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Blonde Venus (1932) Edna B. Lawson The story sounds simple but Director Josef von Sternberg has made it complicated with any number of irrelevant incidents, and abrupt in its transitions.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Vanishing Point (1971) Wayne Harada "Vanishing Point" is a strangely fascinating film.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Camille (1936) Edna B. Lawson Camille is a gorgeous, lavish production of Dumas' novel.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Days of Heaven (1978) Wayne Harada It is a flawed film, but still an important gemstone on the movie scene, and certainly a banquet for the eyes.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Advertiser Staff In one of the chuckling-est movies to come this way in a long time, Lewis Carroll's fantasy has been given a well-nigh perfect treatment.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Peter Rosegg The Princess Bride is a cinematic trifle with no pretense to meaning or message, but it's an utterly charming and enjoyable film. And that doesn't happen every day either.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
The Wiz (1978) Wayne Harada It dares to be different, but different is the only way to go. Therein lies its brain, its heart, its courage.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Wayne Harada When it is romantic, "Dracula" is quite a pleasure.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Tron (1982) Wayne Harada It is an exciting family adventure, a tad weak on story, but terrifically conceived and executed.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Hard Times (1975) Wayne Harada The fight scenes offer crunching realism, handsomely photographed with dramatic impact by Philip Lathrop.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Peter Rosegg The hard-to-classify "To Sleep With Anger" is a film that stays with you after you've left the theater.
Posted Sep 23, 2025  Edit critic review
High and Low (1963) Monte Ito Kurosawa's genius is evident throughout. The plot is simple but in the hands of Kurosawa it becomes a tense, gripping emotional experience which leaves you limp from exhaustion.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Peter Rosegg The best thing to be said is that the film is almost over before you realize this speeding bullet is a dud.
Posted Jul 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman II (1980) Wayne Harada ...[Superman II] is every bit as good as the original. Possibly better, except the quality of color is slightly out of kilter - with muddy tones in some frames.
Posted Jun 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Rollerball (1975) Wayne Harada "Rollerball" is a fresh, exciting, absorbing and fascinating glimpse at power play of the future.
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Wayne Harada "Empire" quickly suggests that Lucas has a vision that will make him the storyteller of the decade, an absolute and astounding inventor of circumstances and surroundings.
Posted Apr 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Michael Tsai George Lucas continues to show signs of being altogether unconcerned with the burden of storytelling, using painfully awkward dialogue and endless coincidences to advance the plot.
Posted Apr 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Wayne Harada A cinematic toy, a blissful concoction of wit and imagination, the brainchild of George Lucas of American Graffiti fame. It quickly is becoming everybody's movie of the year -- and add me to the list. But rightfully so: It is an out of this world delight.
Posted Apr 23, 2025  Edit critic review
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Wayne Harada It may seem ponderously pretentious to assume that man will be up, up and away like that, but Kubrick's foreplay is enriching and extraordinarily perceptive, if nothing else. Indeed, he tells it like it possibly will be -- with authority.
Posted Apr 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) Wayne Harada Whimsy is what makes all of this nonsense work, and director John Hough has fashioned a yarn that misses no tricks.
Posted Mar 19, 2025  Edit critic review
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) Wayne Harada Melvin Frank's direction is sure and steady, letting Simon's comedy flow from the special performers assembled here.
Posted Mar 07, 2025  Edit critic review
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Wayne Harada Because the aerial sequences are truly exciting, it's worth a visit to "Waldo Pepper"
Posted Mar 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Nashville (1975) Wayne Harada Nashville is an eye-opener. A think piece. A mind-boggler. A smashville.
Posted Feb 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Barry Lyndon (1975) Wayne Harada It is Kubrickian from the start, with a style and texture and a grandiose flavor all of its own. It defies categorizing; it dazzles. But it also bores. It is, surely, a film worth your time -- but only if you have the patience.
Posted Feb 25, 2025  Edit critic review
The Song Remains the Same (1976) Wayne Harada The on-stage performance, shot at Madison Square Garden in New York, is explosive and emotive, chronicling the sweaty involvement of a two-hour wing-ding before thousands of loyal supporters.
Posted Feb 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Barbarella (1968) Wayne Harada Barbarella... is so far out, it's in -- camp art, if you will.
Posted Feb 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Shampoo (1975) Wayne Harada Beatty's cache of performers is the reason the film works: Everyone's marvelous.
Posted Feb 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Blue Velvet (1986) Peter Rosegg The film does what it set out to well, but that is not something everyone will appreciate.
Posted Jan 22, 2025  Edit critic review
The Conversation (1974) Wayne Harada [The Conversation] succeeds on three fascinating levels -- as statement, as story, as topical experience.
Posted Sep 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Apocalypse Now (1979) Wayne Harada As entertainment, "Apocalypse" is spectacular and seductive, a fictional travelogue through the nightmares of warfare, with threads of reality blended with fantasy.
Posted Sep 23, 2024  Edit critic review
Aliens (1986) Peter Rosegg Many things that made the original Alien a pleasure are back, but with enough new twists to stimulate as well as purely shock.
Posted Jul 29, 2024  Edit critic review
Jaws (1975) Wayne Harada In directing Jaws, 27-year-old Steven Spielberg quickly thrusts himself into the front of the pack of skillful moviemakers. He attempts to balance the horror with humor, surprising us with terror at every other turn.
Posted Jul 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Planet of the Apes (1968) Wayne Harada I can believe that man is less superior than monkey, but this joke is carried too far and too long.
Posted May 01, 2024  Edit critic review
Steel Magnolias (1989) Peter Rosegg Steel Magnolias is a slick sentimental heart-tugger, of course, whose slightly saccharine story is best summed up as "laughter through the tears."
Posted May 01, 2024  Edit critic review
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) William W. Davenport Every satirical possibility of the situation is beautifully exploited, from an air lift to bundles for Burgundy.
Posted Apr 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Road to Ruin (1934) Edna B. Lawson The story and the intended moral is rather silly as there are few girls of Ann's type who lack the knowledge they should have.
Posted Apr 15, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Spaceballs (1987) Peter Rosegg Spaceballs has everything you have come to look for (or dread) in a Brooks movie. Riotous sight gags, terrible puns, rude language, movie and TV jokes.
Posted Apr 12, 2024  Edit critic review
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976) Vickie Ong In a plot riddled with cliches, the story grinds on interminably and predictably.
Posted Apr 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Vickie Ong It's a film worth seeing if just to savor some superior acting by Pacino and company.
Posted Apr 06, 2024  Edit critic review
The Late Show (1977) Vickie Ong It's a joy to find a movie that can still lift you above the humdrum world, keep you smiling for a few hours and send you back to earth, feeling good about life.
Posted Apr 05, 2024  Edit critic review
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Vickie Ong [The Outlaw Josey Wales] takes the typical Eastwood scenario -- a man seeking revenge for the death of his family and shooting every man who gets in the way -- and embellishes it with drama and comedy.
Posted Apr 05, 2024  Edit critic review
Black Sunday (1977) Vickie Ong The tension soon engulfs you: the suspense is so skillfully manipulated that you scarcely dare breathe. And when the movie's over, you'll find yourself overcharged with adrenaline and exhausted at the same time.
Posted Apr 05, 2024  Edit critic review
The Gumball Rally (1976) Vickie Ong As a film, The Gumball Rally is as substantial as chewing gum, as satisfying as the day-old gunk that sticks to your shoe... In short, The Gumball Rally is horrid stuff.
Posted Apr 05, 2024  Edit critic review
The Big Heat (1953) Advertiser Staff The picture's best performance is given by Gloria Grahame. last year's "Oscar" winner, who continues her winning ways with a deft portrayal of a gunman's moll.
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
Chinatown (1974) Wayne Harada It is toned and polished to emulate the Thirties Detective Yarn. And yes, it's worth a visit. But pass the word -- don't spill the beans.
Posted Mar 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Westward the Women (1951) Advertiser Staff Western scripters have come up with a refreshing switch in Westward the Women.
Posted Mar 02, 2024  Edit critic review
Grease (1978) Wayne Harada It is harmless, humorous and haunting in its own way. And again, John Travolta is the magnet. The magic. The marvel.
Posted Feb 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Home Alone (1990) Peter Rosegg The title tells you the entire plot of Home Alone, an over-cute concept movie that would have made a great short subject.
Posted Nov 28, 2023  Edit critic review
Little Big Man (1970) Wayne Harada Little Big Man is my choice for the best-of-the-year honors. No film is perfect; this one damn nearly makes it.
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Wayne Harada It's Burstyn's flair for heart-tugging warmth, however, that makes the ordinary extraordinary... She makes us care, because she really cares; she makes us cringe, because she really cringes; above all, she makes us respond, because she really responds.
Posted Oct 12, 2023  Edit critic review
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