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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83% 3/4 “A first-class production, at least technically... Despite its pyrotechnical wizardry, Return of the Jedi lacks vision and a stamp of originality. ” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 25, 2025 Full Review The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) 50% 2/4 “Despite miscasting, and a silly rewriting of the plot, it's kind of fun, in a bouncy, cartoon-like sense.” – San Francisco Examiner Dec 31, 2023 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% 3/4 “Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is a technically brilliant piece of moviemaking that is often spellbinding. Something, however, is desperately missing, and that's a story with interesting people. ” – San Francisco Examiner Oct 10, 2023 Full Review Yentl (1983) 69% 4/4 “When it was announced that Streisand was going to produce, direct, write, star and sing all of the songs in this film, no one thought she'd ever pull it off. She did. Bravo, Barbra! ” – San Francisco Examiner May 12, 2023 Full Review Scarface (1983) 79% 3/4 “What could have been a somber, depressing story has been kept buoyantly afloat by De Palma's wry, sarcastic look at grown men who wear expensive suits and shoot each other. ” – San Francisco Examiner May 12, 2023 Full Review Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 94% 3/4 “The combination of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas is like heaping a banana split atop a baked Alaska. If your movie appetite is ready, prepare to digest Raiders of the Lost Ark.” – San Francisco Examiner May 2, 2023 Full Review Creepshow (1982) 65% 3/4 “Creepshow, despite its shortcomings, is done with a certain amount of class. There are plenty of moasters, and lots of hair-raising jolts.” – San Francisco Examiner Aug 9, 2022 Full Review Terms of Endearment (1983) 81% 4/4 “Terms of Endearment represents what Hollywood does, or used to do, best: Entertain. The drama, told with comedy, is full of rich characters whom you like and care about.” – San Francisco Examiner Jul 20, 2022 Full Review Gandhi (1982) 89% 3/4 “Though not overly enlightening, the film is coherent. Most of its parts fit together like pieces of a mosaic. Attenborough has instilled a quiet dignity into each scene. ” – San Francisco Examiner Jul 19, 2022 Full Review Ordinary People (1980) 89% 4/4 “There is nothing ordinary about this film, which was directed with amazing insight and sensitivity by Robert Redford.” – San Francisco Examiner Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Thief (1981) 80% 2/4 “The word "boring" takes on a new dimension in Thief. ” – San Francisco Examiner Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Tess (1979) 81% 3/4 “Tess is certainly an epic movie, full of rich imagery and careful attention to small detail. There is, however, a big problem... Tess is played in one monotonous key, which is tantamount to listening to an opera in which the music never crescendos.” – San Francisco Examiner Jun 16, 2022 Full Review Excalibur (1981) 72% “This is a movie of pure escapism. It's grandiose, with exquisite costumes and lavish sets. Despite all these weighty trappings, the film engulfs you like an ocean wave, then carries you out to sea in a slow, but surely moving current.” – San Francisco Examiner Dec 29, 2021 Full Review The Secret of NIMH (1982) 93% 3/4 “If you've given up on good old-fashioned animated movies, the kind Disney used to do so well, cheer up. The Secret of NIMH is quite wonderful, alive with dramatic conflicts, colorful characters, pretty music and sophisticated animation.” – San Francisco Examiner Nov 11, 2021 Full Review The Hand (1981) 29% 1/4 “Give it the finger.” – San Francisco Examiner Aug 11, 2021 Full Review El Norte (1983) 92% “Had the story been more in focus and had there been a better resolution, El Norte would have been a much more powerful work. Unfortunately, it gets off the track and, in the end, whatever message it wants to convey isn't there.” – San Francisco Examiner Aug 3, 2021 Full Review Romantic Comedy (1983) 29% 2/4 “You've seen this film before.” – San Francisco Examiner Aug 3, 2021 Full Review Porky's (1981) 33% 1/4 “[A] vulgar, sexist, racist, sadistic, juvenile, scatological, gross movie.” – San Francisco Examiner Jun 15, 2021 Full Review The Toy (1982) 3% 2/4 “Anyone who could get Richard Pryor for a toy would be damn lucky. Wish I could say the same about his new comedy...” – San Francisco Examiner Jun 15, 2021 Full Review Chan Is Missing (1982) 96% 4/4 “It's a marvelously humane work that stays in your mind.” – San Francisco Examiner May 19, 2021 Full Review The Challenge (1982) 53% 1/4 “Frankenheimer, whose career goes up and down, has hit rock bottom with this one.” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 19, 2021 Full Review The Blues Brothers (1980) 71% “The Blues Brothers are a popular novelty, and have a definite tongue-in-cheek appeal. But this film does nothing with the characters, except to portray them as a couple of one-sided and unlikable hoods.” – San Francisco Examiner Dec 21, 2020 Full Review Parent Trap III (1989) A- “Sequels, they say, are never equals. But this two-hour 온라인카지노추천 movie is more than enchanting. It's truly funny, with spirited dialogue.” – People Magazine Sep 26, 2019 Full Review
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