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Knight Ridder News Service

Knight Ridder News Service is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Chris Hewitt, Glenn Lovell, Julie Hinds, Lawrence Toppman.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/4
The American President (1995) Chris Hewitt Gosh, it's been a long time since the movies got romance right.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Babe (1995) Chris Hewitt I can't imagine anybody who wouldn't love this move, and if they're out there, I don't want to meet them.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Chris Hewitt Some of the dialogue is clever, but the references aren't as up-to-the-minute as they should be.
Posted Jul 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Chris Hewitt The most compelling thing about "Empire" has nothing to do with effects. It's Mr. Woke-Up-on-the-Wrong-Side-of-the-Millennium himself, Darth Vader. As he gets deeper and more devious, so does the whole trilogy.
Posted Apr 23, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Chris Hewitt The plot is emotionally complex, and most of the songs are discordant. You don't have to be a graduate of the Sorbonne to understand this, but it would help if you're a graduate of the fourth grade.
Posted Dec 18, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Scream (1996) Chris Hewitt Scream makes screaming fun again.
Posted Oct 10, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Alien Resurrection (1997) Chris Hewitt The fourth in the Alien series is the slimiest, the funniest and the most perverse -- which is to say, bring it on!
Posted Aug 07, 2024  Edit critic review
Pulp Fiction (1994) Chris Hewitt You know the feeling you get when you hit the zone on your favorite radio station and there are half a dozen great songs in a row? That exhilarating combination of surprise arid familiarity is duplicated in the new Quentin Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction.
Posted Feb 29, 2024  Edit critic review
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Glenn Lovell [The Last of the Mohicans] shouldn't be approached as a great adaptation of an American classic. And it's certainly no Black Robe. But as classy, first-rate escapism, there's much here to hold the eye and spark the imagination.
Posted Dec 14, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Eve's Bayou (1997) Julie Hinds Kasi Lemons has cooked up a gumbo of simmering lust, sexual confusion, and sibling rivalry, with a pinch of voodoo thrown in.
Posted Jan 09, 2023  Edit critic review
El Mariachi (1992) Glenn Lovell Lacking the resources of a T2, Rodriguez has done something that's fairly heretical in Hollywood these days: He has subbed imagination humor and a lot of old-fashion camera trickery.
Posted Sep 08, 2021  Edit critic review
Space Jam (1996) Lawrence Toppman Jordan proves to be as good an actor as he was a baseball player: He connects solidly with a punch line once in a while, but most of his jokes dribble weakly away.
Posted Nov 20, 2003  Edit critic review
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000) Bob Curtright Becomes distastefully roiled in religion and stumbles on its own supposed cleverness.
Posted Dec 28, 2000  Edit critic review
The Family Man (2000) Bob Curtright Often hilarious but laced with sweetness and an aching undercurrent of poignancy.
Posted Dec 22, 2000  Edit critic review
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) Bob Curtright Jesse and Chester don't have a mean bone in their bodies. And that's the key to their likability.
Posted Dec 19, 2000  Edit critic review
The Art of War (2000) Bob Curtright Duguay becomes so enamored of his visuals that he tends to neglect the basics of storytelling until it's almost too late.
Posted Jan 01, 2000  Edit critic review
Erin Brockovich (2000) Bob Curtright The movie that should finally get Julia Roberts her well-deserved Oscar as best actress.
Posted Jan 01, 2000  Edit critic review
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