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Starman (1984) 84% 3/5 “Various moments may remind you of things that you've seen before, but the movie as a whole has a unique, satisfying flavor.” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 13, 2025 Full Review C.H.U.D. (1984) 41% 1/5 “C.H.U.D. is filmed in that cheapo netherworld where some of the people know how to act, some of them don't and nobody can quite figure out how to make the camera work right.” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 11, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83% 5/5 “We sit, huddled together in the dark, around the warm glow of George Lucas' campfire, listening to his tales of courage and mystical regeneration from a place far away, a long time ago. It is a comfortable place to be.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 25, 2025 Full Review The Breakfast Club (1985) 87% 3/4 “Let's not overlook Hughes' considerable achievement. He conveys an unerring sense of the way real young people act. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Heavenly Bodies (1985) 17% “If it weren't so galling, it would almost be refreshing to come across filmmakers so up-front about their creative bankruptcy. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 15, 2024 Full Review The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) 39% 1/4 “If The Legend of Billie Jean is painfully short on sense, it's dreadfully long on style -- the kind of heavy-handed flashiness that's been used by every Flashdance ripoff of the last two years.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 17, 2023 Full Review Cocoon (1985) 82% 4/4 “Though the film is impressive in most details... Cocoon is most compelling for the tone of tearful hope that Howard has been able to create.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 12, 2023 Full Review The Color Purple (1985) 73% “The Color Purple is very, very good Spielberg, but it's not great Spielberg. Jaws and E.T. remain the prime examples of that. Maybe Schindler's List is the movie that Spielberg needs to make his grand departure to deeper, [mature] storytelling. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 25, 2023 Full Review Yentl (1983) 69% 3/4 “On the whole, Yentl turns out to be pleasant, solid entertainment that is, if anything, elevated by Streisand's amazing commitment of time and ego. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 12, 2023 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 77% 3/4 “[It's] paced like a jackhammer, nonstop thrills, awesome effects, the whole department store of Spielberg magic. But no matter how much I wanted to give in and wholeheartedly join the fun, I couldn't overcome some nagging objections.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 18, 2023 Full Review The Evil Dead (1981) 86% 2/4 “A film of low aspirations and moderately effective achievements. Too bad it's hog-tied by a ridiculously familiar plot, uneven direction and characters of such dizzying simplicity that you wish the demons would get to them. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 24, 2023 Full Review Terms of Endearment (1983) 81% 5/5 “For Shirley MacLaine, it's irrefutable proof that she is not simply the broad farceur but an actress of astonishing taste and control. For Jack Nicholson, it's a joyous return to form... And for Debra Winger, it's nothing less than a revelation. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 20, 2022 Full Review Amadeus (1984) 90% 4/4 “Salieri is the role of a lifetime, a career-maker, and Abraham knows it. He caresses his performance, a bleeding, awestruck confessional, and brings the movie a tender, resonant kind of unity. ” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 11, 2022 Full Review El Norte (1983) 92% 4/4 “The overall effect is intense, exhilarating and troubling. It's a great movie.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 3, 2021 Full Review Crimes of Passion (1984) 50% “Ken Russell fancies himself an artiste, and his odious pretentions take all the fun out of it.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 23, 2021 Full Review Testament (1983) 89% 4/4 “The film contains a beautiful, low-key performance from Jane Alexander as the family's strong, frightened mother... conveying the confusion and rage beneath her veneer of calm sadness.” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 10, 2021 Full Review Out of Africa (1985) 62% 4/4 “Sydney Pollack's glorious and stirring Out of Africa is a big-screen epic in the very best sense.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 13, 2021 Full Review Pretty in Pink (1986) 76% 2/4 “It's way too hackneyed for John Hughes. He's already shown us that he knows better.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 9, 2014 Full Review
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