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Spence D.

""Boat drinks!" "To Batman, Superman, and the Human Torch!""

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography:: Spence D. has been an ambitious scribbler specializing in pop culture for over14 years. He got his start in the legendary hip-hop ‘zine The Bomb and has written for publications like Devil in the Woods, Guitar One, Stance, Warp Japan, While You Were Sleeping, XLR8R, and others. Additionally he has served as a Contributing Editor to Urb, an Associate Editor at The Gavin, and a Senior Editor at IGN.com. He watches way too many Hong Kong action films, drinks entirely too much beer, and reads an excessive amount of comic books. He also enjoys skiing and is an Ichthyo-Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian (he eats fish, dairy products, and vegetables). And in case you were wondering, the D. stands for "dookey."
Favorites:: The Wild Bunch Heavy Metal Blue Velvet Fandango The Big Blue The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover Big Trouble In Little China Hell Comes To Frogtown Clockwork Orange The Barefoot Executive Miller's Crossing Gumball Rally
Publications:: IGN Movies

Total Reviews:: 336
Total QuickRatings:: 262

Location:: San Francisco, CA

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
4/5	44%	Hostel: Part II (2007)	" Eli Roth has actually improved upon the first Hostel film, delivering a higher quotient of gore, but more importantly delivering an incredibly streamlined, and dare I say, mature spin on the slasher genre." — IGN Movies Posted Jun 1, 2007
2.5/5	68%	Hard Candy (2006)	" There is no question that Hard Candy is an intense and unnerving little film. But when all is said and done it's a rather empty exercise in hot button pushing." — IGN Movies Posted Apr 14, 2006
4.5/5	53%	Wolf Creek (2005)	" The transference of nail biting insanity from screen to ticket holders is what ultimately drives the picture and makes it almost an interactive experience." — IGN Movies Posted Jan 1, 2006
4.5/5	52%	First Descent (2005)	" A sweet primer, not only into the history of snowboarding, but into the minds and lifestyles of some of the key participants in the sport." — IGN Movies Posted Dec 1, 2005
4/5	88%	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)	" A brisk, darkly-tinged adventure yarn that boosts the action quota considerably and as such becomes a whirlwind blast of post-summer escapism." — IGN Movies Posted Nov 18, 2005
3/5	21%	Into the Blue (2005)	" ...lurking underneath the sleek and fashionable veneer is a not half-bad little morality play." — IGN Movies Posted Sep 29, 2005
4.5/5	82%	Serenity (2005)	" The film is teeming with an overwhelming amount of integrity, heart, soul, and some of the best written characters to invade genre fiction in quite some time." — IGN Movies Posted Sep 29, 2005
2/5	10%	Venom (2005)	" Cookie cutter horror straight from the swamps of Louisiana." — IGN Movies Posted Sep 16, 2005
4.5/5	53%	The Devil's Rejects (2005)	" A gloriously wicked psychobilly thriller that unfolds like a crystal meth soaked drive-in movie nightmare." — IGN Movies Posted Jul 19, 2005
3.5/5	42%	Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)	" Amidst the doom and gloom of all of the 2005 summer blockbusters, this is a light, airy, fun-filled bubblegum romp." — IGN Movies Posted Jul 7, 2005
2.5/5	26%	Fantastic Four (2005)	" What could have been the brilliant set-up to an ongoing franchise is instead turned into a vacuous slice of summer escapism." — IGN Movies Posted Jul 7, 2005
3/5	74%	War of the Worlds (2005)	" For all its technical beauty, there's something lacking. It often feels a bit like Spielberg phoned the film in or at the very least painted it by numbers." — IGN Movies Posted Jun 30, 2005
3.5/5	84%	Aliens of the Deep (2005)	" Much of the allure of the film comes from Cameron's easygoing, rather unscientific approach to the project." — IGN Movies Posted Feb 7, 2005
3/5	73%	Wolfen (1981)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	88%	The Abyss (1989)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	30%	Screamers (1996)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	85%	Night of the Comet (1984)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	86%	Romancing the Stone (1984)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	94%	Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	88%	Crocodile Dundee (1986)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2/5	33%	My Bloody Valentine (1981)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	20%	The Real McCoy (1993)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2/5	——	The Night Flier (1998)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	97%	Bull Durham (1988)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	84%	Last Night (1998)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2/5	20%	Carnival of Souls (1998)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2/5	33%	Phantasm II (2000)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	67%	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	12%	Crocodile Dundee II (1988)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
1/5	13%	King Solomon's Mines (1985)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2/5	58%	Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	68%	Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	60%	The Addams Family (1991)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
5/5	100%	Jing wu ying xiong (Fist of Legend) (2008)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	100%	Ninja Scroll (1995)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4/5	33%	Futureworld (1976)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
3/5	40%	Judgment Day (1999)	— IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
	84%	The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) (The Sea Within) (2004)	" In the end, The Sea Inside is a beautiful, rippling mirage shrouding an empty husk of misplaced emotions." — IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
2.5/5	53%	Spanglish (2004)	" ...Spanglish is a sometimes entertaining, sometimes poignant, but more often than not, cliché-ridden drama/comedy..." — IGN Movies Posted Dec 17, 2004
4.5/5	81%	Ray (2004)	" Ray reveals Foxx for what he truly is: a gifted and immensely talented actor." — IGN Movies Posted Oct 28, 2004
3/5	46%	Shall We Dance (2004)	" Gere, a strong supporting cast, and a great soundtrack save this romantic comedy from the dog pound." — IGN Movies Posted Oct 15, 2004
4/5	95%	Hero (2004)	" ...rife with beautiful location scenery, incredible production design, intense cinematic beauty, and above all engagingly beautiful fight sequences." — IGN Movies Posted Aug 27, 2004
4/5	71%	Gozu (Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu) (2003)	" ...underneath the freaky veneer lurks a film that exposes the true nature of friendship, loyalty, and just how far somebody will go to exact their just revenge." — IGN Movies Posted Aug 6, 2004
4/5	72%	Open Water (2004)	" ...a bare bones tale of survival horror that reverberates with emotional drama, realistic terror, and an overall sense of foreboding futility." — IGN Movies Posted Aug 6, 2004
4.5/5	86%	Garden State (2004)	" Quirkily loveable characters plus a dreamlike and hallucinatory sheen make this fantasical romantic comedy bristle with a sense of bliss and wonder. " — IGN Movies Posted Jul 30, 2004
2/5	43%	The Village (2004)	" discerning filmgoers will be able to see the film for what it really is: an embarrassing and underhanded attempt to manipulate the emotions of the audience. " — IGN Movies Posted Jul 30, 2004
3.5/5	74%	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)	" This may not be the funniest film of the summer nor even the stoniest, but it is still an enjoyable chunk of resin-soaked celluloid. " — IGN Movies Posted Jul 30, 2004
4.5/5	87%	Zatôichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) (2003)	" Kitano's direction is a fine balance of artistic brilliance, low-key slapstick diversion, and plenty of swift swordplay." — IGN Movies Posted Jul 22, 2004
3.5/5	67%	The Door in the Floor (2004)	" Filled with darkly off-kilter humor and uncomfortably funny moments that resonate both emotionally and intellectually." — IGN Movies Posted Jul 15, 2004

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