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Jaime N. Christley

Jaime N. Christley

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Publications:
Apollo Guide , Daily-Reviews , Epinions.com , Film Written Magazine , House Next Door , Jacksonville Film Journal , Senses of Cinema , Slant Magazine
Total Reviews:
499
Total QuickRatings:
103
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—— City That Never Sleeps (1953) " A hard-ass noir softened not so much by the sight of gams-centric cheesecake as its quasi-mystical poaching and repurposing on The Naked City's turf, City That Never Sleeps arrives on a spiffy Blu-ray courtesy micro-auteur-fixated Olive Films." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 9, 2013
—— Abraham Lincoln (1930) " Kino's Blu-ray gives the movie back no small amount of the dignity that had escaped Griffith during his final years at the Knickerbocker Hotel." — Slant Magazine
Posted Dec 15, 2012
—— Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (Kriemhild's Revenge) (1924) " In a period of film history that didn't want for extravagant epics, Die Nibelungen ranks among the greatest and strangest of all silents. Kino presents Lang's 1924 masterpiece in a stunning, 1080p upgrade." — Slant Magazine
Posted Nov 26, 2012
—— Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Siegfried's Death) (1924) " In a period of film history that didn't want for extravagant epics, Die Nibelungen ranks among the greatest and strangest of all silents. Kino presents Lang's 1924 masterpiece in a stunning, 1080p upgrade." — Slant Magazine
Posted Nov 26, 2012
92% Blade Runner (1982) " A brick of a set clearly trying to out-super-duper all previous models. A little overkill? Why resist? Blade Runner: 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition really is the ultimate home-video version of Ridley Scott's finest film." — Slant Magazine
Posted Nov 8, 2012
88% The Sterile Cuckoo (Pookie) (1969) " As a Blu-ray, this tomato comes pre-peeled, but Alan J. Pakula's directorial debut takes a done-to-death story template and revitalizes it with intelligence, maturity, and tenderness." — Slant Magazine
Posted Oct 26, 2012
85% The Devil Probably (Le diable probablement) (1977) " Bresson's second-to-last film is not his bleakest, but it's probably his most plot-heavy, a droll tragedy about a young womanizer who contemplates, as many Bresson heroes and heroines have done before him, an exit strategy." — Slant Magazine
Posted Sep 22, 2012
46% Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) " Pure style carries Beyond the Black Rainbow considerably farther than many reviewers gave it credit for. " — Slant Magazine
Posted Sep 14, 2012
100% Pursued (1947) " Behind the anonymous-sounding title is a quintessential Walsh noir-western, with a lead performance by Robert Mitchum that contains multitudes." — Slant Magazine
Posted Sep 7, 2012
54% Secret Beyond the Door... (1949) " Insofar as every Lang film you haven't seen is an undiscovered country, Secret Beyond the Door flies high over its seemingly anonymous place in the master's 1940s phase." — Slant Magazine
Posted Sep 7, 2012
78% Lonesome (1928) " You (probably) don't know Paul Fejos, but Criterion will repair that oversight-and how!-with this superb Blu-ray release of the director's nearly forgotten gem, two additional, standalone features, and a windfall of illuminating supplements." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2012
100% Bye Bye Birdie (1963) " As expected, Twilight Time's Blu-ray for Bye Bye Birdie sacrifices supplemental features for production quality, but when you're trying to stuff your eyeballs back into your skull holes, you'll know it was a smart compromise." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 14, 2012
97% La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (2012) " Lionsgate makes a play for prestige cred with another entry in their StudioCanal Collection, and their superb disc for La Grande Illusion will wipe away any salty tears that it doesn't carry the Criterion logo." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 13, 2012
80% The Royal Tenenbaums (2002) " The Royal Tenenbaums remains Wes Anderson's biggest commercial success; it's also one of his best films, and the Criterion Collection has brought it into their high-definition stable with great aplomb." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 13, 2012
92% Bound (1996) " A typical film-only platter from Olive Films benefits from a sturdy transfer, which flatters some of this hot-lesbian-action thriller's design elements more than others." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 13, 2012
75% Rio Grande (1950) " Olive Films' barebones platter for the often overlooked third part of Ford's cavalry trilogy is an essential buy for fans of the director, despite a slapdash presentation." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 7, 2012
100% Body and Soul (1947) (1947) " For a film that's almost been toppled over by its extra-cinematic legacy, a few supplements wouldn't have killed Olive Films' Body and Soul's Blu-ray. But it's a knockout on points, at least, with a strong transfer and a meaty mono track." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 6, 2012
84% Total Recall (1990) " Crass, loud, and proud, Total Recall gets a not-very-special special edition (more like an SE DVD where the feature has been remastered in 1080p), but a worthwhile buy for fans, with terrific grain and an even better commentary track." — Slant Magazine
Posted Aug 3, 2012
60% The Last of England (2005) " Rage, bitterness, sorrow, and beauty, all in unison against the dying of the light; Derek Jarman's poison love letter to England is presented in a passable HD transfer from Kino, in all its rag-and-bone glory." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2012
89% Metropolitan (1990) " As modest and urbane as the film, Criterion's Blu-ray of Whit Stillman's Metropolitan is a worthwhile upgrade from their 2006 DVD release." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 23, 2012
98% Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) " '50S science fiction as a blank metaphorical check, legal tender for any "other-ness" hobbyhorse you can name. Lacking even the slightest supplemental material, Olive Films's handsome platter leaves the viewer no choice but to come up with their own take." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 20, 2012
96% High Noon (1952) " Olive Films's Blu-ray of Fred Zinnemann's Oscar-winning film, the alleged western for people who don't like westerns, is light on contextual supplements, but nearly immaculate on a technical level." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 19, 2012
98% Mean Streets (1973) " Sometimes a classic film gets a grand reception on home video, and sometimes it has to sneak out by the fire escape; Warner's meager platter for Mean Streets is a bit more like the latter, but it gets a pass for a decent HD transfer." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 19, 2012
71% Margaret (2011) " A bit of a home-video miracle: a film that barely saw the light of day, on a Blu-ray that almost didn't happen, with an extended cut that fans thought they'd never see." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 17, 2012
—— The Saphead (1920) " The Great Stone Face's feature debut, now politely considered non-canon but worthwhile, is given a tidy high-definition release from Kino Lorber." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jul 15, 2012
94% Deliverance (1972) " Deliverance is the kind of classic where the subtext is the text: unspeakable horror derived from the same energies exerted to keep it suppressed." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 26, 2012
100% The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) " This non-classic has plenty of boilerplate pulp-Guignol appeal, and it's tempting to say that HD Cinema Classics gave it the disappointing Blu-ray release it deserves, but that isn't quite true." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 18, 2012
86% As Good As It Gets (1997) " Given that this was one of 1997's in-the-shadow-of-Titanic mainstays, it's a little disturbing that James L. Brooks's double-Oscar-winning comedy should get what amounts to a home-video brush-off." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2012
17% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) " One of the best and most distinctive Marvel adaptations gets the deluxe treatment from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment-outstanding picture and sound, and robust supplements that will be engrossing for fans and skeptics alike." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2012
60% Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) " An oddball blockbuster that gets better when it gets to be "too much"; as for Warner's handsomely mounted Blu-ray, less is more." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 13, 2012
86% Hondo (1953) " Put your feet up, open a beer, and enjoy Al Bundy's all-time favorite movie, presented in two dimensions by Paramount's well-appointed Blu-ray." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 11, 2012
53% Blood Work (2002) " Eastwood's defiantly modest 2002 thriller was about a million miles away from Oscar material, but Warner's high-definition transfer is praiseworthy in and of itself." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 8, 2012
76% We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) " Now that the worldwide success of The Avengers has put the kibosh on Lynne Ramsay's egregious attempt to demonize the noble sport of archery, we can safely talk about Kevin in the warm light of Oscilloscope's visually okay/aurally spectacular Blu-ray." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 29, 2012
—— The Lawless (1950) " The protean Losey's second feature is a modest little fighter that takes a risky subject--race and class conflict in a quiet, SoCal town--and almost goes somewhere with it. Olive Films did a first-rate job with their standard-definition transfer." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 29, 2012
—— Run for Cover (Colorado) () " As Olive's handsome, if no-bones, Blu-ray indicates, the film fairly oozes with the tempestuous emotions that point back to the auteur." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 25, 2012
—— A Bullet for the General (El chuncho, quien sabe?) (1966) " If all you know of the spaghetti western is Sergio Leone, Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General, presented in a largely satisfactory Blu-ray from Blue Underground, is an excellent reason to look beyond the holy "Dollars" trinity." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 24, 2012
94% The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) " If I didn't think Studio Ghibli's disappointingly wan animated feature would pass out from the trauma, I'd definitely give The Secret World of Arrietty a fist-bump for, if nothing else, top-notch picture and sound." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 22, 2012
88% Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (2011) " Criterion's rigorous transfer work preserves the infinitely complex HD compositions and sound field." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 18, 2012
47% 1900 (Novecento) (1976) " A disappointing transfer of Bertolucci's grandest gesture, Olive Films' three-disc set of 1900 is nevertheless significant for presenting his most epic epic in its most complete form." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 17, 2012
79% The Grey (2012) " A soothing lullaby for alpha-male viewers and survival buffs, Joe Carnahan's The Grey arrives in a tip-top Blu-ray from Universal-a form that's likely to extend its life indefinitely, as a manly man, scotch-sipping midnight movie." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 15, 2012
37% Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) " Magnolia's trim, handsome Blu-ray preserves Tim and Eric's most ambitious broadside for the viewer's delectation and/or revulsion." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 11, 2012
— 61% Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) — Slant Magazine
Posted May 11, 2012
81% Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) " They skimped on the supplements, but Twilight Time's Blu-ray of this neglected but endearing CinemaScope demo reel does right by its Technicolor film grain and stereophonic sound." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 8, 2012
83% Ganja & Hess (Black Vampire) (1973) " Kino's faultless transfer of a permanently hobbled blaxploitation landmark, which now ought to be rescued from its martyr status and appreciated anew as a totem of the unclassifiable in American cinema." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 8, 2012
—— Bird of Paradise (1932) " After years of neglect in the public domain, Kino's Bird of Paradise is obviously the phoenix, emerging renewed from a privately owned nitrate print." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 3, 2012
80% Haywire (2012) " Soderbergh's best movie in ages, a deceptively modest bundle of butt-kicking and betrayal, gets a top-notch transfer from Lionsgate." — Slant Magazine
Posted May 2, 2012
50% Camelot (1967) " Sometimes, the controlling principles of a Blu-ray production match those of its subject. Such is Warner's rather touching devotion, via top-drawer supplements and packaging, to a legendary film that never was...quite the Camelot that was in their hearts." — Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 27, 2012
100% Late Spring (1949) " A slight improvement from Criterion's own 2006 DVD, but if your Blu-ray collection has a Greatest Films subdivision, this goes right between Last Year at Marienbad and The Leopard." — Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 23, 2012
52% The Iron Lady (2012) " A lodestone soufflé, an insincere apologia for the autocratic battle axe, or yet another resplendent shrine to the Streep Eternal: Whatever The Iron Lady is to you, Anchor Bay's Blu-ray will give you just-adequate satisfaction." — Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 15, 2012
12% The Darkest Hour (2011) " A Razzie-worthy sci-fi zero gets the undeserving high-definition treatment from Summit Entertainment." — Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2012
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