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3/10
The Hitcher (1986) Jeff Strickler The leap of logic necessary to get involved in the excitement is accepting that Howell is a world-class idiot who keeps putting himself in jeopardy, at times intentionally.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
5/10
House (1985) Jeff Strickler "House" is surprisingly entertaining.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3/10
North (1994) Jeff Strickler "North" needs a compass.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
7/10
Misery (1990) Jeff Strickler While it's entertaining, the conversion does not come without cost: a gross simplification that may rankle some King aficionados. Virtually all of the novel's substance has been chucked.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The American President (1995) Jeff Strickler It's chock-full of upbeat, good-spirited fun. Director-producer Rob Reiner, bouncing back with vigor from last year's disastrous North, has put together the quintessential date movie.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Bob Murphy It's an impressive film, executed with sober thought. Its trappings may be fantastic, but its theme is to the point.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Bob Lundegaard It's got a good script, lovely outdoor photography, and more horseflesh than any film since "National Velvet."
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
8/10
A Few Good Men (1992) Jeff Strickler Reiner, whose last film was "Misery," knows how to tell a story, and he spins a good tale here. Hopes are raised and then dashed. Moods swing from one extreme to the other.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
10/10
The Princess Bride (1987) Jeff Strickler The film's strength begins with a deftly crafted script that does what many had believed was impossible: converting a book to film without losing anything in translation.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
9/10
Hook (1991) Jeff Strickler Spielberg, once king of the hill when it came to fantasy-adventures, is making a strong bid to reclaim the crown. He'll get no argument here. When he turns his attentions to this genre, he's in a league all his own.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Christine (1983) Dave Matheny "Christine" is vivid and tight enough to become a cult movie.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/10
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Jeff Strickler It's fine stuff if you like the circus, but it's not at all what we've come to expect from the eccentrically creative Pee-Wee.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
The Abyss (1989) Randy A. Salas While "The Abyss" is dressed in high-tech garb, at its core is a beautiful love story.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
9/10
True Lies (1994) Jeff Strickler The movie is a romantic sitcom sandwiched between two slices of splashy, over-the-top adventure.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Jeff Strickler ...at a time when big-budget sequels have tended to disappoint ("'Predator 2" and "Back to the Future III'), "Terminator 2" delivers more than two hours of nonstop, thrilling action.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Terminator (1984) Dave Matheny This is a flick for people who have to be dragged to see On Golden Pond and Tender Mercies and all those other wimpola specials. It restores you faith in Hollywood.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Nick Coleman This is a wonderful retelling of the story.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Peeper (1975) Will Jones Until the last couple of reels the fun sustains itself at a high level.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Bob Lundegaard What's wrong is Diana Ross as Dorothy... Her acting is too mechanical, especially in comparison with troupers like Ross and Russell.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Nuremberg (2025) Chris Hewitt It’s clear Vanderbilt wants us to be thinking about the present as he depicts the past. He also argues that what makes Göring’s behavior especially horrifying is that he was a person with a wife, a child and a serious lack of empathy.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
The Running Man (1987) Jeff Strickler An action-packed, rocket-paced, caustically sarcastic and highly entertaining mix of mayhem and mirth.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Will Jones A smooth, rich and entirely dull treatment of the old story.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
From Beyond (1986) Randy A. Salas It perfect realizes the off-kilter vision of author H.P. Lovecraft.
Posted Oct 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Re-Animator (1985) Jeff Strickler If you think exploding eyeballs, gushing guts and severed limbs are funny, the film's a laugh riot.
Posted Oct 16, 2025  Edit critic review
4/10
Desert Hearts (1985) Jeff Strickler As a result, we feel as if we are only observing, never becoming involved with either the characters or their situations.
Posted Oct 12, 2025  Edit critic review
6/10
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Jeff Strickler Lewis turns in a powerful performance as someone trapped between love and hate. Warnecke, who's making his acting debut, imparts a plausibly naive enthusiasm to Omar.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Jeff Strickler A gay "That's Entertainment!"... [is] a little too flippant to convey the seriousness with which the filmmakers approach their subject.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Tron (1982) Bob Lundegaard The trouble is it's not always easy to tell what's going on because the story is so disjointed and choppy.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Casper (1995) Jeff Strickler "Casper" is a very friendly movie. It's playful, upbeat, full of energy and silly humor that its pint-sized audiences will love. It even has a couple of chuckles for adults.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Boogie Nights (1997) Jeff Strickler It serves up some delightfully clever moments, but also succumbs to overkill. It's as if Anderson couldn't decide if his audience was hip or in need of spoonfeeding. When the movie works, it works splendidly.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Jeff Strickler It's a lyrical, intelligent film.
Posted Sep 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) Milford Reid Overall, the movie's just OK, but it may satisfy fans of the series.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Toy Story (1995) Jeff Strickler Toy Story is infinitely entertaining.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Jon Bream It may be the most affectionate, detailed and brilliant parody of rock 'n' roll ever.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
Darkman (1990) Jeff Strickler Neeson turns in a solid effort that captures Westlake's intelligence as well as his fury. Frances McDormand is steady in a supporting role as Westlake's fiancée.
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Requiem for a Dream (2000) Jeff Strickler Aronofsky works his way through a sampler of experimental film techniques...all the while barraging the viewer with quick-cut images...By the time the story ends, we feel as pummeled as the characters look.
Posted Aug 22, 2025  Edit critic review
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Dave Matheny Good stuff.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Day of the Dead (1985) Dave Matheny Most of "Day" is just people yelling in each other's faces.
Posted Aug 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Jeff Strickler Other than a couple of widely separated scenes, there is little in his "adventure" that will entertain the uninitiated.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Babe (1995) Jeff Strickler "Babe," a playful saga about a pig that thinks it's a dog, is cutesy to the max. And older kids who can put their cynicism aside should like it, too.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Waterworld (1995) Jeff Strickler It has more good moments than bad, and it boasts a playful cleverness.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) Jeff Strickler "The Naked Gun" is a comedy machine gun that fires nonstop volleys of no-holds-barred silliness.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) Jeff Strickler A machine-gun paced, over-the-top farce that puts the emphasis on preposterous.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Explorers (1985) Bob Lundegaard Despite the feeling that you've seen most of this before, "Explorers" has an innocent charm.
Posted Jul 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman III (1983) Bob Lundegaard Someone must have left a giant hunk of kryptonite on the set where Superman III was filmed. This third of the sagas of the Man of Steel just never gets off the ground.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3/10
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Jeff Strickler It's a bird. It's a plane. It's...a bomb.
Posted Jul 02, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
Jurassic Park (1993) Jeff Strickler Because of the phenomenal special effects, Jurassic Park has an excellent chance of being the biggest hit movie of the year. But it certainly won't be the best.
Posted Jul 01, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Jeff Strickler One must give Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp their due. They know how to generate thrills.
Posted Jun 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Supergirl (1984) Randy A. Salas Supergirl is no cinema classic, mostly because half the cast plays it straight while the rest go for camp.
Posted Jun 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Supergirl (1984) Bob Lundegaard It has a second-rate feel to it.
Posted Jun 27, 2025  Edit critic review
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