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3/4
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(1991)
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Terry Orme
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Ironically, audiences likely be calling for more. With the new movie, subtitled "The Undiscovered Country," Kirk, Spock, and Co. are back in fine form... Star Trek VI has the aura of new beginnings.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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2/4
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Hook
(1991)
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Terry Orme
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No expense has been spared. But money isn't everything, and Hook is no bargain. For all the extravagance, the movie rings hollow.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Big Top Pee-wee
(1988)
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Terry Orme
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Kleiser doesn't bring the offbeat charm and whimsy that Tim Burton brought to the first film.
Posted Dec 13, 2025
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2.5/4
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True Lies
(1994)
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Sean P. Means
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True Lies won't rank as either Cameron's or Schwarzenegger's best. If you're looking for big bangs, true Lies has them.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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The Abyss
(1989)
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Terry Orme
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A gripping underwater adventure eventually becomes maudlin, false and saccharine.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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3/4
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The Abyss
(1989)
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Sean P. Means
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What was once a technically brilliant but dramatically anticlimactic movie is now a spectacular morality play with a stunning finish.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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3/4
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
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Terry Orme
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"T2" is merely a simple-minded action story told with state-of-the-art technology and the Cameron flair. Don't think about it and you will enjoy the ride.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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The Running Man
(1987)
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Terry Orme
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It is 90 minutes of bad acting, blood, crunching bones and idiotic one-liners. Vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Posted Nov 06, 2025
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Predator 2
(1990)
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Terry Orme
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"Predator 2" numbs the emotions as well as the mind.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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Predator
(1987)
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Terry Orme
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"Predator" elevates ridiculousness to an artform. This is high-tech camp, a movie so preposterous that you can't help but laugh out loud.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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Born Yesterday
(1950)
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Ham Park
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The story of the play is interesting, the situations clever, the dialogue sparkling, and the acting of the supporting cast superb, but it's Judy Holliday herself who gets you.
Posted Oct 13, 2025
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The Celluloid Closet
(1995)
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Sean P. Means
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The Celluloid Closet will make film fans think twice about on-screen depiction of gays.
Posted Oct 08, 2025
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Tron
(1982)
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Terry Orme
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While the special effects in "TRON" are gracefully intertwined from scene to scene, the story is a series of jolts. "TRON" leaves you ambivalent.
Posted Oct 06, 2025
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2.5/4
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Casper
(1995)
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Sean P. Means
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"Casper" the movie is everything Casper the Friendly Ghost isn't. Casper moves fast, is lighter than air and is cheery. "Casper" pokes along, gets way too heavy and falls into morose schmaltz.
Posted Sep 30, 2025
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To Sleep With Anger
(1990)
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Terry Orme
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A haunting, comic and distinctively different film from independent director Charles Burnett.
Posted Sep 25, 2025
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2.5/4
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Boogie Nights
(1997)
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Sean P. Means
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Boogie Nights successfully records the high times and low notes of a raunchy industry and a ragged age. It also falls prey to the same vices -- excess and frenzy -- that it aims to relate.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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2.5/4
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Hard Eight
(1996)
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Sean P. Means
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Hard Eight moves with all the deliberation of a blackjack dealer impassively dealing the cards. It's what these cards reveal about the players that makes Hard Eight an even-money bet.
Posted Sep 22, 2025
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4/4
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Toy Story
(1995)
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Sean P. Means
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As clever as the technology is in Toy Story, there's also a soul in this machine.
Posted Sep 10, 2025
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4/4
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This Is Spinal Tap
(1984)
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Sean P. Means
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The basic question is this: How much more funny could "This Is Spinal Tap" be? The answer is none. None more funny.
Posted Sep 09, 2025
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4/4
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Requiem for a Dream
(2000)
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Sean P. Means
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This brilliant movie leaves you impressed with its dazzling technique, just as it leaves you emotionally drained by its harrowing depiction of its subject - the ravages of drug addiction.
Posted Aug 22, 2025
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3/4
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Babe
(1995)
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Sean P. Means
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The lessons are well taught, without getting preachy or heavy-handed. There are even some witty bits of comic relief...
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
(1985)
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Terry Orme
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While there are some genuinely funny moments in this light-hearted romp, "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" is the same joke repeated over and over again.
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(1988)
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Terry Orme
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"The Naked Gun" is creative tomfoolery.
Posted Jul 24, 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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Terry Orme
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A comic torpedo that hits squarely between the eyes.
Posted Jul 23, 2025
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1.5/4
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
(1994)
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Sean P. Means
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Yes, the latest installment of this cop-spoof movie series has its share of laughs. But chalk that up to the law of averages, not to any wit or intelligence on the part of its creators.
Posted Jul 22, 2025
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DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
(1990)
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Terry Orme
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While animation buffs won't see anything new, this is fun for the young.
Posted Jul 17, 2025
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
(1997)
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Sean P. Means
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For horror fans who want their adrenals squeezed more than their brains teased, I Know What You Did Last Summer is a scream.
Posted Jul 15, 2025
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2.5/4
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Red Rock West
(1993)
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Sean P. Means
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Some firecracker performances make it worthwhile.
Posted Jul 15, 2025
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Explorers
(1985)
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Terry Orme
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Eric Luke's screenplay is a compilation of cliches from every movie about young people made in the last decade.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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Superman III
(1983)
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Terry Orme
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Despite all it has going for it -- a great cast, good original material -- Superman III is mediocre at best, and excruciatingly dumb at worst.
Posted Jul 08, 2025
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987)
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Terry Orme
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The fourth installment of the series takes the science of movie-making back years, perhaps decades.
Posted Jul 02, 2025
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4/4
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Jurassic Park
(1993)
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Judy Magid
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The Barney-the-Dinosaur-and-Baby-Bop bunch will be scared. Iguana owners may view their pets with a jaundiced eye. The THX Sound System is LOUD. Those reservations aside, Jurassic Park is a great movie.
Posted Jul 01, 2025
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3.5/4
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(1997)
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Sean P. Means
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park, like its predecessor, combines gee-whiz effects with old-fashioned shots to the nervous system. Ooh and ahh all you want -- just get ready for the running and screaming.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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Superman II
(1980)
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Harold Schindler
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"Superman II" will do fine for youngsters, but should have been directed and edited with more diligence and attention for the benefit of adult audiences.
Posted Jun 28, 2025
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Supergirl
(1984)
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Terry Orme
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This is a tired retread.
Posted Jun 27, 2025
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2.5/4
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Jurassic Park III
(2001)
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Sean P. Means
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This sequel is franchise filler, with more elaborate special effects but less suspense or story sense.
Posted Jun 25, 2025
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3.5/4
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Apollo 13
(1995)
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Sean P. Means
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Apollo 13 earns the ultimate compliment for a true-life film: it maintains its suspense even though the conclusion is well known. In the movies, at least, Apollo 13 is a success from lift-off to splashdown.
Posted Jun 24, 2025
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Return to Oz
(1985)
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Terry Orme
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"Return to Oz" is a movie which relies far too much on impressive visual effects and odd characters and not enough on the basic of cinematic narrative.
Posted Jun 17, 2025
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Child's Play
(1988)
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Terry Orme
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While watching Child's Play, you can't help but think that there is satire potential here. Sad thing is, the filmmakers seem to be taking it all very seriously.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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1/4
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The Next Karate Kid
(1994)
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Sean P. Means
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If you thought Avildsen's Rocky-like approach was maudlin and sentimental, it's Shakespeare compared with Cain's shameless manipulations.
Posted May 29, 2025
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The Karate Kid Part III
(1989)
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Terry Orme
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A tired movie which seems to have been made by following a recipe.
Posted May 28, 2025
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The Karate Kid Part II
(1986)
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Terry Orme
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This is a sequel with its heart in the right place.
Posted May 28, 2025
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The Karate Kid
(1984)
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Terry Orme
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The Karate Kid concocts a nice mixture of entertaining action and thoughtful depth.
Posted May 27, 2025
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0/4
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Dirty Work
(1998)
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Sean P. Means
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The only person who generates a laugh is Don Rickles, who ad-libs his own stuff.
Posted May 15, 2025
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Starman
(1984)
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Terry Orme
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It is a film in which the special effects are matched only by the warmth which radiates from the main characters.
Posted May 13, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
(1983)
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Terry Orme
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There is a sense of sentimentality pervading this film -- not the mushy, maudlin type, but a warm feeling that says, "We have come to know these characters, and this probably is the last film in which they will appear together. It's been a pleasure."
Posted Apr 25, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
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Harold Schindler
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What else can be said. See it. And take care of yourself. Seven more chapters, tune in next year for Episode VI. See you there. May the Force be with you.
Posted Apr 23, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
(1977)
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Harold Schindler
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A delight of technical wizardry and escapism. Don't worry about the plot, it takes care of itself.
Posted Apr 22, 2025
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3.5/4
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
(1977)
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Sean P. Means
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Old or new, Star Wars is a gigantically fun experience, quaintly old-fashioned and eye-poppingly modern. Star Wars is a force that will be with us always.
Posted Apr 22, 2025
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4/4
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The Wedding Banquet
(2025)
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Sean P. Means
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Director Ang Lee, who co-wrote the screenplay, has created some of the most realistic and pleasant characters to be seen in a movie in ages.
Posted Apr 15, 2025
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