Reviewers can get it wrong, too. Here’s a review of Empire Strikes Back from June 15, 1980

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/061580empire.html

Confession: When I went to see “The Empire Strikes Back” I found myself glancing at my watch almost as often as I did when I was sitting through a truly terrible movie called “The Island.”