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5-Star Reviews From Leonard Matlin's 1997 Movie and Video Guide - Page 3

In 1997, Leonard Matlin published a small brick of a book of movie reviews (7 inches by 4.3 inches by 1600+ pages). His reviews were short, to the point and frequently hilarious and, most importantly agreed with my assessments of the films I'd already viewed and provided an excellent guide when I needed to decide which films I wanted to rent from a video store. Of the 16,000 or so movies he reviewed, he rated about 440 films as 5-star - his highest rating - and here they are.
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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll (1987)
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll (1987)
81
89%7.7
Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons (1953)
Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons (1953)
82
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
83
7.1
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
84
99%8.3
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
85
96%8.5
Claire's Knee (1970)
Claire's Knee (1970)
86
96%7.5
Cocoon (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
87
74%6.7
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
88
81%7.8
The Comedian (1957)
The Comedian (1957)
89
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
90
97%7.8
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
91
100%8.1
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
92
94%8.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
93
94%7.9
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
94
100%8.0
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – an Afrikaner Speaks Out (1988)
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – an Afrikaner Speaks Out (1988)
95
6.6
The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game (1992)
96
94%7.3
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
97
100%7.5
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
98
83%8.0
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
99
98%8.3
The Dead (1987)
The Dead (1987)
100
93%7.2
Dead Again (1991)
Dead Again (1991)
101
83%6.9
Decoration Day (1990)
Decoration Day (1990)
102
7.3
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
103
91%8.1
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
104
91%7.5
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
105
80%7.4
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
106
97%8.3
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
107
98%8.4
The Dresser (1983)
The Dresser (1983)
108
100%7.5
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
109
82%7.4
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
110
91%7.8
Duel (1971)
Duel (1971)
111
89%7.6
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
112
99%7.8
East of Eden (1955)
East of Eden (1955)
113
85%7.9
El Norte (1983)
El Norte (1983)
114
92%7.7
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
115
94%8.7
Entre Nous (1983)
Entre Nous (1983)
116
100%7.1
Experience Preferred...But Not Essential (1982)
Experience Preferred...But Not Essential (1982)
117
88%7.0
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
118
93%8.0
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
119
82%6.8
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
120
100%8.1
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