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Review of Purple Rain (1984)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Mar 1998

The project would have been much more palatable as a TV special; as it stands, it's just another symptom of the American cinema's addiction…

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Review of First Kid (1996)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jan 1998

The script by Brannon Braga and Ronald Moore provides all the background necessary for viewers unfamiliar with the characters' previous movie…

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Review of The Godfather Part II (1974)

By Don Drucker (5) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Dec 1997

Three hours and 20 minutes of Al Pacino suffering openly, Robert Duvall suffering silently, Diane Keaton suffering noisily, and (every so often)…

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Review of Breathless (1983)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 Nov 1997

McBride's presentation of Richard Gere is frankly pornographic, perhaps the only way to handle this Victor Mature of the 80s; Valerie Kaprisky…

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Review of Mary Poppins (1964)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Nov 1997

While it doesn't have the soft-edged sense of wonder that the Travers books have, Walt Disney's 1964 version of the Mary Poppins story does…

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Review of Testament (1983)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Sep 1997

Focusing on one family in a small northern California town that seems to have survived an initial attack, Littman quickly loses interest in…

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Review of Hustle (1975)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Aug 1997

The sinister mise-en-scene is compromised only by a few overripe lines from screenwriter Steve Shagan, and Reynolds reveals himself as an actor…

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Review of Raising Arizona (1987)

By Pat Graham (71) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jul 1997

The snickering humor that percolated through the Coens' debut, Blood Simple, is the whole show here, and it's damn near hysterical…

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Review of Pocahontas (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Jul 1997

Contradictions confound certain aspects of this project--such as the language spoken by Pocahontas (which, in the Hollywood tradition, oscillates…

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Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Jul 1997

For the most part, this is a very close adaptation of Booth Tarkington's underrated novel about the relentless decline of a wealthy midwestern…

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Review of Labyrinth (1986)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Jun 1997

George Lucas produced and Jim Henson (of Muppets fame) directed this heftily budgeted 1986 fantasy, which seems to be a conscious attempt to…

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Review of The Haunting (1963)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 May 1997

Robert Wise's 1963 black-and-white 'Scope translation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House was pretty effective when it came out,…

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Review of My Blue Heaven (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 May 1997

Script and direction are both fairly slapdash, but the actors and the overall sweetness keep this chugging along on some level…

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Review of Extreme Prejudice (1987)

By Pat Graham (71) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 May 1997

The character interactions are strong, especially for this depleted genre, and Hill's tight, efficient styling recovers a lot of lost formal…

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Review of No Man's Land (1987)

By Patrick Z. Mcgavin (37) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Apr 1997

While the war-as-insanity metaphor clearly fits the cruel, heartbreaking story, its force is undercut by a succession of character types --…

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Review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Apr 1997

Its special effects are used so seamlessly as part of an overall artistic strategy that, as critic Annette Michelson has pointed out, they…

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Review of Blow-Up (1966)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Apr 1997

This is so ravishing to look at (the colors all seem newly minted) and pleasurable to follow (the enigmas are usually more teasing than worrying)…

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Review of Frankenstein (1931)

By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Mar 1997

One of the most deservedly famous and chilling horror films of all time…

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Review of The Commitments (1991)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Mar 1997

Classic genre movies may be a scarce commodity, but this gutsy crime thriller and female buddy movie qualifies in spades…

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Review of The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Mar 1997

The plotting of this 1978 biopic is contrived, and director Steve Rash's feeling for Buddy Holly's time and place is virtually nil, but Gary…

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