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John Candy . Just saying his name makes me smile. One of the greatest comedy performers of all time. One of the sweetest, most lovable screen presences in the history of film and television. And gone way, way too soon. In honor of the release of the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me , I thought I'd reminisce a bit about Candy's career, and give you a list of 10 movies that I think represent his best work as a comedic actor. Some of the parts are smaller than others, but a

My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review six new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, October 10th, 2025. 1) TRON: ARES I'm going to start by saying something that might get me kicked out of a certain nostalgic corner of sci-fi fandom: I am not a Tron  fan. When the original came out in 1982, I was a junior in high school heading into my senior year. It was the summer of Road Warrior , Blade Runn