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Jon Niccum

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Biography:

I am currently a full-time writer and frequent contributor to the Kansas City Star. Prior to that I spent 10 years as Entertainment Editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and seven years as music/film editor at Kansas City's The Pitch. I joined the Kansas City Film Critics Circle in 1994. I was the president of the organization from 2003-2007. I have a degree in film criticism from the University of Kansas.

Favorites:

The Godfather, Shane, 12 Angry Men, Alien, Almost Famous, Taxi Driver, Aguirre, Wrath of God, Run Lola Run, Unforgiven, Once, The Incredibles, The Conversation, Psycho, Blowup

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Location:

Lawrence, KS

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4/5 “Fine 온라인카지노추천 production, marked by an exceptional first episode” – Lawrence Journal-World Feb 21, 2021 Full Review Annabelle: Creation (2017) 70% 2/4 “"Annabelle: Creation" carries no forward momentum. There's no ticking clock. No kidnapped victim to save. No mystery to solve. The characters snoop around and then wait for something bad to happen. Then they do it again.” – Kansas City Star Aug 10, 2017 Full Review Dunkirk (2017) 92% 3/4 “The finest war movies examine the personal struggles within the larger framework of a battle: the eye-level conflict. That's the strategy of "Dunkirk," an ambitious, evocative (but at times too aloof) World War II epic.” – Kansas City Star Jul 20, 2017 Full Review War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 94% 2.5/4 “"War" functions as both a payback Western and a road movie before settling into an "Avatar"-style death match pitting nature versus technology.” – Kansas City Star Jul 13, 2017 Full Review Despicable Me 3 (2017) 59% 2/4 “A restless movie that gets distracted as easily as the Minions themselves.” – Kansas City Star Jun 28, 2017 Full Review Rough Night (2017) 45% 2.5/4 “Instead of merely being a noisy showcase for the cast's improv comedy background, the story sticks to a linear plot that often finds room for more personal moments.” – Kansas City Star Jun 15, 2017 Full Review Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) 87% 2.5/4 “With animation and superheroes overcrowding the multiplex, the burnout factor looms large for an animated superhero. Fortunately, "Captain Underpants" flies to the rescue of both genres.” – Kansas City Star May 31, 2017 Full Review Wonder Woman (2017) 93% 2.5/4 “... the lone DC Comics project this century not directed by Christopher Nolan that delivers on its advance expectations.” – Kansas City Star May 31, 2017 Full Review Baywatch (2017) 18% 1.5/4 “Too bad Johnson's formidable powers don't extend to resuscitating the rest of "Baywatch," a film soon revealed to be dead on arrival.” – Kansas City Star May 23, 2017 Full Review Everything, Everything (2017) 45% 2/4 “They're interesting as a romantic couple when a glass barrier separates them. Without it, these teens are just as dull as any others.” – Kansas City Star May 18, 2017 Full Review Snatched (2017) 36% 2.5/4 “Schumer may dispense the raunchier punchlines, but Hawn grounds the movie, preventing an exaggerated situation from succumbing to its own silliness.” – Kansas City Star May 11, 2017 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) 85% 3/4 “Like the classic rock soundtrack powering this picture, the hits outweigh the misses, yet there are times when one is tempted to press the fast-forward button.” – Kansas City Star May 4, 2017 Full Review The Fate of the Furious (2017) 67% 2.5/4 “It hardly matters anymore that nothing of actual substance can be found under the hood of "The Fate of the Furious." Despite themes of brotherhood and redemption, this souped-up vehicle is built for speed, not comfort.” – Kansas City Star Apr 13, 2017 Full Review Colossal (2016) 82% 2.5/4 “Vigalondo ... keeps this wacky premise from self-destructing by virtue of his patience. Each new plot beat gets doled out slowly so that the viewer can savor the mystery en route to what exactly is going on.” – Kansas City Star Apr 13, 2017 Full Review The Boss Baby (2017) 53% 2.5/4 “As the title character, Baldwin capitalizes on delivering harsh truths with a kind of matter-of-fact detachment, which helps carry this imaginative animated comedy beyond its wobbly premise.” – Kansas City Star Mar 30, 2017 Full Review Wilson (2017) 47% 2/4 “an uneven, often aggressively unlikable tale of awkward folks making rotten decisions.” – Kansas City Star Mar 23, 2017 Full Review Kong: Skull Island (2017) 76% 2.5/4 “A metaphor for America's involvement in foreign wars? A contrast between the majesty of nature and the limitations of man? An argument that big is indeed better? Sort of.” – Kansas City Star Mar 9, 2017 Full Review Get Out (2017) 98% 3.5/4 “... layered with racial subtext regarding slavery, master-race ideology and liberal guilt that weaves throughout the movie in unexpected callbacks.” – Kansas City Star Feb 23, 2017 Full Review Fist Fight (2017) 25% 2/4 “One more vehicle in which filmmakers rely on the improvisational skills of their cast to fill out a one-note idea.” – Kansas City Star Feb 16, 2017 Full Review John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) 89% 2.5/4 “The fringe details save the project from degenerating into homicidal overkill.” – Kansas City Star Feb 9, 2017 Full Review A Dog's Purpose (2017) 35% 2.5/4 “Hallstrm and screenwriter Cathryn Michon's adaptation may not contain the subtext of the best-selling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, yet it does capture the sentiment.” – Kansas City Star Jan 26, 2017 Full Review Split (2017) 79% 2.5/4 “For all its genre trappings, "Split" comes from a cerebral perspective. Or at least one more concerned with psychology than gory physiology.” – Kansas City Star Jan 19, 2017 Full Review Patriots Day (2016) 80% 3/4 “An engrossing procedural that immerses us within the tragedy that killed three and injured hundreds more.” – Kansas City Star Jan 12, 2017 Full Review A Monster Calls (2016) 86% 3/4 “... a moving story that supplies genuine life lessons.” – Kansas City Star Jan 5, 2017 Full Review Why Him? (2016) 40% 2/4 “If the movie's climax relies on conning your famous friends to make an appearance, it might be better to shift those funds toward a rewrite.” – Kansas City Star Dec 22, 2016 Full Review
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