Edward Havens

Edward Havens

""When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." - Thomas Jefferson"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

Biography:
Edward Havens currently serves as the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of FilmJerk.com. Since 1972, he has worked as an extra, actor, production assistant and assistant director on a number of feature films and shorts. He has also written several screenplays, none which were recently optioned. Edward likes kitties, ice cream, books with more words than pictures and DVDs with director's commentary. He blames Hunter S. Thompson, Lenny Bruce, Terry Southern, the collective members of Monty Python, Michael O'Donoghue, Lloyd Kaufman and Andy Kaufman for helping to shape his persona. He lives in the heart of Hollywood, between Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Cinerama Dome, with his wife.
Favorites:
For the longest time, my answer would have been "Bull Durham," but I've come to realize that Cameron Crowe's director cut of "Almost Famous" is perhaps the most perfect movie ever made. Other favorites include "Brazil," "The Third Man," "L.A. Confidential," "My Man Godfrey," most of the films of William Powell and Myrna Loy, "Sullivan's Travels" and "Bring It On."
Publications:
FilmJerk.com
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
331
Total QuickRatings:
14
Location:
Hollywood, CA

Dvd Reviews Only

Showing 1 - 14 of 14
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
A 98% Up (2009) " By now, with the movie becoming one of the company's greatest successes, many of us are familiar with the story, and how it continues Pixar's incredible streak of great movie experiences." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 21, 2009
B+ —— Tom & Jerry: Chuck Jones Collection (2009) " If you love the work of Chuck Jones, this is an invaluable, if not exactly incredible, addition to your collection." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 8, 2009
B+ 100% Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970) " The 40th Anniversary DVD of "Woodstock" is a great experience and should get many baby boomers excited to see and hear some old friends again." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 8, 2009
A+ 73% The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) " The best movie of 2008 makes an early claim for the best DVD of 2009." — FilmJerk.com
Posted May 6, 2009
D —— Another Cinderella Story (2008) " I guess the best thing that can be said about the direct-to-video release "Another Cinderella Story" is that it is not quite as bad as it should be." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 15, 2008
A- 99% L.A. Confidential (1997) FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 6, 2008
B+ 96% The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) " Let's hope the next time Disney re-releases this on home video... they will include the 3D version." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 17, 2008
C 67% The Darjeeling Limited (2007) " The new 20th Century-Fox Home Video release of "The Darjeeling Limited" offers quite a conundrum for fans of Wes Anderson..." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 26, 2008
A+ 90% Zodiac (2007) " Watching the movie on a widescreen HDTV monitor in HD-DVD is an ocular orgy." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 9, 2008
C 90% Saturday Night Fever (1977) " The omission of John Travolta in any of the commentaries or documentaries is a major shadow that the new disc cannot get out from." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 13, 2007
A- —— WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 (2007) " Was the music the only thing that made the show good?" — FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 27, 2007
B- —— King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005) FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 30, 2006
A- 98% Repo Man (1984) " It is going a bit far to call "Repo Man" a modern classic, but it is amongst the defining films of the decade." — FilmJerk.com
Posted May 26, 2006
D- 20% American Pie Presents - Band Camp (2005) " Little more than a blatant attempt to cash in on brand name recognition." — FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 30, 2006
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