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Review of Peter Pan (1953)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 09 Nov 1992

It's gay in the old-fashioned sense, a giddy whirl for the senses, from chilly English drawing rooms to lush Neverland jungle…

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Review of King Kong (1976)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 19 Jun 1989

King Kong, a labor of love that's visually stunning and moving in its best moments, is also bloated, shallow, clunky, full of illogical scenes…

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Review of Spellbound (1945)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 14 Jul 1987

The terrific Spellbound really isn't about the ability to tear words apart letter by letter. It's about nerve-wracking competitiveness…

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Review of Pride and Prejudice (1940)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 12 Sep 1976

Handsome and competently acted and prettily shot and all the other things critics say when what they really want to scream is Aaaaaaaargh…

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Review of The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 10 Jul 1976

The Farrellys have always danced along the tightrope between funny-disgusting and just plain gross in There's Something About Mary and Shallow…

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Review of Robin Hood (1973)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 05 Dec 1974

Every era gets the Robin Hood it needs…Now director Ridley Scott and writer Brian Helgeland have given us an intelligent, layered story suited…

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Review of The Italian Job (1969)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 24 Feb 1972

After concocting one tense crime at the beginning, the writers can't do any better than to imitate it later…

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Review of The Awful Truth (1937)

By Terry Lawson (645) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 02 Sep 1970

A routine story perhaps, but McCarey transforms it , through his customary affection for his characters and taut pacing, into delightfully…

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Review of Alice in Wonderland (1951)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 12 Mar 1963

The film is always fun, but as Carroll might have observed, it’s not much of a muchness…

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Review of Hamlet (1948)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 24 Apr 1950

Hamlet has audacity, intelligence, a provocative visual and musical style, virtually no poetry, a garbled story line weakened by savage cutting…

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