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John Lapsley

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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 93% 3.5/4 “ "The Empire" is a fine shade behind Star Wars. But this is compensated by the exhilarating realisation that with "The Empire," Lucas shows he has begun the creation of a space age myth which may be just as entrancing as The Knights of the Round Table.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Apr 23, 2025 Full Review Apocalypse Now (1979) 90% 5/5 “Apocalypse Now is a vast, extravagant, film masterpiece. Its concept, theme, and structure, is built on the magnificent scale of the grandest opera.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Sep 23, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings (1978) 49% 2/5 “Bakshi's 2.5 hour animation epic has been drowned by its inability to breathe any real identity into the Hobbits, Orcs, Wizards, and Elves, that Tolkien created. The result is an ordeal for the backside.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Alien (1979) 93% 3/5 “It's been done a hundred times before, but rarely as spectacularly, or as revoltingly.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Caveman (1981) 33% 1.5/4 “Ringo Starr may have received deification in being a Beatle, and Barbara Bach may have been one of the more spectacular Bond beauties. But they, and the rest of the cast... are a long chalk short of the necessary skills. ” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) May 4, 2023 Full Review Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 94% 3.5/4 “What really lifts Raiders of the Lost Ark to the level of escapist entertainment it attains is the sheer film-craft of its producer and director. The result is something one might describe as "new-improved nostalgia." ” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) May 4, 2023 Full Review 9 to 5 (1980) 69% 3/4 “Nine to Five is a delightful, lightweight farce. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 3, 2023 Full Review Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 90% 5/5 “Both Hoffman and Streep are given freedom to develop sympathetic characters who can wholly represent the viewpoints of both mothers and fathers. Given that opportunity, they respond magnificently. ” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Aug 4, 2022 Full Review Chariots of Fire (1981) 84% 3.5/4 “It has a happy combination of qualities that make it universally appealing. There is an irresistible story about battlers fighting their way to the top. It is finely acted, with likable men driven by credible forces.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% 3.5/4 “Raging Bull is a film hampered by the emotional unattractiveness of its anti-hero... But it is an extraordinarily skillfully made picture which features a memorable performance by De Niro, and a documentary tour de force by Scorsese.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Jul 15, 2022 Full Review Ordinary People (1980) 89% 4/4 “Alvin Sargent's devastatingly realist screenplay adaptation of the novel by a Minneapolis housewife, Judith Guest, sounds like the transcript of a typical civilised family's roundtable non-discussion.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Jul 15, 2022 Full Review Thief (1981) 80% 3/4 “Mann has a great capacity for viewing old situations with a fresh eye. Thief won't be remembered as one of the very top movies of the year, but it is a very satisfying piece of original entertainment.” – The Sun-Herald (Australia) Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) 84% 3/5 “It avoids the saccharine pitfalls that surround a life story which is so like the fan ragazine rags to riches clap trap and it could make a very unfair caricature. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 7, 2022 Full Review Excalibur (1981) 72% 2.5/5 “Unfortunately, it seems this film has been made by two people. An important talent who has created memorable backgrounds and costumes. And a story hack, with little idea of how to handle pace, dialogue, and actors.” – Sydney Morning Herald Dec 29, 2021 Full Review Hair (1979) 83% 4/5 “Director Milos Forman and his production team have performed an artistic task akin to carefully restoring a chandelier... It is new -- but it is not.” – Sydney Morning Herald Nov 9, 2021 Full Review Seems Like Old Times (1980) 70% “Until this film It seemed that Neil Simon was at his best, quite brilliant and at his worst, still entertaining.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 4, 2021 Full Review The Blues Brothers (1980) 71% “Between [musical] numbers there are a number of good laughs, but most of the comedy falls flat through constant over-statement. The 20-car prang where two might do philosophy, spills through the whole film.” – Sydney Morning Herald Dec 21, 2020 Full Review
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