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EDWARD HAVENS

Agrees with the Tomatometer 69% of the time.

Biography: Edward Havens currently serves as the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of FilmJerk.com. Since 1972, he has worked as an extra, actor, production assistant and assistant director on a number of feature films and shorts. He has also written several screenplays, none which were recently optioned. Edward likes kitties, ice cream, books with more words than pictures and DVDs with director's commentary. He blames Hunter S. Thompson, Lenny Bruce, Terry Southern, the collective members of Monty Python, Michael O'Donoghue, Lloyd Kaufman and Andy Kaufman for helping to shape his persona. He lives in the heart of Hollywood, between Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Cinerama Dome, with his wife.
Favorites: For the longest time, my answer would have been "Bull Durham," but I've come to realize that Cameron Crowe's director cut of "Almost Famous" is perhaps the most perfect movie ever made. Other favorites include "Brazil," "The Third Man," "L.A. Confidential," "My Man Godfrey," most of the films of William Powell and Myrna Loy, "Sullivan's Travels" and "Bring It On."

Publications: FilmJerk.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 278
Total QuickRatings: 62

Location: Hollywood

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N/A

Fresh
94%

2009 Academy-Award Nominated Short Films (2009)

" The 2009 Oscar-Nominated Short Films are here!"
ESSAY

Posted Feb 6, 2009

Rotten
D

Rotten
39%

2012 (2009)

" Why does Roland Emmerich enjoy killing off humanity?"

Posted Nov 13, 2009

Fresh
A

Fresh
60%

300 (2007)

" The film is little more than a colorfully stylish, throwaway epic, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with something that simply aims to be populist entertainment."

Posted Mar 10, 2007

Rotten
D-

Rotten
25%

9 Songs (2005)

" When the sex is as boring as the story and the characters which inhabit it... all we can do is rejoice the entire endeavor is over fairly quickly."

Posted Jul 21, 2005

Rotten
C

Fresh
87%

A History of Violence (2005)

" Eventually does not hold up due to its own ambivalence towards its subject matter."

Posted Sep 23, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
77%

A Mighty Heart (2007)

" Every day, we are reminded how much of a great beauty Angelina Jolie is. But it's not every day we are reminded how much of a great actress Jolie is."

Posted Jun 22, 2007

Fresh
A

Fresh
81%

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

" With APHC, quite possibly the iconoclastic filmmaker's final work, Altman becomes reflective, melancholy and, most surprising of all, sentimental."

Posted Jun 9, 2006

Fresh
A+

Fresh
85%

About Schmidt (2002)

" Nicholson has found his best character since Randle Patrick McMurphy."

Posted Nov 4, 2002

Fresh
B-

Rotten
54%

Across the Universe (2007)

" A resplendent feast for the eyes. Just don't expect anything resembling a coherent storyline."

Posted Sep 13, 2007

Fresh
A-

Fresh
88%

Adventureland (2009)

" Sometimes, a critic is going to connect with a movie, even one they can admit has some major problems, because it so mirrors their own expereinces."

Posted Apr 3, 2009

Fresh
A-

Fresh
60%

After Midnight (2004)

" A pleasure to behold and one any lover of cinema would be wise to keep on their radar of films to seek out."

Posted Dec 1, 2004

Fresh
A+

Fresh
97%

Alien (1979)

" A wondrous reminder of how imagination can triumph over budget."

Posted Jun 1, 2006

Fresh
A+

Fresh
94%

Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)

" One of the few times a director's cut has actually improved on the original work, and should be become celebrated by even the most demanding fans"

Posted Oct 22, 2003

Rotten
F

Rotten
50%

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009)

" Dumb kids doing dumb things for dumb reasons."

Posted May 6, 2009

Rotten
C+

N/A

All This and World War II (1976)

" Nostalgia often incurs when an item is kept from public consumption, and it is likely all wistful feelings for this film would disappear if it ever becomes available for mass consumption."

Posted May 30, 2007

Rotten
D-

N/A

American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005)

" Little more than a blatant attempt to cash in on brand name recognition."
DVD REVIEW

Posted Jan 30, 2006

Fresh
A+

Fresh
94%

American Splendor (2003)

" One of the most uniquely inventive cinematic experiences of the decade thus far."

Posted Aug 11, 2003

Fresh
B-

Fresh
65%

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

" While malapropisms and anachronisms do have their places in cinematic comedy, it's very tough to make them the foundation for a story."

Posted Jul 8, 2004

Rotten
C-

Rotten
33%

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

" A flamboyant failure, unwilling and/or unable to open itself up to anyone who wasn't totally in love with the show already."

Posted Dec 21, 2004

Fresh
A-

Fresh
89%

Animatrix (2003)

" Breathtaking on a big screen, the impact should be little diminished on video."

Posted May 28, 2003

Rotten
D

N/A

Another Cinderella Story (2008)

" I guess the best thing that can be said about the direct-to-video release "Another Cinderella Story" is that it is not quite as bad as it should be."
DVD REVIEW

Posted Oct 15, 2008

Fresh
A-

Fresh
76%

Appaloosa (2008)

" Can Ed Harris, of all people, save the Western for this generation?"

Posted Sep 23, 2008

Fresh
B+

Rotten
37%

Ask the Dust (2005)

" A stylistic triumph, one whose story and character shortcomings are overcompensated with lush visuals, a haunting score and a trio of strong performances"

Posted Mar 10, 2006

Rotten
F

Fresh
61%

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

" The nuances which made Carpenter's movie work are missing this time around, leaving little more than just another excuse to have people shoot at one another for two hours."

Posted Jan 20, 2005

Fresh
A+

Fresh
66%

Away We Go (2009)

" For my money, the new dramatic comedy "Away We Go" is the first serious contender for Best Picture of the Year consideration."

Posted May 28, 2009

N/A

Fresh
66%

Away We Go (2009)

" FilmJerk.com interview with Sam Mendes"
INTERVIEW

Posted Jun 7, 2009

N/A

Fresh
66%

Away We Go (2009)

" John Krasinski talks "Away We Go" and his career"
INTERVIEW

Posted Jul 24, 2009

Fresh
A+

Fresh
90%

Baadasssss! (2004)

" Compelling storytelling from the opening frame to the final credits, led by a cigar-chomping iconoclast doing it by any means necessary."

Posted May 31, 2004

Fresh
A+

Fresh
76%

Bad Santa (2003)

" Sure to become a holiday perennial for those with a macabre sense of humor, or forever laminated on Santa's naughty list."

Posted Nov 24, 2003

Rotten
D-

Fresh
77%

Baghead (2008)

" What could have been an amusing short subject, the Duplass Brothers' not-quite-horror/not-quite-comedy drags its one note premise out to an almost mind-numbing 84 minutes."

Posted Jul 25, 2008

Rotten
C-

Fresh
85%

Batman Begins (2005)

" Never boring enough to dislike... never interesting enough to be engaging"

Posted Jun 14, 2005

Fresh
B

Fresh
96%

Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)

" If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Morgan Spurlock should be thrilled about the new documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*.""

Posted May 30, 2008

Rotten
C-

Rotten
39%

Birth (2004)

" The only shocking thing is how a talented filmmaker, working with one incredible cast could end up with a film that equals far less than the sum of its remarkable parts."

Posted Oct 29, 2004

Rotten
F

Rotten
14%

Blonde Ambition (2007)

" Just how bad is the latest Jessica Simpson film? It doesn't just belong on a Worst of 2007 list or even a Worst of the Decade list, but high amongst The Worst Movies Ever Made."

Posted Dec 27, 2007

Rotten
D+

Rotten
4%

BloodRayne (2006)

" With such diminished expectations, one must wonder if it is a good thing that the film is merely bad instead of a cinematic atrocity."

Posted Jan 6, 2006

Fresh
A-

Rotten
26%

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

" It is nice to be reminded every so often that competition can be emotionally rewarding as much, if not more, than monetary gain."

Posted Apr 29, 2004

Fresh
A-

Rotten
34%

Bringing Down the House (2003)

Click here to read article

Posted Feb 26, 2003

Fresh
A+

Fresh
87%

Broken Flowers (2005)

" Can there be such a thing as too much a good thing?"

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
B-

Fresh
76%

Brother to Brother (2004)

" Works more as a fascinating window into the days of the Harlem Renaissance, than an allegory of the struggles of the modern-day gay black male."

Posted Nov 4, 2004

Fresh
A

N/A

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2007)

" Probably the closest any of us who admired the man from afar will ever get to the confines of Woody Creek and the maddening genius who ruled over it."

Posted Jun 2, 2008

Fresh
A+

Fresh
62%

Camp (2003)

" It is movies like Camp that remind me what I love most about movies."

Posted Jul 28, 2003

Fresh
B+

Rotten
59%

Casa de los Babys (2003)

" An inarguably powerful film"

Posted Sep 18, 2003

Fresh
A-

Rotten
48%

Cashback (2007)

" The first thing one will probably respond to, after the brief rampant nudity, is the exquisite cinematography by Angus Hudson."

Posted Jul 28, 2007

Rotten
D-

Rotten
10%

Catwoman (2004)

" Those looking for anything approximating a storyline along with their jigglefest will just have to keep dreaming."

Posted Jul 22, 2004

Rotten
C-

Rotten
54%

Cellular (2004)

" Mistakes rapid-fire editing, unfocused and shaky camerawork, and shrill sound effects with authentic storytelling."

Posted Sep 9, 2004

Rotten
F

Rotten
26%

Chelsea Walls (2002)

" A complete waste of time."

Posted Jun 17, 2002

Fresh
B+

Rotten
54%

Choke (2008)

" The perfect film for the entire family. That is, to paraphrase another great American writer, James Ellroy, if your family happens to be named Manson."

Posted Sep 26, 2008

Fresh
B-

Rotten
43%

Choose Connor (2008)

" Has flashes of incredible maturity and complexity [but the filmmaker] still has some things to learn about the basic tenets of storytelling before he can become a quality filmmaker."

Posted Jun 18, 2007

Fresh
B

Rotten
30%

Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

" Fans of “Pitch Black” are likely to find this new film a worthy successor, those who have never seen the first film will be able to jump right into the story and follow along."

Posted Jun 9, 2004

Fresh
A-

Rotten
49%

CJ7 (2008)

" If most Americans weren't so adverse to spending time with any film which has subtitles, Stephen Chow's "CJ7" just might have had a chance to become a perennial family favorite."

Posted Mar 6, 2008
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