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Dan Lybarger

"The situation is hopeless, but not serious. Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 87% of the time.

Biography:: Dan Lybarger has contributed film articles to the Kansas City Star, Nitrate Online, The Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, and PitchWeekly. eKC tmi He has an M.A. in Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a B.A. in English from Ottawa University.
Favorites:: My favorite filmmakers are:
Billy Wilder
Akira Kurosawa
Agnieszka Holland
Buster Keaton (I attend a Keaton Festival every year in Iola, KS. This festival takes place seven miles from Keaton's birthplace in Picquay).
Orson Welles
Martin Scorsese
Peter Weir
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Woody Allen
David Lean
Charlie Chaplin Favorite Movies:
The Apartment
Europa Europa
Life Lessons (from "New York Stories")
Modern Times
Apocalypse Now
Rashomon
The Magnificent Ambersons
The General (1927)
Witness (Part of my fascination with this movie is due to the fact that my relatives are Dunkards, a religious order like the Amish)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
My Life as a Dog
Of course, Citizen Kane
Publications:: County Cable , eFilmCritic.com , Hollywood Bitchslap , Huffington Post , Kansas City Star , KC Active , Lawrence Journal-World , Lybarger Links , MovieMaker Magazine , Nitrate Online , Pitch.com , Rotten Tomatoes , Script Magazine
Critics' Group:: Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 986
Total QuickRatings:: 254

Location:: Kansas City

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0/5	0%	Super Capers (2009)	" Slower than a glacier at the South Pole. More powerful than the strongest insomnia cure. Able to empty theaters with a single frame. It's a turkey! It's a Hindenburg! It's Super Capers!" — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 1, 2009
0/5	14%	The Scarlet Letter (1995)	" Oh, Roland Joff�, thy free adaptation of the Hawthorne classic didst produce abudant derisive laughter. Didst thou once direct 'The Killing Fields?'" — Nitrate Online Posted May 19, 2005
0/5	43%	Moll Flanders (1996)	" It takes an exceptionally talentless screenwriter-director to make such a foul, boring, worthless descreation of DeFoe's witty, insightful and entertaining novel, and Densham is that incompetent." — Nitrate Online Posted May 23, 2004
0/5	31%	Casino Royale (1967)	" Profoundly unamusing bore." — Nitrate Online Posted Apr 23, 2004
0/5	66%	Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)	" Unintentionally one of the funniest movies ever made and actually worth the rental price for sheer, silly fun. Pay special attention to the less than authentic gravestones." — Nitrate Online Posted Feb 23, 2004
0/4	0%	National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003)	" The longer the film runs, the more interesting a watchdial becomes." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 24, 2003
0/5	0%	Wired (1989)	" Chiklis has atoned for his sins here with later roles. This Belushi biopic is monotonous and even racist (Belushi's inept guardian angel is Puerto Rican cab driver)." — Nitrate Online Posted Jan 23, 2003
1/5	34%	Battleship (2012)	" Dear Hasbro: I'd like to thank you for ruining fond memories from my childhood. " — MovieMaker Magazine Posted May 20, 2012
1/5	31%	Man on a Ledge (2012)	" The emotions this film generates would be more accurately encapsulated by calling it "Man on a Whoopee Cushion." " — KC Active Posted Jan 29, 2012
1/5	7%	New Year's Eve (2011)	" Thankfully, Groundhog Day is already taken." — KC Active Posted Dec 11, 2011
1/5	9%	Answers to Nothing (2011)	" With his latest effort 'Answers to Nothing,' co-writer-director Matthew Leutwyler appears to have confused glum with profound. " — KC Active Posted Dec 2, 2011
1/5	9%	Marmaduke (2010)	" Instead of spending $20 or more on tickets to Marmaduke, read the original strip for free at http://comics.com/marmaduke. In addition to the more agreeable price, it also has more laughs." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 5, 2010
1/5	15%	A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)	" When producers Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller go to sleep tonight, it's a safe bet that their dreams will be tormented by Wes Craven and Robert Englund sporting gloves with bladed fingers." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 2, 2010
1/5	21%	Leap Year (2010)	" There's slothfulness to the script that permeates the entire film. 'Leap Year' has been pasted together with a 'maybe the audience won't notice' attitude." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 8, 2010
1/5	5%	Old Dogs (2009)	" Based on the quality of its script, 'Old Dogs' should have been put to sleep before the cameras started rolling." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Nov 27, 2009
1/5	39%	2012 (2009)	" It's pointless to fault '2012' for being silly or perpetuating scientific and historic baloney. Instead, the new movie's unforgivable transgression is that it fails to make any of the apocalyptic destruction fun." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Nov 14, 2009
1/5	21%	Next Day Air (2009)	" It delivers neither laughs nor chills and offers no visuals more interesting than the Exit signs on the theater doors." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 7, 2009
1/5	22%	Fired Up (2009)	" S-U-C-K! What does this movie do? It sucks! O-M-F-G! It sucks!" — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 16, 2009
1/5	7%	Shutter (2008)	" 'Shutter' is a movie that's a few years behind its time, maybe even a few decades." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 20, 2008
1/5	26%	Drillbit Taylor (2008)	" With 'Drillbit Taylor,' however, Apatow hands the reins over to his prot�g�s and replaces his delicate balancing act with a steep, sudden fall." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 20, 2008
1/5	22%	Never Back Down (2008)	" Director Jeff Wadlow and screenwriter Chris Hauty offer viewers nothing that they can't see done better on Spike TV or one of the ESPN clones." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 13, 2008
1/5	16%	Untraceable (2008)	" 'Untraceable' is a thriller about computers that was probably written by one." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 24, 2008
1/5	21%	Fred Claus (2007)	" One wonders what made producer Joel Silver think this bizarre mix of incompatible genres would be a potential hit. Santa may have to skip his house for every winter holiday to come." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Nov 8, 2007
1/5	13%	September Dawn (2007)	" Cain has co-written and directed a film that only the most bigoted of Mormom detractors could enjoy. Most viewers, if any are willing to part with their money or time, will simply laugh derisively." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Aug 23, 2007
1/5	9%	I Know Who Killed Me (2007)	" There is no way that Lohan was in her right mind when she signed the contract for this one." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jul 26, 2007
1/5	15%	The Condemned (2007)	" Wiper loses the audience for good when he has some of his supporting characters give long speeches that thrash the contest before showing additional fights." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 26, 2007
1/5	11%	Perfect Stranger (2007)	" It's difficult to get involved in romantic situations where neither partner can lift their fingers from a keyboard." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 15, 2007
1/5	8%	The Reaping (2007)	" The most striking image in 'The Reaping' is a repeated shot of unusual looking wind chimes blowing in the breeze. By continually panning his camera to the chimes, director Stephen Hopkins unknowingly admits that the rest of his movie isn't worth watching." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 5, 2007
1/5	8%	Premonition (2007)	" Bullock has overcome dozens of similar turkeys in her career. For example, it would be nice to be able to forget 'Speed 2: Cruise Control.' Yapo, however, will have to cure cancer, AIDS and leprosy before viewers will forgive him for this movie." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 17, 2007
1/5	26%	Ghost Rider (2007)	" 'Ghost Rider' has an estimated budget of $120 million. While the studio might have been willing to spend all that money on this dull flop, it's reassuring that the rest of us don't have to spend a penny on it." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 17, 2007
1/5	2%	Epic Movie (2007)	" Friedberg and Seltzer's most staggering achievement is rendering "Epic Movie" free from laughs." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 11, 2007
1/5	15%	Surviving Eden (2004)	" Writer-director Greg Pritkin ('Dummy') offers up a parody that's less enjoyable than the stuff he's mocking. " — eFilmCritic.com Posted Aug 24, 2006
1/5	26%	The Omen (2006)	" You know a movie is not worth the celluloid it's printed on when the only clever or even remotely original thing about it is its release date." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 7, 2006
1/5	27%	Revoloution (2006)	" As a director, Carr has no sense of pacing (76 minutes seems like an eternity) and doesn't know when to tell Bret Carr the actor that his performance isn't working in a given scene. Carr's crying sequences look about as fake as a purple toupee." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 21, 2006
1/5	7%	Basic Instinct 2 (2006)	" To get to those shots of Stone's chest and thighs, however, the audience has to wait through a two-hour story that's so tedious that the audience may walk out before Stone eventually liberates herself from her clothing." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 31, 2006
1/5	19%	Firewall (2006)	" From the moment that Paul Bettany's British accent mysteriously returns, we know there's trouble afoot." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 12, 2006
1/5	27%	Fantastic Four (2005)	" Michael Chiklis won't have to put on that uncomfortable Thing outfit again." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jul 9, 2005
1/5	41%	A Lot Like Love (2005)	" A Lot Like Love is one of those romantic comedies that features characters so annoying that one hopes they break up and save the gene pool irreparable damage." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 21, 2005
1/5	22%	Night of the Ghouls (1959)	" As lame as 'Plan 9' and 'Glen or Glenda' but not quite as unintentionally funny." — Nitrate Online Posted Apr 3, 2005
1/5	10%	Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)	" The thrill is gone, long gone." — Nitrate Online Posted Mar 12, 2005
1/5	13%	Hide and Seek (2005)	" As for DeNiro, I'd rather seem him do another commercial than watch him waste both his time and mine on material that Steven Seagal would reject." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 27, 2005
1/5	11%	Are We There Yet? (2005)	" The movie never passes up an opportunity to insult viewers of all ages." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 21, 2005
1/5	0%	Bushwhacked (1995)	" After a funny opening, it goes downhill very quickly." — Nitrate Online Posted Nov 7, 2004
1/5	30%	The Forgotten (2004)	" The filmmakers have their characters screaming and running for their lives, and it becomes exceedingly hard to figure out or even care why." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Oct 16, 2004
1/5	20%	Kansas (1988)	" As welcome in its title state as a rash of tornadoes." — Nitrate Online Posted Mar 9, 2004
1/5	39%	A View to a Kill (1985)	" In this 007 film, former real man James Bond not only eats quiche, he literally bakes it." — Nitrate Online Posted Feb 27, 2004
1/5	36%	Dog Park (1998)	" Much of the action in the movie involves picking up dog feces, an apt metaphor for this astoundingly witless film." — Nitrate Online Posted Nov 19, 2003
1/5	26%	Diamonds (1999)	" Douglas struggles honorably with his stoke-impaired speech and a shoddy story." — Nitrate Online Posted Jun 7, 2003
1/4	11%	The Man (2005)	" It takes filmmakers of rare skill to make the reliable Eugene Levy unamusing and to reduce Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson to a series of angry poses." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 9, 2005
1/4	11%	Exorcist - The Beginning (2004)	" Director Paul Schrader delivered a movie that the studio didn't like. Now Renny Harlin makes one that nobody likes." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2004

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