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James Kendrick

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Biography:

James Kendrick is the film and video critic at QNetwork.com, where he has been writing reviews since 1998. From 1996 to 1998, he wrote reviews at his own, now defunct, web site, "Charle Don't Surf!" He is also an associate professor of film and digital media at Baylor University and the author of three books.

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Favorites:

Current All-Time Top 10 (Chronological Order)
Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

Critics' Group:
Location:

Waco, Texas

Official Website:

http://www.qnetwork.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Duel to the Death (1983) 83% 3.5/4 EDIT “earns its dramatic gravitas despite its diversions into slapstick humor and fantasy battle sequences” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 24, 2026 Full Review Corey Feldman vs the World (2025) 3/4 EDIT “The ying and the yang of the unintentional hilarity and deep sadness, surreal weirdness, and sexual creepiness that defines Feldman’s self-manufactured existence makes Corey Feldman vs. the World a challenging, disturbing, innervating watch” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 2.5/4 EDIT “has a sharp visual sensibility and satirical edge, but it doesn’t quite grab you the way it should, as the concept does most of the heavy lifting while the characters go through the motions” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Knock Off (1998) 9% 2/4 EDIT “If someone were to make a parody of what an avant-garde Jean-Claude Van Damme Hong Kong action comedy might look like, Knock Off is a good approximation.” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Double Impact (1991) 33% 3/4 EDIT “Van Damme clearly enjoyed the competing roles, and watching him glower and chomp on a cigar as Alex makes one wish he had been cast as the villain more frequently.” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 95% 4/4 EDIT “a beautiful, moving work of simultaneous depth and simplicity, honing in on various tensions both large and small that define our relationships with our loved ones” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 89% 3/4 EDIT “curates the familiar with enough assuredness that the film can sustain quite a bit of ambiguity, making it more intriguing than the typical, star-powered crime thriller.” – Q Network Film Desk Mar 23, 2026 Full Review A Xiu-lo (Saga of the Phoenix) (1990) 2.5/4 EDIT “The film’s biggest sin is sidelining the great martial artist Biao Yuen, the star of the previous film, for nearly half of its running time by freezing him in a block of ice.” – Q Network Film Desk Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Frightmare (1981) 2/4 EDIT “primarily about misty atmosphere and the kind of over-the-top theatrics that act as cover for acting deficits and narrative holes—of which there are many” – Q Network Film Desk Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 77% 3.5/4 EDIT “There is a genuine, old-school ethos of togetherness and a vibrant work ethic that roots the film’s unlikely story arc in a rich vein of tangible humanity.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT “a sly, skewering thriller of ideas and socioeconomic preconceptions” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 24, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/4 EDIT “It is not for the faint of heart, nor for those who aren’t familiar with the denizens of the benthic underwater city of Bikini Bottom, nor for those who don’t like lots of butt jokes. Because there are a lot.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “The Plague is director Charlie Polinger’s feature debut after 15 years of making short films, and he is clearly an emerging master of mood and atmosphere, although at the expense of character.” – Q Network Film Desk Jan 3, 2026 Full Review David (2025) 78% 3/4 EDIT “while the film's depiction of David certainly simplifies the arc of his Biblical narrative, it plays into the film’s ultimate goal of being spiritually uplifting and confirming of the power of faith” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Howards End (1992) 94% 4/4 EDIT “the story is fundamentally about the social upheavals of England at the turn of the 20th century, but it enthralls today because its characters are so resolutely and recognizably human” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 31, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “It blisters with cutting invective aimed at how the callousness of capitalism does not just destroy good men, but turns them into monsters. The fact that much of it is darkly comical only sharpens its edges.” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 3/4 EDIT “There are a lot of twists and turns and hyper-funny action sequences, but the movie is constantly moored by the heart-and-soul ethos embodied by Judy and Nick’s odd-couple chemistry” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Altered States (1980) 86% 3/4 EDIT “merges science fiction with heady counterculture drug-speak, producing an overheated mishmash in which technology and spirituality unlock the secrets of human evolution” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 2/4 EDIT “raises tons of questions, offers no answers, and then sits back in the smug assurance that simply raising difficult issues is a victory of great moral and artistic virtue” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “Del Toro reimagines Frankenstein in a way that is marvelous and compelling and unique and, for the most part, quite faithful to Shelley’s novel” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Burden of Dreams (1982) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “a portrait of filmmaking as a dangerous, potentially deadly obsession, even in the face of nearly insurmountable obstacles” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Souleymane's Story (2024) 100% 3/4 EDIT “The film’s lasting impression resides in its nuanced depictions of the power structures that reach all the way down to the lowest rungs of society, where the fight for survival is paramount at every turn.” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review High and Low (1963) 97% EDIT “an expertly crafted mystery thriller whose story of a kidnapping and its aftermath is woven through with a particularly acute portrait of the decay of modern Japan” – Q Network Film Desk Dec 26, 2025 Full Review John Candy: I Like Me (2025) 89% 3/4 EDIT “if the numerous interviewees are to be believed, Candy was a genuinely good guy, which makes him a refreshing subject given how inured we have become to corruption, malfeasance, and generally awful behavior by celebrities and politicians.” – Q Network Film Desk Nov 2, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% 3.5/4 EDIT “Those who know more will likely quibble over the details, but on the whole A House of Dynamite is a powerful, enthralling drama that is hard, if not impossible, to shake.” – Q Network Film Desk Nov 2, 2025 Full Review
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