Janet Maslin

May 7, 2024 | msn.com | Janet Maslin

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May 7, 2024 | variety.com | Janet Maslin

Ron Howard has been part of our collective consciousness for as long as I can remember. Or at least he looms large in mine. Born in 1954, he was on many of the TV series I grew up watching and had his own starring role on "The Andy Griffith Show" by 1960. And his father had the idea that little "Ronny Howard" should play a good kid, not the wise-guy type popular in those "Dennis the Menace" years. He'd be nice. It stuck. He's been known as "nice" ever since. That made him much too easy to dismiss.

Jan 6, 2024 | kinolorber.com | Janet Maslin |Marjorie Baumgarten |Jourdain Searles

Directed by Nancy Savoca Release: 1993 Runtime: 125 Language: English Cast: Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman, Vincent D’Onofrio, Michael Imperioli Writer: Richard Guay, Nancy Savoca Nancy Savoca’s star-studded indie gem is a chronicle of a spirited Italian-American New York family that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Joseph Santangelo (Vincent D’Onofrio) is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who “wins” his wife Catherine (a stellar Tracey Ullman) in a pinochle game. Over the...

Jul 21, 2023 | metacritic.com | Sylvester Stallone |Gene Siskel |Janet Maslin |Dave Kehr

you can change.. Rocky IVJust like the songs, exercise routines and repetitive clips, it seems redundant to add another installment in this already falling franchise when you clearly lack material. Rocky IV is petty, childish and seems overlong despite of its 91 minutes of run time for it merely has an idea of a TV drama episode which is stretched to a point of exhaustion. Its painful to watch Sylvester Stallone go through this enormous amount of training and hardly make a point out there.

May 9, 2023 | nytimes.com | Janet Maslin