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Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Publications:: Beaumont Journal , Fort Bend Sun , KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX)
Critics' Group:: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Houston Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 395
Total QuickRatings:: 7

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
A	45%	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012)	" Through the boy's eyes we see a world that can be cruel, but that can also be filled with love, laughter and adventure. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jan 19, 2012
C+	44%	J. Edgar (2011)	" Clint is a talented composer, but this film needed a much better score than it received. I would bet that hiring Alexandre Desplat, a composer who is much more adept at expressing emotion in softer films, could have improved the experience immensely. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 8, 2011
A-	82%	The Elephant In The Living Room (2011)	" Incredibly informational, interesting and profoundly moving. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted Sep 19, 2011
B	93%	Drive (2011)	" The most impressive performance here though comes from Albert Brooks who plays the deceptively friendly gangster and I will predict that he will get his first Oscar nomination (and possible win) in over twenty years." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Sep 14, 2011
B	95%	The Guard (2011)	" There aren't a whole lot of leading roles out there for guys that look like a 56-year-old version of me. So there should be no wonder why I like the guy and want to see him do well." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 17, 2011
C+	35%	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)	" When my bladder and I began analyzing it, we found many, many places where [running] time could have been effectively cut down." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jul 5, 2011
A+	84%	The Tree of Life (2011)	" If you actually ask "honey, should we go see Pirates, Hangover or Tree of Life?," by all means - go see one of the other two. Your frame of mind is everything when it comes to your potential enjoyment and connection with this movie." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jun 5, 2011
B+	61%	Water for Elephants (2011)	" Stealing the show here was the Tai, the elephant actress. Not only was she beautiful and talented, but she brought more to the table than I'm sure was expected. She had me mesmerized every minute she was the in the film." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Apr 25, 2011
C-	39%	The Eagle (2011)	" PG-13 is not the arena this film should be fighting in." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Feb 9, 2011
F	10%	Season of the Witch (2011)	" The only time I was even modestly entertained was when the 10-year-old boy sitting behind me (obviously taken out of school to see the film by his model parents) started belching unrelentingly at the screen." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jan 10, 2011
A+	96%	True Grit (2010)	" Using the themes of protestant hymns such as "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms," Carter provides a score that soars above the film and resonates in your head long after you've left the theater." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Dec 17, 2010
C+	48%	Love and Other Drugs (2010)	" Having worked as a Pfizer rep for the exact same period that our hero did, I can tell you that they got almost everything wrong. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 29, 2010
A+	90%	Tangled (2010)	" Through use of ingenious story crafting, the fairy tale proves to be what I consider Disney's best film (not including Pixar pics) since Beauty and the Beast, and overall one of their greatest creations." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 23, 2010
C	54%	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)	" Somebody obviously likes David Byrne and Brian Eno, but to have every song of the movie sung by them felt like a bad 80?s comedy starring Dudley Moore, not a contemporary movie about the financial crash that had such a great impact on all of our lives." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 11, 2010
A	89%	Waiting for Superman (2010)	" A catalyst for revolution." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 11, 2010
C-	52%	Going the Distance (2010)	" And thus the romantic comedy slump continues." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 30, 2010
A-	30%	To Save a Life (2010)	" I can see this being a positive influence for many who watch it and for some it could possibly even make a huge difference, and you don't get that from many movies these days. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 2, 2010
C+	46%	The A-Team (2010)	" Everything in this film runs on perfect timing built on insane assumptions" — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jun 21, 2010
A+	99%	Toy Story 3 (2010)	" The emotional roller coaster this film takes its audience on is better than anything at Disneyland." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jun 21, 2010
C-	43%	Robin Hood (2010)	" This looked like the airplane version of the movie and not the epic it could have been. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted May 17, 2010
B	70%	Babies (2010)	" I really did love seeing these children age a year over ninety minutes and was as entertained as could be. " — Fort Bend Sun Posted May 3, 2010
A	76%	Kick-Ass (2010)	" The real star of the film is young Moretz, whose caped crusader "Hit Girl" is one of the baddest super heroes to grace the screen." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Apr 13, 2010
A+	98%	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	" DeBlois and Sanders did a fine job with their last outing Lilo and Stitch, but they've really outdone themselves with this newest creation and should give Pixar a run for their money come awards time." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Apr 4, 2010
D+	28%	Clash of the Titans (2010)	" This really is all action and no adventure. There is not a moment where Perseus looks like he is astonished that these things are happening to him for the first time." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Apr 4, 2010
B+	63%	Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)	" It is crude, raunchy, full of bad behavior, and extremely funny." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Mar 23, 2010
B	53%	Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)	" What really works most is the great chemistry between Gordon and Capron. This very talented duo stirred up thoughts of what Steve Martin and John Candy might have been like had they teamed up long ago as twelve-year-old boys." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Mar 18, 2010
C+	51%	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	" This creation is nice to look at but lacks energy, curiosity, or any kind of emotional draw." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Mar 8, 2010
B-	34%	The Wolfman (2010)	" Just like the duality of the Wolfman himself, there is a wild and crazy fun part to this movie and a serious, dull, lifeless partition as well." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Feb 13, 2010
A-	56%	Edge of Darkness (2010)	" It's a deeper and more thought-provoking film than I could have expected or imagined." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jan 31, 2010
B+	70%	Sherlock Holmes (2009)	" There is a synergistic relationship here in this movie between Director Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr. that works in a grand way." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Dec 21, 2009
A+	83%	Avatar (2009)	" The special effects are so good here that you don't even notice them. It is eerie how Cameron has made it look and feel like he is just pointing a camera at the action." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Dec 14, 2009
A	75%	Invictus (2009)	" I still don't understand the sport in the least, but I completely understand everything that was accomplished according to the story, and what a great story it was." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Dec 6, 2009
A+	75%	The Road (2009)	" The visions of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book I read were precisely what I saw on screen." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 29, 2009
A-	90%	The Messenger (2009)	" There is a complexity to the story and characters that I want more insight on and I really believe that the movie might grow on me with a repeat viewing." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 22, 2009
A-	81%	Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)	" What really works here is that this isn't Michael at his best, but rather Michael showing what it took to be the best." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Nov 1, 2009
C-	20%	Amelia (2009)	" So what happens when the audience gets disconnected? They get bored. They lose focus. In a two hour movie this can be devastating." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 26, 2009
A-	73%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" The choices of style, music, costumes, facial features, and every other little detail make this one of the most breathtaking productions I've seen all year." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 18, 2009
A-	75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" Maybe Moore should have used this platform to try to teach some fiscal responsibility rather than simply present an "off with their heads" argument." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 12, 2009
A-	82%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" My head and neck start pulsating every time I tell someone about the film. I was uncomfortably scared for 90 minutes." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Oct 5, 2009
A	78%	The Informant! (2009)	" As a character, Damon's is one of the most entertaining I've seen in years. He had me in stitches from start to finish. As a performance, his is the best I've seen this year - by far." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Sep 20, 2009
D	7%	Whiteout (2009)	" At first I thought they were trying to do a film noir thing with the dialogue, but then I realized that it was just bad writing made worse by horrendous line delivery." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Sep 13, 2009
C+	63%	Extract (2009)	" Not nearly as memorable or as important as his previous two films." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Sep 7, 2009
A	82%	Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009)	" I found this take on the vampire flick to be an original and entertaining picture that would make for a better date night than any other movie showing right now." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 30, 2009
A	88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" This is the most fun I've had at the movies all year, and if you don't mind a little Nazi killin', you might just come out thinking the same." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 23, 2009
A	91%	District 9 (2009)	" It's hard to dwell on racism and social injustices too long when you are being so thoroughly entertained." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 17, 2009
A-	75%	Julie & Julia (2009)	" While Julie needs the Julia tale, the story of Julia would have been just fine without Julie. In fact it would have probably been better." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 10, 2009
A-	68%	Funny People (2009)	" The fact is, this film is very funny, but because of the gravity of both the illness and Simmons trying to deal with his wasted life, the laughs aren't big, but rather more heartfelt and emotional." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Aug 2, 2009
C	21%	G-Force (2009)	" If what you need is a 90-minute baby sitter, or something that will put a smile on your kid's face, you could do worse than G-Force, but don't expect to be blown away yourself." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jul 23, 2009
B-	67%	Br�no (Bruno) (2009)	" I felt bad for some of the folks, such as Ron Paul and the poor preacher he picks on. I wanted lightening to strike others, such as the parents of the babies he interviews for a casting session." — Fort Bend Sun Posted Jul 12, 2009

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