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Dan Jardine

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

A little mystery in a blossoming relationship like this is a good thing.

Favorites:

Top Ten of 20071. Into the Wild2. Ratatouille3. Control4. Once5. Away from Her 6. The Lives of Others7. Grindhouse8. 28 Weeks Later9. Zodiac10. Sweeney Todd 11. Killer of Sheep12. Manufactured Landscapes Honorable Mentions: Michael Clayton, Kim Ki-Duk's Time, Gone Baby Gone , Bourne Ultimatum, The Host, Hot Fuzz, SickoFavorite Films of All Time: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Schindler's List, Taxi Driver, It's a Wonderful Life, Seven Samurai, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Casablanca, Deer Hunter, Citizen Kane, Chungking Express, The Third Man, Dr. Strangelove, Andrei Rublev, Manchurian Candidate, A Clockwork OrangeFavorite Directors: Kubrick, Scorcese, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Coen Brothers.

Critics' Group:
Location:

Victoria, BC, Canada

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Trilogy of Terror (1975) 85% EDIT “It’s fun to see an appealing and dynamic actress give herself over to a project with such enthusiasm and lack of self-consciousness.” – Slant Magazine Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Apocalypse Now Redux (1979) 93% 85/100 EDIT “Occasionally flaccid, incomprehensible and obtuse. Yet, it manages to overcome these flaws to stand as a fascinating study of the nature of evil in man.” – Apollo Guide Sep 22, 2024 Full Review This Is Not a War Story (2021) 100% EDIT “Writer/director/star Talia Lugacy has crafted a thoroughly compelling examination of the challenges faced by veterans returning to civilian life.” – Cinemania Aug 3, 2021 Full Review Memories of Murder (2003) 95% 88/100 EDIT “There is an "everything including the kitchen sink" quality to a lot of S. Korean films. They either have no respect for the rules of genre, or are such big fans of various genres they want us to experience them all in one flick. I love the results here.” – Cinemania Mar 12, 2021 Full Review Gunda (2020) 98% 84/100 EDIT “Farm noir. Definitely on the level, though, ground level Bub, no Dutch angle about it” – Cinemania Mar 12, 2021 Full Review New Order (2020) 67% 70/100 EDIT “The way the intensity ratchets up during the military's fascist quelling of the uprisings is particularly compelling and completely plausible. I just wanted to spend more time with the peasants. Do they have an end game? What is their "New Order?"” – Cinemania Mar 12, 2021 Full Review Black Bear (2020) 89% 80/100 EDIT “Hits home as an exploration of the multiple dangers of using one's personal life as fodder for one's creative expression, with a dash of method actor-y meta-commentary added for flavor.” – Cinemania Mar 12, 2021 Full Review 36/100 EDIT “” – Apollo Guide Jul 15, 2020 Full Review Family Obligations (2019) 83% 76/100 EDIT “The story and themes the movie explores are familiar, but they are examined with enough nuance and eccentric charm to distinguish the film from others of this ilk.” – Cinemania Mar 3, 2020 Full Review Trauma Therapy (2019) 52/100 EDIT “The director shows no flair for the genre, as he generates little tension in the therapeutic sessions, and fails to use the setting to create feelings of dread or claustrophobia” – Cinemania Dec 24, 2019 Full Review Sunday Girl (2019) 80% 80/100 EDIT “Ambrosio has a very good eye for symmetrical compositions and creative camera placement, as well as an astute sense of detail in the costumes and set design.” – Cinemania Oct 21, 2019 Full Review The Outsider (2019) 53% 56/100 EDIT “The Outsiders suffers from a lack of a single moment of narrative surprise or subtlety, as it follows the conventions of the genre slavishly.” – Cinemania Jun 2, 2019 Full Review Bull (2019) 89% 76/100 EDIT “Bull could easily slide into sentiment, but maintains the course as a quiet, naturalistic film set in a dying corner of the country, involving characters on the outer periphery of society who participate in an industry that is in atrophy” – Cinemania May 17, 2019 Full Review A Boy Called Sailboat (2018) 80% 70/100 EDIT “A wee fable whose ability to charm will be in direct correlation to one's default cynicism setting.” – Cinemania Jan 14, 2019 Full Review The Florida Project (2017) 96% 90/100 EDIT “The pathos of the film proves to be gut-wrenching” – Cinemania Mar 15, 2018 Full Review Amarcord (1973) 88% 82/100 EDIT “Fellini shoots much of the film in muted colors that seem slightly out-of-focus, as if he were attempting to transport us into a dreamlike state.” – Cinemania Jan 10, 2016 Full Review Phantom of the Opera (1943) 81% EDIT “Lon Chaney created such an empathetic villain that it was nearly impossible not to root for him” – All Movie Guide Nov 13, 2015 Full Review Sherlock, Jr. (1924) 86% 91/100 EDIT “Sherlock Jr. is Keaton's signature statement, and mind-warping flight of fancy on the dreamlike nature of films and the fluid nature of our ontological existence.” – Cinemania May 29, 2015 Full Review Frank (2014) 92% 54/100 EDIT “The film tries very hard for quirky, but (barely) manages annoying.” – Cinemania Feb 20, 2015 Full Review The Theory of Everything (2014) 81% EDIT “The treatment of the subject matter goes over to what is essentially religious adoration.” – Cinemania Feb 20, 2015 Full Review Get On Up (2014) 80% 68/100 EDIT “The film's relative lack of any actual drama in the narrative is ultimately the result of a biographical approach too dedicated to flattery.” – Cinemania Feb 20, 2015 Full Review The Firemen's Ball (1967) 91% 89/100 EDIT “I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard that I cried, but I did for The Firemen's Ball, and more than once.” – Cinemania Feb 11, 2015 Full Review Wild (2014) 88% 71/100 EDIT “A solid entertainment that treats the central story of redemption with honesty” – Cinemania Feb 11, 2015 Full Review Alan Partridge (2013) 87% 62/100 EDIT “The creaky premise of the plot is behind the times by decades, not years.” – Cinemania Jan 25, 2015 Full Review Ida (2013) 95% 90/100 EDIT “The film's moral complexity is laudable” – Cinemania Jan 25, 2015 Full Review
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