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Shawn Bowers

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

Biography:: I'm a freelance teen critic for the Kansas City Star Teen Star, where I've been writing for about three years and am a member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. I'm an avid movie lover with a special love for modern cinema (which basically means I can tell you about every new release coming out in the next 3 years).
Favorites:: The Good Stuff This Year So Far: -Anchorman -Spider-Man 2 -Dawn of the Dead -Mean Girls -Kill Bill Vol. 2 Other stuff...
Publications:: Kansas City Star
Critics' Group:: Kansas City Film Critics Circle

Total Reviews:: 43
Total QuickRatings:: 21

Location:: Chicago, IL

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Showing 1 - 43 of 43

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
4/5	96%	Big Night (1996)	" Tucci and Shalhoub always deliver and Big Night is just futher evidence of that." — Kansas City Star Posted Mar 16, 2004
2/5	69%	Lost in Yonkers (1993)	" A good example of fleshing out a single set play into a film would be Steel Magnolias...Yonkers just doesn't pull it off." — Kansas City Star Posted Mar 16, 2004
A-	63%	Starsky & Hutch (2004)	" The tag line says it all: 'They're the man.'" — Kansas City Star Posted Mar 16, 2004
4/5	93%	The Producers (1968)	" The hilarious original that inspired the musical (and upcoming film, again)...if you like Mel Brooks, you'll like this." — Kansas City Star Posted Mar 16, 2004
D+	22%	Taking Lives (2004)	" Use the title as a warning- Taking Lives takes hours of your life you can't get back." — Kansas City Star Posted Mar 16, 2004
B+	71%	The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle) (2003)	" Worth the chase, the Rundown is simple entertainment at it's best." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
C-	94%	The Alien Saga (2003)	" Going back to the beginning and seeing where it all began, this film had a lot to live up to in my eyes. In the end, I was just left wondering what all the fuss was about." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
4/5	86%	The Parent Trap (1998)	" A light-hearted Disney remake...Lohan makes an impressive debut." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
C	58%	The Missing (2003)	" Missing a little something." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
2/5	42%	The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)	" Kind of funny...but not enough to recommend." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
A-	84%	Elf (2003)	" Big laughs in an Elf-sized package." — Kansas City Star Posted Nov 25, 2003
1/5	14%	Man of the House (1995)	" Pretty weak little family comedy...doesn't hurt but doesn't help." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 27, 2003
B-	82%	Thirteen (2003)	" Despite the flaws, it is worthy of recommendation for people interested in film, if for no other reason than Wood's performance." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 27, 2003
B+	82%	Matchstick Men (2003)	" The story's a bit on the traditional side (it could be pitched as "Catch Me If You Can" meets "Ocean's 11"), but the three leads make it an enticing and tense caper flick." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 14, 2003
4/5	70%	Batman (1989)	" Good film...it kind of reeks of the '80s now, but it's still dark fun." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 14, 2003
A-	69%	Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)	" Depp steals the movie with a swagger and a smile in his second great part of the year." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 14, 2003
3/5	56%	Velvet Goldmine (1998)	" A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 5, 2003
C+	23%	Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)	" The film relies more on jump moments than gratuitous blood and guts for its scares, which is a welcome choice after such blood-drenched dreck as Freddy Vs. Jason." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 5, 2003
C	23%	Dickie Roberts - Former Child Star (2003)	" Your appreciation of the movie will hinge on your tolerance for the "quirky" antics of Spade." — Kansas City Star Posted Sep 4, 2003
C+	76%	8 Mile (2002)	" This Eminem melts in your hand and not in your mouth." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
B+	96%	Bowling for Columbine (2002)	" Try and find this film, watch it and talk about it. The issues that it covers are ones that beg to be discussed, and this piece has only scratched the surface." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
5/5	90%	The Lion King (2011)	" A classic animated film. There's a reason it was the highest grossing animated flick until Finding Nemo came along...a marvel for all ages." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
3/5	79%	Léon: The Professional (1994)	" Good, if not overrated. Reno is always a delight and a young Portman adds a lot to the heart and soul of the film." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
3/5	12%	Dear God (1996)	" Cutesy comedy that makes good use of the Kinnear charm." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
3/5	25%	Richie Rich (1994)	" It was fun for what it was...which is not very much, but hey...kids will get a kick out of it for all the fun gadgets." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
A-	57%	Die Another Day (2002)	" With its contemporary feel and set pieces galore, this Bond will leave you both shaken and stirred." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 30, 2003
4/5	63%	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)	" Haven't watched it in awhile, but I remember it well and I remember enjoying it. One of the better Vacation movies (Vegas Vacation is still the best, though)." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 29, 2003
3/5	97%	Back to the Future (1985)	" Part II was better, but that's just me. The first one is a fun romp too." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 29, 2003
5/5	100%	Wallace & Gromit Gift Set ()	" The Wallace and Gromit films are always fun for all ages...this set should hold you over until they can get the full-length feature made...." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 29, 2003
B-	35%	What a Girl Wants (2003)	" Despite her obnoxious Nickelodeon pedigree, Bynes proves that, given the right project, she isn't half bad." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 29, 2003
5/5	78%	The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus) (1995)	" A visually stunning and intensely bizarre fairy tale." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2003
A	99%	Finding Nemo 3D (2012)	" There are so many subtle jokes, or little bits of insight into these fish's minds, it proves yet again that Pixar strives to make a complete experience instead of just 'some cool-looking graphics.'" — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2003
4/5	56%	Pocahontas (1995)	" Though released during the Disney slump that came post-Lion King, Pocahontas was the last truly quality Disney animated film until Tarzan came along a few years later. It doesn't touch the aforementioned Lion, but a worthy part of your collection." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2003
4/5	66%	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)	" A fun adventure that always seems to get mixed up in my memory with Mary Poppins, and while they share similarities, this one stands out on its own as a great childrens film." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2003
C	36%	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)	" Just because you give an old car a new paint job doesn't mean it runs better." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 21, 2003
A-	48%	S.W.A.T. (2003)	" It gives S.W.A.T. that kind of feeling where it should be corny, but everyone is just too cool to care. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a movie in uniform." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
1/5	14%	Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)	" Look at Richard Dreyfuss on the poster, weep for him, and then rent something else." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
B+	14%	Uptown Girls (2003)	" Worth going Uptown for." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
1/5	19%	Fathers' Day (1997)	" Not really memorable except for the fact that it was a box-office failure, even the performances of the two comedy stars can't save it from itself." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
F	41%	Freddy vs. Jason (2003)	" Horror-ifically bad." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
3/5	44%	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990)	" Honestly, when I first saw the movie, I was probably around 8 years old, but the allure of the Ninja Turtles, while faded over the years, is still hard to deny. Not for all tastes by any means, it's decent enough." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003
D	18%	The Medallion (2003)	" Speaking of cartoons, the whole movie is awfully similar to Chan's self-titled cartoon series, except with one major difference: the series is decent." — Kansas City Star Posted Aug 20, 2003

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