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Many film reviews - especially in print - will grade films out of five stars. Mark doesn't use stars for his film reviews, although he does occasionally refer to a film of 90 minutes or less as having "a four star running time."
When he was writing for Q Magazine, he did award stars - famously deducting one from his five-star review of [Leaving Las Vegas](Leaving_Las_Vegas) because it featured [Julian Sands](Julian_Sands).
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Many film reviews - especially in print - will grade films out of five stars. Mark doesn't use stars for his film reviews, although he does occasionally refer to a film of 90 minutes or less as having "a four star running time."
When he was writing for Q Magazine, he did award stars - famously deducting one from his five-star review of [Leaving Las Vegas](Leaving_Las_Vegas) because it featured [Julian Sands](Julian_Sands).
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Many film reviews - especially in print - will grade films out of five stars. Mark doesn't use stars for his film reviews, although he does occasionally refer to a film of 90 minutes or less as having "a four star running time."
When he was writing for Q Magazine, he did award stars - famously deducting one from his five-star review of Leaving Las Vegas because it featured Julian Sands.
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Stars
Many film reviews - especially in print - will grade films out of five stars. Mark doesn't use stars for his film reviews, although he does occasionally refer to a film of 90 minutes or less as having "a four star running time."
When he was writing for Q Magazine, he did award stars - famously deducting one from his five-star review of Leaving Las Vegas because it featured Julian Sands.