Withnail and I (1987)
83%
2/5
“One of those pictures that manages to be consistently amusing and grating at the same time.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Apr 4, 2025
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
92%
4/5
“Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing is the most poignant, disturbing and frighteningly real film about race relations ever made by a black American film maker.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Mar 21, 2025
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Back to School (1986)
81%
2/5
“Back to School is not a great movie. It's simple-minded and simplistic.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Feb 27, 2025
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Aladdin (1992)
96%
4/5
“With the hilarious, bounds-breaking animated fairy tale Aladdin, Walt Disney proves once again that the best movies can be drawn. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 16, 2024
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
95%
5/5
“Their growth, Menken and Ashman's score and the humor that buoys this handsomely realized creation makes Beauty and the Beast the most satisfying animated movie Disney has ever made.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 16, 2024
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The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
76%
3/5
“The featurette is drawn in classic Disney style, but makes great use of perspective.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 15, 2024
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
85%
2/5
“While the first half of... The Rescuers Down Under is breathtakingly magnificent, the second half is lower than a sloth.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 15, 2024
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
92%
4/5
“Close your eyes and listen a moment. Something extraordinary is taking place... The Little Mermaid is a small step for animation, a giant leap for movie scoring. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 13, 2024
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
69%
3/5
“Coppola's Dracula is seriously flawed, but it also is brilliantly daring. It takes viewers to the edge of time and back, which is worth far more than the price of admission.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Sep 26, 2024
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Alien 3 (1992)
44%
3/5
“Alien 3 is the most artful entry in the drool-beast series. It gets serious points for cinematography, editing and design. But it hardly generates the requisite shocks its predecessors have so skillfully delivered.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Aug 6, 2024
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Aliens (1986)
94%
4/5
“It is pure action built around the barest of plots. Yet, the characters, the catastrophes and the world Cameron and his special effects technicians envision is rich with texture.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Jul 30, 2024
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
89%
“When Harry Met Sally... is pure movie magic.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Jul 12, 2024
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
73%
“Knowing the story hardly lessens Steel Magnolias impact or its humor, still its strongest element. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
May 3, 2024
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Postcards From the Edge (1990)
83%
3/5
“There's a daffy, truly endearing quality about the paper-thin Postcards From the Edge.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Apr 30, 2024
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Spaceballs (1987)
52%
2/4
“Spaceballs never reaches the Ludicrous Speed at which its space vehicles travel. The comedy is particularly uneven because its peripheral humor the comic asides and set dressings tends to be better conceived than the story.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Apr 12, 2024
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
88%
4/5
“The Last of the Mohicans is grand entertainment. Romantic, exciting, though unremittingly violent at times, it is rich in frontier lore and in its respect for the land that conquering settlers too often take for granted.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Dec 15, 2023
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Home Alone (1990)
66%
3/5
“Culkin is the perfect tufted tow-headed tyke; the human equivalent of the Roadrunner, his face twisting and eyes brightening with every revelation and idea. Pesci and Stern, accordingly, are cast as Wiley Coyotes. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Nov 29, 2023
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Goodfellas (1990)
94%
5/5
“Scorsese's GoodFellas is an unparalleled achievement, the most chilling and savagely droll account of mob life ever recorded on film. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Oct 18, 2023
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Batman (1989)
77%
4/5
“Batman is perfect summertime fare. Its secret is levity hidden in a dark and troubled soul.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Jul 25, 2023
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Patriot Games (1992)
72%
3/4
“A slam-bang terrorist thriller from first frame to last. It also is astonishingly conventional. You've seen the plot machinations in dozens of movies before, though rarely so well-orchestrated. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Jun 6, 2023
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The Color Purple (1985)
73%
4/5
“Although this tale would be better told on smaller terms with a touch more realism, Spielberg has made The Color Purple the only way he knows how -- boldly and opulently. And, in doing so, he proves himself a gifted director of adult films.” –
Tampa Bay Times
May 25, 2023
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A Chorus Line (1985)
48%
3/5
“Attenborough's A Chorus Line isn't so much an expansion of Michael Bennett's show as it is an homage. Sticking to the basics, with a talented cast, he succeeds. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
May 25, 2023
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An American Tail (1986)
77%
4/5
“What makes An American Tail so memorable... is the strength of David Kirschner's, Judy Freudberg's and Tony Geiss' story. An American Tail plucks a common chord with anyone whose ancestors emigrated to America during the great 19th century influx.” –
Tampa Bay Times
May 17, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
84%
3/5
“[It] captures that dizzying... extravaganza effect that has made the Indiana Jones, Star Wars and James Bond series so much fun to watch. There are some brilliant sequences guaranteed to make viewers squirm, gasp and grip their armrests with anticipation.” –
Tampa Bay Times
Apr 25, 2023
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Army of Darkness (1992)
68%
3/5
“Army of Darkness isn't for everyone. But Raimi aficionados will relish the non-stop action and gore, the hamminess of Campbell's performance the low-budget technical zeal that Raimi musters even as his bottom line and prowess as a filmmaker increase. ” –
Tampa Bay Times
Mar 31, 2023
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