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Boo Allen

"TOO MANY TO NAME"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

Biography:: Film critic for Denton Record Chornicle as well as various other suburban papers in the Dall-Ft. Worth area. Former president of the Dallas-Ft. Worth film critics assoc. BBA and MFA in film from SMU, Dallas, and Doctorate in English Literature from T.A.M.U.-Commerce, Texas Wrote the press notes for the upcoming film SLAP HER, SHE'S FRENCH, filmed in the D-FW area.
Favorites:: 8 1/2 DUCK SOUP CRIES AND WHISPERS HUSTLER
Publications:: Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) , Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Critics' Group:: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 571
Total QuickRatings:: 59

Location:: Dallas, Tx.

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/5	77%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" Same old tired effects to go along with more Downey smugness. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted May 9, 2013
4/5	42%	To The Wonder (2013)	" Malick succeeds in creating his a separate reality, one drenched with longing and fear. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Apr 27, 2013
3/5	43%	Admission (2013)	" A comedy, but a serious comedy. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 24, 2013
3/5	25%	Phantom (2013)	" Slow start, fast finish. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 3, 2013
2.5/5	15%	A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)	" Action packed but expectedly ridiculous." — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Feb 16, 2013
3/5	70%	Les Misérables (2012)	" Bloated and overdone but entertaing if not enthralling. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Dec 30, 2012
3/5	51%	Promised Land (2013)	" A resonant cautionary tale. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Dec 30, 2012
2/5	92%	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)	" A man's bi-polar disorder is supposed to give license to implausible and contrived histrionics. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Nov 22, 2012
1.5/5	68%	Wuthering Heights (2012)	" Perfectly ridiculous adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel. Shaky-cam nausea combines with wooden amateur acting and sloppy editing to render an unpleasant experience. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Oct 19, 2012
1.5/5	68%	Wuthering Heights (2012)	" Perfectly ridiculous adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel. Shaky-cam nausea combines with amateur acting and sloppy editing to render an unpleasant experience. " — Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) Posted Oct 19, 2012
3/5	76%	Premium Rush (2012)	" Pure cinema. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Aug 26, 2012
3/5	95%	The Imposter (2012)	" Perversely entertaining. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Aug 18, 2012
4/5	79%	Ruby Sparks (2012)	" Charming, fresh, and creative. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Aug 3, 2012
2/5	87%	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	" Over-written, over-plotted and with a ridiculous villain. Disappointing. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jul 19, 2012
2/5	78%	Take This Waltz (2012)	" The whimsical charms are not enough to overlook the unbearable cuteness and the mountain of contrivances. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jul 13, 2012
4/5	74%	Prometheus (2012)	" Ridley Scott succeeds in reluming this Promethean heat. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jun 8, 2012
2/5	94%	Moonrise Kingdom (2012)	" More unbearable Anderson whimsy. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jun 8, 2012
3/5	58%	The Dictator (2012)	" A funny movie from a funny man. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted May 18, 2012
3/5	93%	Marvel's The Avengers (2012)	" Sock, pow, zowie--plenty of firepower in the summer's first big lallapalooza. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted May 4, 2012
3/5	92%	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	" Clever enough stuff until the computer generated monsters run amok. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Apr 21, 2012
3.5/5	79%	The Deep Blue Sea (2012)	" Somber analysis of 1950's hypocrisy. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Apr 21, 2012
3.5/5	67%	Friends With Kids (2012)	" Another perceptive take on modern relationships by triple threat Westfeldt. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 10, 2012
4/5	89%	In Darkness (2012)	" Compelling film, filled with human pathos. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 2, 2012
4/5	70%	Thin Ice (2012)	" Ingenious, cleverly plotted engima. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Feb 24, 2012
3/5	79%	The Grey (2012)	" Effectively creepy. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jan 29, 2012
4.5/5	89%	The Descendants (2011)	" Director and co-writer Alexander Payne again shows the most acute and perceptive understanding of the American psyche of any current director. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Nov 20, 2011
3/5	44%	J. Edgar (2011)	" Eastwood delivers an entertaing enough Best Hits version of Hoover's eventful life. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Nov 11, 2011
3/5	81%	The Skin I Live In (2011)	" Unusually perverse even by Almodovar standards. Fascinating dissection of the moral identity. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Nov 6, 2011
3/5	33%	Texas Killing Fields (2011)	" Despite the jumbled plot and structural problems, the shady characters and gritty settings compensate. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Oct 22, 2011
3.5/5	85%	The Ides of March (2011)	" Well paced, intelligent, and showing us the even dirtier side of politics. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Oct 8, 2011
2/5	25%	Killer Elite (2011)	" Despite the presence of some notable acting talent, this not-Elite work turns out to be just another dumb Jason Statham film. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Sep 23, 2011
3/5	93%	Drive (2011)	" Moody, atmospheric and filled with twists. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Sep 17, 2011
1/5	81%	Higher Ground (2011)	" Boring mess of an aimless movie in which Farmiga shows no aptitude for directing. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Sep 10, 2011
3/5	73%	The Whistleblower (2011)	" Decent enough for this genre." — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Sep 2, 2011
2.5/5	76%	The Help (2011)	" Too many good intentions, too many sub-plots, too many histrionics. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Aug 14, 2011
2/5	82%	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)	" Marginal effects and a laughable story. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Aug 5, 2011
3/5	44%	Cowboys & Aliens (2011)	" It works because it takes itself seriously without winking or smirking. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jul 29, 2011
2/5	14%	Zookeeper (2011)	" About as fluffy and silly as would be expected. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jul 8, 2011
2.5/5	36%	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)	" More loud silliness. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jul 2, 2011
4/5	82%	Super 8 (2011)	" Fun, fast homage to its many predecessors. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jun 10, 2011
3.5/5	84%	The Tree of Life (2011)	" Malick again shows his unparalleled personal vision. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Jun 3, 2011
2/5	33%	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)	" Pointless Pirates" — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted May 20, 2011
2.5/5	77%	Thor (2011)	" THOR" — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted May 7, 2011
3/5	71%	Hanna (2011)	" A wild ride, implausible and ridiculous. But, yes, fun. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Apr 8, 2011
3 of 5	91%	Source Code (2011)	" Fun enough, but don't think about it. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Apr 1, 2011
3/5	94%	Win Win (2011)	" Writer-director Thomas McCarthy again captures the pain of the outsider. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 26, 2011
3/5	84%	Jane Eyre (2011)	" Passable yet unimaginative, a by the numbers re-do of a classic hard to mess up. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 19, 2011
3/5	37%	Mars Needs Moms (2011)	" Darker than expected but with a good theme: moms are great. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 16, 2011
3/5	73%	The Adjustment Bureau (2011)	" Decent enough science-fiction silliness that could have done without the religious malarkey. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX) Posted Mar 4, 2011

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