022 Full Review Mi Vida Loca (1993) 73% 2/4 EDIT “Three cheers for writer-director Allison Anders... "Mi Vida Loca" is blessed with a treasure trove of fine, young acting talent.” – Hartford Courant Mar 18, 2021 Full Review Corrina, Corrina (1994) 37% 4/5 EDIT “Whoopi's great triumph is that she plays the kind of maid that has never been seen on the screen before...Whoopi's liberated maid is a symbolic payback of sorts for all those years of silver screen servitude for black actresses.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Andre (1994) 43% 3.5/5 EDIT “The photogenic, agile seals, in fact, steal the show from the biped actors, including even veteran David Carradine.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Pet Sematary Two (1992) 21% EDIT “For now, though, it's time for Hollywood to lay this whole burial ground theme to rest.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Fearless (1993) 86% EDIT “Like the movie itself, Daviau's cityscapes are striking, mysterious and emotionally charged.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Rapid Fire (1992) 45% EDIT “The deft and deadly Lee can turn virtually anything from a wooden door to a tray of silverware into a lethal weapon.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Kalifornia (1993) 59% EDIT “If you hop aboard this sick, unjoyful ride, you'd better bail out early. Unsafe at any speed, this dramatic vehicle goes up in flames.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review The Tie That Binds (1995) 8% 1/5 EDIT “Be warned: The Tie That Binds is the flick that flops.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Waterland (1992) 47% EDIT “Screenwriter Peter Prince's adaptation of Graham Swift's much praised novel has a keen surreal edge that slices through barriers separating the past and the present.” – Hartford Courant Mar 4, 2019 Full Review Sofie (1992) 67% EDIT “If you have the time to invest, you'll get a most pleasant cinematic return from Sofie.” – Hartford Courant Mar 3, 2019 Full Review Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) 88% 4.5/5 EDIT “The film is seasoned with humor and has a brisk pace. It's pleasing to the eye and stocked with zesty performances all the way around.” – Hartford Courant Jan 29, 2019 Full Review Enchanted April (1991) 85% EDIT “What makes the magic work for the viewer is the exceptional individual performances as well as the fine ensemble efforts that director Mike Newell has orchestrated so beautifully.” – Hartford Courant Jan 28, 2019 Full Review Event Horizon (1997) 36% EDIT “Very early on, this defective dramatic vehicle runs out of fuel, degenerates into a slasher/Hellraiser wannabe and self- destructs among explosions, flames and streams of blood.” – Hartford Courant Dec 15, 2018 Full Review Desperado (1995) 71% EDIT “Although expensive and shiny-looking, the movie is irritatingly fragmented into bite-size, or MTV- size, segments.” – Hartford Courant Jun 8, 2018 Full Review Jennifer Eight (1992) 36% EDIT “Because of its sometimes murky plot and lethargic pace, the film never delivers a real knockout punch as a thriller. It's more like a semi-thriller, at best, steeped in atmosphere but lacking in scary moments.” – Hartford Courant Apr 23, 2018 Full Review One False Move (1991) 93% EDIT “Even worse than this annoying contrivance is Fantasia's portentous speech about the cry of a whippoorwill. And, yes, we actually do hear a whippoorwill cry. Perhaps it's a sign of the death of the hopes the promising film gives rise to, but then betrays.” – Hartford Courant Apr 23, 2018 Full Review Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) 66% EDIT “Weirdness abounds, but is always depicted in Lynch's highly stylized, painterly manner. He loves to dwell on images languorously, whether they are horrific or pastoral.” – Hartford Courant Apr 23, 2018 Full Review
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