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Funny People (2009)

Comedy Rated R

“…as interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

Leonard Nimoy – Spock himself – took over as director this time around, delivering a somber, mournful installment of the Gene Roddenberry franchise. And when the defining trait of your series is dullness, this isn’t exactly the best strategy. Since Nimoy is busy behind the camera, Spock himself remains off-screen for much of the film,

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

The filmmakers behind X-Men Origins: Wolverine want their movie to be dark – partly as an artistic choice but mainly, I think, out of financial envy over the billion-dollar gross of the aptly titled Batman installment, The Dark Knight. And so the movie – which tells the background story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the X-Men

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

A graceless, clumsy passing of the baton from the original cast to that of the second television series in the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Though Star Trek: Generations opens with William Shatner’s Kirk, he’s quickly an afterthought, making way for Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and a wacked-out evil scientist (Malcolm McDowell). Not that

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

“…Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it’s as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).

Friday the 13th (1980)

Horror Rated R

“…a woefully bad low-budget slasher flick.”

International, The (2009)

Thriller Rated R

“In terms of tension – pure, cinematic suspense – the picture is a knockout.

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Thriller Rated NR

Hitchcock’s thriller – perhaps his most perverse – plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center Sept. 10 and 14.

Friday the 13th (2009)

Horror Rated R

“Jason Voorhees is resurrected once again, this time as a cranky and violent marijuana farmer.

Back to the Future (1985)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

“Thompson’s funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too.

Recent Reviews

9 to 5 (1980)

Comedy Rated PG

“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”

Cure (1997)

Thriller Rated NR

“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”

It Ends (2026)

Horror Rated R

“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”


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