Publications list

Windsor Star

Tomatometer-approved publication.

Rating	Title \| Year	Author	Quote
	Legend (1985)	John Laycock	Where's the beef under all the fixings? Bite down, and your mouth's full of smoke. Trying to tell a magic story with mirrors, Legend simply mystifies rather than mesmerizes. Posted Apr 17, 2026 Edit critic review
	The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)	John Laycock	William Devane's flinty good looks parry well with the freckle-faced Haley, who was born to be on the screen. And the team spirit is good. Posted Apr 15, 2026 Edit critic review
	Stephen King's It (1990)	Ted Shaw	When It sticks to the story about Pennywise preying on the town's children, the mini-series is engrossing. The actors have a rapport and their friendship is believable. Posted Apr 15, 2026 Edit critic review
	RoboCop 2 (1990)	John Laycock	The hysterical brutality is aimed, pure and simple, at exploiting some of the worst of our human characteristics. Posted Apr 10, 2026 Edit critic review
	Victor/Victoria (1982)	John Laycock	It settles for happy endings without answers, but the movie's own heart is so strong that its waffling doesn't ever matter. Posted Apr 08, 2026 Edit critic review
	Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)	Annie Oakley	The Warners held an excellent hand and overplayed it. Like almost all propaganda pictures, "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" is vehement rather than effective. Posted Apr 08, 2026 Edit critic review
	Stand by Me (1986)	John Laycock	Small is beautiful for Stand by Me, a sweetly unassuming reminiscence of the end of boyhood. Posted Apr 07, 2026 Edit critic review
	RoboCop (1987)	John Laycock	Verhoeven gleefully spreads gore and carnage across the screen. Only the film's enthusiasm lets on that he is approximately as serious as a Roadrunner cartoon. Posted Apr 06, 2026 Edit critic review
	Vanishing Point (1971)	John Laycock	While the director, Richard C. Sarafin, shows a nice sense of time and place, his foolish story is burdened with kooky characters. Posted Apr 06, 2026 Edit critic review
	The Muppet Movie (1979)	John Laycock	Such ingenuity, coupled with Kermit and company's established charm, makes their movie at least a novel experience and at best a pleasure. Posted Apr 06, 2026 Edit critic review
	The Bad News Bears (1976)	John Laycock	Anchored by Walter Matthau's endearingly crotchety performances as an alcoholic Little League coach, the movie is just warm and weepy and cute enough to qualify as the genuine article. Posted Apr 06, 2026 Edit critic review