Vera H-C Chan
Vera H-C Chan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Contra Costa Times
Movies reviews only
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
The costumes astound, the sight gags abound, but the heart, oh the heart, now that must be found. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Nov 29, 2007
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Big Trouble (2002) |
One of the funnier movies in town. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Apr 04, 2002
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Panic Room (2002) |
We should be so lucky if all popcorn movies starred Jodie Foster and had the delicious interplay of psychological will, strategic cunning and reasonably watertight plausibility. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Mar 28, 2002
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Queen of the Damned (2002) |
Despite blood-slurping, a Goth rock score and even the chilling resurrection of Aaliyah as the title character, this third installment of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles seems curiously torpid. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Feb 21, 2002
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John Q (2002) |
So earnest and well-meaning, and so stocked with talent, that you almost forget the sheer, ponderous awfulness of its script. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Feb 14, 2002
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Black Hawk Down (2001) |
The technical language, weaponry and pounding exchange of gunfire contributes to a gruesome realism without sensationalizing it. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 17, 2002
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Kate & Leopold (2001) |
This isn't a sci-fi movie, but you end up brooding about inconsistencies. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Dec 27, 2001
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Black Knight (2001) |
If the powers-that-be had spent as much time on the script as they did on crafting the fake dung ... oops, sorry, messing with a Hollywood formula. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Nov 20, 2001
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Iron Monkey (1993) |
The action is flabbergasting. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Oct 11, 2001
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Rock Star (2001) |
If you don't leave Rock Star wanting to do some head-banging and squealing at the top of your lungs, well, you can always pop in an old Air Supply cassette. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Sep 06, 2001
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Jeepers Creepers (2001) |
The surprise is that, even though the title garnered laughs with every movie audience I was with who saw the trailer, Jeepers Creepers isn't a bad little horror flick. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Aug 30, 2001
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
Smith more often than he should takes the easy way out: Why bother with a punch line when you can plug in a fistful of four-letter words? - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Aug 23, 2001
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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
I cannot fathom why Carpenter would want to brand his name to this movie, akin to leaving fingerprints at the scene of a crime. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Aug 23, 2001
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Bubble Boy (2001) |
A soup of predictable jokes almost too dull to be offensive. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Aug 23, 2001
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What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) |
Torpid snoozer. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted May 31, 2001
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Along Came a Spider (2001) |
Really, if you're not here for Freeman, you might as well back out of that turnstile and go home. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Apr 06, 2001
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Say It Isn't So (2001) |
The Farrelly brothers have finally gone and done it. They've become ... soft. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Mar 23, 2001
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Series 7 (2001) |
A diabolically clever sendup of reality shows. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Mar 16, 2001
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15 Minutes (2001) |
Its attempts to take aim at tabloid culture ends up a hideous mess. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Mar 09, 2001
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The Wedding Planner (2001) |
Considering how the Silicon Valley boom has made this the most romantic of cities also the most expensive, you have to admire The Wedding Planner for sustaining the ultimate fairy tale. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 25, 2001
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Miss Congeniality (2000) |
Bullock knows how to showcase her vulnerability, but unfortunately she can't compensate for plot implausibilities that don't have to be implausible, or clichs that don't have to be clichd. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Dec 22, 2000
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What Women Want (2000) |
Nancy Meyers ... sustains a funny and clever momentum out of what could have been sheer farce. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Dec 15, 2000
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The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
It's worth the family outing -- and besides, who can resist Tom Jones as the royal theme singer? - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Dec 15, 2000
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Bamboozled (2000) |
At least Lee does bring up a past that everyone, race notwithstanding, ignores at his or her peril. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Lost Souls (2000) |
Its examination of our current cynical age of faithlessness is betrayed by largely rote directorship and its own occasional knee-jerk reflexes of horror cinema. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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Shanghai Noon (2000) |
Looked as thought it might be another chop-suey salad toss ... yet Shanghai Noon manages to stir this into a repast audiences won't be able to keep themselves from eating up. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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The Watcher (2000) |
The sledgehammer soundtrack editing is also baffling, considering that Charbanic's background is in music videos. - Contra Costa Times
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| Posted Jan 01, 2000
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