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Vera H-C Chan

Vera H-C Chan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 50% EDIT “The costumes astound, the sight gags abound, but the heart, oh the heart, now that must be found.” – Contra Costa Times Nov 29, 2007 Full Review Big Trouble (2002) 48% 3.5/4 EDIT “One of the funnier movies in town.” – Contra Costa Times Apr 4, 2002 Full Review Panic Room (2002) 76% 3.5/4 EDIT “We should be so lucky if all popcorn movies starred Jodie Foster and had the delicious interplay of psychological will, strategic cunning and reasonably watertight plausibility.” – Contra Costa Times Mar 28, 2002 Full Review Queen of the Damned (2002) 17% 2/4 EDIT “Despite blood-slurping, a Goth rock score and even the chilling resurrection of Aaliyah as the title character, this third installment of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles seems curiously torpid.” – Contra Costa Times Feb 21, 2002 Full Review John Q (2002) 26% 2/4 EDIT “So earnest and well-meaning, and so stocked with talent, that you almost forget the sheer, ponderous awfulness of its script.” – Contra Costa Times Feb 14, 2002 Full Review Black Hawk Down (2001) 77% EDIT “The technical language, weaponry and pounding exchange of gunfire contributes to a gruesome realism without sensationalizing it.” – Contra Costa Times Jan 17, 2002 Full Review Kate & Leopold (2001) 52% EDIT “This isn't a sci-fi movie, but you end up brooding about inconsistencies.” – Contra Costa Times Dec 27, 2001 Full Review Black Knight (2001) 15% EDIT “If the powers-that-be had spent as much time on the script as they did on crafting the fake dung ... oops, sorry, messing with a Hollywood formula.” – Contra Costa Times Nov 20, 2001 Full Review Iron Monkey (1993) 91% EDIT “The action is flabbergasting.” – Contra Costa Times Oct 11, 2001 Full Review Rock Star (2001) 53% EDIT “If you don't leave Rock Star wanting to do some head-banging and squealing at the top of your lungs, well, you can always pop in an old Air Supply cassette.” – Contra Costa Times Sep 6, 2001 Full Review Jeepers Creepers (2001) 47% EDIT “The surprise is that, even though the title garnered laughs with every movie audience I was with who saw the trailer, Jeepers Creepers isn't a bad little horror flick.” – Contra Costa Times Aug 30, 2001 Full Review Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) 52% EDIT “Smith more often than he should takes the easy way out: Why bother with a punch line when you can plug in a fistful of four-letter words?” – Contra Costa Times Aug 23, 2001 Full Review John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) 23% EDIT “I cannot fathom why Carpenter would want to brand his name to this movie, akin to leaving fingerprints at the scene of a crime.” – Contra Costa Times Aug 23, 2001 Full Review Bubble Boy (2001) 32% EDIT “A soup of predictable jokes almost too dull to be offensive.” – Contra Costa Times Aug 23, 2001 Full Review What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) 10% EDIT “Torpid snoozer.” – Contra Costa Times May 31, 2001 Full Review Along Came a Spider (2001) 32% EDIT “Really, if you're not here for Freeman, you might as well back out of that turnstile and go home.” – Contra Costa Times Apr 6, 2001 Full Review Say It Isn't So (2001) 9% EDIT “The Farrelly brothers have finally gone and done it. They've become ... soft.” – Contra Costa Times Mar 23, 2001 Full Review Series 7 (2001) 72% EDIT “A diabolically clever sendup of reality shows.” – Contra Costa Times Mar 16, 2001 Full Review 15 Minutes (2001) 32% EDIT “Its attempts to take aim at tabloid culture ends up a hideous mess.” – Contra Costa Times Mar 9, 2001 Full Review The Wedding Planner (2001) 17% EDIT “Considering how the Silicon Valley boom has made this the most romantic of cities also the most expensive, you have to admire The Wedding Planner for sustaining the ultimate fairy tale.” – Contra Costa Times Jan 25, 2001 Full Review Miss Congeniality (2000) 42% EDIT “Bullock knows how to showcase her vulnerability, but unfortunately she can't compensate for plot implausibilities that don't have to be implausible, or clichs that don't have to be clichd.” – Contra Costa Times Dec 22, 2000 Full Review What Women Want (2000) 53% EDIT “Nancy Meyers ... sustains a funny and clever momentum out of what could have been sheer farce.” – Contra Costa Times Dec 15, 2000 Full Review The Emperor's New Groove (2000) 86% EDIT “It's worth the family outing -- and besides, who can resist Tom Jones as the royal theme singer?” – Contra Costa Times Dec 15, 2000 Full Review Shanghai Noon (2000) 80% EDIT “Looked as thought it might be another chop-suey salad toss ... yet Shanghai Noon manages to stir this into a repast audiences won't be able to keep themselves from eating up.” – Contra Costa Times Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Watcher (2000) 11% EDIT “The sledgehammer soundtrack editing is also baffling, considering that Charbanic's background is in music videos.” – Contra Costa Times Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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