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James Kendrick

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Biography:

James Kendrick is the film and video critic at QNetwork.com, where he has been writing reviews since 1998. From 1996 to 1998, he wrote reviews at his own, now defunct, web site, "Charle Don't Surf!" He is also an associate professor of film and digital media at Baylor University and the author of three books.

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Favorites:

Current All-Time Top 10 (Chronological Order)
Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

Critics' Group:
Location:

Waco, Texas

Official Website:

http://www.qnetwork.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3.5/4 EDIT “There is a genuine, old-school ethos of togetherness and a vibrant work ethic that roots the film’s unlikely story arc in a rich vein of tangible humanity.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “a sly, skewering thriller of ideas and socioeconomic preconceptions” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 24, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/4 EDIT “It is not for the faint of heart, nor for those who aren’t familiar with the denizens of the benthic underwater city of Bikini Bottom, nor for those who don’t like lots of butt jokes. Because there are a lot.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “The Plague is director Charlie Polinger’s feature debut after 15 years of making short films, and he is clearly an emerging master of mood and atmosphere, although at the expense of character.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 3, 2026 Full Review David (2025) 77% 3/4 EDIT “while the film's depiction of David certainly simplifies the arc of his Biblical narrative, it plays into the film’s ultimate goal of being spiritually uplifting and confirming of the power of faith” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Howards End (1992) 94% 4/4 EDIT “the story is fundamentally about the social upheavals of England at the turn of the 20th century, but it enthralls today because its characters are so resolutely and recognizably human” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 31, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “It blisters with cutting invective aimed at how the callousness of capitalism does not just destroy good men, but turns them into monsters. The fact that much of it is darkly comical only sharpens its edges.” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 3/4 EDIT “There are a lot of twists and turns and hyper-funny action sequences, but the movie is constantly moored by the heart-and-soul ethos embodied by Judy and Nick’s odd-couple chemistry” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Altered States (1980) 86% 3/4 EDIT “merges science fiction with heady counterculture drug-speak, producing an overheated mishmash in which technology and spirituality unlock the secrets of human evolution” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 2/4 EDIT “raises tons of questions, offers no answers, and then sits back in the smug assurance that simply raising difficult issues is a victory of great moral and artistic virtue” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “Del Toro reimagines Frankenstein in a way that is marvelous and compelling and unique and, for the most part, quite faithful to Shelley’s novel” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Burden of Dreams (1982) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “a portrait of filmmaking as a dangerous, potentially deadly obsession, even in the face of nearly insurmountable obstacles” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Souleymane's Story (2024) 100% 3/4 EDIT “The film’s lasting impression resides in its nuanced depictions of the power structures that reach all the way down to the lowest rungs of society, where the fight for survival is paramount at every turn.” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review High and Low (1963) 97% EDIT “an expertly crafted mystery thriller whose story of a kidnapping and its aftermath is woven through with a particularly acute portrait of the decay of modern Japan” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review John Candy: I Like Me (2025) 89% 3/4 EDIT “if the numerous interviewees are to be believed, Candy was a genuinely good guy, which makes him a refreshing subject given how inured we have become to corruption, malfeasance, and generally awful behavior by celebrities and politicians.” – Q Network Film Desk Nov 2, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% 3.5/4 EDIT “Those who know more will likely quibble over the details, but on the whole A House of Dynamite is a powerful, enthralling drama that is hard, if not impossible, to shake.” – Q Network Film Desk Nov 2, 2025 Full Review Vicious (2025) 44% 2/4 EDIT “at some point you might start to feel as resentful as the protagonist does in being used and abused with no clear sense of purpose” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Truth & Treason (2025) 83% 3.5/4 EDIT “an all-too-timely cautionary tale about what happens who otherwise good people do nothing while authoritarians crush free expression” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 19, 2025 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% 3.5/4 EDIT “finally manages that balance between spectacular visuals and an emotional core that keeps you engaged beyond the visual “wow factor”” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 19, 2025 Full Review The Summer Book (2024) 83% 3/4 EDIT “those who have the patience and willingness to engage with it while it confronts enormous themes (life, death, family, memory, trauma) through small actions and quiet moments will find it an emotionally moving experience” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Highest 2 Lowest (2025) 83% 2.5/4 EDIT “Lee imbues the film with a strong emphasis on family and the challenges of moral certainty, which gives Highest 2 Lowest a vitality that even its various weaknesses can’t entirely undercut” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Megadoc (2025) 98% 3/4 EDIT “Megalopolis may not have turned into the great masterwork that Coppola had been envisioning for decades, but Megadoc will stand as a memorable peak into the highs and lows of the cinematic process.” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 6, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% 3/4 EDIT “hits all the expected marks from a new entry in the Andersonian oeuvre, complete with vintage production design, outlandish characters, and plenty of deadpan humor packed into his meticulously arranged compositions and planometric camera movements” – Q Network Film Desk Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Suspended Time (2024) 66% 3/4 EDIT “There aren’t great depths of insight to be mined here, but the film is affable and playful enough to entertain while also nagging us to think back on our own experiences during the pandemic, when things may not have been so sun-dappled and easygoing.” – Q Network Film Desk Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Misericordia (2024) 94% 2.5/4 EDIT “feels too strained, with the bland Jérémie providing a weak lynchpin that just can’t hold” – Q Network Film Desk Sep 24, 2025 Full Review
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