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JIM EMERSON Movie Reviews

Jim Emerson
7 reviews, averaging 67.9% positive

 

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1. 09/16/10 Moderate "...the most pictorially stunning blood-soaked burlesque comedy since Roman Polanski's 'The Fearless Vampire Killers,' or 'Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck.' "
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Legendary (2010)
Chicago Sun-Times
09/09/10 Moderate "...a feel-good Kleenex dispenser of a movie, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's routine Hallmark Hall of Afterschool Special material."
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Soul Kitchen
Chicago Sun-Times
09/09/10 Very Good "...the kind of movie you might make for, about and with your best friend, for no other reason than to have fun recapturing a period in your lives..."
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Centurion
Chicago Sun-Times
08/26/10 Good (Not Great) "Roman soldiers drop f-bombs and s-bombs hither and yon across the Cairngorms, reminding us of the piquant Latin and Celtic origins of the English language as it is spoken to this very day."
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Lebanon
Chicago Sun-Times
08/26/10 Outstanding "This is what it means to be in the belly of the beast."
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The Extra Man
Chicago Sun-Times
08/12/10 Good (Not Great) "It's often funny, but I didn't laugh much because the looniness is so blatant there's no room for the freshness of discovery.... Every time you peel back a layer of the onion, all it reveals is yet more onion."
7. 07/29/10 Outstanding "Carion has an eye for unusual, atmospheric touches -- the kinds of striking little things you notice in the world and think: 'Somebody should put that in a movie'..."

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