Christopher Null
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Christopher Null has been an entertainment and technology writer and editor for more than 12 years. He founded filmcritic.com in 1995, which now stands as one of the most popular movie sites on the Web. He has worked as Editor in Chief of Mobile magazine and New Architect magazine, Executive Editor for Smart Business magazine, and Managing Reviews Editor for LAN Times magazine. He has also written stories for Wired, Maxim, PC World, Yahoo! Internet Life, Men's Journal, Working Woman, and countless other publications.
Favorites:
Top 10 of All Time: A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Blade Runner, Vertigo, Annie Hall, Citizen Kane, Dead Poets Society, JFK, Pulp Fiction, Real Genius Top 5 Most Fun Interviews: Russ Meyer, Craig Shoemaker, Mike Figgis, Barry Sonnenfeld, Owen Wilson + Wes Anderson
Location:
San Francisco, California, USA
Official Website:
http://www.filmcritic.com
The Decalogue (1989)
100%
4/5
“While it's imperfect, I have to say I feel a deep sense of achievement having finished the series.” –
Filmcritic.com
May 1, 2021
Full Review
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
89%
2/5
“Overrated pap.” –
Filmcritic.com
Apr 9, 2021
Full Review
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
80%
2/5
“Overrated pap.” –
Filmcritic.com
Apr 9, 2021
Full Review
The River (1984)
27%
3.5/5
“Sissy and Mel face off against a raging river -- and plenty more -- in this chest-thumping melodrama from On Golden Pond director Mark Rydell.” –
Filmcritic.com
Jul 23, 2019
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Chinese Roulette (1976)
83%
3/5
“It just doesn't work.” –
Filmcritic.com
Jul 6, 2015
Full Review
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
72%
“One of Robbins' finest unheralded performances, plus a slew of supporting roles from then-unknowns Eriq LaSalle, Ving Rhames, Jason Alexander, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and an uncredited Macaulay Culkin.” –
Austin Chronicle
Aug 23, 2014
Full Review
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
95%
3.5/5
“The Citizen Kane of westerns.” –
Contactmusic.com
Apr 29, 2013
Full Review
Rio Bravo (1959)
96%
3.5/5
“A definitive piece of Americana by way of Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo is what the late 1950s studio system was all about” –
Contactmusic.com
Apr 23, 2013
Full Review
4/5
“So much legal craziness that you'll soon agree the whole system is totally out of whack.” –
Filmcritic.com
Mar 4, 2013
Full Review
Hamlet (1948)
96%
3.5/5
“A solid rendition if the classic play, though not really deserving of its platitudes.” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 24, 2013
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Brake (2012)
46%
2/5
“an idea for a short extended far beyond its creative shelf life” –
Filmcritic.com
Mar 22, 2012
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Last Days Here (2011)
86%
4/5
“For a heavy metal film, there is a lot of soul here.” –
Filmcritic.com
Mar 1, 2012
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Stagecoach (1939)
100%
4/5
“Classic, yet hopelessly dated.” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 10, 2012
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The Vow (2012)
31%
1.5/5
“a cross between Romantic Conflict for Dummies and Tepid Soup for the Soul” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 9, 2012
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W.E. (2011)
13%
2/5
“behaves better as a museum piece that should be framed, hung and admired than as a moving piece of cinema that encourages you to embrace and interact with it.” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 2, 2012
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
75%
3/5
“It's an odd and unique testament to 1940s' zeitgeist, a period of hope and despair, both of which are reflected in Ms. Foyle.” –
Filmcritic.com
Jan 31, 2012
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The Grey (2012)
80%
4/5
“In this vast expanse of hopelessness, The Grey is a rare mainstream action picture, exploratory in genre and of whatever lies beyond” –
Filmcritic.com
Jan 26, 2012
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Newlyweds (2011)
73%
4/5
“Okay, so he's not Woody Allen. That's setting the bar a bit too high. But for Burns, he's never been better.” –
Filmcritic.com
Jan 12, 2012
Full Review
I Melt With You (2011)
16%
2/5
“Good Lord, is this what's waiting on the other side of 40?” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 8, 2011
Full Review
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
74%
4.5/5
“It's not gonna be a pleasant chat.” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 1, 2011
Full Review
Rampart (2011)
73%
2/5
“all atmosphere and paranoia but little in the way of momentum” –
Filmcritic.com
Nov 23, 2011
Full Review
Arthur Christmas (2011)
92%
3.5/5
“quiet and intimate” –
Filmcritic.com
Nov 23, 2011
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Another Happy Day (2011)
47%
2.5/5
“Writer/director Sam Levinson isn't so much making a movie as organizing a circus” –
Filmcritic.com
Nov 17, 2011
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Jack and Jill (2011)
3%
2/5
“bad, but not abysmal” –
Filmcritic.com
Nov 10, 2011
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Anonymous (2011)
47%
2.5/5
“don't go into Roland Emmerich's Anonymous expecting some kind of enlightenment” –
Filmcritic.com
Oct 27, 2011
Full Review
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