Jim Tudor

JOHN CARTER: A Tharking Bore
Imagine 1980's "Flash Gordon" movie without the Queen soundtrack but the same storyline. Replace all the intentional cornball camp and eye-popping artifice with a serious tone and today's more-real-than-real visual effects. Swap out Max von Sydow's bald, scenery-chewing Ming... More »
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DECLARATION OF WAR (La guerre est déclarée) Review
When it comes to eating your cultural vegetables, a French film about the parents of a little boy with cancer would appear to be the brussel sprouts. Which makes the agreeable cinematic flavor of writer/director/star Valérie Donzelli's "Declaration of... More »
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FRIENDS WITH KIDS Review
Don't be fooled; although "Friends with Kids" features half the cast "Bridesmaids" -and has the poster and title to prove it (they're the friends with the kids) - the movie isn't about them. In fact, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph,... More »
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DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX Review
Dr. Seuss was ahead of his time. A flat-out creative innovator. Cementing his trademark wild and free renderings and rhyming linguistic liberties, 1957's "The Cat in the Hat" brought mainstream children's books into the realm of absurd yet agreeable... More »
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TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE Review
Having never seen the comedic TV work of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim ("Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"), I went into their feature-length variation, "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie", braced for a merciless expansion of inside... More »
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THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY Review
Arriving early in the year, Japan's "The Secret World of Arrietty" may go on to stand tall as one of the best films of the year. Graceful and elegant, unafraid to take its time but never boring, this adaptation... More »
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PINA Review
In Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders found inspiration. In her lifetime, he was collaborating with her for a dance-based film project that promised to be magnificent. With her untimely passing, Wenders is no less inspired by her work. The shape of... More »
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Review: CHRONICLE
Packaged as a teen-centric superhuman drama, "Chronicle", eventually manages to wring genuine thrills from a variety of well-worn genre tropes. With its camcorder immediacy and 20+ aged high school seniors, "Chronicle" may look like stale contemporary TV, but ultimately delivers... More »
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Review: EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS

Presentation. Texture. Overall homogeneous. These are some of the immediate hallmarks of truly high-end cooking. Before the dish is even tasted, these factors are already in play. In the new German documentary "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress", renowned Spanish... More »
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Review: BIG MIRACLE

This is a film with a beat-you-over-the-head environmental message. It is being released really early in the year. It has Ted Danson in a starring role. And it is directed by Ken Kwapis, the guy who gave us "Dunston Checks... More »
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Review: RED TAILS
The emerging pattern seems to be that every ten years or so, Cuba Gooding Jr. will appear in one unabashedly old fashioned, un-ironic World War II movie. With each appearance, his rank will increase with age, as he is... More »
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Review: EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
It's September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center towers have just come down. But it gets worse: Tom Hanks was among the dead. Beloved personality; American everyman; the World's Greatest Dad. So goes the emotional resonance of Stephen... More »
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D Review
When Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" hit in 1991, the magic was back, without question. By now, most everyone knows the tale and what it's all about (selfless love and inner beauty via ink & paint cell animation, set to... More »
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An American Film Geek's Top 10 for 2011
2011 was a great year for one to get increasingly serious about one's film writing, which was the case with me.  As I was welcomed into my local critic's official organization, the film year was offering a wealth of cinematic... More »
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An American Film Geek's Bottom 10 for 2011
I'm grateful that of the over 100 newly released films I saw in 2011, only maybe fifteen qualify as truly lousy. To top this list, a movie must not be more than bad; it must be downright anger inducing. No... More »
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WE BOUGHT A ZOO Review
"Most people nowadays are run by fear. Fear of what they eat, fear of what they drink, fear of their jobs, their future, fear of their health. They're scared to save money, and they're scared to spend it." That... More »
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THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN Review
Although I'm on the wrong continent and maybe in the wrong decade for having any familiarity with the comic books that have inspired this film, I must say that there's something very right about Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin".... More »
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Review
A girl, a gun, and a motorcycle. It's a classic list of ingredients for a certain type of film. David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is not that type of film, although he's used all of those... More »
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St. Louis Film Critics Award Best Films of 2011
The St. Louis Film Critics association, of which I am a proud member, has, after much deliberating and debate, voted and released its list of Best Films of 2011. Here are the winners, and runners-up:... More »
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL Review
The image of Tom Cruise, as his high-flying heroic alter ego Ethan Hunt, dangling precariously from the outside of the insanely tall Dubai Tower, is an apt metaphor for his undertaking of this project, the fourth "Mission: Impossible" film. The... More »
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Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »
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