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John Venable

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Been a movie reviewer for more than 4 years and have over 500 reviews online. I review for the common man. I don't care what other reviewers think of what I write, I'm trying to save people time/money by exposing cinematic poo.

Publications:
Favorites:

Blazing Saddles American Beauty O Brother Where Art Thou? Monsters Inc. Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Location:

Dallas, TX

Official Website:

http://www.supercala.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Terminator Salvation (2009) 33% 9/10 EDIT “Definitely a 'summer blockbuster' and has enough great moments in it to outweigh any groaners that it may also have. In fact, the good moments outweigh the bad about 20 to 1.” – Supercala.com May 18, 2009 Full Review Burn After Reading (2008) 78% 8.5/10 EDIT “Worth viewing if only to see Clooney, McDormand, and Pitt all play what Malkovich's character refers to as a 'league of morons'.” – Supercala.com Sep 14, 2008 Full Review The Dark Knight (2008) 94% 10/10 EDIT “Everything you've heard is true...brilliant.” – Supercala.com Jul 24, 2008 Full Review Step Brothers (2008) 54% 7/10 EDIT “Not the best in the McKay/Apatow canon, but still...it's funny.” – Supercala.com Jul 24, 2008 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 77% 8.5/10 EDIT “That'll do Indy, that'll do.” – Supercala.com May 23, 2008 Full Review Transformers (2007) 57% 8.5/10 EDIT “Fun, but a bit too serious.” – Supercala.com Jul 3, 2007 Full Review Live Free or Die Hard (2007) 82% 9/10 EDIT “Bruce Willis is still a bada** and this series might not be dead yet...I'm just sayin'.” – Supercala.com Jun 28, 2007 Full Review Shrek the Third (2007) 41% 8/10 EDIT “The bar had been raised so high by the first 2 films that reaching it again proves difficult...and they came close. Check it out!” – Supercala.com May 18, 2007 Full Review Alpha Dog (2006) 54% 9.5/10 EDIT “Outstanding work from a young ensemble. Ben Foster steals the show in an over the top performance as an a**kicking, always-in-trouble, speedfreak.” – Supercala.com Jan 12, 2007 Full Review Rocky Balboa (2006) 78% 7/10 EDIT “Stallone doesn't embarrass himself nor his fans...it's pretty good.” – Supercala.com Dec 20, 2006 Full Review The Good German (2006) 34% 6/10 EDIT “Technically amazing, but not engaging enough to recommend as theater viewing unless you're an arthouse freak.” – Supercala.com Dec 15, 2006 Full Review Shut Up and Sing (2006) 89% 9.5/10 EDIT “Remember the people that the Borat film made fun of? They're in this film too, picketing outside of Dixie Chick shows...idiots.” – Supercala.com Dec 15, 2006 Full Review Apocalypto (2006) 65% 10/10 EDIT “He can't keep his mouth shut when he has too much tequila, but dammit, this man can tell a story on film.” – Supercala.com Dec 8, 2006 Full Review Blood Diamond (2006) 64% 9/10 EDIT “Djimon Hounsou is excellent and Kagiso Kuypers delivers an amazing breakout performance.” – Supercala.com Dec 8, 2006 Full Review Turistas (2006) 19% 6/10 EDIT “If you remove all the horror aspects of it, it works nicely as a tourism campaign for Brazil. Never has there been a dumber group of travelers; wait to rent it.” – Supercala.com Dec 1, 2006 Full Review Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) 90% 10/10 EDIT “The film might as well be entitled Retarded America, but lumping these idiots in with our mentally challenged population would be an insult.” – Supercala.com Nov 3, 2006 Full Review Flags of Our Fathers (2006) 76% 7.5/10 EDIT “It's good, great in spurts, but overall leaves one longing for a story better suited for film.” – Supercala.com Oct 20, 2006 Full Review Woman on Top (2000) 35% 5/10 EDIT “Wildly mediocre.” – Supercala.com Sep 23, 2006 Full Review What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) 10% 5/10 EDIT “Well...you could waste a few hours of your life. Does that answer the question?” – Supercala.com Sep 23, 2006 Full Review What Lies Beneath (2000) 49% 5/10 EDIT “They could've cut 10 minutes out of the first hour easily...and it still might have been too slow.” – Supercala.com Sep 23, 2006 Full Review The Watcher (2000) 11% 6/10 EDIT “Not half bad as a rental.” – Supercala.com Sep 23, 2006 Full Review A Walk to Remember (2002) 30% 6/10 EDIT “Succeeds modestly as a teen movie. Expect anything else from it and you'll be disappointed.” – Supercala.com Sep 23, 2006 Full Review The Black Dahlia (2006) 31% 5/10 EDIT “A beautiful mess.” – Supercala.com Sep 15, 2006 Full Review Jesus Camp (2006) 89% 9/10 EDIT “This isn't the blind leading the blind, but it is the visually impaired leading the blind. Disturbing.” – Supercala.com Sep 15, 2006 Full Review Beerfest (2006) 41% 6/10 EDIT “It's one of those films that looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch. I wanted it to be great, but it's only good.” – Supercala.com Aug 25, 2006 Full Review
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