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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
Kick-Ass 3.5 Little girl killing spree FTW! 04/16/2010 Apr 16, 2010
The Karate Kid 3.0 The Fresh Prince of Kung Fu 06/11/2010 Jun 11, 2010
Just Wright 2.0 Homegirls need love, too. 05/14/2010 May 14, 2010
Jonah Hex 1.0 The longest 75 minutes you'll spend this summer. 06/18/2010 Jun 18, 2010
Jackass 3 3.0 The most poop-tastic film of the year. 10/15/2010 Oct 15, 2010
It's Complicated 3.5 Meryl shines in Meyer's mostly-charming rom-com. 12/25/2009 Dec 25, 2009
Iron Man 2 3.0 Now with more... everything! 05/07/2010 May 07, 2010
Invictus 3.5 Racism sucks. Rugby rules! 12/11/2009 Dec 11, 2009
Inception 4.5 A mind-blowing must-see. 07/16/2010 Jul 16, 2010
The Illusionist 4.0 Sad and sublime. 12/25/2010 Dec 25, 2010
I Love You Phillip Morris 3.5 Liar Liar in Love 12/03/2010 Dec 03, 2010
The Human Centipede 1.5 It's BYOBB: Bring your own barf bag. 04/30/2010 Apr 30, 2010
How to Train Your Dragon 4.5 Dragons = They're a Viking's best friend. 03/26/2010 Mar 26, 2010
How Do You Know 3.5 Let's talk about love. 12/17/2010 Dec 17, 2010
The House of the Devil 4.0 Scarier than legwarmers and acid-washed jeans! 10/30/2009 Oct 30, 2009
Hot Tub Time Machine 3.0 Not quite The Hangover in a Hot Tub. 03/26/2010 Mar 26, 2010
Holy Rollers 3.0 It's hard out here for a drug-dealing Hasidic Jew. 05/21/2010 May 21, 2010
Hereafter 2.0 Sincere, silly spiritualism. 10/15/2010 Oct 15, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 4.0 Wizarding ain't easy. 11/19/2010 Nov 19, 2010
Gulliver's Travels 1.0 Crass and careless. 12/25/2010 Dec 25, 2010
Grown Ups 1.5 A five-way, PG-13 roast. 06/25/2010 Jun 25, 2010
Green Zone 3.0 "G.I. Bourne: Where Are the WMDs?" 03/12/2010 Mar 12, 2010
The Green Hornet 3.0 Goofy crime-fighting fun. 01/14/2011 Jan 14, 2011
Great Directors 3.0 Great directors, flawed documentary. 07/02/2010 Jul 02, 2010
The Good, the Bad, the Weird 4.0 Good, bad, weird -- and entertaining. 04/23/2010 Apr 23, 2010