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Charlie McCollum

Charlie McCollum's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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High School Musical 2 (2007) 83% EDIT “Overall, the sequel has such energy that it's hard not to get caught up in it.” – San Jose Mercury News Sep 10, 2019 Full Review Captain Phillips (2013) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Captain Phillips" will grab and hold your attention from its first few minutes to its startling conclusion.” – San Jose Mercury News Oct 7, 2013 Full Review Prisoners (2013) 81% 3.5/4 EDIT “This is a powerful, engrossing film that transcends the normal constraints of its genre and is worth your investment of both time and attention.” – San Jose Mercury News Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Jobs (2013) 27% 2/4 EDIT “There is no depth to the piece and, while it might be asking too much of any film to show the "real" Jobs, it barely hints at the complexity of his ambitions and emotions.” – San Jose Mercury News Aug 14, 2013 Full Review Elysium (2013) 64% 2.5/4 EDIT “For all its flaws, Elysium is an often-absorbing and largely entertaining film from a young director with a great future. That makes it worth seeing -- if not a complete success.” – San Jose Mercury News Aug 6, 2013 Full Review Blue Jasmine (2013) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Allen's best movie in some years and certainly his finest drama with comedy since 2005's "Match Point," it is a tale of wealth, greed and corruption -- and the shock waves that occur when crimes lead to punishment.” – San Jose Mercury News Jul 30, 2013 Full Review The Conjuring (2013) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Working with cinematographer John R. Leonetti and editor Kirk Morri, Wan carefully crafts each setpiece so that each visual punch has maximum impact to a nerve-shredding musical soundtrack from composer Joseph Bihara.” – San Jose Mercury News Jul 16, 2013 Full Review The Lone Ranger (2013) 31% 2.5/4 EDIT “In the end, The Lone Ranger is one hot mess -- an entertaining one, to be sure, but still a mess.” – San Jose Mercury News Jul 1, 2013 Full Review Monsters University (2013) 80% 3/4 EDIT “"Monsters University" is fine family entertainment with something for the adults and a lot for the kids.” – San Jose Mercury News Jun 18, 2013 Full Review Man of Steel (2013) 57% 3/4 EDIT “The result is a film that, while relentlessly grim and badly in need of humor, manages to be a smart, nuanced take on the Superman mythology.” – San Jose Mercury News Jun 11, 2013 Full Review The Internship (2013) 34% 2.5/4 EDIT “Somehow much -- if certainly not all -- of the film works. Levy largely avoids the cynical and the crude, which is refreshing. Some bits are legitimately funny.” – San Jose Mercury News Jun 5, 2013 Full Review After Earth (2013) 12% 1/4 EDIT “Bits of the plot, including the environmental science of the new Earth, make no sense. The dialogue is leaden. And the special effects are surprisingly unconvincing ...” – San Jose Mercury News May 30, 2013 Full Review The Hangover Part III (2013) 21% 1.5/4 EDIT “Phillips has lost all of the sharp humor, keen sense of debauchery and still plain fun that marked the original.” – San Jose Mercury News May 22, 2013 Full Review Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84% 3/4 EDIT “Abrams gets considerable help from a cast who go after their roles with great zest.” – San Jose Mercury News May 14, 2013 Full Review Iron Man 3 (2013) 79% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's decent popcorn entertainment -- just fine for the summertime, but nothing more than that.” – San Jose Mercury News May 1, 2013 Full Review 42 (2013) 81% 3/4 EDIT “If you want a sense of a true all-American hero, this film is a fine place to start.” – San Jose Mercury News Apr 10, 2013 Full Review The Sapphires (2012) 91% 3/4 EDIT “"The Sapphires" is a bit like a puppy you're trying to house break. It may have its bad cinematic moments but it's just so darn appealing that you have to love it.” – San Jose Mercury News Mar 26, 2013 Full Review The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) 37% 2/4 EDIT “There's no question that you will laugh at times throughout "Burt Wonderstone." But if you are looking for something truly magical, you will come away disappointed.” – San Jose Mercury News Mar 13, 2013 Full Review Amour (2012) 93% 4/4 EDIT “A wrenching film that is sure to bring tears -- a lot of tears -- to your eyes and manages, in many ways, to affirm that love is worth sharing and life is worth living even in the most final of days.” – San Jose Mercury News Jan 9, 2013 Full Review The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 64% 2.5/4 EDIT “In a bit of irony, Bilbo Baggins says at the end of the movie: "I do believe the worst is behind us." We can only hope so.” – San Jose Mercury News Dec 11, 2012 Full Review Hitchcock (2012) 59% 1.5/4 EDIT “Hitchcock once famously said that a good filmmaker should always "always make the audience suffer as much as possible." I don't think he meant the kind of suffering "Hitchcock" inflicts on its audience.” – San Jose Mercury News Nov 27, 2012 Full Review Red Dawn (2012) 15% 1/4 EDIT “Remaking an old film is rarely a good idea, but sometimes the idea is so spectacularly bad that the reasoning behind it defies all comprehension.” – San Jose Mercury News Nov 20, 2012 Full Review Lincoln (2012) 89% 4/4 EDIT “One of the finest historical dramas ever committed to film. It's a triumph for Spielberg, Kushner and, most of all, Day-Lewis.” – San Jose Mercury News Nov 7, 2012 Full Review Skyfall (2012) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “This is a brilliant reboot of the canon, mixing a sense of melancholy, the shock of changing times and the darkness of loss with thrillingly staged chase and fight scenes and clever references to all that has come before.” – San Jose Mercury News Nov 6, 2012 Full Review Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 87% 3/4 EDIT “It's a fine piece of moviemaking that has a little something for kids who don't remember when games were played in arcades and adults who will delight in the tweaking of a bygone era.” – San Jose Mercury News Oct 31, 2012 Full Review
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