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Film Reviews by Jen Yamato

A movie fiend on a mission

Jen Yamato

Jen Yamato is a walking, popcorn-eating contradiction: she loves all kinds of cinema, from art films to schlocky B-movies, French New Wave to the paperboy musical Newsies. From week to week, she watches all the new releases so she can tell you which films are excellent, which will be your new guilty pleasures, and which you should avoid watching at all costs.

Jen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she studied among the hippies of UC Berkeley before moving to Hollywood as senior editor at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. She has covered all the major film festivals including Sundance, Toronto, and Cannes; her work has appeared on websites including Rotten Tomatoes, AOL/Cinematical, and FEARnet. Jen is a member of The Alliance of Women Film Journalists and currently resides in Los Angeles. Tweet her your movie-related thoughts at Twitter.com/jenyamato.

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Showing all Jen's Reviews
Movie Title Rating Release Date
The Next Three Days 1.5 Prison Break for Dummies 11/19/2010 Nov 19, 2010
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2.5 Nightmare on Elm Street 9: The Dream Molester 04/30/2010 Apr 30, 2010
Nine 2.5 Soulless director seeks inspiration, settles for sparkles and cleavage. 12/25/2009 Dec 25, 2009
Ninja Assassin 2.5 Ninjas go Hollywood 11/25/2009 Nov 25, 2009
Nowhere Boy 3.5 All About His Mother 10/08/2010 Oct 08, 2010
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning 2.5 Tony Jaa kicks it old school. 10/23/2009 Oct 23, 2009
The Other Guys 4.5 Another quotable Ferrell-McKay classic! 08/06/2010 Aug 06, 2010
Paranormal Activity 2 4.0 Hide your kids, hide your wife. 10/21/2010 Oct 21, 2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2.5 Logan Lermanites of the world, unite! 02/12/2010 Feb 12, 2010
Piranha 3.5 Blood (and arms and legs) in the water. 08/20/2010 Aug 20, 2010
Pirate Radio 2.5 Sappy Brits play music on a boat. 11/13/2009 Nov 13, 2009
Planet 51 1.0 A tedious, clichéd space yarn. 11/20/2009 Nov 20, 2009
Predators 4.0 A spine-ripping good time. 07/09/2010 Jul 09, 2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 4.0 Jake Gyllenhaal, Parkouring Persian 05/28/2010 May 28, 2010
The Princess and the Frog 3.0 Magical enough. 12/11/2009 Dec 11, 2009
Rabbit Hole 4.0 A deeply affecting domestic drama. 12/17/2010 Dec 17, 2010
Ramona and Beezus 3.5 Sweet, clever family fun. 07/23/2010 Jul 23, 2010
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale 4.0 Badder Santa 12/03/2010 Dec 03, 2010
RED 3.0 Satisfactory senior spy games. 10/15/2010 Oct 15, 2010
Remember Me 3.0 Angsty RPattz without the sparkle. 03/12/2010 Mar 12, 2010
Resident Evil: Afterlife 1.5 Cheap thrills and zombie kills in 3D. 09/10/2010 Sep 10, 2010
Robin Hood 3.0 Needs more Bryan Adams. 05/14/2010 May 14, 2010
The Runaways 3.0 Twilight starlets on a rock roller coaster. 04/09/2010 Apr 09, 2010
Salt 1.0 Beware the deadly shoe-knife. 07/23/2010 Jul 23, 2010
Saw: The Final Chapter 0.5 Pure torture. 10/29/2010 Oct 29, 2010