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Jimmy Aquino

Jimmy Aquino's reviews do not count toward the Tomatometer®. This is not a Tomatometer-approved critic, and this critic's reviews are not published on a Tomatometer-approved publication.
Biography:

I wrote film reviews for the San Jose Mercury News (1993-97) and the Santa Cruz alternative newspaper City on a Hill Press (1996-99). I currently write for Silicon Valley Community Newspapers and Metro Newspapers in San Jose, and I'm also the host and producer of A Fistful of Soundtracks, a film-music radio program on KZSC-FM in Santa Cruz. The program can be heard anytime at http://www.live365.com/stations/291434. For more info about Fistful, click to http://jim.aquino.com.

Favorites:

Seven Samurai, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Chan Is Missing, The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby, Dog Day Afternoon, Barbarella, The Right Stuff, Patton, The General (1998), Fireworks (Hana-Bi), L.A. Confidential, GoodFellas, The Killer, Hard Boiled, Face/Off, Once Upon a Time in the West, Midnight Run, Airplane!, Kentucky Fried Movie, Election, Rushmore, Three Kings, Office Space, Big Night, The Last Detail, Being John Malkovich, Do the Right Thing...I could go on all day.

Location:

Morgan Hill, CA

Official Website:

http://www.metroactive.com/movies

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Monsoon Wedding (2001) 95% EDIT “A feast for the eyes and the ears, and sometimes... the brain.” – MetroActive Mar 7, 2002 Full Review EDIT “1. Rushmore. 2. The General. 3. Fireworks. 4. The Truman Show. 5. The Butcher Boy.” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 4, 2002 Full Review The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) 81% 7.5/10 EDIT “Perhaps [its] greatest strength - besides [Mark Lee] Ping-Bin's gorgeous cinematography - is that it's as untidy and unpredictable as life itself.” – MetroActive Jul 12, 2001 Full Review Elizabeth (1998) 83% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review The Butcher Boy (1997) 79% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review Love and Death on Long Island (1997) 87% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review Wild Things (1998) 65% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review Dark City (1998) 78% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review L.A. Confidential (1997) 99% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 17, 2001 Full Review Amores perros (2000) 93% 8/10 EDIT “Few directorial debuts are as accomplished and striking ... I think the uproar over the dog scenes is getting out of hand ... These scenes are necessary ...” – MetroActive Apr 12, 2001 Full Review The Debut (2001) 71% 6.5/10 EDIT “I would rather have the Filipino-American cinema movement be jumpstarted by this flawed yet honest indie effort than by Asian male-bashing tripe like The Joy Luck Club.” – MetroActive Apr 9, 2001 Full Review Blow (2001) 56% 4/10 EDIT “For a while, Demme keeps things moving along at a taut and buoyant pace. But unfortunately, on the stylistic side, he opts for trite GoodFellas-ese.” – MetroActive Apr 5, 2001 Full Review The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) 69% 9/10 EDIT “It brings a humanity and playfulness to material that was empty and frigid in the older film. It's one of the few remakes superior to the original.” – Jim.Aquino.com Apr 3, 2001 Full Review Little Voice (1998) 80% EDIT “The ending is so abrupt and unsatisfying, the soundtrack should have ended with Horrocks-as-Dietrich singing "Is that all there is?"” – Jim.Aquino.com Mar 19, 2001 Full Review Permanent Midnight (1998) 60% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Gossip (2000) 29% EDIT “” – MetroActive Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The General (1998) 83% 9/10 EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Screwed (2000) 10% 1.5/10 EDIT “” – MetroActive Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Central Station (1998) 94% EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) 81% 9/10 EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Bring It On (2000) 65% 7.5/10 EDIT “” – MetroActive Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Art of War (2000) 16% EDIT “” – MetroActive Jan 1, 2000 Full Review The Iron Giant (1999) 96% 9/10 EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Three Seasons (1999) 77% 7.5/10 EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Election (1999) 92% 10/10 EDIT “” – Jim.Aquino.com Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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