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KARINA MONTGOMERY
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Karina was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She got a degree in English while being active in Theatre Collective and Capitol City Playhouse.
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Total Reviews: 777
Total QuickRatings: 83

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5 Little Miss Sunshine
4.5/5 Lady in the Water
4/5 Kinky Boots
3.5/5 Disturbia
3/5 Half Nelson
2.5/5 Night at the Museum
2/5 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
1.5/5 The Astronaut Farmer
1/5 Reno 911!: Miami
.5/5 Transformers
0/5 Pathfinder
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5 The Dark Knight
5/5 Stranger Than Fiction
5/5 Cloverfield
5/5 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5/5 War Dance
5/5 The Holiday
5/5 Juno
5/5 Enchanted
5/5 Hairspray
5/5 Superbad
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/5 Pathfinder
0/5 Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
0/5 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
0/5 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
0/5 Austin Powers in Goldmember
0/10 The Musketeer
0/10 Dr. T and the Women
0/10 Battlefield Earth
0/10 The Avengers
0/10 Vampires
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

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4/5
 
"An an insider, Bell's work here is comprehensive to the point of over-saturation, but it's all so alien and interesting that it doesn't bog down."
Posted Jul 25, 2008
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)97%
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5/5
 
"Be not fooled, this movie may circle D.A. Harvey Dent, and may toy with Wayne's weariness and loneliness, but this story belongs heart and soul to Ledger's Joker."
Posted Jul 25, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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4.5/5
 
"Moving and fun and scenic and ecstatic, and we cried too. I hope you take a chance take a take a chance chance on Mamma Mia even if you think you won't like it."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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4/5
 
"Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is diverting and fun and a great treat for fans, but it's as forgettable as Chinese dinner at the nursing home."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)53%
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5/5
 
"I love movies like this but I hate reviewing them - they must be seen and felt to be properly appreciated, and I never feel I do justice to my feelings on the page. I hope you reward these filmmakers by seeing this one."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Stranger Than Fiction (1999)43%
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4/5
 
"Great job, everyone! The ride overall is solid and gripping, and very enjoyable despite the glimpses at the horrors of which the human animal is capable."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Gone Baby Gone (2007)94%
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4/5
 
"Marion Cotillard's Oscar win? Totally justified...Many questions remain for those of us unschooled in Piaf lore. I was confused by some of the causes even as I felt the emotional effects, thanks to deep performances."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
La Vie En Rose (2007)75%
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4/5
 
" The history may have been narratively scrunched, but it's all the true lives of some powerful and unfortunate people. Very lush."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)42%
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3/5
 
"A surprisingly quiet and whimsical comedy about a ridiculous and unlikely series of events that turns into a nearly-as-likely miracle. Best bit: the film's own Sweded preview."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Be Kind Rewind (2008)68%
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3/5
 
"Would make a good drinking game; silly fun but not "good." A critic sitting near me snorted in derision at my "the costumes kicked ass," but I won't back down. They were really cool."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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4.5/5
 
"The story is so satisfying, the spectacle so enjoyable and the dialogue so delectable, I can't wait to see it again. Love it!"
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)78%
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3.5/5
 
"Marketed as a much faster-paced shoot-'em-up than it ultimately is...Go for the scenery, stay for the Act III climax and Ralph Fiennes."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
In Bruges (2008)80%
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3.5/5
 
"After all the dramatizing to protect the innocent is done, the story has a nice, comfy Hollywood ending (complete with baked goods), but it's fun to ride the myth for a while, especially with such comely partners."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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4/5
 
"It's a Generation X movie in a way very few movies are any more; it is unseemly to admit that our generation is about as slackery as we had promised to become. Go with your ex and smile."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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4/5
 
"Lovely and only marred by a slightly sagging middle and a gratuitous, tacked on pop song finale."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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2.5/5
 
"A gorgeous, charming, quaintly stylish movie comprised almost exclusively of moments and not so much story or characters."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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2/5
 
"The jokes are, on paper, funny. On screen they just seem like the inevitable, the only thing to say, and their zing zags off into bland, familiar territory... the material didn't coalesce past pointing at something funny and saying, "hey, that's funny al"
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)61%
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4.5/5
 
"Segel is as vulnerable on screen as any actor I can think of in recent memory, and he bookends his character's journey as a writer just perfectly. It's a funny, lovely movie, and I look forward to more from Segel."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)85%
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1/5
 
"My only consolation was that I saw this alone and no one else had to suffer these indignities with me...a baseless romance yearning to force itself into existence."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Made of Honor (2008)12%
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4.5/5
 
"The pace is good, not frantic, not "oh god we have to get to the explosions or we're gonna lose them" %u2013 and the actors are all above average at least. (Our leads are no strangers to the Oscar nomination process.)"
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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2/5
 
"Prince Caspian (the movie) is gorgeous and a total snore. The boy is just gorgeous. Whitewashing the themes also removed the story."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)66%
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4/5
 
"When it's good it's great, and when it's bad, it's a typical Lucas misfire."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)76%
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1/5
 
"Diary of the Dead, even for zombie diehards like my little group (we watched Shadow: Dead Riot, for pete's sake), was not very good at all. I mourn."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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4/5
 
"Cinerina invites her first guest reviewer, Melanie Treco. See full review for details."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)51%
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2/5
 
"Shyamalan is a master at a visual iconic moment - but the "filler" (you might have learned about it in English class by this name: "story") gets weaker and weaker every film."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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4.5/5
 
"Oh thank heaven Get Smart is funny. It's a genuine easy-going, whiz-bang spy comedy with the comedy trimmings."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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4.5/5
 
"Sentient with sentiment. Please read review."
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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4/5
 
"Smart enough to use the CGI madness in service to the story, rather than just ending and scene or conflict with a big effecty showdown. (I'm looking at you, Transformers!)"
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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4.5/5
 
"Persepolis is very different and bold, beautiful and moving."
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Persepolis (2007)96%
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3.5/5
 
"Vantage Point takes a pretty high concept, dribbles a bunch of red herrings all over it, and makes things go boom, reaping better yields than the average TV show."
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)35%
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4.5/5
 
"We get a rare look at a long personal journey through relationships (including his relationship to politics) from the point of view of the man, and a new appreciation of the silver lining on even the saddest cloud."
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Definitely, Maybe (2008)72%
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3/5
 
"After they blow a bunny to smithereens (aiming straight through a plot hole), I knew all bets were off."
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Doomsday (2008)48%
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4.5/5
 
"Besides managing to be a statement on racism, a parody of a documentary, and an enjoyable character conflict between two egotistical directors, it's also a straight up zombie comedy!"
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
American Zombie (2007)69%
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1/5
 
"Keith Compton has a lot asked of him in this movie, required by the script and/or the director to make his consuming rage varied and interesting for 96 minutes. Soon, however, the intensity gets exhausting and then tedious, until the anticlimax."
Posted Feb 19, 2008
 
Farewell Darkness (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Chris' relationship with the machine of expectations and responsibilities is tried by Keener and Holbrook in particular, but he sticks to his guns and leaves a wake of bittersweet gaps behind him.""
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Into the Wild (2007)83%
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4/5
 
"Call me hokey if you want. I just would have liked more heart in there somewhere. But the acting is superb and it's worth seeing just for that. By no means watch this over the holidays but pursue its scholarly merit on safe ground."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
The Savages (2007)91%
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4.5/5
 
"Criminally overlooked, this is a great movie, about which I could find no complaint or overt flaw except feeling that Taylor (whom I do love) was mostly a distraction. See it if you can."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)86%
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4.5/5
 
"Musical-haters don't have to endure glorious kicklines (Hairspray) and opera lovers can focus on the leads' close-ups. If someone sees the movie and then goes to see a stage production, the enormity of this play will blow their brains open."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)86%
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3.5/5
 
"This movie is not bad, I just couldn't connect with it. The Namesake is poignant (I cried once) and spans many years with grace and great acting, but it may be beyond my ken to truly appreciate as it deserves."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
The Namesake (2007)85%
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2/5
 
"Read this review, skip this movie, and instead read the excellent books. Poor Dakota Blue Fanning is the perfect Lyra in a terrible adaptation."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
The Golden Compass (2007)41%
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4/5
 
"The exacting demands of filmgoing audiences have finally drawn out the heart of this book. (Disclosure: I have not read it, but now am willing to. For the antidote to this impulse, see The Omega Man.) Adding a dog probably didn't hurt either."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
I Am Legend (2007)69%
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4.5/5
 
"As a technical achievement, it's one of the better films I have seen this year. The story is old-school overblown and yet it is played so sincerely you hardly notice its old-fashioned fire."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Atonement (2007)83%
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4/5
 
"Walk Hard is not making a mockery of the music or the musicians. It only playfully takes the teases the filmmakers and the conventions that have developed in telling these tortured artists' stories. It's only Matinee price because it is occasionally a l"
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)75%
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4/5
 
"There has been plenty of critical pants-wetting about Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, and I am an Anderson admirer to be sure %u2013 but beyond an acting nomination for Daniel Day Lewis, I just can't get on that train."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)92%
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4.5/5
 
"Even though the story plays out nonlinearly, the intensity surges up a straight slope. This would seem impossible if not for the masterful screenplay by first-timer Kelly Masterson and deft direction by Sidney Lumet."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)88%
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5/5
 
"Nothing feels choreographed or contrived %u2013 every shot of disaster is found footage or dumb luck, every glimpse of the threat is fleeting and often unsatisfying. This is, simply put, awesome. To make things better, the movie is intensely character-d"
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Cloverfield (2008)77%
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5/5
 
"Screenwriter Ronald Harwood turns this first person novel into an intensely first person movie. There are times when it seems impossible that a camera could even be present, the surroundings are so perfectly interior to a man. Amazing."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)94%
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4/5
 
"a tender little ultralow budget movie about the intimate connection of making music...the warm folkiness of the songs and their generally non-narrative-pushing content make it feel more like a long, lovely home movie of a short portion of two people's liv"
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Once (2007)97%
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2.5/5
 
"If Crash had been this interesting it might have deserved that Oscar; this movie lacks polish but that is precisely what makes it work. It's a very interesting experiment, one which I found entertaining, nervewracking, and rewarding."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Look (2007)61%
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2/5
 
"I really didn't like it at all. Catch it on HBO so you can see it uncensored if you want to see some acting outside a script and director's ability to render it unpalatable."
Posted Feb 16, 2008
 
Margot at the Wedding (2007)51%

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