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3/4
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Misery
(1990)
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Mike Clark
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Rob Reiner's competent-plus wax job on William Goldman's script is keenly orchestrated manipulation.
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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3/4
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A Few Good Men
(1992)
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Mike Clark
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Like 1954's The Caine Mutiny, which was equally slick and imperfect, it's finally put over by a money cast and killer courtroom climax.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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3/4
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The Sure Thing
(1985)
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Jack Mathews
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Cusack and Zuniga do remarkable jobs of turning two routine characters into believable, well-rounded teens.
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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3.5/4
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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A proudly oddball period movie that boasts throwback elements but leans timeless in its unlikely hero’s journey.
Posted Dec 23, 2025
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2/4
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Hook
(1991)
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Mike Clark
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Don't blame perfectly cast Williams for Hook's lack of charm. He fares better than Hoffman, who gives a technically precise -- but mirthless -- performance. Astonishingly, even the sets (which look like sets) are ugly -- drab and overlit.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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3/4
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Director Paul Feig’s movie doesn’t hit all the marks of its addictive source material, but the thing is plenty wild enough to be a holiday guilty pleasure.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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2.5/4
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Endless subplots, scattershot character development and borrowed story beats backfire on “Fire and Ash,” although it does benefit from an unhinged but relatable villain whose presence keeps it interesting.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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A Christmas Story
(1983)
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David Elliott
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A Christmas Story is numbly predictable.
Posted Dec 14, 2025
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Christine
(1983)
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David Elliott
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The film is so completely, convincingly weird that it's a sort of warped classic.
Posted Dec 13, 2025
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982)
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David Elliott
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Director Tommy Lee Wallace apes the manipulations of series founder John Carpenter yet lacks his gifts for kicks.
Posted Dec 13, 2025
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3/4
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True Lies
(1994)
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Susan Wloszczyna
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A James Bond spoof with ultra-tech toys that would have 007 signing up for remedial training, Lies explodes onscreen like a Molotov cocktail that's been shaken and stirred.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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3/4
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
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Susan Wloszczyna
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Mr. Muscle delivers the explosive goods in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. And director/producer/co-writer James Cameron once again puts the pedal to the metal cyborg and unloads a stunning arsenal of truly special effects.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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3/4
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The Abyss
(1989)
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Mike Clark
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Most of this underwater blockbuster is "good," and at least two action set pieces are great. But the dopey wrap-up sinks the rest 20,000 leagues.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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3.5/4
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Jay Kelly
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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It's a very meta Hollywood version of "A Christmas Carol," with Clooney brandishing both his signature grin and palpable gravitas as a man shown the consequences of his existence not via ghosts but his own conscience.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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A Christmas Carol
(1984)
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Jack Curry
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What makes this Carol unique is its earthiness, the value it places on the simple, sensual pleasures of life.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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3.5/4
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Rental Family
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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As it bounces between dad movie, film lovers flick and workplace comedy, “Rental Family” also makes its own connection between Fraser and the audience, reminding us he's a beloved Hollywood figure on quite a heartwarming hot streak.
Posted Nov 19, 2025
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3.5/4
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Even with an overcomplicated ending and a couple of character development nitpicks, you couldn't ask for a more "Wicked" closer.
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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3/4
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The Running Man
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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A lively, satirical stab at modern-day reality TV, scary big-brother technology, cultural dissension and rampant income inequality, all slathered in blood-soaked ultraviolence and bonkers charm.
Posted Nov 11, 2025
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3.5/4
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Nuremberg
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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An all-star period effort that leans entertaining, though gets deadly serious exactly when it needs to, the film hinges on the matching of wits between Rami Malek as an Army psychiatrist and Russell Crowe as one of the most evil men in the world.
Posted Nov 05, 2025
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3.5/4
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Frankenstein might just be his greatest hit, as an electrifying master pours every bit of his soul into his gorgeous creation.
Posted Nov 05, 2025
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1.5/4
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Predator
(1987)
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Jack Curry
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A typical Hollywood hybrid of previously successful movies, Predator preys on its predecessors mercilessly. Since there's only one real enemy, the picture can't simulate the pyrotechnic massacres that Rambo serves up.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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3/4
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Bugonia
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Offers up dark-web weirdness and sci-fi paranoia amid a gonzo comedy/psychological romp.
Posted Oct 29, 2025
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3/4
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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From an emotional standpoint, Bigelow crafts an affecting narrative through the eyes of different people.
Posted Oct 24, 2025
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2.5/4
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Regretting You
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Most of the adult side of the plot leans insufferable and overwrought... Fortunately, Grace and Thames are so cute together that the grown-ups don’t even need to matter.
Posted Oct 22, 2025
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3/4
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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The live performances are exciting even if fleeting, and the strong commitment to stripping the myth of Springsteen away to see the soul underneath covers up the film's storytelling misfires.
Posted Oct 21, 2025
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3/4
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From Beyond
(1986)
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Mike Clark
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As crazed as [Re-Animator] after a slower start.
Posted Oct 19, 2025
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3/4
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Good Fortune
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Ansari fortunately has crafted a mature comedy that gives audiences a chance to both laugh and think.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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2/4
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Desert Hearts
(1985)
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Mike Clark
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A monotonous comedy-drama, though the setting is a plus.
Posted Oct 13, 2025
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3/4
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Lopez struts and vamps like an A-list champ, Diego Luna oozes gravitas, but everybody will remember this “Kiss” as a star-making turn for the fabulous Tonatiuh.
Posted Oct 10, 2025
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3.5/4
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My Beautiful Laundrette
(1985)
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Mike Clark
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The most original '86 movie to date...
Posted Oct 10, 2025
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4/4
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The Celluloid Closet
(1995)
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Mike Clark
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Beyond the gay writers and historians who offer their own essential perspectives, the film is packed with savvily chosen screen scenes and just about every straight performer who ought to be here -- from Shirley MacLaine to Tom Hanks.
Posted Oct 08, 2025
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2/4
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TRON: Ares
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Beat-thumping techno songs and score by Nine Inch Nails help it all go down easier, as does OG “Tron” guy Jeff Bridges dude-ing up a few scenes, but traveling to that nifty high-tech landscape in this third "Tron" outing has become a chore.
Posted Oct 07, 2025
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3/4
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The Lost Bus
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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McConaughey, as a nervy reluctant hero, steers the searing, intense narrative about normal people living through the most hellish of circumstances.
Posted Oct 02, 2025
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2/4
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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It’s the kind of thing you’d bet would be emotionally manipulative -- if only, because that'd be welcome compared to this emotionally disconnecting, sporadically nuanced narrative.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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2/4
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The Roses
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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Without the inspired pairing of Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, you’d be begging for a quick divorce from “The Roses.”
Posted Aug 25, 2025
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3/4
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Darkman
(1990)
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Mike Clark
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Raimi delivers a high-octane revenge piece.
Posted Aug 24, 2025
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2/4
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Requiem for a Dream
(2000)
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Mike Clark
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The fidgety style that can energize a fairly lively debut cheapie doesn't work very well with a cast of familiar faces. It detracts from a movie whose historically capable and seemingly well-cast actors might have carried the show by themselves...
Posted Aug 23, 2025
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
(1985)
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Monica Collins
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The action is vivid and occasionally vicious.
Posted Aug 22, 2025
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2/4
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Starman
(1984)
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Mike Clark
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Starman is a film without a single surprise or suspenseful moment.
Posted Aug 22, 2025
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3/4
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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While Highest 2 Lowest makes for an intensely watchable reunion of a couple of icons, Lee makes sure to do right by the kids, too.
Posted Aug 13, 2025
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2.5/4
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The Return of the Living Dead
(1985)
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Mike Clark
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It ultimately proves the futility of satirizing a satire.
Posted Aug 13, 2025
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2.5/4
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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The old deadpan humor is still there and when the right jokes hit, they’ll leave you in literal tears, even if overall this update doesn’t arrest you as much as it tries hard to make you laugh for 85 minutes straight.
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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4/4
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
(1985)
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Mike Clark
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure should captivate 4-year-olds, 40-year-olds and anyone else whose heart is beating.
Posted Jul 29, 2025
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3/4
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Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen
(2000)
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Mike Clark
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It's puzzling why the original passed up the chance to include a rather amazing shot of the possessed Regan walking downstairs while bent over backward like a crab.
Posted Jul 29, 2025
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3/4
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
(1991)
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Mike Clark
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Though admittedly a minor delight, this is the only movie whose end credits identify the film's grip, then credit Martha Raye for Poli-grip, then define "grip" for millions who wants to know just what a grip does.
Posted Jul 22, 2025
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3/4
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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It’s a “Fantastic Four” movie that finally gets its heroes right, after so many tries.
Posted Jul 22, 2025
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2.5/4
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Heads of State
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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It works as a fizzy, somewhat kid-friendly throwback to action-packed ‘80s partnerships
Posted Jul 11, 2025
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2.5/4
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Explorers
(1985)
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Jack Curry
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It winds up going off in too many directions.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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3.5/4
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Superman
(2025)
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Brian Truitt
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The movie features pervasive positivity, one really cool canine and a bright comic-book aesthetic. And while this fresh superhero landscape is extremely busy and a little bit familiar, it also feels lived-in and electric.
Posted Jul 08, 2025
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1/4
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987)
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Jack Curry
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Buying a ticket to this lazy sequel is like shoving Kryptonite in Superman's face.
Posted Jul 02, 2025
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