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Cathy Burke

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Spaceballs (1987) 52% EDIT “This sendup by director Mel Brooks incorporates the silliest aspects of all the major space adventures of the last decade, and the whole is a hilarious combination of its parts.” – United Press International Apr 12, 2024 Full Review Things Change (1988) 85% EDIT “Things Change is like the careful telling of a sly and spirited joke. Everything builds slowly, and the telling is as important as the punch line.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review The January Man (1988) 28% EDIT “The film sets out to be large, dramatic and powerful -- as well as endearing -- and misses on every point.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Working Girl (1988) 83% EDIT “Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver steal the show with their good guy-bad guy roles.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Dragnet (1987) 49% EDIT “The update carries only a surface resemblance to its television ancestor; the rest is more reminiscent of the comic-book world of Batman, Robin and Superman.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Good Morning Babylon (1987) 80% EDIT “It will take most Americans more than just a little effort to believe the Hollywood of this movie is the same place that eventually produced Rambo II.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Off Limits (1988) 45% EDIT “It's a film about ordinary people put in unordinary circumstances pressed to extraordinary levels, and the film itself becomes extraordinary by the effort.” – United Press International Dec 12, 2017 Full Review The Accidental Tourist (1988) 82% EDIT “The strength of the film is that of the novel: an intoxicating brew of irresistable characters.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) 16% EDIT “Subtitled "The Quest for Peace," this Superman sequel should have been called the "The Quest for a Plot."” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Funny Farm (1988) 64% EDIT “Chevy Chase does the best comedic acting of his movie career in this off-beat satire of exquisite rural living.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review She's Having a Baby (1988) 45% EDIT “[Hughes] proves he also can handle life on the other side of graduation.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Like Father, Like Son (1987) EDIT “Like Father, Like Son manages to have a heart along with a sense of humor.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% EDIT “The Princess Bride is a worthy descendant to the Fractured Fairytales of yore. The characters -- both real and imaginary -- give every frame of The Princess Bride its own magic mirth.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Frantic (1988) 77% EDIT “It's a film about ordinary people put in unordinary circumstances pressed to extraordinary levels, and the film itself becomes extraordinary by the effort.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Rent-A-Cop (1988) 0% EDIT “Rent-a-Cop barely packs five bucks worth of action, suspense and romance.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review For Keeps (1988) 17% EDIT “A dreary television-movie-of-the-week drama, far beneath the considerable talents of the mostly gifted cast.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 96% EDIT “The antics alone are fun to watch, but the dialogue is priceless, and there's never been such a hilarious blend of American and British humor.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Cocktail (1988) 9% EDIT “Cocktail is so steeped in corn, the drama seems comedic and the comedy is about as funny as a hangover.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 82% EDIT “Martin Scorsese's most provocative film also turns out to be uncomfortably slow-paced and sluggish.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Bull Durham (1988) 97% EDIT “Writer-director Ron Shelton tells a wonderful story of how a veteran ballplayer and up-and-comer collide in the world of the minor leagues, and how they are loved by a baseball groupie who's also a philosopher and poet.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review RoboCop (1987) 92% EDIT “While there's enough blood and guts to satisfy the most avid cop-film fan, this version is played for as many laughs as gasps. Robocop has the same slapstick look at violence that made Mad Max so quirky and appealing.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Miles From Home (1988) 60% EDIT “When the movie shows the brothers picking their dangerous path as much from selfishness and arrogance as from desparation, the film has a gritty, believable realism.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Stealing Home (1988) 20% EDIT “Stealing Home packs a lot of emotional wallops, but more often than not, the punches miss the mark.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Coming to America (1988) 73% EDIT “Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, takes a lame idea and some very talented comedic actors and manages to avoid a complete disaster. But just barely.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Alien Nation (1988) 52% EDIT “There are the requisite chase seens, the ingenious murder weapons, the evil propogators of greed andhate. And somehow they don't bury you. In the end, it's the wit and heart of Alien Nation that win you over.” – United Press International Dec 9, 2017 Full Review
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