Boo Allen

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:
512
Total QuickRatings:
59
Location:
Dallas, Tx.

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2/5 50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " Amazingly unfunny "comedy" using peoples' weaknesses for targets. And a good cast wasted. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Sep 20, 2013
3/5 34% Salinger (2013) " Director Salerno struggles to provide the full picture of a man who didn't want his picture taken. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Sep 20, 2013
2.5/5 89% The World's End (2013) " The comedy trio returns in a lesser effort, funny, but not up to their previous successes. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Aug 25, 2013
2.5/5 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " Uninvolving bio-pic about a man who just happened to be around when things happened. Latter day Zelig fails to grip. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Aug 18, 2013
3/5 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " Entertaining enough silliness. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Jul 15, 2013
1.5/5 59% The Bling Ring (2013) " Repetitive, self-referential nonsense about a group of spoiled brats no one cares about. Supposed insights to celebrity-obsession are non-existent. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Jun 23, 2013
4/5 49% The Great Gatsby (2013) " It's a movie, not a novel and a well executed, original and highly creative work in its own right. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted May 10, 2013
2/5 79% 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 44% 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 38% 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 14% 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 88% 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 77% 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 57% The Dictator (2012) " A funny movie from a funny man. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted May 18, 2012
3/5 92% 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 78% 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 88% In Darkness (2012) " Compelling film, filled with human pathos. " — Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Posted Mar 2, 2012
4/5 71% 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 43% 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 74% 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
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