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1.5/5
North (1994) Michael H. Price Only the most forgiving viewer will find North satisfying.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
8/10
Misery (1990) Todd Camp Caan captures King's tormented writer with exquisite flair, telling volumes with facial expressions as he watches his captor slowly slip into insanity.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Perry Stewart Enjoyable despite some patent absurdities of plot and a running time of 2 hours and 11 minutes.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Bite the Bullet (1975) Elston Brooks Hackman turns in another of his superior performances.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
The Magnificent Seven (1960) Elston Brooks ..."The Magnificent Seven" is one of the most rugged, most entertaining, he-men, gun-slinging westerns to come out of Hollywood in many a day.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Christopher Kelly If you liked the first two, by all means, go forth and experience rapture. But for those of us who remain unconvinced, well, The Return of the King feels like an especially slow swim through especially slow mud.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
8/10
Stand by Me (1986) Michael H. Price River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell all convey the illusion of being world-weary adults trapped in the bodies of exuberant children; there is no better job of team-acting to be found.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A Place in the Sun (1951) Mack Williams Clift, Miss Taylor and Miss Winters have never showed more acting skill than they do in "A Place in the Sun."
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Christopher Kelly A little of this goes a really long way. The Two Towers may not have bored me to tears, but it certainly made me want to cry uncle.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Christopher Kelly Bloated and overlong, with production designed to the hilt... [and] often just plain boring -- the film is nothing more than the schlocky Hollywood popcorn movie of the month, Planet of the Apes or The Mummy Returns with prestigious literary credentials.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Sure Thing (1985) Mike Ritchey The on-the-road photography is beautiful and very well done.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
6/10
The Princess Bride (1987) Michael H. Price Although bland casting of the romantic leads weakens it, Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride is delightful lighthearted escapism. The film also suggests that reading beats moviegoing any day.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
A Few Good Men (1992) Michael H. Price ...For the first time since [Jack Nicholson's] days as a struggling unknown, he loses himself entirely in character. He becomes unrecognizable as Jack Nicholson, and the portrayal is all the more fascinating for that quality.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
8/10
Hook (1991) Michael H. Price Hook is a blessing, overall, in some crucial departments. We have here a smashing major-studio debut for Jim Hart's heartfelt writing; the savvy casting of name-brand stars... and the restoration of Steven Spielberg as a formidable picture-maker.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Death Race 2000 (1975) Perry Stewart Carradine and Stallone are effective in their overwritten roles.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Christine (1983) Terry Hiller Christine is a well-crafted, light-hearted treat of a thriller. It looks like Carpenter just breathed it on to film.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Christine (1983) Jeff Guinn Carpenter has enough skill to provide occasional tension but no surprises.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
6/10
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Michael H. Price The workmanlike plainness of Randall Kleiser's direction on the new entry allows co-producer/co-author Reubens and a wonderful supporting cast of grotesque characters and eccentrics to stand out in striking relief.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
True Lies (1994) Michael H. Price As an action film, True Lies is scarcely more than a retread of Commando.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/10
The Abyss (1989) Michael H. Price Here we have an industrial-strength job of underwater photography, a vitally appealing cast of not-yet-stars, and a fascinating situation, all at the mercy of Spielbergian soft soap.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
5/10
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Michael H. Price Where the original Terminator holds up marvelously as a generous thriller without imitation-epic pretensions, the sequel plays like a "B" movie with delusions of grandeur.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Art Chapman There is a sign of longevity here that could make this production the new standard.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Jerry Coffey Christmas Carol is true to both the letter and spirit of the original but it has more texture and substance than previous film versions.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Journey Back to Oz (1974) Perry Stewart It wastes the talents of Miss Minnelli.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Elston Brooks One yearns for a little ray of sunshine amid all the Technicolored opulence that Lumet has photographed in subdued tones.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Perry Stewart "The Wiz" is a pleasurable stroll down the Yellow Brick Road for all but 20 of its 135 minutes.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
The Running Man (1987) Michael H. Price It's an exhausting romp, but Schwarzenegger is up to both the heroic business and the more sensitive moments.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator 2 (1990) FWST Staff The players hardly fail the material, but the Jim Thomas-John Thomas screenplay defeats all concerned.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Elston Brooks "Dracula" is gory to a fault, but there is a lot of acting going on, and the production is mounted with extreme artistic beauty.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Perry Stewart [Dracula] is melodrama any way you slice it.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
6/10
From Beyond (1986) Michael H. Price Words might have failed Lovecraft, but the design crew pulls no punches in depicting corruption of the flesh.
Posted Oct 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Born Yesterday (1950) Grace Halsell You know you're in for a Holliday. A Judy Holliday.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
Desert Hearts (1985) Michael H. Price Desert Hearts' R rating takes into account some fiery lovemaking footage. Deitch, however, avoids prurience and concentrates on the players' faces, lending the picture a tasteful restraint that intensifies its eroticism.
Posted Oct 12, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) FWST Staff Hanif Kureishi's screenplay mingles political smarts, humor and grim seriousness to solid effect.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
French Connection II (1975) Perry Stewart The new "Connection" is a knocked-out blockbuster of a movie.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Celluloid Closet (1995) Todd Camp The film's greatest achievement is the introduction to a large audience, both gay and straight, of how a segment of society ignored by Hollywood managed to find a place, however discreet, in the world of film.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Tron (1982) Perry Stewart It's a film with undeniable, almost universal appeal.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Tron (1982) Elston Brooks A fascinating piece of futuristic movie-making.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Tron (1982) Todd Camp The story is as bland as always, but the effects are still amazing.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Casper (1995) Michael H. Price It's a pretty good movie, even so, with plot holes as big as Pasadena and enough breathtaking special effects to take one's mind off all the lapses of script sense.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Times (1975) Perry Stewart What seems at first like a run-of-the-mill Charles Bronson B-grader turns out, on closer examination, to be an utterly plotless collection of inevitabilities joined by brawls.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Times (1975) Elston Brooks Bronson pulls off the most of his remarkable performance with a minimum of words and a maximum of sheer visual acting excellence.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Spider-Man (2002) Robert Philpot The movie counts as a modest success simply because it remains largely true to its roots, and the story that Lee and Ditko develop has a human side to it that's as strong -- if not stronger -- than its superhuman side.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Boogie Nights (1997) Robert Philpot Boogie Nights doesn't just wink and invite you into its '70s world of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll -- it grabs you by the wide lapels and hauls you over the threshold.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Michael H. Price The film is gracefully light and understated.
Posted Sep 23, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Hard Eight (1996) Michael H. Price All this business about tangled loyalties and cold deceptions may be as old as the hills, but Anderson infuses it with the vitality of rich characterizations and desperate urgency.
Posted Sep 22, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Michael H. Price The siege situation is generic, but its use here with a character-driven narrative makes for a rouser of a time at the movies.
Posted Sep 18, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) Michael H. Price Not a patch on the original film, but not half bad, either.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) Michael H. Price Arnold Vosloo inherits Neeson's Darkman role and treats it quite well. Bradford May directs with a big-screen attitude, transcending the sequel's made-for-video origins.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Toy Story (1995) Todd Camp The colors, lighting and camera work give both live-action and cel animation a run for their money.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
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