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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The Howling (1981) Jeff Simon The special effects are a creative explosion of hair and rubber.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
RoboCop 3 (1993) Mary Kunz Goldman As a tongue-in-cheek drama it's very funny.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Waiting for Guffman (1996) Jeff Simon It's hilarious, a howl all the way through, although in a very sophisticated way.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 2 (1990) Robbie-Ann McPherson Though not as good as "RoboCop," the sequel is great action-adventure entertainment, complete with graphic violence.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Phantom Lady (1944) Ethel Hoffman Miss Harrison knows that an American audience has little interest in grappling with the inscrutable, and hence, she lets us in on the murderer's identity.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop (1987) Jeff Simon It's stylish, it's funny, it's visually arresting and it's vehemently clever in a cartoonish, tongue-in-cheek way.
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Ardis Smith No actress now practicing could be righter for Capote's darling Holly Golightly...
Posted Mar 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Jeff Simon Not enough can be said about the brilliance of Thompson's screenplay. This is terribly difficult stuff to adapt.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
THX 1138 (1971) Anthony Bannon Its images of man manipulated, of man alone, of man in rebellion against machine are so overwhelmingly effective as to be its singular justification.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Chocolat (2000) Jeff Simon An elegant and completely satisfying truffle of a movie.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Pretty in Pink (1986) Jeff Simon Anyone with any pipeline at all to the sub-world of teendom knows that Pretty in Pink is likely to be a monster hit. The nice thing is, it deserves to be.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Melinda Miller Even with a frog at the helm of the Hispaniola and a completely gratuitous scene involving rogue boars chanting "Boom-Sha-Ka-La-Ka," the Muppets do better by Stevenson than Demi Moore did for Hawthorne.
Posted Feb 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Jeff Simon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the best film of the year, one of the precious few that give you the primal delight of movies, the feeling that what you are seeing is somehow magic.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) Buffalo News Staff Sitting through this study of justice, fear and insanity is like discovering a good book in a second-hand stall.
Posted Feb 10, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Erin Brockovich (2000) Jeff Simon Soderbergh figured out how best to showcase in every scene the dominant female movie star of her era. She owes him. Big time. But then when you see how good she is in Erin Brockovich, he owes her a thing or two too.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Blonde Venus (1932) Rollin Palmer Pictorially, "Blonde Venus," is nothing short of elegant. Director von Sternberg shows again that he is one of the imperial wizards of his craft.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
A Face in the Crowd (1957) Ardis Smith Kazan is a powerhouse of energy and vivid staging.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Days of Heaven (1978) Jeff Simon If you scan the film landscape around it, Days of Heaven juts out as beautifully and as anomalously as the huge, angular, mansard-roofed Victorian mansion in the film looms over the surrounding oceans of wheat.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Camille (1936) Victor Knox Cukor has skillfully avoided making Camille an emotional debauch, while at the same time he has sacrificed none of this dramatic love story.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Buffalo News Staff Problems of the returning war veteran are depicted sympathetically and intelligently.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
Ace in the Hole (1951) Jacqueline Taylor Fast, furious and full of explosive action.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
My Bloody Valentine (1981) Jeff Simon There's no reason for it except a great deal of bloody, incoherent murder and gory comedy.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
North (1994) Jeff Simon It may appeal to those under 12, but everyone else is going to have a tough time quelling impatience.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The American President (1995) Jeff Simon [The] script has the brilliant patina of plausibility unless you examine it a little... Hang all that stuff. Who cares? Reality is a few blocks down the road in a much tougher neighborhood. This is fantasyland, and it works out just fine.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
Misery (1990) Robbie-Ann McPherson It is compelling but not gripping, and good but not spectacular.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Jacqueline Taylor Through Klaatu, the film speaks against the rush of fear and violence in a place of reason, and describes a world which has outgrown wars and has "freedom for more profitable activities."
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Jeff Simon Your jaw drops at the massive and wild spectacle in front of you and your brain bursts with admiration for the craft and audacity of it. As for your heart, that's another matter.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Janet Kidd Wil Wheaton is a natural at his role as Gordie, playing the character with more ease and honesty than many of his older colleagues.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jeff Simon The adventure is grand, the company is a tonic and the vistas and sights from beginning to end are glorious. A rather wonderful movie, as people will find out in massive droves very soon.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Gaslight (1944) Ethel Hoffman The pictorial effect is thus enriched, but the claustrophobic feeling of inescapable malignancy which was achieved by the play with its setting in a single drawing room is lessened somewhat by the film's broader treatment.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A Place in the Sun (1951) Mary Nash The story, based on an actual New York State murder case in 1906, is completely believable in its presentation as a drama of today, and it is far more than a mere murder play, with its skillfully handled social implications and behavior motivations.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Jeff Simon The Sure Thing is a sure thing of a movie. But as this movie knows, when you've experienced the real thing, a sure thing ins't enough.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
The Princess Bride (1987) Jeff Simon Just when you get all uneasy about all the amiable silliness, low-pressure cleverness and narrative confection, someone like Billy Crystal will come along... You just can't remain suspicious anymore. Why fight it? You have to try too hard to resist it.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
A Few Good Men (1992) Jeff Simon ...Rob Reiner's extravagantly ballyhooed "A Few Good Men" has one thing that movies are supposed to be all about - first rate actors flinging vivid, well-crafted , transparently theatrical words all over the place.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Ardis Smith "The Confessions of a Nazi Spy" has two masterly touches. They are in the good temper of the Robinson character and other American officials and in the pervading feeling that the Reich ideology is incredible to the general run of Americans.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Death Race 2000 (1975) John Dwyer It's pretty short for a principal feature, and also kind of dumb and wittily extravagant at the same time.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Hook (1991) Jeff Simon For all of its subversive wit and sentimental poignancy, it's clear evidence that Spielberg's Fantasy Fountain of Youth is beginning to run a wee bit dry.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Christine (1983) Jeff Simon It's a movie so stupendously moronic that's almost lovable.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Dorothy Keenan "Big Top Pee-wee" promises something for children and adults, but is unfortunately a disappointment for the entire audience.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
The Abyss (1989) Jeff Simon It's a big, occasionally exciting, visually arresting mess.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
True Lies (1994) Jeff Simon You can't be unaffected by the awesome technological display of it all. You never doubt for a second that it's a winner and that it's all for you.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Jeff Simon ...the movie is everything that its fans could have wanted - a big, bashing, boisterous action spectacle merrily devoted to the demolition of property and mortification of the flesh.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Terminator (1984) Terry Doran Good stuff. Most of the audience I sat with had 17-inch biceps and they loved it. I loved it.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Alan Pergament The performances of Woodward and Finley as ghosts are so wonderfully ostentatious that they almost steal the spotlight from Scott's Scrooge.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Peeper (1975) Anthony Bannon Fun if you prefer unmenacing action with a touch of dumb humor.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Journey Back to Oz (1974) John Dwyer The animation is awkward and the design downright crude.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Jeff Simon What's wrong with "The Wiz" is that it's just as often laughable as it is happy and funny.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
The Running Man (1987) Jeff Simon "The Running Man" is terrific.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Predator 2 (1990) Robbie-Ann McPherson In spite of the uneventful storyline, the script is full of little gems here and there about life in 1997 L.A.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator (1987) Jeff Simon ...a Schwarzenegger film of spectacular stupidity for two-thirds of way. In the final third, it's spectacular.
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
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