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Critics / John Venable
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JOHN VENABLE

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Biography: Been a movie reviewer for more than 4 years and have over 500 reviews online. I review for the common man. I don't care what other reviewers think of what I write, I'm trying to save people time/money by exposing cinematic poo.
Favorites: Blazing Saddles American Beauty O Brother Where Art Thou? Monsters Inc. Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Publications: Supercala.com

Critics' Group: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Total Reviews: 475
Total QuickRatings: 14

Location: Dallas, TX

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Fresh
9/10

Rotten
32%

Terminator Salvation (2009)

" Definitely a 'summer blockbuster' and has enough great moments in it to outweigh any groaners that it may also have. In fact, the good moments outweigh the bad about 20 to 1."

Posted May 18, 2009

Fresh
8.5/10

Fresh
78%

Burn After Reading (2008)

" Worth viewing if only to see Clooney, McDormand, and Pitt all play what Malkovich's character refers to as a 'league of morons'."

Posted Sep 14, 2008

Fresh
10/10

Fresh
94%

The Dark Knight (2008)

" Everything you've heard is true...brilliant."

Posted Jul 24, 2008

Fresh
7/10

Rotten
55%

Step Brothers (2008)

" Not the best in the McKay/Apatow canon, but still...it's funny."

Posted Jul 24, 2008

Fresh
8.5/10

Fresh
76%

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

" That'll do Indy, that'll do."

Posted May 23, 2008

Fresh
8.5/10

Rotten
57%

Transformers (2007)

" Fun, but a bit too serious."

Posted Jul 3, 2007

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
81%

Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

" Bruce Willis is still a bada** and this series might not be dead yet...I'm just sayin'."

Posted Jun 28, 2007

Fresh
8/10

Rotten
41%

Shrek the Third (2007)

" The bar had been raised so high by the first 2 films that reaching it again proves difficult...and they came close. Check it out!"

Posted May 18, 2007

Fresh
9.5/10

Rotten
56%

Alpha Dog (2007)

" Outstanding work from a young ensemble. Ben Foster steals the show in an over the top performance as an a**kicking, always-in-trouble, speedfreak."

Posted Jan 12, 2007

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
76%

Rocky Balboa (2006)

" Stallone doesn't embarrass himself nor his fans...it's pretty good."

Posted Dec 20, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
33%

The Good German (2006)

" Technically amazing, but not engaging enough to recommend as theater viewing unless you're an arthouse freak."

Posted Dec 15, 2006

Fresh
9.5/10

Fresh
90%

Shut Up & Sing (2006)

" Remember the people that the Borat film made fun of? They're in this film too, picketing outside of Dixie Chick shows...idiots."

Posted Dec 15, 2006

Fresh
10/10

Fresh
64%

Apocalypto (2006)

" He can't keep his mouth shut when he has too much tequila, but dammit, this man can tell a story on film."

Posted Dec 8, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
63%

Blood Diamond (2006)

" Djimon Hounsou is excellent and Kagiso Kuypers delivers an amazing breakout performance."

Posted Dec 8, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
15%

Turistas (2006)

" If you remove all the horror aspects of it, it works nicely as a tourism campaign for Brazil. Never has there been a dumber group of travelers; wait to rent it."

Posted Dec 1, 2006

Fresh
10/10

Fresh
91%

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

" The film might as well be entitled Retarded America, but lumping these idiots in with our mentally challenged population would be an insult."

Posted Nov 3, 2006

Fresh
7.5/10

Fresh
73%

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

" It's good, great in spurts, but overall leaves one longing for a story better suited for film."

Posted Oct 20, 2006

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
35%

Woman on Top (2000)

" Wildly mediocre."

Posted Sep 23, 2006

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
11%

What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

" Well...you could waste a few hours of your life. Does that answer the question?"

Posted Sep 23, 2006

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
45%

What Lies Beneath (2000)

" They could've cut 10 minutes out of the first hour easily...and it still might have been too slow."

Posted Sep 23, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
11%

The Watcher (2000)

" Not half bad as a rental."

Posted Sep 23, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
27%

A Walk to Remember (2002)

" Succeeds modestly as a teen movie. Expect anything else from it and you'll be disappointed."

Posted Sep 23, 2006

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
34%

The Black Dahlia (2006)

" A beautiful mess."

Posted Sep 15, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
86%

Jesus Camp (2006)

" This isn't the blind leading the blind, but it is the visually impaired leading the blind. Disturbing."

Posted Sep 15, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
39%

Beerfest (2006)

" It's one of those films that looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch. I wanted it to be great, but it's only good."

Posted Aug 25, 2006

Fresh
8.5/10

Fresh
74%

The Illusionist (2006)

" An amazing team of talent both in front of and behind the camera stretch a short story into a romantic fairy tale for adults that works."

Posted Aug 18, 2006

Fresh
9.5/10

Fresh
91%

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

" The writing is genius, the performances wonderful, and the film as a whole is a complete success."

Posted Aug 17, 2006

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
69%

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

" If it could've been a little more stupid, it would've been bad-good. It's worth a look for those who love bad cinema. "

Posted Aug 17, 2006

Fresh
7.5/10

Fresh
70%

World Trade Center (2006)

" Not the conspiracy theory rant one would expect from Stone, not at all. It's not a great film, but a good one that was made with love."

Posted Aug 8, 2006

Fresh
8.5/10

Fresh
72%

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

" Pray to Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey that Ferrell keeps making silly movies like this."

Posted Aug 4, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
25%

John Tucker Must Die (2006)

" Made for teenagers and they'll be seeing it no matter what we say. I would too if I was 16 and saw the poster. Wait for the DVD."

Posted Jul 27, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Rotten
40%

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

" Uma is sexy, Luke is funny, and the script is hilarious...check it out!"

Posted Jul 20, 2006

Rotten
5.5/10

Rotten
24%

Lady in the Water (2006)

" It's an ambitious mess at best, and the invented mythology is delivered to the viewer with the subtlety of a sledgehammer."

Posted Jul 20, 2006

Rotten
4/10

Rotten
13%

Little Man (2006)

" The best film I've ever seen with a full grown man masquerading as a baby...hmmm."

Posted Jul 14, 2006

Fresh
6.5/10

Fresh
67%

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

" It's a great looking film and the destination is worthy, but the journey leaves you wanting something more."

Posted Jul 14, 2006

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
22%

You, Me and Dupree (2006)

" Kate Hudson looks great in a swimsuit and heels...is that enough to recommend theater viewing? Not really."

Posted Jul 13, 2006

Fresh
9.5/10

Rotten
53%

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

" More fun than the cantina scene from Star Wars, Davy Jones and his barnacle-encrusted crew alone make this a must see!"

Posted Jul 7, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
76%

Superman Returns (2006)

" Try to ignore the parallels Singer draws between Christ and Superman...go ahead, I dare ya."

Posted Jun 28, 2006

Rotten
4.5/10

Rotten
11%

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

" The plot is a mish-mash of several Saturday morning cartoon plots and/or bad movie plots."

Posted Jun 16, 2006

Fresh
7.5/10

Rotten
26%

The Omen (2006)

" Has one of the best on-screen deaths ever put on film...truly grotesque and effective."

Posted Jun 9, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
81%

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

" Altman's direction and Keillor's writing mesh perfectly in this quirky, yet 'homey and welcoming' film."

Posted Jun 9, 2006

Fresh
10/10

Fresh
75%

Cars (2006)

" Pixar is truly the Ferrari of animation studios...another winner!"

Posted Jun 9, 2006

Fresh
8/10

Rotten
34%

The Break-Up (2006)

" This is a very watchable film...not your standard rom-com garbage."

Posted Jun 2, 2006

Fresh
7/10

Rotten
57%

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

" Not as cool as the first two, but worth a look just to see Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut run through things."

Posted May 25, 2006

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
24%

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

" Would've worked better as a made-for-TV mini-series."

Posted May 19, 2006

Rotten
3/10

Rotten
33%

Poseidon (2006)

" If a ship flips over and it's full of people that nobody cares about, does it matter if anyone makes it out alive? Allow me to answer that rhetorical question...no."

Posted May 12, 2006

Fresh
9.5/10

Fresh
70%

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

" Is that Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead? Yeah, it is!"

Posted May 5, 2006

Fresh
9/10

Fresh
83%

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

" A Karate Kid-esque story of a intelligent girl that battles against the pressure to 'keep it real'...and wins."

Posted Apr 28, 2006

Fresh
10/10

Fresh
91%

United 93 (2006)

" Good luck having a 'nice day' after leaving this film. You'll be an emotional wreck in need of a hug."

Posted Apr 27, 2006

Fresh
8/10

Rotten
40%

American Dreamz (2006)

" The Weitz brothers are a 2-headed John Hughes for post-2000 audiences...not always critically aclaimed, but almost always loved by the public. Once again, they succeed."

Posted Apr 21, 2006
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