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Rob McKinnon

Rob McKinnon

Agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

Biography:
WHO IS ROB McKINNON? My early years in the entertainment field included performing as a musician and entertainer during my stint in the Army, later performing with my own jazz ensemble in the Boston area, opening concerts for such jazz notables as Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody. I was born in Reading, Massachusetts, studied acting and theatrical directing and graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in film and broadcasting. Because of my combined experiences in film directing, acting and writing, and life-long studies of American film, I thoroughly enjoy writing movie reviews and conducting live interviews. I write a weekly column "Watching Movies" for Houston's "Daily Court Review." And like many other film reviewers, I've begun writing screenplays. With my partner Jolene McMaster, we're establishing a feature film production company in Houston (Pure Horror Films, Inc,) specializing in psychological horror films. We'll continue to grow our internet site ITEN.NET (INTERNET TALK & ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK), with audio programming, including interviews with other film directors, written movie reviews, and specialty music programs--jazz and blues. It's on- demand programming for the internet audience. We also chair the TALA (Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts) Film Club which was organized in October 1998 by attorney Jamie Baker. (We're not lawyers or accountants, but for better or worse, we've spent a lot of time around them.) TALA helps aspiring artists who otherwise couldn't afford these legal and accounting services. We've recently produced a video and handbook for Houston-Galveston Area Council featuring successful Juvenile Justice Accountability programs in Texas. The handbook provides much information on how to set up these juvenile justice programs in other communities and it's available free (as a result of a grant from the Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor) to interested communities. AND, I'm very proud to be a part of ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY.
Favorites:
Recent Favorites: QUILLS, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, WONDER BOYS, AMERICAN BEAUTY, MAGNOLIA, BOYS DON'T CRY, THE CLOSET, MY FIRST MISTER, MEMENTO, THE OTHERS
Publications:
moregreatfilms.com , watchingmovies.com
Total Reviews:
493
Total QuickRatings:
63
Location:
Houston, Texas

Worst Reviewed Films

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0/5 80% Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
1/5 20% Caveman (1981) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/10 68% Dancer in the Dark (2000) " For me it was powerfully awful!" — watchingmovies.com
Posted Mar 26, 2001
2/10 84% Wandâfuru raifu (After Life) (1998) " one of the most boring and tedious films I've ever seen" — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
1/4 38% Full Frontal (2002) " ...heavy-handed and self-indulgent." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Aug 16, 2002
1/4 12% The Girl (2001) " ...sadly lacking in plot and character development." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Sep 1, 2001
1/4 21% Ghosts of Mars (2001) " ...script is ill conceived and boring." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Sep 1, 2001
1/4 15% Scary Movie 2 (2001) " ...a comedy that aimed below the lowest common denominator, and hit its target." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jul 27, 2001
1/4 71% Chopper (2001) " The subject matter had potential, but the film doesn't achieve it. It's simply repulsive." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jun 1, 2001
1.5/4 42% Death to Smoochy (2002) " It just didn't work for me on any level." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Apr 3, 2002
1.5/4 30% The Animal (2001) " The film could have fizzled-out easily except for Schneider's ability to throw himself into the animal shtick with complete and wild abandon." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jun 26, 2001
1.5/4 88% The Widow of Saint-Pierre (The Widow of St. Pierre) (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) (2000) " It's very well produced and pretty to look at...but kind of slow going and too clumsily propagandistic for my tastes." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Apr 12, 2001
2/5 82% Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/5 86% My Own Private Idaho (1991) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/5 80% The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/5 92% The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/5 50% Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1999) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
2/5 —— Route 666 (2001) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
4/10 9% Eye of the Beholder (2000) " Something is very wrong here or I missed it by a mile." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
4/10 25% Mission To Mars (2000) " ...a complete waste of film stock." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
— 54% Bully (2001) " ...it will positively scandalize and literally "freak-out" many audience members who are more sensitive to and uncomfortable with graphic sexual material." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Aug 3, 2001
2/4 76% Moulin Rouge! (2001) " Visually stunning, but substantively the film is vacuous and lame." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jun 1, 2001
— 0% Attraction (2001) " an interesting journey into the dark side of young love, passion, and self-awareness" — watchingmovies.com
Posted May 10, 2001
2/4 27% Trixie (2000) " interesting and oddly entertaining" — watchingmovies.com
Posted Apr 1, 2001
2/4 97% Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001) " The only thing hidden about this film is just what it is that seems to have so many critics raving about it." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Mar 26, 2001
5/10 25% Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in Sixty Seconds) (2000) " presents an absurdly distorted picture of criminals,...(and) it's not a comedy" — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
2/4 47% The Perfect Storm (2000) " ...the storm effects are the best you've ever seen bar none, but the story and characters fall far short of the effects..." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
2/4 46% The Amati Girls (2001) " Great cast...but the emotional manipulation is obvious and clumsy." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
3/5 100% The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 84% Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 92% Dillinger (1973) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 75% The Girl Can't Help It (1956) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 12% Jaws 3 (1983) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 84% Mr. Mom (1983) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 80% The Owl And The Pussycat (1970) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 22% Blind Date (1987) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 92% Tarantula (1955) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 83% Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 24% One Tough Cop (1998) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 9% Nothing But Trouble (1998) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 55% Top Gun (1986) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 90% Pat and Mike (1952) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 88% Son of Paleface (1952) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
3/5 78% Mad Dog and Glory (1993) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Dec 1, 2002
6/10 29% Drowning Mona (2000) " DANNY DEVITO delivers the only solid performance in the film." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Apr 1, 2001
6/10 76% The Virgin Suicides (2000) — watchingmovies.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4 18% Collateral Damage (2002) " ...unbelievable nonsense, but it's also pure Arnold--in other words, great action and great fun." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Mar 23, 2002
2.5/4 72% Training Day (2001) " ...an entertaining foray into the world of a crooked cop...." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Oct 12, 2001
— 52% Rush Hour 2 (2001) " ...really, this isn`t art, it`s escapist entertainment and we all need and enjoy it from time to time." — watchingmovies.com
Posted Aug 4, 2001
2.5/4 14% Driven (2001) " It's a film made for the videogame generation: full of frenetic ...sound and fury...(Yeah, you got it) signifying nothing." — watchingmovies.com
Posted May 7, 2001
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