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Michael Heaton

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The Karate Kid (1984) 81% EDIT “Screenwriter Robert Kamen is the real champion of this project, for without the occasional zingers that Macchio and Morita get off, lightening the load of this predictable script, The Karate Kid would be nothing more than a made for TV movie. ” – San Francisco Examiner May 27, 2025 Full Review Moscow on the Hudson (1984) 74% EDIT “What we have here is Paul Mazursky's best film, Robin William's best performance, and the most wonderful, touching movie to hit the screen in a long time. ” – San Francisco Examiner Aug 17, 2023 Full Review The Gate (1987) 36% 1.5/4 EDIT “Aside from the magic supplied by the smoke and mirror boys, The Gate has little to offer in the way of acting or writing. ” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 29, 2023 Full Review Evil Dead II (1987) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “Now granted, this stuff isn't for everyone. But for those who keep an eye out for masterpieces of dismemberment, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn is a tongue-in-cheek classic. ” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 29, 2023 Full Review Come and See (1985) 90% EDIT “142 minutes of lushly photographed Nazi obscenities. While the movie is technically excellent, and the director's point is well made, Come and See takes way too long a look. ” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 14, 2023 Full Review The Last Starfighter (1984) 76% 3/4 EDIT “What this movie really has going for it is a good heart. It's a nice fantasy adventure about simple, good people who get involved in things beyond their wildest dreams.” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 27, 2022 Full Review Critters (1986) 52% 2/4 EDIT “Once all the cards are on the table, the movie quickly becomes little more than a human meat-fest.” – San Francisco Examiner Oct 27, 2021 Full Review Link (1986) 44% 2/4 EDIT “This movie won't change your life, but you won't be worrying about the bills and laundry for a couple of hours.” – San Francisco Examiner Jun 26, 2021 Full Review Ruthless People (1986) 93% 3/4 EDIT “Like the Los Angeles freeway system, "Ruthless People" is full of twists, turns and nasty people. Unlike the LA. freeway, 'Ruthless People" is a project that works.” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 20, 2021 Full Review Vice (2018) 64% B+ EDIT “Christian Bale not only embodies Cheney physically, his appearance and voice, he also portrays him as having an almost a superhuman and reptilian acumen... [and] Sam Rockwell plays Bush with the uncanny accuracy of a polished impressionist.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Dec 26, 2018 Full Review Mary Queen of Scots (2018) 62% B+ EDIT “This is a by-the-book historical account and the fireworks come primarily from the true political tenor of the times and the nuanced performances by Ronan and Robbie. They hold up their end of the cinematic bargain here.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Dec 21, 2018 Full Review Welcome to Marwen (2018) 33% B- EDIT “The plot of the movie is cleverly constructed. Carell and Mann are believable in the lead roles, and the dolls of the Marwen village are marvels of special effects.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Dec 21, 2018 Full Review The Favourite (2018) 93% A EDIT “The movie hits the mark in every single frame. There isn't a misstep in the entire two hours... It's played as farce, and it works.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Dec 14, 2018 Full Review What They Had (2018) 87% B EDIT “The conflicts in this family are real and heartfelt. Occasionally, though, the dialogue sounds stilted and overwritten.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Dec 7, 2018 Full Review Robin Hood (2018) 14% D EDIT “Strewn with bad and borrowed dialogue and phrases, trite and overused plot points and costumes that cover the gamut from the 1500s Elizabethan codpiece culture to current-day John Varvatos ensembles. Even the wardrobe is incomprehensible. That's rare.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 26, 2018 Full Review Creed II (2018) 83% B+ EDIT “Creed II is a testament to Stallone's ability to re-write this same movie over and over again and make it work endlessly for audiences old and new.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 19, 2018 Full Review Wildlife (2018) 94% B- EDIT “A small, poignant story that indicates Dano and Kazan may have a big future in movies.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 16, 2018 Full Review Widows (2018) 91% A EDIT “Widows fires on all cylinders and there isn't a false step in the whole movie, which is pretty amazing considering it has more moving parts than a Swiss watch.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 15, 2018 Full Review The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) 32% C EDIT “Unfortunately, if the story and script aren't compelling, all you're left with are baubles, bangles and pretty sets and costumes with nowhere to go.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 2, 2018 Full Review The Happy Prince (2018) 71% B+ EDIT “The Happy Prince is a tragic masterpiece. Here Everett has given himself the role of a lifetime, and in it he succeeds magnificently.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 2, 2018 Full Review Beautiful Boy (2018) 68% B+ EDIT “The movie does a good job of explaining how Nic's addiction affects everyone around him. The film avoids becoming too repetitive, thanks the good acting jobs of Carell and Chalamet.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 2, 2018 Full Review Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 60% A+ EDIT “The story is strong, that acting is fantastic and, well, you can't beat the hit songs... Bohemian Rhapsody is a must-see classic-rock movie masterpiece.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) 37% C+ EDIT “Johnny English soldiers on to keep the world safe from evil villains. Even if he does so quite by accident.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 29, 2018 Full Review Halloween (2018) 79% B- EDIT “[Laurie] has become a rural Illinois version of Captain Ahab, and Michael Myers is her great white whale. He seems to feel the same way about her. The two have a dance with destiny. It's a dance worth watching if the slasher/horror genre is your thing.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 22, 2018 Full Review Galveston (2018) 73% B- EDIT “Galveston, for all its crime tropes and cliches, is really more of a mood piece about relationships and the ephemeral nature of random love and loss in a harsh, modern dog-eat-dog world.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 22, 2018 Full Review
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