Eight Men Out1988
Perhaps the saddest chapter in the annals of professional American sports is recounted in absorbing fashion in Eight Men Out.
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Dreamscape1984
Film [from a screen story by David Loughery] centers on 'dreamlinking', the psychic projection of one person's consciousness into a sleeping person's subconscious, or his dreams. If that sounds far-fetched, it is.
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The Karate Kid1984
Morita is simply terrific, bringing the appropriate authority and wisdom to the part.
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Nine to Five (9 to 5)1980
Although it can probably be argued that Patricia Resnick and director Colin Higgins' script [from a story by Resnick] at times borders on the inane, the bottom line is that this picture is a lot of fun.
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Popeye1980
It is more than faint praise to say that Popeye is far, far better than it might have been, considering the treacherous challenge it presented. But avoiding disaster is not necessarily the same as success.
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Slap Shot1980
Half the time Hill invites the audience to get off on the mayhem, the other half of the time he decries it.
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Death Race 20001975
Script, from an Ib Melchior story, makes its satirical points economically, and director Paul Bartel keeps the film moving quickly.
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Barbarella1968
Despite a certain amount of production dash and polish and a few silly-funny lines of dialog, Barbarella isn't very much of a film.
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Witness for the Prosecution1957
A courtroom meller played engagingly and building evenly to a surprising and arousing, albeit tricked-up, climax...
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The Bride of Frankenstein1935
Karloff manages to invest the character with some subtleties of emotion that are surprisingly real and touching.
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