ROTTEN TOMATOES: Staci Layne Wilson

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STACI LAYNE WILSON

Agrees with the Tomatometer 59% of the time.

Biography: MPAA Accredited Entertainment Reporter and Film Reviewer. Memberships: Int'l Press Academy, L.A. Press Club, Horror Writers Association, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Author of "Animal Movies Guide" and "50 Years of Ghost Movies"

Favorites: Always evolving. For my latest discoveries, disses and dishes, check MySpace.com/staciwilson

Publications: About.com, American Western Magazine, Buzzine Magazine, Dread Central, Fantastica Daily, Horror.com, Sci-Fi Weekly, SheKnows Network, StaciWilson.com, TV-Wire

Total Reviews: 2131
Total QuickRatings: 43

Location: Tinsel Town

MOVIE REVIEWS ONLY

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh	Rotten 40%	The Lovely Bones (2009)	" In spite of its inherently eerie themes - homicide, phantoms, and vengeance-fueled grief - George is the only truly scary thing in the movie and [Stanley] Tucci thankfully makes the most of him." — Horror.com Posted Dec 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 31%	Ninja Assassin (2009)	" The egregious overuse of CG and the too-dark cinematography is unconscionable." — Horror.com Posted Nov 24, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 27%	The Canyon (2009)	" Watch this... or a giant hole in the ground. Same difference." — Horror.com Posted Nov 23, 2009
Rotten	N/A	The Haunted Airman (2009)	" The flick never proceeds beyond its initial inertia into any semblance of horror or suspense." — Horror.com Posted Nov 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 44%	The Box (2009)	" The choice is yours, but I suggest you push that button for your ticket and see The Box in theaters." — Horror.com Posted Nov 17, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 65%	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)	" It's weird, wicked, wonderful and whacky for sure - much more a dark fantasy than a horror film (Waits' amazing Devil notwithstanding) - but it's also done with finesse, beauty, emotion and aplomb." — Horror.com Posted Nov 4, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Tournament (2009)	" The Tournament is definitely no great shakes in the plotting and scripting departments, however it is exceedingly gory, brutal, violent and over-the-top. It is what it is." — Horror.com Posted Oct 30, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 69%	(Untitled) (2009)	" With the use of Sahara dry satirical wit and subtle, whip-smart mockery, (Untitled) sends up the pretension of the art world with love." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 87%	The House of the Devil (2009)	" 70s-savant writer/director Ti West has come up with a satanic-panic stroke of genius with The House of the Devil." — Horror.com Posted Oct 27, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 45%	Saw VI (2009)	" New director Kevin Greutert does something just a little bit different, and more daring, with the level of tension and the payoffs." — Horror.com Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 37%	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)	" Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is worth seeing once for the kid in everyone... and the actual kids will probably think it's twice as nice." — Horror.com Posted Oct 23, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 11%	The Stepfather (2009)	" Wait till your father gets home... on DVD." — Horror.com Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Zombieland (2009)	" I highly recommend Zombieland to anyone with an offbeat sense of humor and an unnatural craving for Twinkies." — Horror.com Posted Sep 26, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 83%	Whip It (2009)	" Actor Ellen Page can do no wrong. Unfortunately director Drew Barrymore, screenwriter Shauna Cross, and cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman can." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Youth in Revolt (2010)	" Director Miguel Arteta can't quite keep all the balls in the air long enough to sustain the film's running time, but he does manage a bang-up ending that's worth the wait." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	Bronson (2009)	" While I can't say Bronson is - to lean on a running gag of the movie's - "my cuppa tea," I can't say it isn't art either." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 85%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" It's not only a super cute adventure, perfectly appropriate for kids of all ages, but the vocal talent is a bountiful buffet, to say the least." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 77%	The Informant! (2009)	" All the ins and outs of the conference-room falsehoods and the jet-setting subterfuge are fun to follow, but it's really the acting, characters, and cleverly interwoven backdrops which make the flick stick." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 44%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" Absurd and audacious!" — Horror.com Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Sorority Row (2009)	" On the plus side, Sorority Row gets an A for the dead-on casting, snarky, biting dialogue, and outrageous death scenes." — Horror.com Posted Sep 11, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 28%	The Final Destination (2009)	" Wafer-thin, The Final Destination is definitely the weakest entry to date - but worth a 3d peep anyway if you enjoy rides like these." — Horror.com Posted Aug 28, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 21%	Halloween II (2009)	" There's an overall bitterness and jadedness to the filmmaking that's alienating. Go ahead and make a nauseating film, but please: have a point." — Horror.com Posted Aug 28, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	500 Days of Summer (2009)	" It's all about the architecture of love." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Aug 26, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	It Might Get Loud (2009)	" I was wowed by the unprecedented access to these men and the unconventional take on them as musicians." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Aug 10, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 72%	I Sell the Dead (2009)	" While I didn't much care for it, I can't fault the flick for having its heart in the right place (along with a wooden stake dead-center)." — Horror.com Posted Aug 1, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 33%	Horsemen (2009)	" Not a movie I'll watch again, but to me it was (in varying degrees, no particular order) comparable to Primal Fear, Mr. Brooks, Stigmata, The Exorcist III, or Copycat." — Horror.com Posted Jul 4, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Sea Beast ()	" There is nothing new under the sea %u2014 but fortunately writer/director Paul Ziller knows how to create tidal waves out of whirlpools when it comes to delivering the monster movie goods." — Horror.com Posted Jul 4, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Sea Beast ()	" There is nothing new under the sea %u2014 but fortunately writer/director Paul Ziller knows how to create tidal waves out of whirlpools when it comes to delivering the monster movie goods." — Horror.com Posted Jul 4, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 66%	Dead Snow (2009)	" It's all good in the name of grue, and there are some real doozies of death scenes which are equally horrifying, complex and comical." — Horror.com Posted Jun 18, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Night Train (2009)	" I'm not exactly saying you shouldn't see Night Train, but afterward I was all... uh, bored." — Horror.com Posted Jun 18, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Night Train (2009)	" I'm not exactly saying you shouldn't see Night Train, but afterward I was all... uh, bored." — Horror.com Posted Jun 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Pontypool (2009)	" It's movies like Pontypool that give the term 'psychogical thriller' a good connotation. All in all, destined to be one of the best indies of the year." — Horror.com Posted May 20, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Grace (2009)	" Along with Solet's direction and Ladd's admirable conveyance of isolation and paranoia, tonally Grace feels like something an indie Bergman or Polanski might have done." — Horror.com Posted May 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 92%	Drag Me To Hell (2009)	" Drag Me To Hell pays off with playful, powerful panache." — Horror.com Posted May 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 36%	Angels & Demons (2009)	" Tighter editing & fewer windy speeches would have helped, but since it is an improvement over The Da Vinci Code, & since Hanks is settling perfectly into the Langdon persona, I'm willing to accept small miracles and do look forward to further adventures." — Horror.com Posted May 14, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Anacondas - Trail of Blood (2009)	" This trail leads to a dead end." — Horror.com Posted May 13, 2009
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 95%	Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)	" Although nearly every filmgoer will enjoy the larger than life player in this 90- some minute presentation, writers will especially relate (or take exception, as the case may be)." — Horror.com Posted May 7, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 36%	X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)	" It's a shame the fantastic actors and their characters don't get their due. It's obvious they all worked hard, and had fun with their roles." — Horror.com Posted Apr 29, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Centerfold Girls (1977)	" Overall it's a prime example of 70s exploitation horror: there's more breasts, butts and blood than you shake a stick at. The fashions are funkadelic and the dialogue is so arch the script must have been written at a McDonald's." — Horror.com Posted Apr 5, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 36%	While She Was Out (2008)	" Imagine a Lifetime revenge-themed movie of the week intercut with a few death scenes from the cutting room floor of a Final Destination flick." — Horror.com Posted Apr 5, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 71%	Splinter (2008)	" Everything you expect to happen, does - but it isn't satisfying." — Horror.com Posted Apr 3, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 59%	Sleep Dealer (2009)	" It's a good story and is well-acted and nicely shot, but its pace is disappointingly plodding." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 34%	Alien Trespass (2009)	" Everything is perfected to the letter, but it lacks the oomph of homage movies like Pleasantville, or the fun irony of social satires like Fido." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Moon (2009)	" Moon is definitely one of the better science fiction movies to come out since Children of Men and Sunshine." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 52%	American Swing (2009)	" Can't get it up." — Buzzine Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 18%	The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)	" Exactly everything it's advertised to be, and more." — Horror.com Posted Mar 28, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 31%	The Broken (2009)	" I was on board with The Broken through the first three quarters, but the sucker punch of nothingness at the end soured me on the whole thing." — Horror.com Posted Mar 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	The Shark Is Still Working (2006)	" The Shark Is Still Working is well worth a look for diehard devotees of Jaws (and even those who just love 'Shark Week')" — Horror.com Posted Mar 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 64%	Watchmen (2009)	" Although it's quite grimy and gritty, there is still an over-glossed pop-culture feel to the Watchmen movie... it worked for me." — Horror.com Posted Mar 4, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 70%	The Midnight Meat Train (2008)	" Not at all Butchered." — Horror.com Posted Feb 18, 2009

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5/5	The Devil's RejectsOffsite
4/4	Office SpaceOffsite
3.75/4	The Last SamuraiOffsite
4.5/5	Sin CityOffsite
3.5/4	Spy GameOffsite
4/5	HarveyOffsite
3/4	Resident EvilOffsite
2.5/4	Cats & DogsOffsite
3/5	Blade 2Offsite
B-	The MessengersOffsite
2.25/4	UnfaithfulOffsite
2/4	Collateral DamageOffsite
1.5/4	Scotland, PAOffsite
1.5/5	Deuces WildOffsite

5/5	Dreams with Sharp TeethOffsite
5/5	The Dark KnightOffsite
4/4	Office SpaceOffsite
5/5	The Devil's RejectsOffsite
3.75/4	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,...Offsite
3.75/4	The AviatorOffsite
3.75/4	Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowOffsite
3.75/4	CollateralOffsite
3.75/4	The Last SamuraiOffsite
4.5/5	The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusOffsite

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