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Critics / J. Alan Speer
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    J. ALAN SPEER

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

    Biography: Apollo Guide contributor.

    Publications: Apollo Guide

    Total Reviews: 14

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    61/100

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    Zatoichi (2003)

    " Extras on the disc include a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the film and interview clips with the filmmakers."

    Posted Sep 10, 2009

    Rotten
    61/100

    N/A

    Zatoichi (2003)

    " Negates the possibility of legitimate suspense by denying the title character true challenges, and undercuts the impact of its melees with its purely CGI violence."

    Posted Sep 10, 2009

    Fresh
    71/100

    Fresh
    72%

    Open Water (2004)

    " The main extras are two full-length audio commentaries, both of which are decently interesting and unpretentious."

    Posted Jan 16, 2005

    Fresh
    71/100

    Fresh
    72%

    Open Water (2004)

    " The main extras are two full-length audio commentaries, both of which are decently interesting and unpretentious."

    Posted Jan 16, 2005

    Rotten
    62/100

    N/A

    Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

    " The relentless parade of facts in the DVD commentary makes a second DVD viewing as fresh as the first, pointing out all the work that went into the film’s sets and costumes."

    Posted Sep 22, 2004

    Rotten
    62/100

    N/A

    Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

    " Easily a tune every few minutes, all reliably executed, but the film’s insistence on musical comprehensiveness leaves room only for the barest of character development."

    Posted Sep 22, 2004

    Rotten
    68/100

    Fresh
    63%

    Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

    " The DVD’s main extras are as irregular as the film itself."

    Posted Sep 22, 2004

    Rotten
    68/100

    Fresh
    63%

    Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

    " Falls flat as often as it makes magic, the cumulative effect as comforting as a night spent at your coffee shop taking in humanity’s endlessly colourful social exchanges."

    Posted Sep 22, 2004

    Fresh
    71/100

    Fresh
    60%

    Saved! (2004)

    " The DVD includes two good full-length commentaries."

    Posted Sep 10, 2004

    Rotten
    61/100

    Fresh
    87%

    The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi/Sonatine (2004)

    " Negates the possibility of legitimate suspense by denying the title character true challenges, and undercuts the impact of its melees with its purely CGI violence."

    Posted Jul 15, 2004

    Fresh
    81/100

    Fresh
    72%

    Primer (2004)

    " Some audiences may resent a film in which we can’t feel superior to anyone, but there’s enough material here to keep you stuck at the water cooler for months."

    Posted Jul 15, 2004

    Fresh
    71/100

    Fresh
    72%

    Open Water (2004)

    " Risks a disastrous anticlimax with its thoroughly unexpected conclusion, but it’s an uncompromising approach one can’t help but admire."

    Posted Jul 15, 2004

    Fresh
    71/100

    Fresh
    60%

    Saved! (2004)

    " Ends up genuinely thought-provoking while putting the “fun” back in “fundamentalist.”"

    Posted Jul 15, 2004

    Fresh
    79/100

    Fresh
    78%

    The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

    " Guy Maddin's concocted a film that looks like it's been exhumed from a long-abandoned dusty archive, and that follows the logic only of its own internal interconnections."

    Posted May 28, 2004
     
     
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