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Beth Accomando

Beth Accomando

"No matter where you go, there you are. Buckaroo Banzai"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% 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
Critics' Group:
Broadcast Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
616
Total QuickRatings:
26
Location:
San Diego CA

Dvd Reviews Only

Showing 1 - 26 of 26
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
8/10 86% Trouble in Mind (1985) " And finally, a new DVD release from Shout! Factory, a special edition of Alan Rudolph's glorious "Trouble in Mind. It's a quirky, noirish tale as well as an achingly sweet romance." — KPBS.org
Posted Dec 19, 2010
10/10 94% Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992) " The action scenes are breathtaking and the relationship among the characters has surprising depth and emotion. The film is a delirious summation of the Hong Kong New Wave. " — KPBS.org
Posted Dec 19, 2010
74% Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010) " Jeunet crafts what is essentially a cinematic Rube Goldberg in which a ball is set in motion in the opening scene and it cues a series of complicated reactions that all lead to one thing in the end." — KPBS.org
Posted Dec 19, 2010
81% Despicable Me (2010) " I have said that this was a weak year for animation but I do want to celebrate MINIONS! " — KPBS.org
Posted Dec 19, 2010
83% Avatar (2009) " I did not like Avatar and I have no interest in any bonus features that prolong the agony of the 160 film." — KPBS.org
Posted Nov 16, 2010
98% How to Train Your Dragon (2010) " Although forced upon us in 3D, the CGI animation was not annoying, and the dragons and humans were quite charming." — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 12, 2010
81% I Am Love (2010) " The magnificent Tilda Swinton shines as a woman who discovers a whole new emotional life through a young lover who happens to be a chef. His food leads to a sensual awakening." — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 12, 2010
12% Jonah Hex (2010) " Clocking in at a mere 81 minutes, it feels like an eternity. Read the comic." — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 12, 2010
50% The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2010) " The surprising thing in this era of explicit gore is that filmmaker Tom Six takes a rather elegant approach to his gross out premise. " — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 11, 2010
87% The Exorcist (1973) " The behind the scenes documentary is great and reveals how the use of practical, on set effects added to the success of the film. " — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 11, 2010
15% A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) " Jackie Earle Haley is a good choice to replace Englund but the new film doesn’t reinvigorate the franchise. " — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 11, 2010
74% Splice (2010) " Splice is a thinking person's horror film. Produced by Guillermo Del Toro, this is more for fans of the old Universal horror films than of the recent spate of gorefests." — KPBS.org
Posted Oct 11, 2010
43% Robin Hood (2010) " No matter how much deleted footage you restore, unrated scenes you add back in, and recutting Ridley Scott does, you cannot make this Robin Hood a good film." — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 23, 2010
—— Daikaijû kuchu kessan: Gamera tai Gyaosu (Gamera vs. Gyaos)(Return of the Giant Monsters) (1967) " If you don't know Gamera... Shame on you! Gamera is Godzilla's box office rival in Japan." — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 23, 2010
70% Ondine (2010) " Jordan has a gift for presenting fairy tales that somehow manage to be rooted in a very gritty real world. He makes us believe in the possibility of something we know to be impossible. " — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 23, 2010
82% Solitary Man (2010) " This is a dick flick in both the sense of what drives the character's behavior and how we view him." — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 9, 2010
79% Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969) " Hammer also brought a more overt sexuality to the genre with ample bosoms competing with the blood for screen time. " — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 9, 2010
93% Horror of Dracula (1958) " Hammer brought a ripe Technicolor lushness to its horror so that the buckets of blood could spill off the screen with a kind of tabloid sensationalism. " — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 9, 2010
86% Red Riding Trilogy () " There may also be more interest in the films since Andrew Garfield -- the new Spider-Man -- has the lead in the first film." — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 2, 2010
64% Harry Brown (2010) " The fact that he was trained to deal with violence in Ireland plays into his character, and the murky moral and political shadings the story takes on." — KPBS.org
Posted Sep 2, 2010
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
Posted Mar 24, 2009
—— Prison Break - Season 3 (2008) " Nothing wildly innovative here but the show provides tensely cut episodes and solid acting, most notably from Miller, the ever fascinating William Fichtner, and Robert Knepper (see the KPBS exclusive clip)." — KPBS.org
Posted Aug 12, 2008
79% Batman: The Movie (1966) " The vibrant new film transfer of Batman: The Movie boasts an explosion of eye-popping colors that scream 1960s pop art. The film, like the TV series, has a definite cheese factor but both are still wildly entertaining today." — KPBS.org
Posted Jul 8, 2008
74% The Sword in the Stone (1963) " [Wart's] curious, a bit goofy, a good but sometimes reluctant student, and visually his youthfulness is emphasized by clothes that leave the lad swimming in the excess space." — KPBS.org
Posted Jun 20, 2008
94% No Country for Old Men (2007) " I have always found that the Coens' films get better with each viewing so I suggest giving the film another shot if you felt frustrated by the ending." — KPBS.org
Posted Mar 12, 2008
28% The Game Plan (2007) " It's dumb but you know exactly what you are getting into from the very beginning... so you only have yourself to blame if you watch this and feel ripped off." — KPBS.org
Posted Jan 29, 2008
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