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The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Dan DiNicola.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The American President (1995) Dan DiNicola Besides its sweet charm, The American President does capture the hectic White House pace before dinners and briefings. Most of all, it gives us Annette Bening.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Princess Bride (1987) Dan DiNicola Reiner has outdone himself. He has taken William Goldman's The Princess Bride and made it into a movie for all ages, and by that I mean it will entertain us forever and appeal to all of us.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Dan DiNicola This is perhaps the most enjoyable and certainly the most literate of the movie episodes. With allusions to Shakespearean drama and sharp parallels to the brave new world we live in, the film is often as funny and clever as it is engaging.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Prince of Tides (1991) Dan DiNicola It's a big, old-fashioned romantic melodrama with some touching moments and strong bits of acting.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
JFK (1991) Dan DiNicola It's propaganda all right, but it challenges, entertains and shocks us out of our complacency.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
For the Boys (1991) Dan DiNicola At best, this is loose, baggy, lighthearted, aimless diversion.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Fisher King (1991) Dan DiNicola A gloriously enchanting adult fairy tale with five performances worthy of nominations for the Academy Award, not to mention the film itself and director Terry Gilliam.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Father of the Bride (1991) Dan DiNicola A promising comedy which runs out of ideas.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Cape Fear (1991) Dan DiNicola This is a superbly taut and frightening chunk of suspense at once accessible and tinged with psychological complexity.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Bugsy (1991) Dan DiNicola A dashing mix of atmosphere and plot with excellent performances from a supporting cast, including Ben Kingsley and Harvey Keitel. It's great fun -- candy for adults.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Addams Family (1991) Dan DiNicola Director Barry Sonnenfeld has given us a plotless movie and conspicuously avoided almost all chances to go wild and crazy.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Hook (1991) Dan DiNicola Lavish and leaden, it is a movie with the Spielberg genius but without the Spielberg magic.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
The Running Man (1987) Dan DiNicola Once you accept what it is doing and take it for what it is, some of "Running Man" is fun to watch.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Toy Story (1995) Dan DiNicola Toy Story is a pure and entirely wonderful triumph. Take the kids. Take yourselves.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Darkman (1990) Dan DiNicola "Darkman" is far from being a masterpiece, but it is sometimes great fun. It's wild and zany, and it sends some delightful curves and some familiar whizzing at us.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Waterworld (1995) Dan DiNicola You can watch Waterworld just to marvel at the ropes and coils that fly all over the place.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) Dan DiNicola From the opening prologue, "The Naked Gun" is a steady riot of chuckles, guffaws and old-fashioned belly-laughs.
Posted Jul 25, 2025  Edit critic review
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) Dan DiNicola It is, to be blunt, about 80 percent as good as the original... [But] even working without one of its original cylinders, Naked Gun 2½ is packed with some hilarious scenes.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Jurassic Park (1993) Dan DiNicola Doubtless, readers of the novel will have a quibble or two, but for a terrifically imaginative and dazzling summer movie, the thrills are hard to beat.
Posted Jul 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Supergirl (1984) Dan DiNicola Szwarc's movie is so tame, so utterly without sense that it must have been made by committee.
Posted Jun 28, 2025  Edit critic review
The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Dan DiNicola Karate Kid Part II lives on stale lines from old westers and jaded serials.
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
The Karate Kid (1984) Dan DiNicola Adults will have a difficult time holding back snickers during the predictable scenes, but at the same time, The Karate Kid does pack some genuinely thrilling entertainment for younger audiences.
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible II (2000) Dan DiNicola A hyped-up, much-ado-about-nothing fantasy, a pull-the-wool-over-the-audience's-eyes special.
Posted May 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wedding Banquet (1993) Dan DiNicola "The Wedding Banquet" is a delicious comedy that gets more delightful by the minute.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Withnail and I (1987) Dan DiNicola We're in the right time, the right place. And we see the right kinds of people. But the fact remains that the observations and depictions are fragmented. Rarely do they amass any momentum.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Breakfast Club (1985) Dan DiNicola Almost miraculously, the movie escapes and transcends the dreary land of adolescent pettiness, moving us to laughter and at times bringing us close to tears. Finally, we have a movie about teenagers which does not treat its audiences as imbeciles.
Posted Feb 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Blue Velvet (1986) Dan DiNicola Because it is made by a man who knows how to entertain, how to make a movie, Blue Velvet cannot be dismissed as junk. It is, I am afraid, one of those rare movies which are both disturbing and compelling. As I said: high-art trash.
Posted Jan 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Tarzan (1999) Dan DiNicola A solid, enticing adventure that brings the art of storytelling back to cartoons.
Posted Dec 20, 2024  Edit critic review
Hercules (1997) Dan DiNicola With Hercules, Disney is back on track with a zesty, enjoyable but watered down version of the Greek myth centered about the son of Zeus.
Posted Dec 18, 2024  Edit critic review
Pocahontas (1995) Dan DiNicola The animation is beautiful and enchanting. Only the thin story stops it from being in the ranks of great Disney classics such as Snow White.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Dan DiNicola A film with technical expertise, it resembles one which might have been written as an afterthought by people who can draw better than they can write. The story is leaden and overworked, perfunctory and predictable.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
The Little Mermaid (1989) Dan DiNicola A great and memorable animated film which belongs right up there with the best of Disney cartoons.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Scream (1996) Dan DiNicola A pretty good ride through horror-film hell.
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Twister (1996) Dan DiNicola With the aid of computer-generated effects not possible even a few years ago, threatening sound effects and impressively staged scenes of destruction, Twister survives and almost transcends its paltry plot.
Posted Jul 15, 2024  Edit critic review
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Dan DiNicola Enhanced by a dreamy mood and a quintessentially American score, When Harry Met Sally has some deft, witty observations about the nature of male-female relationships in our time.
Posted Jul 12, 2024  Edit critic review
Beauty and the Beast (1991) Dan DiNicola In these times, even an impressive-looking but flawed Disney creation is a rare and welcome treat.
Posted Jun 18, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Under the Sand (2000) Dan DiNicola One of the most involving psychological mysteries in recent memory.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Songcatcher (2001) Dan DiNicola The music is heavenly, as are the performances of Miss McTeer and Aidan Quinn.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Shrek (2001) Dan DiNicola Smart, funny, deliciously hip, irreverent and just plain lovable, it's for everyone from pre-school to post retirement.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
Sexy Beast (2000) Dan DiNicola Remember the Gandhi of Ben Kingsley? Wait until you seem him here as Don Logan, a psychotic gangster, the British equivalent of Pesci in GoodFellas. Kingsley's work is more bizarrely eccentric. And more accomplished.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
A
The Score (2001) Dan DiNicola The best heist flick since The Usual Suspects, a perfect 10 of a movie that makes beautiful music out of the basics.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
C
Scary Movie 2 (2001) Dan DiNicola A series of gags that indicate the task for the seven writers led by the Wayans Brothers was more enforced labor than creative fun.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Rush Hour 2 (2001) Dan DiNicola Despite the presence of the terrific Zhang Ziyi as the dark lady, the movie cannot escape its stale "I Spy" trap of Formula.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
The Princess Diaries (2001) Dan DiNicola The Princess Diaries is as sappy as they come, a Pygmalion story told in Pollyanna terms. But sometimes sappy works, and this is one of those times.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Princess and the Warrior (2000) Dan DiNicola Texture and atmosphere outdo the actual story, but there's not discounting the engaging presence of Potente. This film may not reach the high-water mark of [Run Lola Run], but it moves with the same, alluring flow.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
The Others (2001) Dan DiNicola Nicole Kidman is at her icy best in this psychological thriller, showing the kind of silent inner fear that first brought her attention outside her native Australia in 1989's Dead Calm.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Osmosis Jones (2001) Dan DiNicola It's imaginative, ingenious and dramatically flat. Still, it may satisfy his who will learn a lot about the nasty effects of junk food on the human body.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
D
Original Sin (2001) Dan DiNicola At least seven deadly sins of rotten filmmaking are at work in this thrill-less romantic thriller.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Memento (2000) Dan DiNicola Memento isn't an easy film, but it gives viewers plenty to ponder. And Pearce's startling performance is unforgettable.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Legally Blonde (2001) Dan DiNicola See this delightfully silly comedy just for the performance of Reese Witherspoon, who, after her Oscar-worthy coup in Election, proves once more that she is for real an American treasure.
Posted Apr 30, 2024  Edit critic review
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