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Jeff Giles

Jeff Giles's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

I'm a freelance music and film critic, which means a lot of people mistake me for Newsweek's Jeff Giles (I even get his mail sometimes). I am not Newsweek's Jeff Giles. Also, I like long walks on the beach.

Publications:
Location:

New Hampshire

Official Website:

http://www.popdose.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Rich Hill (2014) 84% EDIT “A movie that will leave you feeling shaken, heartbroken, and probably pretty damn grateful. Not an easy watch by any means, but perhaps a necessary one.” – Movies With Butter Aug 7, 2014 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% EDIT “The whole thing comes zipping and bamming out in a rainbow-hued orgy of sci-fi, action, comedy, drama, and (trust me on this) throat-lumpening pathos. It shouldn't work at all, not for a moment, but it does -- and Gunn makes it look easy.” – Movies With Butter Aug 1, 2014 Full Review Willow Creek (2013) 81% EDIT “If the end result can't help but disappoint in a number of ways, it's still quite a bit better than one would really have any right to expect.” – Movies With Butter Jun 6, 2014 Full Review Maleficent (2014) 54% EDIT “Consider Maleficent an old story told at least partially anew, and fairly captivatingly in the bargain.” – Movies With Butter May 30, 2014 Full Review X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 90% EDIT “For a movie that sends an enormous cast hurling around the world and across time, X-Men: Days of Future Past does a pretty darn impressive job of never losing sight of its plot.” – Movies With Butter May 23, 2014 Full Review Godzilla (2014) 76% EDIT “One of the few obvious would-be franchise starters that actually gives the audience a reason to hope for something even better the second time around.” – Movies With Butter May 16, 2014 Full Review Veronica Mars (2014) 80% EDIT “It's a fun, light watch, with just enough laughs, twists, and beautiful people to keep a viewer engaged for precisely 107 minutes before wafting back into the cloud.” – Movies With Butter Mar 14, 2014 Full Review The Unknown Known (2013) 82% EDIT “It's entertaining until it isn't, and when it isn't, that's because any movie that takes an honest look at the horrible events covered by this film probably shouldn't be entertaining.” – Movies With Butter Mar 13, 2014 Full Review Soap Life (2012) EDIT “Whether you're a dedicated soap watcher, a lapsed fan, or someone who's turned up their nose at the daytime dial, Soap Life is worth watching.” – Movies With Butter Mar 12, 2014 Full Review A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013) 87% EDIT “Very sweet, and not in a cloying way; if anything, its exceedingly low-key charms are a blessed relief in a genre that too often relies on aggressively gauzy nostalgia.” – Movies With Butter Mar 11, 2014 Full Review Run & Jump (2013) 89% EDIT “This is familiar stuff, but in between the rusty narrative framework, Run & Jump boasts a big, beautiful heart.” – Movies With Butter Jan 26, 2014 Full Review Old Goats (2010) 62% EDIT “With nowhere to go and no real urgency to get there, it's ultimately more of a dull disappointment than the flash of tender insight it should have been.” – Movies With Butter Jan 21, 2014 Full Review Zero Charisma (2013) 77% EDIT “A surprisingly thoughtful look at nerd psychology, as well as a subtle indictment of the sort of gleeful ironic detachment that triggers reflexive scorn in the presence of unabashed passion.” – Movies With Butter Oct 14, 2013 Full Review Escape From Tomorrow (2013) 57% EDIT “A movie that's more interesting than entertaining.” – Movies With Butter Oct 12, 2013 Full Review Last Love (2013) 33% EDIT “At its most crucial moments, the movie feels arbitrary; you watch people doing things, and rather than be affected by those actions in any way, all you can do is wonder why they're happening.” – Movies With Butter Oct 11, 2013 Full Review Gravity (2013) 96% EDIT “No matter what kind of film fan you might be, Gravity offers 91 of the most unforgettable minutes you're likely to spend at a theater anytime soon.” – Movies With Butter Oct 4, 2013 Full Review Muscle Shoals (2013) 96% EDIT “Whether or not you've even heard of Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, or Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is one lovely testament to the the power of the human heart.” – Movies With Butter Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Blue Caprice (2013) 83% EDIT “It's just a movie, but it might also be a warning.” – Movies With Butter Sep 17, 2013 Full Review All Is Bright (2013) 48% EDIT “You don't feel like anyone's better off at the end of this film, and none of the characters seem to have learned much of anything. It's just a dark interlude in their lives that ends with a sigh and a shrug.” – Movies With Butter Sep 16, 2013 Full Review Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012) 93% EDIT “They say information wants to be free, but after watching this delightful documentary, I'm not so sure -- I think what it might really want is to be wanted.” – Movies With Butter Sep 15, 2013 Full Review I Declare War (2012) 71% EDIT “Anyone with even the faintest memory of their middle-school years should come away feeling bittersweet recognition -- and maybe even a little shaken up, too.” – Movies With Butter Aug 29, 2013 Full Review Rewind This! (2013) 100% EDIT “Even if you grew up during the VHS era, you may never have connected the dots between the format's '80s home invasion and the entertainment marketplace we live in now -- an evolution Rewind This! traces in fascinating fashion.” – Movies With Butter Aug 28, 2013 Full Review This Is Martin Bonner (2013) 97% EDIT “If you consider yourself any kind of film fan, I can't recommend This Is Martin Bonner highly enough.” – Movies With Butter Aug 26, 2013 Full Review Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) 33% EDIT “Bereft of momentum or purpose, it just sort of putters around on the narrative byways for a couple of hours until it coasts to a stop.” – Movies With Butter Aug 25, 2013 Full Review Drinking Buddies (2013) 84% EDIT “Even though you might look at Drinking Buddies' poster and blanch at the memory of rental fees lost to low-grade exercises in '90s indie cinema, it's actually got a lot more going for it.” – Movies With Butter Aug 21, 2013 Full Review
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