Phoenix Staff
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Scream 3 (2000)
43%
2.5/4
“Craven remains the master of the slasher flick, using the Stab 3's set reproductions of the Woodsboro homes to revive creepy flashbacks of the first movie and providing the psychological fright that was the heart of Scream but was lacking in Scream 2.” –
Boston Phoenix
Feb 20, 2025
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Dracula (1979)
60%
2/4
“Frank Langella seems born to play raved nobles and haunted poets... Unfortunately, director John Badham and writer W.D. Richter have attempted a sort of all-purpose Dracula -- part love story, part horror movie.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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La cage aux folles (1978)
92%
2/4
“Molinaro never explores the ambiguous central relationships, and he doesn't lend the laugh machine of a movie enough speed and wit to work on us all by itself. But at least he puts the performers front and center.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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Breaking Away (1979)
95%
3/4
“A commercial American movie with a real feeling for its Midwestern locale, and an unsentimental generosity towards its characters.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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...And Justice for All (1979)
78%
1/4
“Al Pacino, noisy and effective, yet totally out of control, as a disillusioned Baltimore lawyer, gets to grandstand shamelessly; he gives the movie what little power it has, but the performance is all hollow showmanship.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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Dark Star (1974)
73%
3/4
“It's great fun, and the ending makes gleeful hash of pretentious, "metaphysical" science fiction.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
90%
3/4
“The ferocious, confident performance of Robert Duvall, as Colonel Kilgore, a jaunty lunatic who has embraced and been invigorated by the war, is the only one powerful enough to stand up to the film's visual (and aural) force.” –
Boston Phoenix
Sep 23, 2024
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Chinatown (1974)
98%
“This is mostly a collection of detective-story clichés. However, Jack Nicholson performs magnificently as the quintessential smartass, and this is the first in the current spate of period films not to flaunt its authenticity.” –
Boston Phoenix
Mar 8, 2024
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