Copley News Service
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Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
David Elliott
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
One Crazy Summer (1986)
One Crazy Summer is mostly another "wacky" frolic for the late-summer teen market.
Posted Aug 16, 2021
2
Bolero (1984)
Alas, Bo will never, never be an actress.
Posted Mar 31, 2020
3
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
This is the most nakedly calculated film Simon has written (which is really saying something), and also the least funny.
Posted Nov 18, 2019
4
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
It has a creamy surface and junky insides.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
5
The film is richly acted... And it's as well paced as a good race by director Simon Wincer.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
6
2010 (1984)
7
Tightrope (1984)
On an action fan's gut level, I like Eastwood. There's no other star who can pull off tense, John Wayneish moments so well.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
8
Mazursky taps and carbonates a rich source Boudu Saved From Drowning, Rene Fauchois' play that became a classic 1931 movie directed by Jean Renoir.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
9
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
10
Dune (1984)
Inside Dune is a good freak show struggling to get out (and failing).
Posted Jul 19, 2019
11
Weird Science (1985)
Weird Science has a laser-line to the hopes and fears of teen-age boys.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
12
Torchlight (1984)
13
Band of the Hand (1986)
Dumb movies are with us always, but it isn't every week that we have a Band of the Hand. Flawlessly false, it breaks into the elite of the super-stupid.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
14
The Sure Thing (1985)
The Sure Thing is one of those movies that start to fade right after you've seen it, but while you're watching there's pleasure to be had in its craft.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
15
Solarbabies (1986)
Solarbabies is baked in the cliche oven, and then iced with derivations.
Posted Jul 19, 2019
16
The Bear (1984)
17
The Cotton Club (1984)
This movie would have been ruined by good taste. It is spendthrift on every level but logic, and at times inane, yet a smashing entertainment.
Posted Feb 22, 2019
18
City Heat (1984)
Imagine The Sting without charm, and you have a fix on City Heat.
Posted Feb 21, 2019
19
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
The Evil That Men Do is an efficient C.B. machine.
Posted Feb 21, 2019
20
Under the Volcano (1984)
There are nips of beauty and terror, but the movie starts small and then shrinks.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
21
It must have been fun for the film's makers to work in London, Paris, Rome and Southern Germany, but their fun didn't get exported to us.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
22
Ran (1985)
This film is the visual epic of the year, and one of the few really great movies of the 80s.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
23
Lost in America (1985)