Tony Mastroianni

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Oct 3, 2026 1/4 Part VI makes a bid for laughter, sometimes by kidding itself and other horror films. But when arms, legs and heads are being hacked off at an alarming rate, it's not easy to laugh. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) 39% 53%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Sep 14, 2026 1/4 The basic structure remains the same. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) 11% 26%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 14, 2026 3/4 Although style frequently threatens to overcome substance, Mann's flashy treatment eventually becomes one with his story. Go to Full Review Manhunter (1986) 82% 78%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 10, 2026 1/4 As entertainment, The Fly is slightly better than a few other things -- like walking barefoot on rotten tomatoes or watching live maggots. Go to Full Review The Fly (1986) 82% 83%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Jul 28, 2026 2/4 Clearly, this is a movie that needed but failed to get a clear, consistent viewpoint. Go to Full Review Howard the Duck (1986) 14% 38%

Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Nov 9, 2023 During that early part of the film Little Big Man is a raucously funny work as bit by irreverent bit it deflates the western legend as expounded in hundreds of western movies. Go to Full Review Little Big Man (1970) 91% 87%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 The dramatic scenes don't play well, and the action sequences are treated like set pieces, dropped in every now and then when the mood strikes. Go to Full Review Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) 17% 16%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 3/4 Just when you think the movie is over, Cameron comes back with another piece of action more daring than the last. While Aliens has more than its share of special effects, the heart of the film's success is its intense, unrelenting and spectacular action. Go to Full Review Aliens (1986) 93% 94%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 2/4 Director Carl Reiner, a veteran of television comedy and movies as well as being a performer, is an old hand at milking a script for laughs. With this one, he must have really squeezed. Go to Full Review Summer School (1987) 56% 58%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 Pirates is long and dull. Even the background music is tepid. And there's nothing Matthau can do to save the movie. Go to Full Review Pirates (1986) 25% 51%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 2/4 Altman sometimes gets close to the split-second timing that is required to make farce work well. But close in a farce is not good enough. Go to Full Review Beyond Therapy (1987) 17% 30%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 2/4 Police Academy 2 won't win any awards and its humor is pure slapstick. Like most of the number sequels, this is a pale imitation of the first. Go to Full Review Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) 32% 42%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 The Last Dragon tries to do a great many things and does none of them well. Go to Full Review The Last Dragon (1985) 57% 86%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 The material is about as inspired as a second-rate television comedy except that the jokes are more off-color. Go to Full Review Porky's Revenge (1985) 15% 33%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 2/4 One Crazy Summer has its moments and an appealing cast of talented performers. Perhaps some other time in some other movie... Go to Full Review One Crazy Summer (1986) 45% 63%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 Some bad movies are so bad they are funny or fascinating or both. This one makes counting grains of sand seem more lively. Go to Full Review Creature (1985) 43% 16%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 2/4 The movie preaches the positive power of friendship. And if it succeeds at the box office, it will prove the positive power of commercial tie-ins. Go to Full Review The Care Bears Movie (1985) 50% 58%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 16, 2021 1/4 The arm-wrestling championship eats up about a third of the movie, which is a lot of grunting, snarling and perspiring. All things being relative, this beats what passes for drama in the rest of the movie. Go to Full Review Over the Top (1987) 32% 49%

Tony Mastroianni Akron Beacon Journal Aug 10, 2021 3/4 La Bamba is a movie with a few rough edges, but it has so much vitality you can't help being grabbed and held by it. Go to Full Review La Bamba (1987) 83% 78%

Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Mar 18, 2020 Mystery-starved audiences may find some of this diverting, about the first half of it anyway. But the movie achieves a sort of plateau and never moves from it. Go to Full Review The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun (1970) 20% - -