Movie Reviews8.1/10
Four Boys on the Tracks Was All Stand by Me Ever Needed, and 1986 Proved It
Four boys walk a set of train tracks, seeking a body, and find grief, doubt, and bond instead. A quiet 1986 tale of youth.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
RoboCop Still Holds Up 39 Years Later
A dead officer returns as a machine of steel in Verhoeven's grim, forceful tale of a fallen city and its ruling company.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark: A Model of Pace and Peril That Still Sets the Standard
A hero seeks a sacred Ark before soldiers of an old enemy can find it first, in a tale of narrow escapes and quick peril.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Raging Bull Still Hits Hard 46 Years On
A boxer's ruin, shown without color or mercy — a study of a man none would wish to know, given in full by its lead.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Near Dark Puts Vampires on the Highway, and the Move Mostly Pays Off
A tale of the open road, where a stranger's mark binds a man unto a family that feeds after dark. Bigelow's vision, told plain and fast.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Ghostbusters at 42: Reitman’s Ghost-Catching Comedy Still Lands Its Laughs
A city, a strange being, and four men with odd devices upon their backs: an old comedy of fright endures decades on.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Full Metal Jacket at 39: Kubrick’s Two-Part War Film Still Lands Like a Fist
A grim study of a training camp and a ruined city during a war, joined at a rough, telling mark.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
37 Years On, Do the Right Thing Still Lands Like News
One street, one day of heat in Brooklyn: a study of a city near ruin, still striking as news decades after it first appeared.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Die Hard Remains the High Mark of the Action Genre
An officer with no shoes battles a dozen armed men within one building on a night meant for holiday cheer, in a tale that endures.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
41 Years On, Romero’s Bunker Finale Still Argues Humans Are the Real Threat
A grim, entombed chapter of Romero's dead films: soldiers, researchers, and one strange captive prisoner beneath the earth. Score: 7 of 10.