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J. Alan Speer

J. Alan Speer's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Apollo Guide contributor.

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Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) 83% 62/100 EDIT “Easily a tune every few minutes, all reliably executed, but the film's insistence on musical comprehensiveness leaves room only for the barest of character development.” – Apollo Guide Sep 22, 2004 Full Review Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) 63% 68/100 EDIT “Falls flat as often as it makes magic, the cumulative effect as comforting as a night spent at your coffee shop taking in humanity's endlessly colourful social exchanges.” – Apollo Guide Sep 22, 2004 Full Review Zatoichi (2003) 87% 61/100 EDIT “Negates the possibility of legitimate suspense by denying the title character true challenges, and undercuts the impact of its melees with its purely CGI violence.” – Apollo Guide Jul 15, 2004 Full Review Primer (2004) 72% 81/100 EDIT “Some audiences may resent a film in which we can't feel superior to anyone, but there's enough material here to keep you stuck at the water cooler for months.” – Apollo Guide Jul 15, 2004 Full Review Open Water (2003) 71% 71/100 EDIT “Risks a disastrous anticlimax with its thoroughly unexpected conclusion, but it's an uncompromising approach one can't help but admire.” – Apollo Guide Jul 15, 2004 Full Review Saved! (2004) 61% 71/100 EDIT “Ends up genuinely thought-provoking while putting the "fun" back in "fundamentalist."” – Apollo Guide Jul 15, 2004 Full Review The Saddest Music in the World (2003) 79% 79/100 EDIT “Guy Maddin's concocted a film that looks like it's been exhumed from a long-abandoned dusty archive, and that follows the logic only of its own internal interconnections.” – Apollo Guide May 28, 2004 Full Review
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