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Christine James

Tomatometer-approved critic
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Favorites:

V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, Army of Darkness, Spinal Tap, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Career Girls, Station Agent, Magnolia, Napoleon Dynamite, Time Bandits

Location:

Los Angeles

Official Website:

http://www.boxoffice.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Dirty Work (1998) 21% 3/5 EDIT “Norm Macdonald's first starring vehicle is a lot like his former news segment on "Saturday Night Live": a hit-and-miss melange of genius and juvenilia. ” – Boxoffice Magazine Oct 18, 2008 Full Review The Waterboy (1998) 32% EDIT “Though unabashedly goofy, this comedy also boasts some subtly ingenious moments of mirth.” – Boxoffice Magazine Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Sabrina (1995) 60% 2.5/5 EDIT “Ugly-duckling-into-swan stories are fun, but the lead characters here lack the charisma to make this romantic comedy sufficiently believable or engaging.” – Boxoffice Magazine Oct 18, 2008 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Impressively free of black-and-white characterizations.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jul 8, 2006 Full Review The Lake House (2006) 35% 2/5 EDIT “Who knows -- perhaps it's not a glitch in the fourth dimension that Kate and Alex must traverse, but rather just some bad editing.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 24, 2006 Full Review An American Haunting (2005) 12% 1.5/5 EDIT “An American Haunting utterly stultifies the thrilling Bell Witch legend on which the film is based; the most disturbing ghost here is the wraith of opportunity lost.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 3, 2006 Full Review Kinky Boots (2005) 58% 3/5 EDIT “The story's beats and developments are a little too familiar, though quirky wit and a genuine warmth make getting from one to the next a pleasure.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 28, 2006 Full Review Akeelah and the Bee (2006) 86% 3/5 EDIT “Writer-director Doug Atchison dishes out tough love with words like ratiocinate, synecdoche, and one that 'begins with an x' and only gets worse from there, but he pulls his punches when it comes to the more emotionally resonant issues faced by Akeelah.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 28, 2006 Full Review V for Vendetta (2005) 73% 4.5/5 EDIT “It all unfolds to an apex of the triumph of the best of humanity that could even change the real world.” – Boxoffice Magazine Mar 23, 2006 Full Review Big Momma's House 2 (2006) 5% 2/5 EDIT “Martin Lawrence continues to run around in a fatsuit impersonating a sassy obese grandma in order to take down criminals and slaver over beautiful women.” – Boxoffice Magazine Mar 4, 2006 Full Review Tamara (2005) 32% 2/5 EDIT “By now, we all know what you did last summer and have had our ticket punched at our final destination. And nerdy girls have been turning hot and wreaking revenge on their nemeses at least since ZZ Top's heyday.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 17, 2006 Full Review When a Stranger Calls (2006) 8% 2/5 EDIT “Just in case there was anyone out there who didn't already know the payoff revelation, the commercial considerately spells it out, thus saving those viewers who like suspense for their $7.50 their ticket money.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 11, 2006 Full Review Nanny McPhee (2005) 74% 3/5 EDIT “A fugly Mary Poppins meets Nanny 911 in this family comedy whose overly familiar elements still go down easily as if with a spoonful of sugar.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jan 27, 2006 Full Review Last Holiday (2006) 56% 3.5/5 EDIT “Admirably avoiding the burlesque fish-out-of-water/makeover movie one might fear, Last Holiday is as joyful and winsome as Georgia turns out to be.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jan 13, 2006 Full Review Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 88% 3.5/5 EDIT “Mike Newell does an exceptional job translating the fourth book to the screen, showing a remarkable flair for cutting-edge visuals.” – Boxoffice Magazine Nov 18, 2005 Full Review Just Like Heaven (2005) 54% 3.5/5 EDIT “Clever writing, appealing leads and the one-two comic punch of the hilarious and lovable Heder and Logue make this date-movie Heaven.” – Boxoffice Magazine Sep 12, 2005 Full Review Margaret Cho: Assassin (2005) 38% 2/5 EDIT “While Cho may have charted much of this territory, by now it's comic terrain that's overtraveled and dangerously eroded.” – Boxoffice Magazine Sep 1, 2005 Full Review The Brothers Grimm (2005) 38% 1.5/5 EDIT “Black comedy, romance, adventure, fantasy and horror all get short shrift, even as they're pitched toward the extreme.” – Boxoffice Magazine Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) 83% 3/5 EDIT “There's not much new behind the gates of the Wonka Factory for viewers who have the trippy Gene Wilder take seared into their memories.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jul 18, 2005 Full Review War of the Worlds (2005) 76% 3.5/5 EDIT “Almost every moment of War of the Worlds is heart-racing, jaw-dropping, knuckle-biting, date-grabbing adrenaline.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jul 5, 2005 Full Review Bewitched (2005) 23% 2.5/5 EDIT “[An] occasionally amusing but entirely forgettable film.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 24, 2005 Full Review Kicking & Screaming (2005) 41% 2/5 EDIT “[Ferrell's] humor is cut off at the knees by sloppy editing, a tedious pace and an underwhelming payoff.” – Boxoffice Magazine May 13, 2005 Full Review The Amityville Horror (2005) 23% 2.5/5 EDIT “There are the inevitable bathtub attacks, taps dripping blood, demons who appear behind you when you're looking in the mirror and an invisible friend who gets mad if you say it doesn't exist.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 18, 2005 Full Review Constantine (2005) 46% 2.5/5 EDIT “A more visceral approach might have upgraded Constantine from what in its present form feels more like a trip to heck and back.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 18, 2005 Full Review Boogeyman (2005) 11% 2.5/5 EDIT “Some fascinatingly original twists that play with time and space keep the tension ratcheting up till the ending.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 6, 2005 Full Review
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