ROTTEN TOMATOES: Jeff Giles

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JEFF GILES

Agrees with the Tomatometer 100% of the time.

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.

Favorites: "Nobody's Fool," "Big Trouble in Little China," "Spinal Tap," "Big Fish," "Better Off Dead," "Die Hard," "400 Blows"

Publications: Bullz-Eye.com, Collider.com, Dadnabbit, Popdose, Rotten Tomatoes

Total Reviews: 1048

Location: New Hampshire

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Rotten	Rotten 37%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" Bana�s acting is a marvel of indifference; there are scenes where the wigs he�s wearing are more convincing than he is, and the wigs are pretty awful." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Feb 2, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 93%	The Music Man (1962)	" It�s enough to make you yearn for the days when it wasn�t a big deal for Hollywood to produce live-action entertainment for the whole family once in awhile -- and the ending is simply brilliant." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Feb 2, 2010
Rotten	Rotten 57%	The Invention of Lying (2009)	" Alas, what The Invention of Lying ends up giving us is ultimately fairly pedestrian and really pretty muddled." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Feb 2, 2010
Fresh	N/A	Weeds: Season 5 (2010)	" Rather than morally ambiguous suburbanites shining a comedic light on the dark side of middle-class conformity, now it�s just about a gang of loonies and their wacky illegal hijinx. It still has its moments, but it�s just not as much fun." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 27, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 90%	Fame (1980)	" Don�t look now, but Alan Parker�s Fame turns 30 this year -- and you probably knew this already, but it�s still five times the movie that last year�s senseless remake will ever be." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 27, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Black Dynamite (2009)	" A brilliant comedy that�s good for a few dozen belly laughs even if you�ve never seen a single one of the movies it�s meant to spoof." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 27, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Soul Power (2009)	" Rarely has a movie been more worthy of its title." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 27, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Moon (2009)	" It�s a small, claustrophobic movie; one that unsettles you and lingers long after the closing credits fade." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 97%	The Hurt Locker (2009)	" The Hurt Locker feels like it�s about half as long as its 130-minute running time, but it may very well haunt you for a lifetime." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Rotten	Rotten 57%	10 Things I Hate About You (1999)	" It isn�t great enough to warrant the double-dipping treatment from the studio -- and if Disney really needed to give us a 10 Things upgrade, they could have done a fair sight better than this." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 93%	In the Loop (2009)	" Watching In the Loop, you won�t know whether to laugh or cry." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" It�s to Peli�s credit -- as well as Featherston and Sloat�s -- that even though you�ll see the ending coming from a mile away, it still provides a nasty jolt." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Fresh	Rotten 42%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" So the movie�s underlying message -- that teenage girls are monstrously awful to one another -- isn�t terribly original. But how often do you get to see an American horror movie with a brain?" — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 5, 2010
Fresh	Fresh 100%	North by Northwest (1959)	" Unless Warners finds a way to celebrate Northwest�s 60th birthday by plopping Cary Grant onto your couch while you watch the film, I can�t imagine how we�re going to see a better version anytime soon." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 25%	Land of the Lost (2009)	" You�d be better off just donating the money to a charity and punching yourself in the head for 90 minutes, but to each his own." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 33%	The Answer Man (2009)	" It�s really a pretty interesting idea for a movie, which is why it�s such a pisser that Hindman decided to turn it into a thuddingly obvious romantic comedy." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 97%	Food, Inc. (2009)	" The only reason to avoid Food, Inc. is fear of what you�ll learn. And it is pretty scary�but not knowing? That�s even scarier." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 67%	Bruno (2009)	" You wouldn�t think a movie featuring a talking penis could be boring, but you�d be wrong." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 75%	Julie & Julia (2009)	" The overriding emotion it provokes is longing, specifically for a Streep-led, full-length Julia Child biopic." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 64%	Extract (2009)	" I�d be mad about Extract if I hadn�t started forgetting it the minute it ended." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 47%	My Sister's Keeper (2009)	" No bets are hedged and no opportunity for melodrama is left untaken; if the movie has a chance to beat you over the head, it will." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 30, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 25%	Four Christmases (2008)	" At its best, Four Christmases is maybe half as good as Christmas Vacation, but it has a couple of things going for it: First, Tim Allen is nowhere to be found, and second, seeing Vince Vaughn abused never gets old." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 30, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 31%	Terminator Salvation (2009)	" It rarely lags, the special effects are first-rate, and Sam Worthington shows the most acting talent any action hero has displayed since Brian Bosworth pretended to tackle Bo Jackson." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 30, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 66%	Away We Go (2009)	" Away We Go is a wonderfully visual film, full of nifty, rewarding small touches. It�s clear a lot of love went into the movie -- but sadly, it�s a mystery as to why." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 51%	Observe and Report (2009)	" Ronnie Barnhardt was a problematic role, and Observe and Report is a troubled film, but Rogen makes the best of it." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	" There aren�t many things that can hold up to seven decades of the kind of hype Oz has earned, but if there�s any such thing as a perfect movie, this is it..." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 97%	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)	" Make sure you put a pillow under your mouth the first time you watch the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Edition transfer, because your jaw is going to drop." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 90%	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)	" It�s an uneven film -- the ending, in particular, feels like the last-minute affair it was -- but one whose slight undercurrent of darkness and danger feels wonderfully refreshing in this era of bubble-wrapped entertainment..." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 61%	Winnie the Pooh - The Tigger Movie (2000)	" There�s no violence here, no gross humor, no quick cuts or loud sound effects -- just a short, gentle romp through the Hundred Acre Woods." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 50%	Pete's Dragon (1977)	" It generally falls into the �charming but anachronistically hokey� category Disney aimed for until the �80s." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Earth (2009)	" So stunningly gorgeous that it might be the first true �gotta have it� purchase for Blu-ray owners." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)	" Delivers all the sweet, modestly paced adventure we look for in our Pooh movies." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 59%	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)	" I wasn�t exactly foaming at the mouth to watch this, and I doubt there are many people who consider it one of Disney�s finest, but all things considered, it�s really a pretty entertaining movie." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009)	" It isn�t the type of title that�ll make you go out and buy a Blu-ray player, but if you�ve already made the upgrade, pick this up without delay." — Dadnabbit DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 90%	Mary and Max (2009)	" Like Mary and Max�s friendship, this movie is an act of tenderness that will linger long after the closing credits roll." — Collider.com Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 83%	I Love You, Man (2009)	" Only [Jason] Segel could turn drooling on Lou Ferrigno into an act of comic genius." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 12, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 64%	Watchmen (2009)	" In the space of 15 minutes, [Snyder] tosses in a symbolic mushroom cloud, the unsexiest Malin Akerman nudity in the history of Malin Akerman, and what should logically be the final appearance of Leonard Cohen�s �Hallelujah� on a movie soundtrack, ever." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 12, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 25%	Friday the 13th (2009)	" Platinum Dunes is all but certain to screw things up with the sequel, gearing up now, but they deserve a round of polite, bloodstained applause for this chapter." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Gran Torino (2008)	" If this really is Clint's on-screen coda, he picked a helluva way to go out." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 8, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Three Days of the Condor (1975)	" It�s easy to see how and why Condor inspired so many of the conspiracy thrillers that came after it." — Bullz-Eye.com DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Friday Night Lights - The Third Season ()	" If you�ve somehow missed the many opportunities to live among the residents of Dillon, Texas, now�s as good a time as any to make the move." — Collider.com DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 83%	There's Something About Mary (1998)	" If you can force yourself to forget about what came after it, Mary remains an enjoyably filthy (and sweet) comedy , filled with laugh-out-loud moments." — Collider.com DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 32%	Fanboys (2009)	" It�s innocuous enough, in a television movie sort of way, but in the era of destigmatized direct-to-video productions, there was never any reason for Fanboys to show up in theaters." — Collider.com DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut) (1970)	" Woodstock is as fluid as the spirit of the festival, tumbling from widescreen to split-screen and back again, a visual extension of what was going on all around Wadleigh and his crew." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 56%	Spring Breakdown (2008)	" The only way it might have been harder to watch is if someone in the cast had stabbed a baby seal to death with a butter knife at the end of every scene." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 3, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 84%	Wayne's World (1992)	" For fans of broad comedy and repeated fourth-wall puncturing, it�s definitely worth owning." — Bullz-Eye.com DVD REVIEW Posted May 25, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Paul Simon and Friends - The Library of Congress Gereshwin Prize For Popular Song (2007)	" A wonderfully pleasant surprise." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted May 25, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 70%	Batman (1989)	" When everyone in your cast comes off pretty much as smarmy as Robert Wuhl, you�re in deep trouble." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted May 25, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	Falling Down (1993)	" It�s my contention that Joel Schumacher has never (and most likely will never) make another film as timely, smart, and important as 1993�s Falling Down." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted May 25, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 72%	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	" Without giving too much away, let me just tell you that the film�s final act resulted in me giving the finger to a hummingbird and stalking out of the room." — Popdose DVD REVIEW Posted May 6, 2009

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