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James McMahon

James McMahon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Pet Sematary (2019) 57% 3/5 EDIT “The remake of Stephen King's classic spirals into silliness more often than darkness...” – NME (New Musical Express) Jun 23, 2021 Full Review Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020) 55% 2/5 EDIT “Mindless gore and relentless action are director Yeon Sang-ho's weapons of choice, with which he hopes to bludgeon you into submission.” – NME (New Musical Express) Jun 17, 2021 Full Review The Fighter (2010) 91% 4/5 EDIT “You may come to see The Fighter expecting fighting. If you can overlook that primal disappointment, chances are you'll leave feeling emotionally punch-drunk on a better film than you expected.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Brighton Rock (2010) 51% 3/5 EDIT “Few would say Joffe's take is the definite version of Greene's classic, but perhaps that fact suggests that somewhere between the two lays an adaption that's getting close to being so.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Paul (2011) 70% 4/5 EDIT “Paul is more defiant, a flicked Vulcan sign saying 'like it or leave it'. I liked it, loads.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review I Am Number Four (2011) 32% 2/5 EDIT “Stylistically it's a mess too. The film contains little, at source, that is its own...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Blue Valentine (2010) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Does Blue Valentine's emotional honesty make it more romantic or less? That's just one question this artistically commendable, particularly challenging film will pose in the hours while it's screening, and after it's done.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Tron: Legacy (2010) 51% 2/5 EDIT “...however quickly the third movie does comes around, by the time it does, the aforementioned fans might realise they're not quite as keen on Tron as they might have thought they were.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) 55% 2.5/5 EDIT “Much of the problem is that the script is as poor as the animation is impressive.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Gulliver's Travels (2010) 19% 1/5 EDIT “Black's take on Gulliver's Travels may be released in the closing days of 2010 - but there will be few less impressive films in the year to come.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Burlesque (2010) 37% 0.5/5 EDIT “...most people unfortunate to be involved in them come away with deep rooted and painful psychological scars. I'll conclude by saying I can't see that being any different for anyone who spends any time with Burlesque.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Drive Angry (2011) 46% 3.5/5 EDIT “We come back because there is nobody who makes being an actor look more fun than Nicholas Cage. Even at his most pay-cheque happy, his shear mania for dressing up in a character's skin is infectious...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review True Grit (2010) 95% 4/5 EDIT “I would go as far to say as it's an excellent, albeit very fannish piece of filmmaking and the best western of the last twenty years - but then there's not that many to choose from.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Never Let Me Go (2010) 71% 4.5/5 EDIT “Awe inspiring filmmaking...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) 66% 1.5/5 EDIT “Whether you like his music or not is irrelevant: there is a great Justin Bieber movie longing be made....this isn't it.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) 5% 1/5 EDIT “Big Momma's 3 isn't offensive. It isn't an unkind portrayal of obesity and its themes are light and carefree. But it's still dreadfully unfunny.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Hyperbolic? Overly giddy? Oh hush. There's little place for cynicism in the world of Harry Potter. Besides, wait until the sort of stuff you're spouting two and a half hours after you've entered the cinema...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Mandingo (1975) 25% 4/5 EDIT “[It] manages to coax some humanity out of a person who appears to have little throughout this excellent movie.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review The Green Hornet (2011) 45% 2/5 EDIT “What The Green Hornet does better than all these films is making superheroes uncool - and there's nothing that's even a bit super about that...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Black Swan (2010) 85% 4/5 EDIT “While there are few films that with look and sound as good as this as 2011 plays out, there'll will be even less that will be so misunderstood. Black Swan is a hoot. A silly, melodramatic hoot.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Jackass 3 (2010) 67% 3/5 EDIT “...something of an anarchic spirit worth celebrating too, no matter how small and no matter how puerile.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Morning Glory (2010) 57% 1.5/5 EDIT “Morning Glory is a film that spends its running time staring into the abyss and giggling. Its audience might not be able to resist pushing it in.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review The King's Speech (2010) 94% 3.5/5 EDIT “A brilliantly made Royalist drama...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review 127 Hours (2010) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “You'll laugh, you'll barf, you'll probably be a bit bored in places. But if you can make it through all this you'll find a film that'll probably make your heart skip a beat too.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Monsters (2010) 75% 4/5 EDIT “There are few films I've enjoyed as much as Monsters this year. There are even fewer films I wish I hadn't watched so I could watch them fresh from the beginning again.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review
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