Production Company(ies)
M K2 Productions, C E D Productions, France 3 Cinéma
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Center for Advanced Film Studies, American Film Institute – 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts, Laurel Near, directed by David Lynch, written by David Lynch, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Peter Bradshaw, Michael Wilmington, Tom Buckley, Derek Malcolm, Tim Robey, Wendy Ide, Tim Brayton, Dennis Harvey, Nicholas Bell, Rob Aldam, Jesús Fernández Santos, Christopher Lloyd, surreal, disturbing, bizarre, creepy, fear of parenthood, industrial gloom, lizard-like creature, disfigured lady, postapocalyptic future, black and white, sound design, cinematography, hyperbolically amplifying, dehumanizing, nightmarish, absurdity, unconventional, dark take on life
 

Cast & Crew

Jack Nance

Charlotte Stewart

Allen Joseph

Jeanne Bates

Judith Roberts

Henry Spencer

Mary X

Mr. X

Mrs. X

Beautiful Girl Across the Hall

Jack Nance – Henry Spencer
Charlotte Stewart – Mary X
Allen Joseph – Mr. X
Jeanne Bates – Mrs. X
Judith Roberts – Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
Laurel Near – Lady in the Radiator

 

David Lynch

David Lynch

David Lynch

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
David Lynch
 
Writer(s)
David Lynch
 
Producer(s)
David Lynch

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 2 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Peter Bradshaw

Michael Wilmington

Tom Buckley

Derek Malcolm

Tim Robey

Guardian

Chicago Tribune

New York Times

London Evening Standard

Daily Telegraph (UK)

ERASERHEAD
 All Critics (63) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (6)
 It’s beautiful and strange, with its profoundly disturbing ambient sound design of industrial groaning, as if filmed inside some collapsing factory or gigantic dying organism.
 
 October 14, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 What makes Eraserhead great — and still, perhaps the best of all Lynch’s films? Intensity. Nightmare clarity. And perhaps also it’s the single-mindedness of its vision.
 
 October 14, 2014 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Michael Wilmington
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 A murkily pretentious shocker.
 
 October 14, 2014
 
 Tom Buckley
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 David Lynch’s remarkable first film, made in 1976, still looks like a minor masterpiece, mixing Gothic horror, surrealism and darkly expressionist mise-en-scne.
 
 September 12, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Derek Malcolm
 London Evening Standard
 TOP CRITIC
 David Lynch has “cleaned up” his freaky feature debut, but don’t worry – it’s still an amazing industrial nightmare.
 
 September 12, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tim Robey
 Daily Telegraph (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 David Lynch’s 1977 feature debut Eraserhead is one of those rare films that really deserves its cult status – a nightmarish, heavily symbolic story set in a postapocalyptic future.
 
 September 12, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Wendy Ide
 Times (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 A terrifying, the bottom-is-falling-out-from-beneath-us type of movie.
 
 February 17, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tim Brayton
 Alternate Ending
 The king of midnight movies.
 
 May 21, 2021
 
 Dennis Harvey
 48 Hills
 An unparalleled film of strange beauty, Eraserhead might be one of the most perfect demonstrations of the power of film as a medium and an artistic achievement.
 
 November 3, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Nicholas Bell
 IONCINEMA.com
 Those black and white images stay with you; ingrained deeply in your soul.
 
 October 15, 2020
 
 Rob Aldam
 Backseat Mafia
 A hallucinatory drama with impeccable technique and exemplary cinematography. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 August 16, 2019
 
 Jesús Fernández Santos
 El Pais (Spain)
 German Expressionism meets grindhouse schlock, Eraserhead is a student film-turned-cult classic that probably would’ve been better as a 20-minute short.
 
 August 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Christopher Lloyd
 The Film Yap…

 

Plot
A film that defies conventional logic and storytelling, fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere and compellingly disturbing visuals. Henry Spencer is a hapless factory worker on his vacation when he finds out he’s the father of a hideously deformed baby. Now living with his unhappy, malcontent girlfriend, the child cries day and night, driving Henry and his girlfriend to near insanity.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Eraserhead.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Universal Pictures, Wing Nut Films, Big Primate Pictures,
 
Distributor
Compass International Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
1537 Orange Grove Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Holiday/Horror
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Donald Pleasence

Jamie Lee Curtis

Nancy Kyes

P.J. Soles

Charles Cyphers

Dr. Sam Loomis

Laurie Strode

Annie Brackett

Lynda

Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Donald Pleasence – Dr. Sam Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis – Laurie Strode
Nancy Kyes – Annie Brackett
P.J. Soles – Lynda
Charles Cyphers – Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Kyle Richards – Lindsey Wallace

 

John Carpenter

Debra Hill

Debra Hill

John Carpenter

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Carpenter
 
Writer(s)
Debra Hill, John Carpenter
 
Producer(s)
Debra Hill, John Carpenter

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
7 wins & 3 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Jake Wilson

Jason Zinoman

Adam Kempenaar

Aja Romano

Ron Pennington

The Age

New York Times

Filmspotting

Vox

Hollywood Reporter

HALLOWEEN
  All Critics (80) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (77) | Rotten (3)
  Carpenter’s 1978 slasher classic has inspired a million imitations as well as sequels, but few that demonstrate so clearly that a disreputable genre movie can also be a pure, rigorous work of art.
 
  October 26, 2018
 
  Jake Wilson
  The Age (Australia)
  TOP CRITIC
  In horror, the jack-in-the-box scare… is the quickest way to get a scream, but the still shocks… are the ones that linger with you. “Halloween” has them both, but it specializes in the second.
 
  October 24, 2018
 
  Jason Zinoman
  New York Times
  TOP CRITIC
  What’s crucial isn’t that Laurie survives because she’s the only virgin; it’s that she’s the only virgin and still almost doesn’t survive.
 
  October 20, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Adam Kempenaar
  Filmspotting
  TOP CRITIC
  Still creepy as hell.
 
  October 19, 2018
 
  Aja Romano
  Vox
  TOP CRITIC
  Carpenter obviously knows the genre well and he builds a properly terrifying atmosphere through his well-paced direction. It’s an effective entry for its intended market.
 
  November 2, 2014
 
  Ron Pennington
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Well worth another look on the big screen.
 
  October 25, 2012 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  The film set the standard for horror and the slasher film genre and is one of the most influential, imitated, and commercially successful independent films in history.
 
  February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  David Gonzalez
  Reel Talk Inc.
  Halloween is a cipher that moviegoers, critics, and film scholars have filled in with countless readings.
 
  February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  This is meticulously made, with every decision working to craft the stylistic, iconic film many of us hold so dear.
 
  November 12, 2021
 
  Kristy Strouse
  Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying
  The best moments of Halloween take their lead from its exemplary opening: that iconically spare musical score-cum-leitmotif, and the film’s slippery command of perspective.
 
  November 10, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
  PJ Nabarro
  Patrick Nabarro
  After 15 years under this doctor’s supervision, it’s unsurprising that Myers’ boyhood psychopathy has ripened.
 
  October 21, 2021
 
  Anton Bitel
  BFI
  Carpenter’s meticulously crafted film doesn’t waste a single second, the gold standard of the slasher genre with its most effective score.
 
  October 21, 2021
 
  Ian Thomas Malone
  Ian Thomas Malone…

 

Plot
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what will happen on October 31st 1978 besides Myers’ psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but by the time the town realizes it, it’ll be too late for many people.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
John-Carpenter.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
T A T Communications, Company,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Blue Collar, R, Drama, 1978, 1h 54m, Paul Schrader, Don Guest, Sydney A Glass, Leonard Schrader, Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, reviewed by Jesse Hassenger, K Austin Collins, Richard Brody, Ben Sachs, William Thomas, directed by Paul Schrader, produced by Don Guest, written by Sydney A Glass, Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader, labor exploitation, consumerism, union, robbery, blackmail, authorities, Detroit, autoworkers, Zeke Brown, Jerry Bartowski, Smokey James, union’s ledger, organized crime, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, Fresh Kernels
 

Cast & Crew

Richard Pryor

Harvey Keitel

Yaphet Kotto

Ed Begley Jr.

Harry Bellaver

Zeke Brown

Jerry Bartowski

Smokey James

Bobby Joe

Eddie Johnson Union President AAW Local 291

Richard Pryor – Zeke Brown
Harvey Keitel – Jerry Bartowski
Yaphet Kotto – Smokey James
Ed Begley Jr. – Bobby Joe
Harry Bellaver – Eddie Johnson Union President AAW Local 291
George Memmoli – Jenkins

 

Paul Schrader

Sydney A. Glass

Don Guest

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Paul Schrader
 
Writer(s)
Sydney A. Glass, Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader
 
Producer(s)
Don Guest

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 2 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Jesse Hassenger

K. Austin Collins

Richard Brody

Ben Sachs

William Thomas

AV Club

The Ringer

New Yorker

Chicago Reader

Empire Magazine

BLUE COLLAR
  All Critics (42) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (1)
  The pacing can feel a bit lax, but the movie’s eclecticism is remarkable.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Jesse Hassenger
  AV Club
  TOP CRITIC
  Blue Collar offers up the bitter, outrageous, and ultimately despairing vision of anti-union efforts that the subject deserves.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  K. Austin Collins
  The Ringer
  TOP CRITIC
  Schrader depicts the exchange of labor for money as a kind of original sin, and not even those who honor its code-to the letter and in spirit-are innocent.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Richard Brody
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  The movie is affecting as a social portrait as well as a psychological drama.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Ben Sachs
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  This works both as unrelenting drama and as black comedy.
 
  August 21, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
  William Thomas
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Paul Schrader’s directorial debut is an unexpectedly gritty working-class melodrama set in Detroit.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Jerry Renshaw
  Austin Chronicle
  TOP CRITIC
  There’s an authenticity of observation that still stands out, even amidst the famously “gritty” 1970s American film landscape, plus an integrity to the performances…
 
  September 13, 2021
 
  Dennis Harvey
  48 Hills
  This isn’t a fun film…but it’s remarkable and volatile, and fueled with three really great performances and Schrader at his best.
 
  September 10, 2021
 
  Jason Shawhan
  Nashville Scene
  Blue Collar is one of the best studies of the essential flaw of the revolutionary character in the context of the oppressed.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Charles Mudede
  The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
  This is a strong debut for Schrader, who, with the help of photographer Bobby Byrne, has made a rigorous visual statement about the dispiriting qualities of life in heavily industrialized urban areas.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Malcolm Johnson
  Hartford Courant
  Paul Schrader’s direction is eloquent without being arty, and the performances — including Harvey Keitel, as the white member of the trio, and Yaphet Kotto, as the ex-con are, within the limits of the script, excellent.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  R.H. Gardner
  Baltimore Sun
  The film suffers from the flimsy justification for much that happens. But if we’re confused, we’re never bored, for this is a work of more than unusual Interest.
 
  August 21, 2021
 
  Stanley Eichelbaum
  San Francisco Examiner…

 

Plot
Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night, when they steal away from their wives to have some fun, they get the idea to rob the local union’s bureau safe. First they think it is a flop, because they get only six hundred dollars out of it, but then Zeke realizes that they also have gotten some “hot” material. They decide to blackmail their union. The best reason for that is the union itself. All three are provoked by the fact that the union claims to have lost ten thousand dollars by their robbery.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Richard Pryor delivers a “rock solid performance” in Blue Collar, according to an audience review on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Castle Rock Entertainment,
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Days of Heaven, drama, Terrence Malick, Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J Wilke, Jackie Shultis, PG, English, 1978, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Sexton, Peter Bradshaw, Sophie Brown, David Jenkins, Ian Nathan, Variety Staff, Michel Ciment, Richard Corliss, Eve Tushnet, Allen Almachar, Jesús Fernández Santos, PJ Nabarro, directed by Terrence Malick, written by Terrence Malick, visual masterpiece, magic hour glow, love story, murder, child narrator, nature, steelworker, Chicago, turn of the century, produced by Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider, Paramount Pictures, Surround, Dolby Stereo, Flat (1.85:1), drama movie, audience score, critic reviews, audience reviews, The New Land, My Life as a Dog, Children of Paradise, The Emigrants, Nashville, rent/buy from $2.99, sound mix, aspect ratio, cast and crew, critic consensus, illuminated, eloquent poetry, spare scenario, ravishing, intricate, slowness, original, complex, contemporary cinema, abstract submission, senses, tower, unconventional power, true artist, chemical stained print, big screen, love and murder, American Dream, ranch, rich farmer, inheritance, muted characters, visually stunning, solid film, character detail, powerful, sad, inescapably unmoving, incredible photography, style, material, horror movies, RT podcasts, most anticipated movies, MCU movies ranked by Tomatometer, renewed and cancelled TV shows 2022, best 2022 horror movies ranked by Tomatometer, TV premiere dates 2022, worst horror movies of all time, best Netflix series and shows
 

Cast & Crew

Richard Gere

Brooke Adams

Sam Shepard

Linda Manz

Robert J. Wilke

Bill

Abby

The Farmer

Linda

The Farm Foreman

Richard Gere – Bill
Brooke Adams – Abby
Sam Shepard – The Farmer
Linda Manz – Linda
Robert J. Wilke – The Farm Foreman
Jackie Shultis – Linda’s friend

 

Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick

Bert Schneider

Harold Schneider

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Terrence Malick
 
Writer(s)
Terrence Malick
 
Producer(s)
Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
13 wins & 12 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

David Sexton

Peter Bradshaw

Sophie Brown

David Jenkins

Ian Nathan

London Evening Standard

Guardian

Little White Lies

Time Out

Empire Magazine

DAYS OF HEAVEN
  All Critics (55) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (4)
  Simply one of the most ravishing films ever made, luminous in a way that no other movie has been.
 
  September 2, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Sexton
  London Evening Standard
  TOP CRITIC
  A rich and rewarding experience, then as now celebrated for its intricacy and slowness.
 
  September 1, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  A second chance for Malick to cast away the chemical stained print and achieve the film he envisioned, and a second chance for audiences to experience a true classic on the big screen.
 
  August 31, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Sophie Brown
  Little White Lies
  TOP CRITIC
  Visually and thematically, it’s still one of the most beautiful films ever made.
 
  August 31, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Jenkins
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  This is the towering, unconventional power of a true artist.
 
  October 23, 2007 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Ian Nathan
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  One of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s.
 
  October 23, 2007
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Malick’s masterpiece is one of the most original and complex films in the contemporary cinema.
 
  May 3, 2022
 
  Michel Ciment
  Positif
  Malick has controlled the film so precisely that an even slightly abrupt camera movement can produce a greater effect than any Peckinpah bloodbath.
 
  April 4, 2022
 
  Richard Corliss
  New Times (magazine)
  I am a Malick skeptic but this was sharp, not self-indulgent, and achieved the “epic in a nutshell” feeling it was going for.
 
  December 20, 2021
 
  Eve Tushnet
  Patheos
  Malick crafted a film resembling that of a loving memory; like a time and place that has long passed that we wish to somehow return.
 
  August 11, 2020
 
  Allen Almachar
  The MacGuffin
  A love story that despite its dramatic ending, skies, fires, and ode to nature doesn’t manage to move us much. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
  August 6, 2019
 
  Jesús Fernández Santos
  El Pais (Spain)
  The peak moment of Malick’s career where he found the perfect blend of a respectful command of storytelling versus the more abstract submission to a cinema of the senses.
 
  November 8, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  PJ Nabarro
  Patrick Nabarro…

 

Plot
Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They want to escape the poverty and hard labor of the city and travel south. Together with the girl Linda (who acts as the narrator in the movie) they find employment on a farm in the Texas panhandle. When the harvest is over the young, rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay because he has fallen in love with Abby. When Bill and Abby discover that the farmer is seriously ill and has only got a year left to live they decide that Abby will accept his wedding proposal in order to make some benefit out of the situation. When the expected death fails to come, jealousy and impatience are slowly setting in and accidents become eventually inevitable.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Days of Heaven stars Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, and Linda Manz.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox,
 
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure/Action
 
Keyword(s)
Superman, Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Pierre Spengler, Richard Lester, Alexander Salkind, Jerry Siegel, Mario Puzo, David Newman, Robert Benton, Tom Mankiewicz, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, PG, Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros., Richard Donner, Box Office, Budget, Reviewed by Ron Pennington, Ed Potton, Gary Arnold, Kathleen Carroll, Patrick Gibbs, Pauline Kael, Michael Ventura, Matt Brunson, Alan Ng, Mike Massie, Niall Browne, Alberto Abuín, Critics Consensus, Jor-El, Kal-El, Lois Lane, Otis, Perry White, Lex Luthor, Krypton, Metropolis, Superhuman Powers, Superman Costume, John Williams, Soundtrack, DC Comics, American Pop Culture Icon, Childhood Hero, Nostalgia, Tribute, Humor, Gravitas, Love Story, Villain, Novice Reporter, Co-Worker, Farmers, Spaceship, Alien, Orphan, Adoptive Home, Superhero, Man of Steel, Mild Mannered Reporter, Action Scenes, Adrenaline Pumping, Classic Film, Film Buffs, Critics, Family Movie, PG-Rated, Special Effects, Visual Panache, Funny Pages, Cutting Edge, SFX, Brilliant Casting, Awe-Inspiring Scenes, Spectacle Making, Direction, Best Casting, Oscars, Best Man of Steel, Caped Crusader, Superman Costume, Jaw-Droppingly Cornball Ending, Kryptonite, Christopher Reeve’s Performance, Richard Donner’s Direction
 

Cast & Crew

Christopher Reeve

Gene Hackman

Marlon Brando

Margot Kidder

Ned Beatty

Clark Kent

Kal-El

Superman

Lex Luthor

Jor-El

Christopher Reeve – Clark Kent, Kal-El, Superman
Gene Hackman – Lex Luthor
Marlon Brando – Jor-El
Margot Kidder – Lois Lane
Ned Beatty – Otis
Jackie Cooper – Perry White

 

Richard Donner

Jerry Siegel

Pierre Spengler

Richard Lester

Alexander Salkind

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Richard Donner
 
Writer(s)
Jerry Siegel, Mario Puzo, David Newman, Robert Benton, Tom Mankiewicz
 
Producer(s)
Pierre Spengler, Richard Lester, Alexander Salkind

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Ron Pennington

Ed Potton

Gary Arnold

Kathleen Carroll

Patrick Gibbs

Hollywood Reporter

Times (UK)

Washington Post

New York Daily News

Daily Telegraph (UK)

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
  All Critics (72) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (4)
  Christopher Reeve is perfect in physical appearance for the title role and he manages to play the open honestness and naivete without losing credibility.
 
  December 10, 2021
 
  Ron Pennington
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Reeve died in 2004, but his Man of Steel was manlier and steelier than recent portrayals by Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill.
 
  May 11, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Ed Potton
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Between its extravagant fancies and extravagant success Superman can only help to enhance the prestige of large-scale fantasy filmmaking.
 
  April 23, 2018
 
  Gary Arnold
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  It is this year’s answer to “Star Wars,” a movie that is pure escape and good, clean, unadulterated fun.
 
  December 10, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Kathleen Carroll
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  All this makes a highly entertaining, though undemanding mixture, of sci-fi, romance and comedy, which could hardly have come off at all at any lower artistic level, nor without such a happy choice for the central part as Christopher Reeve.
 
  November 9, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Patrick Gibbs
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Superman doesn’t have enough conviction or courage to be solidly square and dumb; it keeps pushing smarmy big emotions at us — but half-heartedly.
 
  January 15, 2013
 
  Pauline Kael
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  This is a grandiose tongue in cheek adventure yarn, full of sight gags and in-jokes, all the fun you can get for 45 million dollars.
 
  November 5, 2021
 
  Michael Ventura
  L.A. Weekly
  Superman still remains the best superhero movie ever made, full of humor, heart, and an iconic performance by Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel.
 
  September 22, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  All this storytelling is never rushed, and we’re left wanting more.
 
  July 18, 2021 | Rating: 9/10
 
  Alan Ng
  Film Threat
  The execution may not always be sound, but the sense of adventure is grand – a welcome accomplishment for the most expensive film ever made up to 1978.
 
  June 28, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Richard Donner’s Superman broke new cinematic ground. Visually it’s stunning, and that’s before you take into the account the special effects – most of which still hold up today!
 
  May 11, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Niall Browne
  Movies in Focus
  A classic, which became the adaptation of a comic by its excellence. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
  February 12, 2020
 
  Alberto Abuín
  Espinof…

 

Plot
Superman and Lois’ stars Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf) and Elizabeth Tulloch (Grimm) as the world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Christopher Reeve’s portrayal of Superman is considered iconic and is still beloved by fans today.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
CNN Films, Statement Pictures,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Six Flags Magic Mountain – 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
National Lampoon’s Animal House, R, Comedy, 1h 49m, 90% Tomatometer, 89% Audience Score, directed by John Landis, produced by Ivan Reitman and Matty Simmons, written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, starring John Belushi, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Tim Matheson, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nigel Andrews, Gary Arnold, Robert Hanks, Colin Kennedy, Dave Kehr, Frank Rich, Sarah Brinks, Richard Propes, Augusto Martínez Torres, Bernard Drew, Dennis Schwartz, Matt Brunson, MPAA rating R, college comedy, fraternity, party, rebellion, authority, raunchy, dated, hilarious, anarchy, absurdity, John Belushi’s subversive, attention-grabbing screen presence, incipient college romps, vitality, charm, low comedy, snobbery, petty meanness, noblest reasons to go to college, studying sex, terrific one-liners, sight gags, influential comedy, timeless party-themed film, wild, chaotic party films, thin script, anarchy, enigmatic charm, rebellion against authority, finding ways to have a good mischievous time, accurate depiction of college in the 70s and 80s, top horror movies to watch now, RT Podcasts, most anticipated movies, best Netflix series, renewed and cancelled TV shows 2022
 

Cast & Crew

John Belushi

Kevin Bacon

Donald Sutherland

Karen Allen

Tim Matheson

John “Bluto” Blutarsky

Chip Diller

Prof. Dave Jennings

Katy

Eric “Otter” Stratton

John Belushi – John “Bluto” Blutarsky
Kevin Bacon – Chip Diller
Donald Sutherland – Prof. Dave Jennings
Karen Allen – Katy
Tim Matheson – Eric “Otter” Stratton
John Vernon – Dean Vernon Wormer

 

John Landis

Harold Ramis

Ivan Reitman

Matty Simmons

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Landis
 
Writer(s)
Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller
 
Producer(s)
Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Nigel Andrews

Gary Arnold

Robert Hanks

Colin Kennedy

Dave Kehr

Financial Times

Washington Post

Independent (UK)

Empire Magazine

Chicago Reader

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE
  All Critics (52) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (5)
  The film has swept through the American box office like a whirlwind, precipitating a rash of incipient college romps. One waits with trepidation: but at least the trailblazer has vitality and charm.
 
  February 7, 2020
 
  Nigel Andrews
  Financial Times
  TOP CRITIC
  You may not care to take up permanent spiritual residence at Animal House, but it’s funny place to visit.
 
  July 31, 2015
 
  Gary Arnold
  Washington Post
  TOP CRITIC
  Animal House is a self-congratulatory mess; but it’s also spattered with terrific one-liners and sight gags, and it’s the best showcase extant for John Belushi’s subversive, attention-grabbing screen presence.
 
  October 30, 2009 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Robert Hanks
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Arguably the most influential comedy of our time.
 
  May 6, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Colin Kennedy
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  While the low comedy is undeniably effective, the film leaves behind a bad taste of snobbery and petty meanness.
 
  July 25, 2007
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  The Lampoon people understand the darkest secret of an American college education: one of the noblest reasons to go is to spend four years studying sex.
 
  July 25, 2007
 
  Frank Rich
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  There are some classic performances like Jim Belushi’s Blutarsky and Tim Matheson’s Eric Stratton.
 
  April 1, 2021
 
  Sarah Brinks
  Battleship Pretension
  Animal House is my guilty pleasure.
 
  September 2, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
 
  Richard Propes
  TheIndependentCritic.com
  Despite the comedic tone of some scenes, the result is below expectations and it never stops being a monotonous pastiche. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
  August 7, 2019
 
  Augusto Martínez Torres
  El Pais (Spain)
  It is occasionally funny, always zany, sometimes sophomoric, even freshmaneric, a 1970’s view of the 60’s from the long end of a telescope.
 
  July 9, 2019
 
  Bernard Drew
  Gannett News Service
  Earns a diploma for tasteless low-budget comedy.
 
  February 22, 2019 | Rating: B-
 
  Dennis Schwartz
  Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
  Endlessly quotable, populated by endearing and unique characters, and blessed with a great score that mixes Elmer Bernstein’s orchestral maneuvers with catchy oldies, this riotous comedy has lost none of its appeal over the years.
 
  August 1, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Creative Loafing…

 

Plot
Having it all planned down to the last detail, the American, well-meaning paterfamilias, Clark Griswold, and his supportive wife, Ellen, take their two teenage children, Rusty and Audrey, on a cross-country trip from the suburbs of Chicago, all the way to sunny California’s Walley World amusement park. However, anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and before long, Ellen’s cousin, Catherine, and her husband, Eddie, enter the picture, and Clark is on the verge of blowing a gasket. Now, Roy Walley’s wonderful park seems so far away, and even though the prospect of a clandestine meeting with the alluring blonde in a fast, 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi sounds tempting, Clark must do the right thing, and find the promised land. How hard can it be to have the perfect vacation?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
John Belushi delivers the performance of a lifetime in National Lampoon’s Animal House.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Bluemark Productions, C-Hundred Film Corporation, Civilian Pictures,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
1978
 

 
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Adventure
 
Keyword(s)
starring Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, directed by Ralph Bakshi, written by Chris Conkling, Peter S Beagle, Fantasy, Adventure, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Paul Gray, William Thomas, Dave Kehr, Variety Staff, Nigel Ferguson, Vincent Canby, Jesús Fernández Santos, Víctor López G., Sky Staff, Film4 Staff, Bernard Drew, Lawrence O’Toole, PG, J.R.R Tolkien, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Aragorn, Merry, Pippin, Mount Doom, magical ring, hobbit friends, heroic allies, rotoscope, experimental animation, Middle Earth, live-action tracing, natural movement, dense novels, visually echoing, Tolkien’s own drawings, visually compelling, narrative shortages, fascinating, strong base, faithful to the original, spirit and inspiration, master of his chosen medium, wondrous leap, land of the imagination
 

Cast & Crew

Christopher Guard

William Squire

Michael Scholes

John Hurt

Simon Chandler

Frodo

Gandalf

Sam

Aragorn

Merry

Christopher Guard – Frodo (Voice)
William Squire – Gandalf (Voice)
Michael Scholes – Sam (Voice)
John Hurt – Aragorn (Voice)
Simon Chandler – Merry (Voice)
Dominic Guard – Pippin (Voice)

 

Ralph Bakshi

Chris Conkling

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Ralph Bakshi
 
Writer(s)
Chris Conkling, Peter S. Beagle
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Paul Gray

William Thomas

Dave Kehr

Variety Staff

Nigel Ferguson

TIME Magazine

Empire Magazine

Chicago Reader

Variety

Time Out

THE LORD OF THE RINGS
 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (20)
 Lacking a firm center in Frodo’s story, the film plays itself out as a bewildering parade of elves, dwarves, ores, trolls and talking trees.
 
 March 26, 2019
 
 Paul Gray
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 What most people remember is the mix of the live-action tracing within the traditional animation and just how effectively creepy it managed to be, but for the time this did a pretty good job of adapting the dense novels.
 
 December 3, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
 William Thomas
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 It looked terrible then and it still does: cartoon characters move differently from live actors, and the attempt to duplicate natural movement ends in stylistic incoherence.
 
 December 3, 2012
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Quite simply, those who do not know the characters of Middle Earth going in will not know them coming out.
 
 July 7, 2010
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Bakshi’s version, using animation and live-action tracings, is uniformly excellent, sticking closely to the original text and visually echoing many of Tolkien’s own drawings.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Nigel Ferguson
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 The film is visually compelling even when murk overtakes the narrative.
 
 May 9, 2005
 
 Vincent Canby
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Ralph Bakshi achieves spectacular effects. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 August 12, 2019
 
 Jesús Fernández Santos
 El Pais (Spain)
 A film that, despite its palpable narrative shortages, is not only fascinating regarding its visual commitment, but also because it laid a strong base for the material shot by Jackson a quarter of a century later. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 July 31, 2019
 
 Víctor López G.
 Espinof
 [W]e should be grateful that Bakshi has tried so hard to be faithful to the original that its spirit and inspiration often shine through to stir the blood.
 
 March 26, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Sky Staff
 Sky Cinema
 A genuine cult movie
 
 March 26, 2019 | Rating: 7/10
 
 Film4 Staff
 Film4
 Bakshi proves once again that he is a master of his chosen medium.
 
 March 26, 2019
 
 Bernard Drew
 Gannett News Service
 Lord of the Rings never makes that wondrous leap to the land of the imagination.
 
 March 26, 2019
 
 Lawrence O’Toole
 Maclean’s Magazine…

 

Plot
In this animated film, a young hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with a magical ring by the wise wizard Gandalf, and must leave his peaceful home to travel to Mount Doom to destroy it before dark forces can get their hands on it.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels review for The Lord of the Rings.
 

 
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Awards & Nominations
NA
 

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)

Links
 

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Coming soon…
 

 
Production Company(ies)
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1977
 

 
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
 
Keyword(s)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, sci-fi, male obsession, cosmic mysticism, music, PG, Steven Spielberg, Julia Phillips, Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Columbia Pictures, $3.1M, 2h 15m, reviewed by Adam Kempenaar, Charles Champlin, Arthur Knight, Peter Bradshaw, David Jenkins, Tom Huddleston, Danielle Solzman, Richard Propes, Mike Massie, Kelechi Ehenulo, Donald McLean, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Steven Spielberg, produced by Julia Phillips
 

Cast & Crew

Richard Dreyfuss

François Truffaut

Teri Garr

Melinda Dillon

Cary Guffey

Roy Neary

Claude Lacombe

Ronnie Neary

Jillian Guiler

Barry Guiler

Richard Dreyfuss – Roy Neary
François Truffaut – Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr – Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon – Jillian Guiler
Cary Guffey – Barry Guiler
Bob Balaban – David Laughlin

 

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Julia Phillips

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Steven Spielberg
 
Writer(s)
Steven Spielberg
 
Producer(s)
Julia Phillips

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
15 wins & 39 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Adam Kempenaar

Charles Champlin

Arthur Knight

Peter Bradshaw

David Jenkins

Filmspotting

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Reporter

Guardian

Little White Lies

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
 All Critics (65) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (4)
 “This is important. This means something,” is everyman’s declaration, a reassuring cry to the cosmos that your life matters, you matter. But it’s also the artist’s creed…
 
 May 30, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 Adam Kempenaar
 Filmspotting
 TOP CRITIC
 “Close Encounters” proves to be a magic act with dramatic interludes.
 
 August 31, 2017
 
 Charles Champlin
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 A film of incredible power and intensity. It is also, and ultimately, reassuring.
 
 November 15, 2016
 
 Arthur Knight
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Time for another encounter.
 
 May 26, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a big ol’ mess of a movie, but an extremely lovable one.
 
 May 25, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
 
 David Jenkins
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 Spielberg’s greatest work.
 
 May 24, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tom Huddleston
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the type of sci-fi film that doesn’t get made anymore.
 
 December 28, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Danielle Solzman
 Solzy at the Movies
 This film moved me, challenged me, provoked me and enlightened me.
 
 September 5, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 Little more than a generic sci-fi episode, constructed and designed with the enthusiasm and scope of something better suited for television.
 
 August 27, 2020 | Rating: 5/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 While other Spielberg films get recognisable attention (and rightly so), Close Encounters should be ranked amongst his greatest and underrated masterpieces.
 
 July 14, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Kelechi Ehenulo
 Set the Tape
 Despite these flaws, it’s a gripping film that touches a nerve because who’s to say it couldn’t all actually happen tomorrow.
 
 May 6, 2020
 
 Donald McLean
 Bay Area Reporter
 The person or persons responsible for the landing of the craft — it is considerably more than a flying saucer — on the Earth, the slow descent upon us of a city of gold, has made one of the most stunning shots in the history of movies.
 
 November 1, 2019
 
 Bernard Drew
 Gannett News Service…

 

Plot
Two parallel stories are told. In the first, a group of research scientists from a variety of backgrounds are investigating the strange appearance of items in remote locations, primarily desert regions. In continuing their investigation, one of the lead scientists, a Frenchman named Claude Lacombe, incorporates the Kodály method of music education as a means of communication in their work. The response, in turn, at first baffles the researchers, until American cartographer David Laughlin deciphers the meaning of the response. In the second, electric company lineman and family man Roy Neary and single mother Jillian Guiler are among some individuals in Muncie, Indiana who experience some paranormal activity before some flashes of bright lights in the sky, which they believe to be a UFO. Roy becomes obsessed with what he saw, unlike some others, especially in some form of authority, who refuse to acknowledge their belief that it was a UFO in not wanting to appear crazy. That obsession both for Roy and Jillian is ratcheted up a notch when they begin to have a vision of a mound with vertical striations on its side as a key to what is going on. While the obsession negatively affects Roy’s life as he knows it in its entirety, Jillian knows she has to find the answer as to its meaning, especially as it relates to her only child, three year old Barry Guiler, who may be more attuned to what is happening than the adult figures around him. These two stories have the potential to intersect if Roy and Jillian can discover where they’ve seen that mound before, and if they can overcome what they believe to be the lies perpetrated by those in authority in covering up what is going on.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t have anything goofy or funny or odd to say about Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but it does mention that François Truffaut is part of the cast.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Lucasfilm,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Sidi Bouhlel, Bouhlel Sdada, Tunisia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for sci-fi action/violence
 
Year of Release
1977
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure/Action
 
Keyword(s)
starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, George Lucas, Gary Kurtz, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, PG, box office, budget, reviewed by Tom Shales, Molly Haskell, Richard Combs, Perry Stewart, Helen Frizell, Colin Bennett, Tony Vandenberg, Brian Eggert, Cory Woodroof, Marina Hirsch, Sarah Brinks, Tony Black, directed by George Lucas, written by George Lucas, produced by Gary Kurtz, Star Wars Saga, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Darth Vader, Jedi, The Force, lightsabers, space battles, John Williams, iconic, groundbreaking, legendary, epic, pulpy, exhilarating, unforgettable, fun, smart, childlike wonder, fully realized universe, sci-fi, blockbuster, film history, cultural phenomenon, fan favorite, classic
 

Cast & Crew

Mark Hamill

Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Alec Guinness

Peter Cushing

Luke Skywalker

Han Solo

Princess Leia Organa

Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi

Grand Moff Tarkin

Mark Hamill – Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford – Han Solo
Carrie Fisher – Princess Leia Organa
Alec Guinness – Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
Peter Cushing – Grand Moff Tarkin
Anthony Daniels – C-3PO

 

George Lucas

George Lucas

Gary Kurtz

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
George Lucas
 
Writer(s)
George Lucas
 
Producer(s)
Gary Kurtz

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 3 Oscars
26 wins & 69 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Costume Design Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Editing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Winners, Oscar Best Achievement in Visual Effects Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Tom Shales

Molly Haskell

Richard Combs

Perry Stewart

Helen Frizell

NPR

Village Voice

Sight & Sound

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Sydney Morning Herald

STAR WARS: EPISODE IV — A NEW HOPE
 All Critics (135) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (125) | Rotten (10)
 The greatest kids’ picture for adults since “The Wizard of Oz.”
 
 May 4, 2022
 
 Tom Shales
 NPR
 TOP CRITIC
 I don’t see how I can come out ahead panning Star Wars, George Lucas’s science-fiction film that has been acclaimed by children of all ages as the Fun Movie of the year.
 
 February 27, 2020
 
 Molly Haskell
 Village Voice
 TOP CRITIC
 Without the simple spiritual convictions of his predecessors, or the philosophical speculations of his contemporaries, Lucas has rather left his audience out in the cold.
 
 December 12, 2019
 
 Richard Combs
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 A boy’s adventure yarn in the most traditional, unabashedly entertaining sense.
 
 December 12, 2017
 
 Perry Stewart
 Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Oh, the astronomical audiences; oh, the mundane story; oh, the over-cute little robots (one fat, one thin); oh, the vapid actors, the galactic shootouts; oh, the brilliant technology and oh, the boredom of it all.
 
 December 12, 2017
 
 Helen Frizell
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a “fun movie”, as they say. Meaning that it doesn’t mean anything, it’s a superior, pop plaything to play with, to be innocently enjoyed and thrown away like a four-dollar comic book.
 
 December 12, 2017
 
 Colin Bennett
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 Star Wars is the best science fiction film that’s come down the pike to date. And every good thing you’ve heard about it is true.
 
 May 23, 2022
 
 Tony Vandenberg
 Washington Blade
 Star Wars belongs on a short list of important films that have been so saturated into our minds, so ingrained and present in our everyday culture, that watching the film now is almost an empty experience.
 
 February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 The one that started it all, A New Hope (or, as it was known at the time, Star Wars), set a standard and a tone that will forever be imitated, and very rarely replicated.
 
 February 11, 2022
 
 Cory Woodroof
 615 Film
 As a visual cartoon, Star Wars is resolutely successful, phenomenal in its impact; as an emotional adventure, Star Wars is only bubblegum entertainment, tripping us back into a black and white world where good and evil can fight it out with ray guns.
 
 May 12, 2021
 
 Marina Hirsch
 Berkeley Barb
 A New Hope is our first step into this world of galactic rebellion against the Empire and the Force versus the Dark Side, so a certain amount of exposition and world building is necessary…
 
 March 26, 2021
 
 Sarah Brinks
 Battleship Pretension
 It’s far from the greatest movie ever made, but A New Hope-and its sequels-will be remembered, discussed and loved until we’re all living in a galaxy far, far away.
 
 February 16, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Tony Black
 Cultural Conversation…

 

Plot
The evil Trade Federation, led by Nute Gunray is planning to take over the peaceful world of Naboo. Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are sent to confront the leaders. But not everything goes to plan. The two Jedi escape, and along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks head to Naboo to warn Queen Amidala, but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and to finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows. Are the Sith really extinct? Is the Queen really who she says she is? And what’s so special about this young boy?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.
 

 
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