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Jack Mathews

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North (1994) 12% 1.5/4 EDIT “Such a complete miss you have to wonder what anyone ever saw in it, let alone a filmmaker with the talented commercial palate of Reiner.” – Newsday Jan 23, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 2/4 EDIT “While serving up a leader who is a liberal's fantasy... Reiner and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin turn his office into a throne room, and the American people into his subjects. ” – Newsday Jan 22, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% 4/4 EDIT “This is a great achievement by Reiner, who has clearly advanced into the front rank of American directors, and by Sorkin, whose gift for writing dialogue and developing character tension play to the director's strength.” – Newsday Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% 3/4 EDIT “Cusack and Zuniga do remarkable jobs of turning two routine characters into believable, well-rounded teens. ” – USA Today Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2.5/4 EDIT “In troubled times, a little wonder can go a long way. Unfortunately, a little wonder is all Hook has to offer. Somewhere between La-La Land and Never-Never Land, Spielberg overshot the runway and ended up at a theme park near Robin Williams' house.” – Newsday Dec 19, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% EDIT “There is no overstating the spectacular nature of the film's stunts. But for all the effort and money that went into them, they have no visceral impact. ” – Newsday Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 91% 4/5 EDIT “"Terminator 2" is two-plus hours of the best thrill ride you've ever been on; it is funny, scary, compelling and wall-to-wall with eye-popping chase scenes, urban combat and state-of-the-art special effects.” – Newsday Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Celluloid Closet (1995) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “Much of the interview material is strictly informational, with anecdotes about how filmmakers got around the Code, but there's also moving testimony about the impact that negative portrayals of gays had on young homosexuals in the audience. ” – Newsday Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Tron (1982) 60% 6/10 EDIT “"Tron" may cause a sensory overload.” – Detroit Free Press Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Boogie Nights (1997) 91% 4/4 EDIT “Despite its sensational subject matter, Boogie Nights is anything but an exploitation film. It's a brilliantly candid study of the corrupting power of the American Dream and of the moral deterioration that is a byproduct of social upheaval.” – Newsday Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Toy Story (1995) 100% 4/4 EDIT “Toy Story is not only the best children's movie of 1995, it's the best buddy movie, too.” – Newsday Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Waterworld (1995) 60% 2/4 EDIT “With its wisp of a story and its even greater wisp of an action star, Waterworld will be remembered more for its cost than for its achievement. ” – Newsday Jul 28, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “What they've created is an 85-minute episode of a half-hour TV series, and as much as you may want to love it, there aren't enough good laughs to justify the effort.” – Newsday Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) 66% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Gun 3"...contains stretches as hilarious as anything we've gotten from the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker company, or its fragments, since the team's career-making hit "Airplane!" 14 years ago.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Red Rock West (1993) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Red Rock" is a sly gem.” – Newsday Jul 15, 2025 Full Review I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 47% 3/4 EDIT “This would be routine slasher-film fare -- in fact, downright hackneyed -- if it weren't so cleverly conceived and executed. ” – Newsday Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Jurassic Park (1993) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “A theme park of a movie with a theme park setting, designed for summer tourists who like their thrills visceral. We watch the actors as if we were all on the same Universal Studios tour tram, aware at all times that we're reacting to engineered illusions.” – Newsday Jul 1, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 3/4 EDIT “Spielberg doesn't miss a trick on this outing, and there are a couple of moments where the audience is screaming as loudly as Julianne Moore. And she screams almost as loudly as Fay Wray did upon seeing King Kong.” – Newsday Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Superman II (1980) 88% EDIT “"Superman II" is a lively air show that will exhilarate more people than it will disappoint.” – Detroit Free Press Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Jurassic Park III (2001) 49% 2.5/4 EDIT “Still, JP3 suffers from second-sequel fatigue and lacks a star who can boost its energy.” – New York Daily News Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Apollo 13 (1995) 94% 4/4 EDIT “The best movie ever made about the U.S. space program. ” – Newsday Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Dirty Work (1998) 21% 1/4 EDIT “"Dirty Work" is appallingly inept.” – Newsday May 15, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible II (2000) 58% 2.5/4 EDIT “Newton gets her first real shot at a lead in a slick, big budget mainstream movie and delivers a star-making performance. ” – New York Daily News May 8, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83% 4/4 EDIT “Return of the Jedi is a perfect conclusion to the Star Wars saga. It doesn't have the surprise of discovery that came with the first film... But for sheer audience enjoyment, it may rank No. 1.” – Newsday Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 93% EDIT “The Empire Strikes Back will deserve whatever it earns. Despite the inevitable loss of exhilaration moviegoers will experience from a second installment, it is an extraordinarily broad audience entertainment.” – Detroit Free Press Apr 24, 2025 Full Review
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