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DAN JARDINE
PUBLICATION(S)
• All Movie Guide
• Apollo Guide
• Cinemania
• Daily-Reviews
• Jacksonville Film Journal
• TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)

BIOGRAPHY
A little mystery in a blossoming relationship like this is a good thing.
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CONTACT INFO
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STATS
Total Reviews: 834
Total QuickRatings: 149

CRITICS GROUP(S)
• Online Film Critics Society
• Cinemarati

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• Location: Victoria, BC, Canada


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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95/100  La Jetée
94/100  Andrei Rublev
93/100  Tokyo Story
92/100  Trouble in Paradise
91/100  Stalker
90/100  Network
88/100  Sunrise
87/100  There Will Be Blood
86/100  A History of Violence
85/100  Brazil
84/100  Solaris
83/100  Sorcerer
82/100  Kung Fu Hustle
81/100  Shadows
80/100  Grizzly Man
79/100  Murderball
78/100  Secretary
76/100  Howl's Moving Castle
75/100  Hotel Rwanda
74/100  It's All Gone Pete Tong
73/100  Flags of Our Fathers
72/100  Last Year at Marienbad
71/100  The Damned
70/100  Air Guitar Nation
69/100  Frida
68/100  I Am Curious (Yellow)
67/100  Beyond the Call
66/100  Schizopolis
65/100  You Gotta Stay Happy
63/100  Snakes on a Plane
62/100  North Country
61/100  Seven Thieves
60/100  Everything's Gone Green
59/100  Colma: The Musical
58/100  Blood Diamond
57/100  The Tracey Fragments
56/100  Expo: Magic of the White City
55/100  Fido
54/100  Shopgirl
53/100  American Gun
52/100  Final Destination
50/100  Deja Vu
49/100  I, Robot
48/100  United 93
47/100  Sea Wife
46/100  America: Freedom To Fascism
36/100  Dreamgirls
33/100  Agent Cody Banks
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5  Scarface
5/5  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
5/5  Dracula
5/5  City Lights
96/100  The Passion of Joan of Arc
95/100  The Bicycle Thief
95/100  La Jetée
95/100  The Godfather
95/100  Citizen Kane
94/100  Fanny and Alexander
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WORST REVIEWED
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19/100  Dead Man on Campus
22/100  Robo Warriors
24/100  Ringmaster
25/100  Meet the Deedles
25/100  Friends and Lovers
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

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87/100
 
" One helluva film; the best in Anderson's young career." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 9, 2008
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)92%
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68/100
 
" Grisham for exceptionally bleeding hearts" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 9, 2008
 
Michael Clayton (2007)90%
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88/100
 
" an intensely intimate and personal experience" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
 
Into the Wild (2007)83%
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90/100
 
" Takashi Miike is the Tasmanian Devil of contemporary filmmakers." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
 
Audition (2001)76%
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74/100
 
" Ruzowitzky does a fine job of capturing the claustrophia of the setting, as well as conveying the moral complexity of these characters' choices" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)94%
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47/100
 
" chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
 
Across the Universe (2007)54%
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70/100
 
" Roman Holiday for beatnik hipsters" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
 
Paris Blues (1961)n/a
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71/100
 
" the score by Miles is a remarkable one, tapping into the jazzy zeitgeist of the time" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
 
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)95%
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70/100
 
" The Day of the Jackal meets The Rapture in a bathtub full of barbiturates." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
 
Day Night Day Night (2007)70%
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75/100
 
" funny, sweet and touching" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
 
The Band's Visit (2007)98%
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85/100
 
" A real kick in the gut" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)97%
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79/100
 
" Politically correct Cheech and Chong" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)73%
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57/100
 
" Too insubstantial to sustain the stylistic excesses of the multiple split screen approach" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 6, 2008
 
The Tracey Fragments (2008)39%
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85/100
 
" The actors play this darkly funny material as if they are in a deadly serious Shakespearean drama, highlighting the situation's many absurdities" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 5, 2008
 
Adam's Apples (2007)71%
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71/100
 
" The film is never anything less than interesting to look at." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 4, 2008
 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)57%
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60/100
 
" the film is unable to build on its solid technical premise" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 2, 2008
 
The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (2007)n/a
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84/100
 
" Beauty in Trouble is the sort of film that sits with you days after viewing" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 2, 2008
 
Beauty in Trouble (2008)78%
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55/100
 
" The Golden Compass bears the brush strokes of a film produced by a committee of people intent on trying to make some money rather than a good movie." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 2, 2008
 
The Golden Compass (2007)41%
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85/100
 
" Riley gives a great performance, and director Corbijn's direction is deceptively perceptive. One of the year's best." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 1, 2008
 
Control (2007)88%
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71/100
 
" Skin-deep treatment of teen pregnancy, but keep your eyes on Ellen Page; she's worth the price of admission." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 1, 2008
 
Juno (2007)93%
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66/100
 
" Artistic self-involvement has seldom been more unappealingly portrayed." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 1, 2008
 
Margot at the Wedding (2007)52%
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76/100
 
" Wildly overpraised, but a solid return to form for the Coen Bros." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 1, 2008
 
No Country for Old Men (2007)94%
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58/100
 
" The film has an overall tonal inconsistency and suffers from the occasional bout of tin-ear-itis, which ultimately derails this sometimes interesting attempt at reinvigorating the genre." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 31, 2007
 
Romance & Cigarettes (2007)53%
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67/100
 
" Nichols and Sorkin take the easy way out, promoting the personal tale of the roguish Wilson, rather than establishing a real socio-political context within which something insightful might have emerged" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 30, 2007
 
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)83%
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82/100
 
" The brooding gothic romanticism of the source material plays right into Burton's cinematic wheelhouse." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 29, 2007
 
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)86%
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62/100
 
" Forster's self-important direction submarines a film that begins well, but slips into melodrama and plods towards anti-climax." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 29, 2007
 
The Kite Runner (2007)66%
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68/100
 
" Unfortunately, like Andy's character, the parts don't add up." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 25, 2007
 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)89%
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58/100
 
" When I am Legend reaches for the tissues in the third act, director Lawrence loses his grip on the film entirely" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 25, 2007
 
I Am Legend (2007)69%
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70/100
 
" Easily the slightest of Anderson's four feature films." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 24, 2007
 
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)67%
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89/100
 
" The 10th anniversary edition DVD is deceptively well-endowed with extras." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
Titanic (1997)82%
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74/100
 
" The DVD extras start with two full-length audio commentaries, one by director John Woo, and a second by writers Mike Web and Michael Colleary." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Face Off (1997)93%
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83/100
 
" Dank interior castle settings create a claustrophobic intensity that underscores the growing sense of paranoia and people's sinister machinations in this battle for England." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 12, 2007
 
Elizabeth (1998)80%
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70/100
 
" It is in dealing with the familial travails of the Suarez family that Ugly Betty rises above the fray, and establishes itself as a series worth engaging." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 10, 2007
 
Ugly Betty - The Complete First Season (2006-2007)n/a
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66/100
 
" While it's at times inspired, ultimately, its attempt to play with the conventions of both martial arts and sports films does not congeal into something memorable." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 28, 2007
 
Balls of Fury (2007)23%
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88/100
 
" The two-disc special edition DVD release of Hamlet is spectacular." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 23, 2007
 
Hamlet (1996)94%
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58/100
 
" A commentary by Aubrey Solomon that kicks in only during select scenes is one of" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)n/a
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58/100
 
" Little more than a competently acted and shot costume drama, it is neither a film of the ages or for the ages; it is a film that has, however, aged, and poorly." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)n/a
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52/100
 
" This film's beautiful Japanese scenery comes across very nicely on this widescreen DVD." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Stopover Tokyo (1957)n/a
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52/100
 
" The sluggish pace, dearth of drama, and remarkable lack of chemistry between the leads leave us entirely on the outside looking in as this exotically-located tale unfolds." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Stopover Tokyo (1957)n/a
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56/100
 
" This movie at least looks great on DVD." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)33%
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56/100
 
" A lame and insipid attempt to satirize suburban life, gender roles, teenage sexuality, and the military." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)33%
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47/100
 
" The DVD version of Sea Wife benefits from the sharp look provided by Technicolor Cinemascope filming that was on the cutting edge in its day." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Sea Wife (1957)n/a
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47/100
 
" Sea Wife is one of those turgid and morose melodramas that were inexplicably popular in the post-Second World War period." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 22, 2007
 
Sea Wife (1957)n/a
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71/100
 
" Neither the best nor the worst of the Jane Austen adaptations. However, nor is it likely to be remembered for very long after it passes across your eyes." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 4, 2007
 
Becoming Jane (2007)57%
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53/100
 
" Jackie Chan is stellar, Chris Tucker is lame and the film is, while proficiently produced, about as dumb as a sack of hammers." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 4, 2007
 
Rush Hour 3 (2007)20%
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94/100
 
" One of the Great Films by one of the Great Filmmakers." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 30, 2007
 
Fanny and Alexander (1982)100%
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61/100
 
" Released as part of a five-movie Joan Collins set, the disc offers a few minor special features." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 24, 2007
 
Seven Thieves (1960)n/a
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61/100
 
" Despite some interesting individual moments, when taken as a whole, Seven Thieves is an uneven and (most damning) an uneventful mess." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 24, 2007
 
Seven Thieves (1960)n/a
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" "Pushes the whole British nobility paradigm into the realm of twit psychosis."" -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 19, 2007
 
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)95%
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88/100
 
" A touching, tender and smart film that effectively blends elements of musical and romance, while maintaining an air of realism and honesty one rarely finds in either genre." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 18, 2007
 
Once (2007)97%

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