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— Sigourney Weaver, Alien Resurrection

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Betty Blue

There can be beauty in tragedy, particularly when the key ingredient is the same in both —Marty Mapes (review...)

Betty arrives like a bolt from the Blue

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  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

    Top Gun: Maverick Review by Matt Anderson: Butter the popcorn. Pour the soda. Settle in for the thrills.

  • Run All Night (2015)

    Neeson should have Run All Night Review by Matt Anderson: An appallingly soulless exercise in revenge, violence, slick filmmaking and rote storytelling.

    Review by Robert Denerstein: Liam Neeson and Ed Harris can't salvage this genre exercise

  • Man on a Ledge (2012)

    Worthington is a Man on a Ledge Review by Robert Denerstein: Man on a Ledge plunges into mediocrity

  • Radio (2003)

    Gooding feels good as Radio Review by Marty Mapes: It's a nice story, and it does feel good, but it's too formulaic and syrupy

  • The Hours (2002)

    Three great actresses pass The Hours Review by Risë Keller: Their stories remind us to live according to our own truths

  • Enemy at the Gates (2001)

    Rachel Weisz fights the Enemy at the Gates of Stalingrad Review by Marty Mapes: Tense war movie about duelling snipers in WWII

    DVD review by Marty Mapes: An action movie for the art house crowd, or a highbrow movie for the action crowd

  • Glengarry Glen Ross (1993)

    DVD review by Marty Mapes: David Mamet's screenplay is brutal and snappy, and the cast is an acting connoisseur's dream