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Kevin A. Ranson

Kevin A. Ranson

""They're coming to get you Barbara...!" (Although my alter ego is fond of saying "I'M coming to get you, Barbara!")"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 64% of the time.

Biography:
What his grammar school teachers called “underachieving,” Kevin A. Ranson called “being bored to tears” and spent every possible second making up projects to fuel his unattended creativity. After discovering nothing interesting at college other than movies and role-playing games, Kevin escaped from West “By God” Virginia to travel the world for six years on the US Navy’s dime while compiling ideas for books, games, and screenplays. Now from his home page at ThinkingSkull.com, he owns/manages MovieCrypt.com as a certified (or certifiable) film critic endorsed by the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org). He also works as a freelance game writer/designer when not working on his indie role-playing game at KindlingMoon.com. Kevin currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida.
Favorites:
Of all time, thus far, and in no particular order: "Contact," "The 13th Warrior," "Ghostbusters," "Once Upon a Time in the West," "The Exorcist," "The Fellowship of the Ring," Disney's "Aladdin," "The Iron Giant," "Gattaca," "Back to the Future," "Shaun of the Dead," and my personal guilty pleasure, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space." (I do admit to a favorable predisposition to films with normal people catalyzed by slightly-supernatural circumstance!)
Publications:
MovieCrypt.com
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
628
Total QuickRatings:
86
Location:
Jacksonville, Florida

Quick Ratings

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5/5 —— Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (1999) " Awesome stuff... in a dress." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Apr 22, 2007
4/5 22% Yellowbeard (1983) " More good than bad, worth owning." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 9, 2005
5/5 81% The Neverending Story (1984) " Even better if you never see the sequels." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 9, 2005
4/5 13% The Sicilian (1987) " See? He's not JUST the Highlander!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 9, 2005
5/5 87% Poltergeist (1982) " Pull your face off and wallow in the creepy goodness." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 9, 2005
2/5 38% Boomerang (1992) " Silly. Simple. Eddie was better than this." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Oct 4, 2005
3/5 20% Two of a Kind (1983) " Xanadu it isn't, but fun nonetheless." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
5/5 79% Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) " Sean Penn's calling never left Mr. Hand's classroom." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
4/5 94% For a Few Dollars More (Per Qualche Dollaro in Più) (1965) " Another must-see Italian speghetti western." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
3/5 20% Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) " Sadly cashes in on the original." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
5/5 95% The Hunt for Red October (1990) " For all its flaws, it still holds water." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
1/5 12% Surf Ninjas (1993) " No, no, no, No, NO!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted May 6, 2005
3/5 100% Heart Like a Wheel (1983) " ... and there STILL ain't many girls in NASCAR." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Mar 1, 2005
4/5 14% Fled (1996) " One more stepping stone in the rise of Salma Hayek!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
4/5 90% Little Shop of Horrors (1986) " It's the professionalism that I admire." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
3/5 11% The Ice Pirates (1984) " A throwaway scifi comedy perfect for Saturday afternoon television matinees." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 21, 2005
4/5 71% Freaky Friday (1976) " Disney's golden years and golden girl." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Dec 8, 2004
1/5 41% She-Devil (1989) " Proof that Roseanne sold her soul for fame." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Dec 8, 2004
4/5 100% High Fidelity (1989) " Jack Black in your face, man!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 10, 2004
3/5 87% Crimson Tide (1995) " If this film is based on real events, we're all doomed." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 10, 2004
4/5 5% Major League 2 (1994) " Inexplicably outshines the original." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 7, 2004
3/5 41% Days of Thunder (1990) " The beginning of the Tom & Nicole saga." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Oct 18, 2004
4/5 43% G.I. Joe: The Movie (2000) " Knowing is half the battle (couldn't resist)." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Aug 13, 2004
3/5 22% The Flintstones (1994) " Barely there, but still fun." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jul 2, 2004
3/5 31% Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) " A Creepshow ripoff that wallows in the fact." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jul 1, 2004
2/5 56% Green Card (1990) " Stop me if you've heard this one... too late." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jul 1, 2004
4/5 38% Witchboard (1986) " Good, eeevil fun for everyone." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jul 1, 2004
3/5 56% George of the Jungle (1997) " Better than it deserved to be." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jul 1, 2004
3/5 74% Purple Rain (1984) " Short people of Hollywood...DANCE!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jun 20, 2004
4/5 94% Fright Night (1985) " Four words: You're so COOL, Brewster...!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Mar 7, 2004
4/5 76% The Time Machine (1960) " Still the best." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Mar 7, 2004
3/5 13% My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) " Not nearly as bad as advertised." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Mar 7, 2004
3/5 10% Red Scorpion (1989) " Long live Dolph...!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Mar 7, 2004
5/5 14% Penn & Teller Get Killed (Dead Funny) (1989) " Death becomes them." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 2, 2004
2/5 15% Cops And Robbersons (1994) " The beginning of the end for Chevy Chase." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 2, 2004
3/5 65% Sabrina (1995) " Not quite up to the original." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Jan 2, 2004
4/5 50% Ed and His Dead Mother (1997) " What REALLY happened to the old lady who swallowed a fly!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Nov 16, 2003
4/5 44% Delirious (1991) " John Candy goooooood!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Oct 19, 2003
4/5 81% The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) " Classic Disney, classic MacMurry." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 22, 2003
3/5 62% Throw Momma from the Train (1987) " Sultry." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 19, 2003
3/5 20% Knight Moves (1993) " Pulp thriller for Lambert fans." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 15, 2003
1/5 64% Dick Tracy (1990) " Should have stayed in the funny pages." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 15, 2003
4/5 50% The Transformers - The Movie (1986) " American Anime before Anime was cool." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 11, 2003
3/5 18% Red Sonja (1985) " No, he's NOT Conan this time!" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 11, 2003
3/5 —— Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) " Cheesy but fun." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 11, 2003
2/5 18% Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth (1992) " Pinhead, indeed." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
2/5 33% The Keep (1983) " Only a pleasure if ye can handle the guilt." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
1/5 13% Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999) " Please. Stop. We're begging." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
4/5 61% Disclosure (1994) " Remember when Demi looked good naturally?" — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
3/5 63% The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) " Funnier than it deserves to be." — MovieCrypt.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
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