Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.

The jokes are guaranteed to make even the most stiff upper lip crack a smile.

It’s strange how the earlier movies fill in the gaps left by this one, and answer the questions. It is, I suspect, not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two, and yet, knowing them, Part III works better than it should.

In its first season, The Simpsons focused on family but in the second season it became an exploration of a community that doubles as a microcosm of American society.

More intellectually and emotionally stimulating than anything I’ve seen in a long time.

Though it cannot regain the brash originality of ”Raiders of the Lost Ark,” in its own way ‘The Last Crusade’ is nearly as good, matching its audience’s wildest hopes.