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Ted Mahar

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Legend (1985) 33% EDIT “One of those rare, meticulously produced, gorgeously filmed, expensive and highly designed films like The Hunger and The Cotton Club in which everything about it is great -- except the film.” – Oregonian Apr 17, 2026 Full Review Victor/Victoria (1982) 85% EDIT “On the whole it is good fun, if not quite sqeaky clean.” – Oregonian Apr 8, 2026 Full Review Grease 2 (1982) 22% EDIT “Grease is certianly not the word in Grease 2.” – Oregonian Apr 8, 2026 Full Review The Bad News Bears (1976) 90% EDIT “The child actors are uniformly good.” – Oregonian Mar 26, 2026 Full Review The Howling (1981) 76% EDIT “"The Howling" is possibly the best werewolf movie ever made.” – Oregonian Mar 18, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 2 (1990) 31% 2.5/4 EDIT “RoboCop 2 has its clever moments. But it can't avoid being just a sequel.” – Oregonian Mar 10, 2026 Full Review Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 94% EDIT “"Day" refuses to be classified. Comedy, drama, adventure, suspense -- it's all of them.” – Oregonian Mar 5, 2026 Full Review RoboCop (1987) 84% 3/4 EDIT “Down to small, often caricaturistic roles, "Robocop" is well-cast and well-acted.” – Oregonian Mar 4, 2026 Full Review THX 1138 (1971) 72% EDIT “The movie itself is technologically fascinating.” – Oregonian Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Pretty in Pink (1986) 75% EDIT “It was written for Ringwald and she shines. ” – Oregonian Feb 14, 2026 Full Review Vanishing Point (1971) 63% EDIT “Only a halfwit could suspend disbelief past the credits.” – Oregonian Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Days of Heaven (1978) 93% EDIT “Malick has created a humbling spectacle. It is a spectacle without explosions, chariot races, air battles or the other disasters with which we are customarily entertained. Instead, like a painter, he makes a fascinating human drama on a huge canvas.” – Oregonian Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Arabesque (1966) 78% EDIT “In short, "Arabesque" is just what it was meant to be: a sinister farce made with style, wit, sophistication - and nerve.” – Oregonian Feb 4, 2026 Full Review House (1985) 49% EDIT “Like one of John Landis' films with badly mismatched toned, "House" suddenly switches from suspense-horror into tongue-in-cheek comedy, then reverts to a scare piece again before the end.” – Oregonian Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Bates is a wonderfully mercurial Annie, lumpy and plain but seething with inarticulate emotion. Her vocal performance is excellent in what almost amounts to two roles. ” – Oregonian Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Bite the Bullet (1975) 68% EDIT “It's a good adventure with appealing characters and a brisk story. It's brisk, perhaps a bit too long, but it's still a good romp.” – Oregonian Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Magnificent Seven (1960) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “The photography is neither clever nor beautiful, but it is effective, especially in action scenes. ” – Oregonian Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 89% 3/4 EDIT “It's an engaging story made so largely by its talented young cast.” – Oregonian Jan 14, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “Sparked by clever writing and sharp acting, director Rob Reiner's film has the emotional impact of a bayonet thrust, even as Aaron Sorkin's script (from his Broadway play) reveals that simplicity and certainty grow increasingly distant.” – Oregonian Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “Director Reiner does an excellent job at getting the pair to be lively and engaging while remaining credible as 18-year-olds.” – Oregonian Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 3/4 EDIT “A deft spoof of the whole notion of fairy tales that manages to parody the genre while being also a pretty fair story.” – Oregonian Jan 7, 2026 Full Review When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Director Ron Reiner gets a nicer side of Crystal than anyone else has so far, including Crystal. ” – Oregonian Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Death Race 2000 (1975) 80% EDIT “The best said in its praise is that for a quickly made ripoff, it's not a bad dumb movie.” – Oregonian Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2.5/4 EDIT “Yes, Hook is worth seeing. But Spielberg has done much better in the past.” – Oregonian Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Christine (1983) 69% EDIT “"Christine" is an odd fantasy more diverting than one might expect.” – Oregonian Dec 16, 2025 Full Review
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