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Jayne Nelson

Agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

Publications:: SFX Magazine , Total Film

Total Reviews:: 25

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
4.5/5	86%	Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)	" A startlingly original indie production that will stay with you for years, a film so intense you can almost feel the heat of the swamp in which it was filmed." — SFX Magazine Posted Oct 19, 2012
3.5/5	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" It's probably a tad too scary for really small humans, but anyone from seven upwards will find ParaNorman's adventures firmly stick in their braaaiiinnns." — SFX Magazine Posted Oct 15, 2012
3/5	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" Gorgeous animation and inspired set design help patch over a lacklustre script." — Total Film Posted Sep 3, 2012
2.5/5	31%	The Dinosaur Project (2012)	" Reeks of a low budget and a poor script but has just enough charm to be worth a look - particularly if you have kids who like watching giant reptiles eating people." — SFX Magazine Posted Aug 10, 2012
4/5	54%	Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012)	" Musical numbers, gorgeous design and a brilliant motorbike chase through the deliciously surreal Thneedville lift this from being a preachy, eco-friendly plod to a witty and comical adventure. " — SFX Magazine Posted Jul 27, 2012
2.5/5	49%	Mirror Mirror (2012)	" So desperate to play it safe that it actually becomes drab. " — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 2, 2012
3.5/5	26%	Wrath of the Titans (2012)	" If you make it through to the end, it's almost worth the wait." — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 2, 2012
2.5/5	26%	Hop (2011)	" It's not brilliant, but you probably already guessed that; this is a film about a mythical rabbit who poops jellybeans, after all... " — SFX Magazine Posted Sep 16, 2011
3/5	24%	Conan the Barbarian (2011)	" As a fantasy movie it hits all the right notes, dripping with guts, gore and familiar tropes; it's certainly not a film you have to concentrate on following. If that's your thing, you'll love it." — SFX Magazine Posted Sep 16, 2011
2.5/5	32%	I Am Number Four (2011)	" A superpowered kid hiding out at a school? We've seen it in Smallville, Roswell, Twilight and a million other stories. There's nothing new to say here, and I Am Number Four proves it in spades. " — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 19, 2011
1.5/5	47%	Hereafter (2010)	" Hereafter tries to do what Crash did but without the superficial gloss, the charm or actors who can actually act. The result is desperately, eye-achingly drab. " — SFX Magazine Posted Jan 31, 2011
4.5/5	82%	Panique au village (A Town Called Panic) (2009)	" Chaotic, warped and impervious to logic – a total treasure just waiting to be discovered." — SFX Magazine Posted Oct 11, 2010
1/5	0%	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010)	" Features clunky, outdated CGI, a script so flat it's practically Holland and rubbish character design." — SFX Magazine Posted Jun 1, 2010
2/5	18%	The Tooth Fairy (2010)	" Family-friendly schmaltz-by-numbers." — SFX Magazine Posted May 28, 2010
3/5	75%	Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)	" Despite its predictability, it's still a rather lovely, gentle kiddie romp." — SFX Magazine Posted Mar 29, 2010
3.5/5	49%	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)	" It's all jolly good fun, rattling along at a perfect pace with enough action setpieces and spectacle to keep both youngsters and adults happy." — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 19, 2010
3/5	32%	The Lovely Bones (2009)	" "Somehow the depth of the novel has become nothing more than an exercise in producing a polished, beautiful-looking fantasy."" — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2010
2.5/5	22%	Planet 51 (2009)	" When a film's best characters are rip-offs from other movies. you know you're in trouble." — SFX Magazine Posted Dec 3, 2009
4.5/5	87%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" It's rare to find an animated film that hasn't come out of Pixar's talented hands which contains so much to gush over, but Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs is something you won't regret sinking your teeth into." — SFX Magazine Posted Sep 18, 2009
3/5	31%	Aliens in the Attic (2009)	" There's nothing really new here: it's all sub-Home Alone nonsense." — SFX Magazine Posted Aug 11, 2009
2.5/5	39%	Inkheart (2009)	" As far as movies based on books about books go, it's anything but a pageturner." — SFX Magazine Posted May 12, 2009
4/5	72%	Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)	" The film lacks the soft, friendly edge of something like Monsters, Inc and sags a little after the first big fight, but it's gigantic fun nevertheless." — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009
3/5	70%	I Am Legend (2007)	" Though it fails to do justice to Matheson's novel, /I Am Legend/ isn't without merit, particularly in its stately, moody build-up. Unfortunately, the final act squanders the tension in favour of daft religious symbolism and silly CG zombies. Shame." — Total Film Posted Dec 28, 2007
4/5	94%	In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)	" A bunch of old guys talking about the old days - but what old days. An absorbing doc from a filmmaker who knows a good story, and a handful of men who've lived the best story of all." — Total Film Posted Nov 1, 2007

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