Funny Lady (1975)
51%
“Beyond the key performances and the fantastically eye-catching costumes... impressions generated by the movie splinter in kaleidoscopic fashion.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 24, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
61%
3/4
“The imagery is breathtaking in both its inventiveness and scope.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 23, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
94%
“Then there is the story, combining romance, high adventure, and, above all, humor, and telling us that good will triumph over evil. We are ready to hear that again. We are ready to see that happen again at the movies. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 22, 2025
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Supervixens (1975)
49%
“Meyer has chosen to make a new pitch for power with a picture called "Supervixens," which could be deemed contemptible if it were not so flat-out boring.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 11, 2025
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
90%
“Great blobs of brilliant color smear and splinter into each other, giving birth to seemingly endless varieties of new shapes and shades, in this flight on the wings of Stanley Kubrick's wild, wild, wildest imagination.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 9, 2025
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
91%
“Predictably, even dependably, the new film by the group that calls itself Monty Python's Flying Circus is, like their first effort, something completely different. and, for those with high respect for nonsense, it is something completely marvelous.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 1, 2025
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Rancho Deluxe (1975)
62%
“Director Frank Perry's talent bites the dust in this cutesy Western comedy. That flaw is a malnourished script.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 27, 2025
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At Long Last Love (1975)
23%
“The movie might have had its moments if Bogdanovich had permitted pros such as Miss Kahn, Miss Brennan and Hillerman to carry some of the 16 musical numbers on their own.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 25, 2025
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Tommy (1975)
71%
“The imagery is so wildly fantastic, so overblown, so out of control, that is has a numbing effect. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 18, 2025
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Report to the Commissioner (1975)
56%
“Both script and direction are far more thoughtful and inventive than average.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 12, 2025
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Mr. Ricco (1975)
25%
“Martin steps into a format equally banal and far more offensive than that of the Matt Helm movie series.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 7, 2025
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Nashville (1975)
89%
“Much of what Altman has discovered in the making of earlier films comes together in Nashville, a complex, exquisitely orchestrated, kaleidoscopic examination of an American city with its unique culture.” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 27, 2025
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The Yakuza (1974)
47%
“In this film, Pollack explores something far more interesting than a cultural hybrid. He explores a cinematic hybrid. "The Yakuza" turns out to be a thinking man's action picture.” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 26, 2025
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
78%
“One gets the idea, fleetingly, that Kubrick intended Barry Lyndon to be a frostily intellectual, elegant spoof of formalized period adventure dramas... Could be. But only the filmmaker knows for sure.” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 25, 2025
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Barbarella (1968)
65%
“It all sums up to ninety-eight minutes of weird, wild, wonderful fun, with a few deliciously chilling shudders thrown in for good measure. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 12, 2025
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Shampoo (1975)
75%
“Significant if not profound, consistently accurate in its comic aim, and written with as much flair as it is performed, "Shampoo" shows itself to be the most polished, purposeful, distinctively American screen satire since "The Graduate."” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 10, 2025
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The Conversation (1974)
93%
“Call him what you will. In Gene Hackman's hands, he becomes the personification of pathos -- a lonely, anxious, gray figure whose chosen field has all but killed his claim to humanity.” –
Detroit Free Press
Sep 24, 2024
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Jaws (1975)
97%
“A good commercial movie is one thing, however, and a good movie is another thing entirely. Jaws, like very few other major screen efforts, is both.” –
Detroit Free Press
Jul 2, 2024
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
87%
“It Is clear that the film wants to be a jolly and entertaining experience for the mass audience. Most of the time, it succeeds.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 11, 2024
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
96%
“The movie depends almost entirely on Pacino's ability to sustain tension for all but minutes of the standard feature's two-hour running time.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 6, 2024
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
71%
“Lady Sings the Blues, then, shows precious little artistry, never mind integrity, where Billie Holiday's life is concerned.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 4, 2024
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
90%
“The movie is no good. Certainly it has moments that suggest the tremendous talent, effort and expense that went into the making but they, alas, only point up the difference between what is and what might have been.” –
Detroit Free Press
Apr 3, 2024
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Chinatown (1974)
98%
“Polanski's new film may be a throwback, but it roots fresh material in the conventions of a familiar genre.” –
Detroit Free Press
Mar 8, 2024
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Grease (1978)
66%
“Overall, the movie exudes a sense of fun. The cast, particularly Travolta and Ms. Channing, who can do with their eyes what others do by planting tongue firmly in cheek, look like they're having a ball. ” –
Detroit Free Press
Feb 8, 2024
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The Duellists (1977)
74%
“The problem here is that the principal characters are as silly surely as the code, surely an effect not calculated by director Scott.” –
Detroit Free Press
Nov 20, 2023
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