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Jon Niccum

Jon Niccum

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Biography:
I am currently a full-time writer and frequent contributor to the Kansas City Star. Prior to that I spent 10 years as Entertainment Editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and seven years as music/film editor at Kansas City's The Pitch. I joined the Kansas City Film Critics Circle in 1994. I was the president of the organization from 2003-2007. I have a degree in film criticism from the University of Kansas.
Favorites:
The Godfather, Shane, 12 Angry Men, Alien, Almost Famous, Taxi Driver, Aguirre, Wrath of God, Run Lola Run, Unforgiven, Once, The Incredibles, The Conversation, Psycho, Blowup
Publications:
County Cable , Kansas City Star , Lawrence Journal-World , Lawrence.com , Pitch.com
Critics' Group:
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Total Reviews:
849
Total QuickRatings:
18
Location:
Lawrence, KS

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Title | Year Add Date
Clerks II (2006) " Brian O'Halloran: 'It speaks to a more broad audience than to one who wants to hear us lace into a couple customers and play hockey on the roof.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jul 14, 2006
Firecracker (2005) " Steve Balderson: "My 20s were spent trying to conceive and make this movie."" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Nov 4, 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) " Daniel Handler: I'm puzzled by the notion that a movie would in some way take away something from the books." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Dec 31, 2004
The Polar Express (2004) " Hanks: 'It’s an extraordinary opportunity for actors to no longer be limited by size, weight, color of hair or gender.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Nov 12, 2004
Super Size Me (2004) " Morgan Spurlock: Here’s a company that sells burgers and fries that now has the ability to influence what you can see and hear and read." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Oct 29, 2004
Carnival of Souls (1962) " John Clifford: It does seem to be a big inspiration to all these young independent filmmakers." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Oct 29, 2004
Anacondas - The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) " Johnny Messner: 'I’m trying to bring the real man back to Hollywood.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Aug 27, 2004
De-Lovely (2004) " Ashley Judd: 'I have a healthy enough ego to think I have a reasonable, if not outright pleasant, voice. However, when it came time to sing I had a real crisis of confidence.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jul 16, 2004
Mean Girls (2004) " Mark Waters: There’s an unusual reaction ... from the teenage girls who see the movie: They watch it less like a straightforward teen comedy and more like a horror movie." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Apr 30, 2004
Hellboy (2004) " Mike Mignola: 'I don’t remember ever being particularly scared of monsters.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Apr 2, 2004
Taking Lives (2004) " Ethan Hawke: 'It’s really hard to talk about why I took the part and what kind of research I did for it without giving the whole thing away'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Mar 19, 2004
Against the Ropes (2004) " Omar Epps: 'Boxing movies are iffy. The allure of boxing itself is so magnetic, but most people lose the story.'" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Feb 20, 2004
Monster (2004) " Patty Jenkins: “Charlize is so good that it overwhelms all conversation about the film."" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jan 16, 2004
School of Rock (2003) " Jack Black: "No, I’m not always rocking. It takes a lot of energy to rock. You have to save up energy. If you’re rocking all the time, your rock would become kind of lukewarm. You have to save up the battery power then rock white-hot.”" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Oct 3, 2003
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) " Andrew Jarecki: It was one of the strangest journeys, because I started out making a film about professional children’s birthday party clowns." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Sep 12, 2003
The Italian Job (2003) " Wahlberg: I was so surprised that I never knew about the original, because I've seen every great heist movie ever made" — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jul 28, 2003
Spellbound (2002) " Arenivar: As an eighth-grader, I never realized I was living the American dream." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jul 28, 2003
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) " Jolie: I was always told that I couldn’t be the girl next door; there was something odd about me." — Lawrence Journal-World
Posted Jul 28, 2003
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