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Jonathan F. Richards

Jonathan F. Richards's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Jonathan Richards is an author, journalist, actor, and cartoonist. He has published a number of novels, including The Whitmarsh Chronicles, a generational trilogy set against the background of the American labor movement; Tularosa, and Cherokee Bill, both historical fiction with Western settings; and Santa Fe, a contemporary novel of greed and growth in the capital of New Mexico. His movie reviews appear in print in the Pasatiempo magazine of the Santa Fe New Mexican. His political cartoons are seen in the Albuquerque Journal North on Wednesdays and Sundays.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

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http://www.filmfreak.be/0009indeng.html

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The Hunt (2012) 92% EDIT “The film glosses over some of the drama of the story's resolution, but otherwise it maintains a steady terrible drumbeat of the horrifyingly credible wreck of the life of an innocent man.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 79% EDIT “The Wall wrestles with the kind of dystopian philosophical questions that keep the sophomore year of college in business.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review Still (2012) 92% EDIT “The fact that this is a "based on a true story" tale gives it a boost of legitimacy, and adds to our exasperation with a world in which common sense seems to have gone the way of the passenger pigeon.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review Shouting Secrets (2011) EDIT “Shouting Secrets is a good-hearted movie with plenty of flaws, but with enough strength and appeal that you're inclined to forgive it its trespasses.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review The Act of Killing (2012) 96% EDIT “It's surreal, phantasmagorical, and utterly devastating.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review The Attack (2012) 86% EDIT “In The Attack, the powerful and mostly-engrossing new film from Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri (West Bank), the terrible chasm of deep-rooted prejudice underlies a story of violence, fanaticism, deception, love, and heartbreak.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review A Hijacking (2013) 96% EDIT “If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be captured by pirates and held for ransom, this movie is as close as you are likely to get, or care to.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review Casting By (2012) 94% EDIT “Welcome to the world of the casting director, a world that flourished at its peak from the middle to the end of the last century. And meet its high priestess: Marion Dougherty.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review Fill the Void (2012) 89% EDIT “This is a movie with many strengths, from a subtly conceived lighting scheme to a complex understanding of its characters' conflicted emotions, and universally strong performances.” – In the Dark Aug 15, 2013 Full Review 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) 99% EDIT “Morgan Neville's exhilarating documentary brings these backups singers front and center, and illuminates a dynamic of the 20th century rock music scene that too often got taken for granted.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Midnight's Children (2012) 40% EDIT “Midnight's Children manages to keep things pretty interesting, in a straightforward sort of way, with some good scenes and captivating imagery. But it never takes wing with the soaring possibilities of the novel's abracadabra magic.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Love Is All You Need (2012) 75% EDIT “Sometimes you just have to throw up your hands and say "This is wonderful," despite a storyline that telegraphs its scenes like a Western Union operator with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Kon-Tiki (2012) 83% EDIT “Great adventures can make great movies, but it doesn't always work out that way.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review In Bed with Ulysses (2012) 86% EDIT “Directors Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna have done a loving job of burrowing into the epic story of the circumstances and struggles involved in the writing and publishing of this seminal work of 20th century literature.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review In the House (2012) 88% EDIT “Sex and menace hover perpetually around the edges of this superior psychological thriller from Francois Ozon (Potiche, Swimming Pool). Occasionally they even take center stage.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Hannah Arendt (2012) 86% EDIT “Hannah Arendt is a hymn to thinking.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Blancanieves (2012) 94% EDIT “Berger directs this retro tour-de-force with great gusto, and the performances are excellent.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Before Midnight (2013) 98% EDIT “If you are not a fan of intelligent conversation in the movies, stop right here and go see Fast & Furious 6. Because talk is pretty much what you get. But it's fascinating talk.” – In the Dark Jul 2, 2013 Full Review Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 91% EDIT “Jessica Chastain delivers a powerful performance, and recent history teaches us that a glamorous woman agent is entirely possible in the agency, but sometimes you have to question Maya's outfits.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review West of Memphis (2012) 95% EDIT “Director Amy Berg builds West of Memphis with the gripping suspense of a police thriller; but real life has not cooperated in providing an ending.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review Stand Up Guys (2012) 37% EDIT “What makes it work is the mastery of its three venerable lead actors, and the deep pockets of career history they bring along for this joy ride.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review Side Effects (2013) 82% EDIT “The movie revels in its twists and turns, and in the convoluted world of movie thriller logic most of them more or less work. Ask your doctor if Side Effects is right for you.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review Promised Land (2012) 53% EDIT “Promised Land is a modern Frank Capra movie, and few in the audience will doubt where it, and Steve, are headed.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review Precious Life (2010) 100% EDIT “The terrible irony of this whole saga is the intense effort to save one tiny life while outside the hospital lives on both sides are being snuffed out wholesale.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review On the Road (2012) 47% EDIT “Youth will be served, but in Walter Salles's rendering of On the Road, Jack Kerouac's seminal novel of a generational revolution at mid-century, it's served a little underdone.” – In the Dark May 21, 2013 Full Review
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