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KEN HANKE
Ken Hanke

PUBLICATION(S)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

BIOGRAPHY
Author of books KEN RUSSELL'S FILMS, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE MOVIES, A CRITICAL GUIDE TO HORROR FILM SERIES, TIM BURTON: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE FILMMAKER.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 1703
Total QuickRatings: 2067

CRITICS GROUP(S)
Southeastern Film Critics Association

OTHER INFO
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• Location: Asheville NC


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What are QuickRatings? Approved Tomatometer critics rate and provide brief quotes to movies seldomly reviewed in our database - mainly older films and obscure limited releases. Full-length reviews are not necessary, and thus, will not be available. QuickRatings are counted towards The Tomatometer.

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

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
80%

Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946)

Final entry in the Rathbone series has a lot of style.
Posted Oct 31, 2006

Fresh
5/5

N/A

The Devil Commands (1941)

Karloff's best 'Mad Doctor' outing.
Posted Oct 31, 2006

Fresh
5/5

N/A

The Fatal Glass of Beer/Pool Shark (1933)

W.C. Fields' most surreal short.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Rains Came (1939)

Spectacular, entertaining Hollywood craftsmanship.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Bat (1926)

Creepy, effective 'old dark house' thriller from Roland West.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Wilson (1944)

Better than average biopic.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

The Millionairess (1960)

The stars help, but this should be so much better than it is.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Rotten
2/5

N/A

The Naughty Nineties (1945)

Pretty dismal, but containing the 'Who's on first?' routine.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Stormy Weather (1943)

Thin story, terrific musical numbers.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
29%

The Moon is Blue (1953)

A landmark of its time -- and a very dull one.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
58%

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master (1988)

Renny Harlin's finest moment. That should tell you something.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
98%

Risky Business (1983)

Mildly diverting, wildly overrrated.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Rotten
1/5

N/A

The Climax (1944)

The dullest horror film to ever come from Universal.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Judge Priest (1934)

Agreeable Will Rogers vehicle from John Ford.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

The first -- and one of the best -- of Karloff's 'Mad Doctor' series.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

Visually striking, very literary-minded version of the Maugham novel.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

The Fortune (1975)

Fascinating mess. Far better than its reputation suggests.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Spectre of the Rose (1946)

A deeply strange, visually striking, dramatically dull film.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
11%

My Boyfriend's Back (1993)

Better he should've stayed away.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
100%

Remember the Night (1940)

An astonishing, moving film.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Tarzan the Fearless (1933)

More a curio than anything else.
Posted Aug 29, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Tarzan's Revenge (1938)

Acceptable Tarzan film with less acceptable Tarzan.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Very pleasant Frank Capra comedy with great Crosby performance.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Terrific, fast-paced pre-Code cynical comedy melodrama.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Lesser Astaire-Rogers vehicle, but pleasant.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
5/5

N/A

Desire (1936)

Perfect romantic comedy star vehicle.
Posted May 24, 2006

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
46%

Dragnet (1987)

Annoying comedy.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
60%

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

Enjoyable romantic comedy suffers from excess length.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
83%

Shall We Dance (1937)

Not their best, but still a treat.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Terrific Bob Hope Christmas picture. One of his best.
Posted May 24, 2006

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
71%

Clash of the Titans (1981)

For Harryhausen worshippers only.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Down Argentine Way (1940)

On the one hand there's Carmen Miranda; on the other everything else.
Posted May 24, 2006

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Man Made Monster (1941)

Template for 40s Universal horror. A classic of its kind.
Posted May 24, 2006

Rotten
0/5

Rotten
14%

Teen Wolf Too (1987)

The sequel the world was crying for.
Posted May 17, 2005

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Fanny (1961)

Overblow but entertaining thanks to Boyer and Chevalier.
Posted May 17, 2005

Rotten
0/5

Rotten
11%

The Toy (1982)

Absolutely awful.
Posted May 17, 2005

Rotten
2/5

N/A

Words and Music (1948)

Appallingly sanitized biopic of Rodgers and Hart.
Posted Apr 11, 2005

Fresh
4/5

N/A

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Charming film of a type completely absent these days.
Posted Apr 6, 2005

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
74%

Clue (1985)

Frenetic, silly, but not as bad as is often claimed.
Posted Mar 9, 2005

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
80%

The Caddy (1953)

Standard Martin and Lewis vehicle. A little better than some.
Posted Mar 2, 2005

Fresh
3/5

N/A

State of the Union (1948)

So-so political comedy reflects lesser work by all.
Posted Mar 2, 2005

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
79%

Friday (1995)

It has a certain crude, rambling charm.
Posted Mar 2, 2005

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Roman Scandals (1933)

First-rate Eddie Cantor vehicle with terrific Busby Berkeley production numbers.
Posted Feb 10, 2005

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
83%

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Superb thriller in the Hitchcock mode.
Posted Feb 10, 2005

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
87%

The Italian Job (1969)

Superior crime caper that's a little too pleased with itself, but only a little.
Posted Feb 10, 2005

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
20%

The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

Fascinating star-studded mess, but a mess all the same.
Posted Feb 9, 2005

Rotten
2/5

N/A

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

Typical Hercules/Machiste nonsense not made better by the overrated Bava direction.
Posted Feb 3, 2005

Rotten
1/5

Fresh
67%

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1963)

Well, midnight's as good a time as any.
Posted Feb 3, 2005

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
59%

Look Who's Talking (1989)

Better than its sequels -- that's not saying much.
Posted Feb 3, 2005

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
100%

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Very entertaining sub-Capra social comedy with great Charles Coburn performance.
Posted Feb 3, 2005

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