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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
BETH ACCOMANDO
PUBLICATION(S)
• KPBS.org
• NPR
• PRI's The World

BIOGRAPHY
I've been a film critic for more than 20 years, in addition to reviews I freelance for NPR and Public Radio International, and I edited the sequels to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 244
Total QuickRatings: 67

CRITICS GROUP(S)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association
• San Diego Film Critics Society

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• Location: San Diego CA


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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5 Spider
10/10 A Bittersweet Life
9/10 20 Centimeters
8/10 The Bridesmaid
7/10 House of Sand
6/10 Marie Antoinette
5/10 Running with Scissors
2/5 The Prestige
4/10 Sleuth
1/10 The Covenant
0/5 Chicago
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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10/10 Brazil
10/10 Persepolis
10/10 Blade Runner - The Final Cut
10/10 No Country for Old Men
10/10 Richard III
10/10 Throne of Blood
10/10 Killer of Sheep
10/10 Three Times
10/10 A Bittersweet Life
5/5 Suzhou River
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/5 Chicago
1/10 The Covenant
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

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"The film works so well because it comes from something personal and you can't fake intimate details that come from life. You'll come out of this one cheering." -- KPBS.org
Posted May 5, 2008
 
Ready? OK! (2008)n/a
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"The film had no opening credits, except for the title 88 Minutes. Maybe that's because no one wanted to take credit for this mess." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)6%
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10/10
 
"Brazil serves up one of the most breathtakingly imaginative worlds ever to be put on screen." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Brazil (1985)97%
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"Rather than being the perfect first date movie, it serves up the perfect break up film. You might just laugh till you cry... or cry until you laugh if you're the one being dumped." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)84%
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"As someone who has an aversion to most contemporary romantic movies, Wong is a filmmaker whose lush romanticism makes me swoon." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)49%
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"Zombie Strippers is hands - and arms, legs, feet and any other dismembered body part you have laying around - down the best comedy so far this year." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Zombie Strippers (2008)36%
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"I haven't felt this embarrassed for a star since Robert DeNiro donned a tutu and did the can-can in Stardust." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 7, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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"The new film The Grand should have been called Werner Herzog Steals the Show because that's precisely what he does in this mockumentary about a poker tournament." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 7, 2008
 
The Grand ()42%
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"To sum up The Ruins, I'll quote one of the characters: "This is so not okay."" -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
The Ruins (2008)42%
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"Sanders provides a rare glimpse into the world of the doctors and nurses tasked with saving lives in difficult circumstances. You cannot leave Fighting for Life without a deep sense of respect for the medical personnel and the patients." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Fighting for Life (2008)87%
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6/10
 
"If Gordon-Levitt (who's delivered stellar performances in Mysterious Skin and The Lookout) had been moved up from his supporting role to the lead, the film would improve considerably." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
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"So while I might complain about some of Lee's filmmaking choices, I feel nothing but wonder and delight at seeing these dancers excel at something they love so passionately." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Planet B-Boy (2008)90%
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5/10
 
"Embracing this film will depend on whether its charms triumph over its contrivances. I left impressed by the performances but disappointed by the film as a whole." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Under the Same Moon (2008)74%
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"There's something I genuinely admire about the way Perry repeatedly bucks the establishment to make exactly the kind of films he wants." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)30%
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6/10
 
"If you are planning to shoot a visual poem, there is no one better to have on hand than cinematographer Christopher Doyle. Doyle knows how to find seduction and romance anywhere." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Paranoid Park (2008)76%
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"It's noteworthy for the performances of Melvil Poupard as Romaine and Jeanne Moreau as the grandmother-two people facing their own mortality, and trying to exit this world with grace and dignity." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Time to Leave (2006)76%
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"It also boasts another rich performance by Charlotte Rampling who continues to grow more interesting as an actress." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Heading South (2006)68%
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"The choice of a Japanese director and a number of key Japanese crew seems to have helped make this American remake a notch better than the other atrocious remakes such as One Missed Call, Pulse and The Eye." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Shutter (2008)9%
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"The film doesn't cover any new terrain for Ripstein -- which some may complain about - but its terrain that he knows well." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 17, 2008
 
El Carnaval de Sodoma (2008)n/a
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6/10
 
"Knowing that something as outrageous as this could be true does give the film some added spice." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)77%
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"...lovesick prehistoric man traverses the globe to rescue the woman he loves." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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"I have always found that the Coens' films get better with each viewing so I suggest giving the film another shot if you felt frustrated by the ending." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
No Country for Old Men (2007)94%
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"Making a film about the Holocaust but using a very specific and personal story is what makes The Counterfeiters stand out. It's the specifics of Sorowitsch's story that rivet us." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)94%
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"You'll find deliciously low budget sets Ed Wood would die for; a know-it-all robot; babes in bathing suit space uniforms; and a refreshing Mexican take on American sci-fi conventions." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
La Nave de los Monstruos (1960)n/a
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"Bollywood films, more than films from anywhere else in the world, harken back to the heyday of the Hollywood studio star system with all the glamour and gloss that goes with that." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Jodhaa Akbar (2008)71%
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"Teixeira brings his camera into her home and quietly records the details of her daily life. The result is a carefully observed film about one woman's growing dissatisfaction." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 5, 2008
 
Alice's House (2008)88%
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4/10
 
"I might almost sit through the crappy storytelling one more time just to see the car chases. These are the kind car chases that Stuntman Mike from Death Proof might be able to appreciate" -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 1, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)37%
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5/10
 
"The Signal reveals killer horrors skills on the part of Bruckner, and to a lesser extent of Gentry and Bush. So if you don't mind a film that starts strong and finishes weak, check it out." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 1, 2008
 
The Signal (2007)55%
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"What becomes interesting is how Ace and Wallace, who have managed to stay outside the violence for the most part, start to get pulled in once they uncover information about their fathers." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 1, 2008
 
City of Men (2008)77%
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8/10
 
"The film succeeds because of the nuanced performances of its superb cast, and because of Kolirin's witty visual compositions." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 1, 2008
 
The Band's Visit (2007)98%
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5/10
 
"The Other Boleyn Girl turns British history into a chick flick soaper with high production values and A-list actors." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 1, 2008
 
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)41%
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5/10
 
"Like its main character, Charlie Bartlett tries so hard to win us over that it practically bursts a celluloid vein in the process...Yet you can't deny that they both have impressive energy." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 23, 2008
 
Charlie Bartlett (2007)53%
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"His film unfolds with a graceful realism, as if he just happened to catch life unfolding for these two desperate women. His film never hits a false note..." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 23, 2008
 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)96%
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"Moreau and Palud decide to trade in the creepy, atmospheric style of the Pang Brothers for a more amped up Hollywood approach...it fails to distinguish itself either as a remake or on its own terms as a horror film." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
The Eye (2008)21%
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6/10
 
"Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show is a modest documentary that provides a good showcase for these four comedians." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)56%
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"McDonagh shines more as a writer than director but he displays a fresh, darkly comic take on life that's quite welcome." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
In Bruges (2008)78%
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"Gibney's film proves a cogent document that people need to see because there seems to be a willingness to accept the current policies without really thinking about what that means... Gibney's film asks us to think and to question." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)100%
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"A Valentine to Wong Kar Wai" -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
In the Mood for Love (2001)87%
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"A Valentine to Wong Kar Wai" -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
In the Mood for Love (2001)87%
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"There's a refreshing adult quality in the film that kicks the film a notch above the rest of the romantic and comic fare currently available." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
Definitely, Maybe (2008)72%
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"Jumper is so bad that it might be useful in film classes to show students what not to do." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
Jumper (2008)16%
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"Weber's documentary serves up an exquisite fusion of filmmaking style and subject matter to serve up a film that captures the essence of cool." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
Let's Get Lost (1988)94%
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"Waters does ground his film in the real world, and more importantly he creates a real sense of the family dynamics before Jared opens the door to the world of goblins and woodland creatures." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)79%
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"George A. Romero on Re-animating the Dead" -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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9/10
 
"In just the opening minutes, Romero reveals more filmmaking smarts than most horror films display in two hours." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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"The film moves with such joy, humor and fluidity that you can't help getting swept up in the frenzied action." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 3, 2008
 
A Hard Day's Night (1964)100%
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"Nanking is a sometimes clumsy and sometimes artistically flawed documentary but in the end it presents a powerful account of what happened in Nanking at the end of 1937 and beginning of 1938." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 3, 2008
 
Nanking (2007)97%
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"This film is like a bull in a China shop -- it just keeps charging forward, destroying everything in its path." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 3, 2008
 
Rambo (2008)33%
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"The film aims low but it keeps hitting its mark with hilarious accuracy. The bottom line for a comedy is, does it make you laugh? This one does." -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 3, 2008
 
Trailer Park Boys - The Movie (2008)56%
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"I find it fascinating to get this window into North Korea... Seeing these North Korean films you realize that we have more than we might have imagined in common despite the vast political and sometimes cultural differences." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jan 30, 2008
 
Hong Kil Dong (1986)n/a

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