ROTTEN TOMATOES: Beth Accomando

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BETH ACCOMANDO

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Biography: I've been a film critic for more than 20 years, in addition to reviews I freelance for NPR and Public Radio International, and I edited the sequels to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. I am a past president of the San Diego Film Critics Society and I help program 2 film festivals in San Diego.

Favorites: Recent favorites: Shaun of the Dead, Mysterious Skin, Irreversible, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Millennium Mambo, In the Mood for Love... Old faves: Anything with Monty Python or the Marx Brothers, The Godfather, Hard-Boiled, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Raging Bull, Trust, Police Story, Full Contact, Adam's Rib...oh there's too many.

Publications: KPBS.org, NPR.org, PRI's The World

Critics' Group: Broadcast Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 402
Total QuickRatings: 75

Location: San Diego CA

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Rotten	Fresh 83%	Avatar (2009)	" And for the epic battle at the end, well let me just say it's as believable as the Ewoks beating the Empire at the end of Return of the Jedi." — KPBS.org Posted Dec 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 66%	Dead Snow (2009)	" Dead Snow reinvigorates the genre with zombies, gore and humor spilling off the screen in equal measure." — KPBS.org Posted Nov 12, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" *I took a group of KPBS Teen Critics to see Paranormal Activity* to see what all the buzz was about.*" — KPBS.org* Posted Oct 5, 2009
N/A	N/A	Hausu ()	" Hausu: Clips from Audacious 1970s Japanese Horror Film" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 29, 2009
N/A	N/A	A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)	" Trailer Tuesday: Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 29, 2009
Fresh 6/10	Rotten 27%	Pandorum (2009)	" *It's Alien* meets The Descent in the new film Pandorum. It's a case of been there, done that. But does Pandorum manage to do it better?*" — KPBS.org* Posted Sep 26, 2009
N/A	Fresh 73%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" Trailer Tuesday: Where the Wild Things Are" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 87%	Big Fan (2009)	" At times Siegel makes his film painfully brutal at other times it feels like a savage black comedy. Yet Siegel never lets Paul become a mere character type." — KPBS.org Posted Sep 20, 2009
Fresh 5/10	Fresh 77%	The Informant! (2009)	" **The Informant! is diverting and quickly forgettable. I suggest supplementing the film by listening to This American Life.*" — KPBS.org* Posted Sep 20, 2009
N/A	N/A	The Wolfman (2010)	" Trailer Tuesday: New Moon & The Wolfman" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 15, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 6%	Whiteout (2009)	" Whiteout offers nothing to satisfy fans of the comic and nothing to satisfy even the casual filmgoer just looking for diversion or escape from the heat." — KPBS.org Posted Sep 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Earth Days (2009)	" *We may still have a long way to go but Earth Days* applauds those who have helped bring us this far.*" — KPBS.org* Posted Sep 11, 2009
N/A	Rotten 58%	9 (2009)	" Shane Acker and Elijah Wood Interviews at Comic-Con" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 8, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 49%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" *Lee's Taking Woodstock* serves up so many clich�s and stereotypes that it feels like a film made by someone who had never met a real Jew, Vietnam vet, homosexual, or hippie*" — KPBS.org* Posted Sep 5, 2009
N/A	Rotten 28%	The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)	" Teens Talk about Twilight and New Moon" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 5, 2009
N/A	N/A	Inception (2010)	" Trailer Tuesday: Inception" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Sep 5, 2009
Fresh 6/10	Fresh 100%	Afghan Star (2009)	" Marking has a good eye for capturing the contradictions of Afghanistan." — KPBS.org Posted Sep 5, 2009
Fresh 6/10	Fresh 63%	Extract (2009)	" Bateman carries the film well. He's appealing and provides an anchor for the film without simply being the straight man for the gags." — KPBS.org Posted Sep 5, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	It Might Get Loud (2009)	" Getting inside any creative process is fascinating and these three prove surprisingly articulate and candid in discussing their craft and their love of what they are doing." — KPBS.org Posted Aug 27, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" You absolutely have to see this film if only for Waltz' performance as Landa -- it's the most inspired, carefully nuanced and perfectly pitched performance of the year." — KPBS.org Posted Aug 22, 2009
N/A	Fresh 83%	Avatar (2009)	" Avatar Preview Footage and Trailer" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Aug 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Thirst (2009)	" Thirst uses a vampire virus as the catalyst to set a complex tale of sin and redemption in motion." — KPBS.org Posted Aug 20, 2009
N/A	Fresh 91%	Ponyo (2009)	" Behind the Scenes of Ponyo" — KPBS.org MISCELLANEOUS Posted Aug 15, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" District 9 delivers on all fronts %u2013 it's an imaginative sci-fi tale, a gritty actioner, a dazzling effects film, a compelling dramatic story, a biting satire, and a flat out exciting piece of pop entertainment." — KPBS.org Posted Aug 15, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 91%	Ponyo (2009)	" *Hayao Miyazaki proves that he is not only a master animator but also a master storyteller. Ponyo* is easily one of the best films -- animated or live action -- of the year.*" — KPBS.org* Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 97%	The Hurt Locker (2009)	" In one sense, The Hurt Locker is an old school war film %u2013 muscular, focused almost exclusively on men in combat, and not interested in politics or making a statement. But the film's also very contemporary." — KPBS.org Posted Jul 16, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 20%	Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)	" The best thing that can come from this film is that it will be so poorly received both by critics and audiences that it will put a damper on Hollywood's current interest in remaking anime." — KPBS.org Posted Jul 16, 2009
N/A	Fresh 82%	Thirst (2009)	" Park Chan-Wook Coming to Comic-Con for Thirst" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Jul 16, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Pontypool (2009)	" I have to give kudos to McDonald and Burgess for refreshing the zombie genre in ways I never thought possible." — KPBS.org Posted Jun 23, 2009
N/A	Fresh 66%	Dead Snow (2009)	" Dead Snow, like a video game, is all about the carnage and how to kill the Nazi zombies in the most brutal and ridiculous ways possible." — KPBS.org INTERVIEW Posted Jun 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	The Hangover (2009)	" You could say his new film The Hangover is the Reservoir Dogs of party movies. Reservoir Dogs was a heist film that never shows you the heist, and The Hangover is about a wild night in Vegas that only shows the aftermath." — KPBS.org Posted Jun 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Moon (2009)	" Director Duncan Jones also taps into the visual style of Silent Running, which was directed by special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull. Taking his cue from Trumbull, Jones creates a vivid but far from perfect futuristic world." — KPBS.org Posted Jun 18, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 32%	Terminator Salvation (2009)	" Wright is a machine who thinks he's human and in that conundrum is the interesting story that the film essentially misses." — KPBS.org Posted May 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Adoration (2009)	" Egoyan is always in complete control of the material, letting us know details only when he chooses to reveal them and only when it serves the right purpose in the timeline of his story." — KPBS.org Posted May 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" The filmmakers let our imaginations take flight with Carl's house and we willing tag along for the adventure." — KPBS.org Posted May 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 92%	Drag Me To Hell (2009)	" *I don't think Raimi's intent in his latest film is to scare the hell out of you but rather to give you a fun ride and Drag Me to Hell* delivers exactly that.*" — KPBS.org* Posted May 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	Star Trek (2009)	" I must add that the reason I think this new Star Trek works has less to do with Abrams being the director and more to do with a genuinely smart script by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman." — KPBS.org Posted May 9, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 64%	Quantum of Solace (2008)	" Listen to my radio review and montage of Bond clips." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 24, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 64%	Quantum of Solace (2008)	" *Although Quantum of Solace* left me a bit disappointed, I have lost none of my enthusiasm for the direction the franchise is going and am looking forward to the next installment.*" — KPBS.org* DVD REVIEW Posted Mar 24, 2009
Rotten 1/10	Rotten 25%	Friday the 13th (2009)	" *This Friday the 13th* commits the worst sin a horror movie can be guilty of - it was boring.*" — KPBS.org* Posted Mar 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 92%	Amarcord (1974)	" Amarcord is Fellini's scrapbook of memories culled from his own life and it is completely engaging and delightful." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 17, 2009
Fresh 5/10	Fresh 62%	Che (2008)	" Del Toro's performance is fine and there are many strong moments (including some wonderful black and white footage of Che in New York) but the parts are better than the whole." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 97%	The Class (2008)	" The Class offers a compelling and naturalistic look at contemporary teaching and the challenges of a diverse classroom. The film eschews big Hollywood moments and instead goes for quiet telling ones." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Cherry Blossoms (2009)	" Cherry Blossoms is an exquisitely and delicately crafted film about love, loss, and a kind of spiritual healing." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 17, 2009
Rotten 4/10	Rotten 42%	The Last House on the Left (2009)	" All the slickness works against the remake because it helps to distance the audience from the unpleasantness on the screen." — KPBS.org Posted Mar 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 41%	My Name is Bruce (2008)	" It's far better than any of the horror remake crap coming out and it earns its laughs honestly by actually intending to be funny." — KPBS.org Posted Feb 19, 2009
N/A	Rotten 33%	Knowing (2009)	" Trailer Tuesday: Knowing" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Feb 19, 2009
N/A	Rotten 32%	Terminator Salvation (2009)	" Trailer Tuesday: Terminator Salvation" — KPBS.org PREVIEW Posted Feb 10, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Wendy and Lucy (2008)	" Wendy and Lucy is a delicate and compassionate portrait of someone living precariously on the edge, and it asks us to respond to their predicament with kindness rather than indifference." — KPBS.org Posted Jan 27, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 39%	Outlander (2009)	" *As with Cloverfield, I started rooting for the monster to eat the people at a faster rate." — KPBS.org* Posted Jan 27, 2009

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