Mario

Mario; Viewing this in its horrible English language dub makes it seem like Mario’s Elijah Wood lookalike brother Simon is a crazy, deranged person with fantasies in his head. The scenery is nice but the scenes are oddly cut and amount to one bizarre moment after another. Strange heap of garbage; D

All the President's Men

All the President’s Men; Seems almost tame and quaint by today’s standards but thrills through the use of dynamic framing, stellar acting and stark realism. A lot of type and talk manages to maintain momentum by the mesmerizing star power of Hoffman and Redford and great costars. A true classic; A-
 

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It; Quiet, albeit boring meditation on life, family, growth, and its parallels to fly fishing & fighting against or flowing w/(one’s) nature. Spectacular scenery and nature vistas lovingly captured, give cinematic treatment to a book that seems mostly better read than viewed; C

Jaws

Jaws; Excellent filmmaking pairs w/fantastic character acting to elevate what is a thread bare B-movie plot. Brass orchestration strikes more fear and suspense than a giant rubber prop with teeth, resulting in some clever shots and spooky jump scares. The humour peppered throughout lands nicely; A-