jay
kevin
Kevin is the only serious threat to Jay's dominance as King Critic. If the JMDb were a boy band he'd be the bad boy.
Kevin was the logistics man behind Kevin & Jay's famed and unmatched 1993 feat of the four-movie four-theater day. Using the map of Manhattan as a chessboard (see Knight Moves (1992)), Kevin artfully aligned the now-famous path of movie theaters and subway platforms that culminated with the triumphant viewing of Fortress at the Waverly.
Kevin is very good at keeping secrets.
Kevin was the logistics man behind Kevin & Jay's famed and unmatched 1993 feat of the four-movie four-theater day. Using the map of Manhattan as a chessboard (see Knight Moves (1992)), Kevin artfully aligned the now-famous path of movie theaters and subway platforms that culminated with the triumphant viewing of Fortress at the Waverly.
Kevin is very good at keeping secrets.
1. Three Favorite Movies:
Apocalypse Now
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Quiz Show
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Meatballs 3D
3. Most underrated movie:
Ishtar
4. Most overrated movie:
Terms of Endearment
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Stripes
Annie Hall
No Nukes
Big Wednesday
6. Guilty pleasure:
Cheerleader movies, of course.
7. My First Date Movie:
Manhattan, Millbrae 3, Millbrae, CA; my date was Seb Hipps.
8. First R-rated Movie:
Summer of '42, Burlingame Drive-In, Burlingame, CA
9. Favorite Theaters:
UA Coronet, San Francisco, CA
The Ziegfeld, New York, NY
Balboa, San Francisco, CA
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Lincoln Plaza Cinema, New York, NY
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Mother's Striped Shortbread Cookies and two bottles of water, all snuck into theater with great subtlety.
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
Nine rows up, on the right.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Saturday matinee.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
John Cusack
Juliette Binoche
Hugh Grant
Jean-Claude van Damme
15. My favorite song in a movie:
"Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan in The Wonder Boys
"More than a Feeling" by Boston in She's Having a Baby
"Until the End of the World" by Nick Cave in Until the End of the World
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Storytelling (Belle & Sebastian)
Virgin Suicides (Air)
17. My favorite preview:
Red Dawn
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Good does not always triumph over evil." --Apocalypse Now
"It just doesn't matter." --Meatballs
"First prize: Steak knives; second prize: you're fired." --Glengarry Glen Ross
"Can I move?" --Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Apocalypse Now
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Quiz Show
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Meatballs 3D
3. Most underrated movie:
Ishtar
4. Most overrated movie:
Terms of Endearment
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Stripes
Annie Hall
No Nukes
Big Wednesday
6. Guilty pleasure:
Cheerleader movies, of course.
7. My First Date Movie:
Manhattan, Millbrae 3, Millbrae, CA; my date was Seb Hipps.
8. First R-rated Movie:
Summer of '42, Burlingame Drive-In, Burlingame, CA
9. Favorite Theaters:
UA Coronet, San Francisco, CA
The Ziegfeld, New York, NY
Balboa, San Francisco, CA
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Lincoln Plaza Cinema, New York, NY
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Mother's Striped Shortbread Cookies and two bottles of water, all snuck into theater with great subtlety.
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
Nine rows up, on the right.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Saturday matinee.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
John Cusack
Juliette Binoche
Hugh Grant
Jean-Claude van Damme
15. My favorite song in a movie:
"Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan in The Wonder Boys
"More than a Feeling" by Boston in She's Having a Baby
"Until the End of the World" by Nick Cave in Until the End of the World
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Storytelling (Belle & Sebastian)
Virgin Suicides (Air)
17. My favorite preview:
Red Dawn
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Good does not always triumph over evil." --Apocalypse Now
"It just doesn't matter." --Meatballs
"First prize: Steak knives; second prize: you're fired." --Glengarry Glen Ross
"Can I move?" --Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
julia
True to her English accent and impeccable manners, Julia touts a JMDb MIQ (Merchant/Ivory Quotient) in the high eights. Comparatively, the less graceful and unsmartly-dressed Kevin rates a shade under 4.9. Being a woman of contradictions, she is also drawn to all things Tom. (Cruise, that is.) Yes, even Minority Report got an 8.9.
Being a woman and a foreign national notwithstanding, Julia has done quite well in the boys' club that is the JMDb, mostly due to her considerable charm and her love of fine tequila.
Being a woman and a foreign national notwithstanding, Julia has done quite well in the boys' club that is the JMDb, mostly due to her considerable charm and her love of fine tequila.
1. Three Favorite Movies:
Jerry Maguire
Four Weddings and Funeral
Emma
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Swept Away
3. Most underrated movie:
Magnolia
4. Most overrated movie:
Most Robert De Niro movies in the last 10 years.
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Four Weddings and a Funeral
6. Guilty pleasure:
Supertroopers
Wet Hot American Summer
7. My First Date Movie:
Personal Services, 1987. It was a double date with my friend Jo and her boyfriend Tim; my date was Dave Nock.
We went to a theatre I'd never been to before and had drinks at the pub first. I had Advocaat. We kissed afterwards.
8. First R-rated Movie:
Dance with a Stranger
9. Favorite Theaters:
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
Mann National Theater, Los Angeles
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Universal City Walk
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Captain Morgan's rum in a flask; cheeseboard
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
On the left, about 1/2 way down in the aisle seat.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Friday or Sunday night.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Tom Cruise
Hugh Grant
Michael Douglas
John Cusack
Richard Gere
15. My favorite song in a movie:
Tom Cruise singing "Free Fallin'" in Jerry Maguire
"She" from Notting Hill
"Connected" by Stereo MCs in the Blow preview
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Moulin Rouge
Pulp Fiction
St Elmo's Fire
Evita
17. My favorite preview:
Mission Impossible II
Eyes Wide Shut
Secretary
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Bear-fucker" --Supertroopers
"I go here." --Legally Blonde
The Ocean's 11 Brad Pitt "corridor moment". It's pure genius and if you know it, you must love it too. (I know that's not a quote but there is no dialogue--just a look)
"You know what'd be super-duper sexy? If you lost all the clothes.." --Cruel Intentions
"It's not a memo--it's a mission statement.." --Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
Four Weddings and Funeral
Emma
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Swept Away
3. Most underrated movie:
Magnolia
4. Most overrated movie:
Most Robert De Niro movies in the last 10 years.
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Four Weddings and a Funeral
6. Guilty pleasure:
Supertroopers
Wet Hot American Summer
7. My First Date Movie:
Personal Services, 1987. It was a double date with my friend Jo and her boyfriend Tim; my date was Dave Nock.
We went to a theatre I'd never been to before and had drinks at the pub first. I had Advocaat. We kissed afterwards.
8. First R-rated Movie:
Dance with a Stranger
9. Favorite Theaters:
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
Mann National Theater, Los Angeles
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Universal City Walk
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Captain Morgan's rum in a flask; cheeseboard
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
On the left, about 1/2 way down in the aisle seat.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Friday or Sunday night.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Tom Cruise
Hugh Grant
Michael Douglas
John Cusack
Richard Gere
15. My favorite song in a movie:
Tom Cruise singing "Free Fallin'" in Jerry Maguire
"She" from Notting Hill
"Connected" by Stereo MCs in the Blow preview
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Moulin Rouge
Pulp Fiction
St Elmo's Fire
Evita
17. My favorite preview:
Mission Impossible II
Eyes Wide Shut
Secretary
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Bear-fucker" --Supertroopers
"I go here." --Legally Blonde
The Ocean's 11 Brad Pitt "corridor moment". It's pure genius and if you know it, you must love it too. (I know that's not a quote but there is no dialogue--just a look)
"You know what'd be super-duper sexy? If you lost all the clothes.." --Cruel Intentions
"It's not a memo--it's a mission statement.." --Jerry Maguire
alon
Alon puts the Db in JMDb.
He's excited to be a part of the JMDb, but the truth is that movies are mostly just a popcorn delivery system for him.
He's excited to be a part of the JMDb, but the truth is that movies are mostly just a popcorn delivery system for him.
1. Three Favorite Movies:
Lost in Translation
The Graduate
Winter's Bone
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
3. Most underrated movie:
Hudson Hawk
4. Most overrated movie:
Minority Report
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. Guilty pleasure:
The Muscles from Brussels: Jean-Claude Van Damme
7. My First Date Movie:
It was the spring of 1990 and her name was Megan. We saw that classic Dabney Coleman comedy, Short Time at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. We didn't kiss and I never saw her again, but we had a very serious phone relationship for several weeks.
8. First R-rated Movie:
The Jerk. My dad rented it for me.
9. Favorite Theaters:
The Landmark, Los Angeles
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
Laemmle Town Center 5, Encino (mostly for sentimental reasons)
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Any theater that serves bagged popcorn.
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Large popcorn, no butter. If you get Buncha Crunch, I will have some.
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
The first row of the second section, so I can put my feet on the railing.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Wednesday night, 10:00pm, full from dinner, but eating a large popcorn anyway.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Tom Hardy
The Rock
Miles Teller
Michael Peña
Jessica Chastain
Idris Elba
15. My favorite song in a movie:
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Requiem for a Dream
Pulp Fiction
17. My favorite preview:
Dark City (much better than the actual movie, like a preview should be)
Twister (the one that's completely dark except when lightning flashes)
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Hey, Cameron. You realize if we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?"
--Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"Imagine the worst thing that could possibly happen. Then imagine that it happened. Damaged people are dangerous, because they know they can survive."
--Damage
Man With No Name: You may run the risks, my friend, but I do the cutting. We cut down my percentage---uh, cigar?---liable to interfere with my aim.
Tuco: But if you miss you had better miss very well. Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.
-- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Lost in Translation
The Graduate
Winter's Bone
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
3. Most underrated movie:
Hudson Hawk
4. Most overrated movie:
Minority Report
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. Guilty pleasure:
The Muscles from Brussels: Jean-Claude Van Damme
7. My First Date Movie:
It was the spring of 1990 and her name was Megan. We saw that classic Dabney Coleman comedy, Short Time at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. We didn't kiss and I never saw her again, but we had a very serious phone relationship for several weeks.
8. First R-rated Movie:
The Jerk. My dad rented it for me.
9. Favorite Theaters:
The Landmark, Los Angeles
Mann Village Theater, Los Angeles
Laemmle Town Center 5, Encino (mostly for sentimental reasons)
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Any theater that serves bagged popcorn.
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Large popcorn, no butter. If you get Buncha Crunch, I will have some.
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
The first row of the second section, so I can put my feet on the railing.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
Wednesday night, 10:00pm, full from dinner, but eating a large popcorn anyway.
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Tom Hardy
The Rock
Miles Teller
Michael Peña
Jessica Chastain
Idris Elba
15. My favorite song in a movie:
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Requiem for a Dream
Pulp Fiction
17. My favorite preview:
Dark City (much better than the actual movie, like a preview should be)
Twister (the one that's completely dark except when lightning flashes)
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Hey, Cameron. You realize if we played by the rules right now we'd be in gym?"
--Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"Imagine the worst thing that could possibly happen. Then imagine that it happened. Damaged people are dangerous, because they know they can survive."
--Damage
Man With No Name: You may run the risks, my friend, but I do the cutting. We cut down my percentage---uh, cigar?---liable to interfere with my aim.
Tuco: But if you miss you had better miss very well. Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.
-- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
jeff
Jeff is a voracious consumer of content on the big and small screens. No movie is too blockbustery. No show is too obscure.
Jeff's uncanny memory for actors is as broad as it is deep. He says things like, "I thought the guy who played the villain was great. I've been a fan of his since that Lithuanian public access show he did in the early 90s."
Jeff's uncanny memory for actors is as broad as it is deep. He says things like, "I thought the guy who played the villain was great. I've been a fan of his since that Lithuanian public access show he did in the early 90s."
1. Three Favorite Movies:
The Godfather
Royal Tannenbaums
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Saving Private Ryan
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Avatar
3. Most underrated movie:
Dredd
4. Most overrated movie:
Moonrise Kingdom
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
The Matrix
6. Guilty pleasure:
John Wick
7. My First Date Movie:
My brother was an usher in the local movie theater and got us into the midnight showing of Pink Floyd's The Wall. NOT a romantic film. At one point we kicked over our empty bottles, which brought some much needed levity to the evening.
8. First R-rated Movie:
In a theater it was family movie night on vacation in Myrtle Beach: John Boorman's Excalibur. This was the beginning of my lifelong crush on Dame Helen Mirren, which really took root with The Mosquito Coast a few years later.
9. Favorite Theaters:
The Little Theater in Rochester, NY
Sprague Hall in New Haven, CT
The Landmark in Los Angeles, CA
The Crest in Westwood, CA
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Regency 6 in NoHo, CA
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Popcorn with too much butter and salt with Mello Yello
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
Pretty much dead center by every measure.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
10:00 on a week night
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Melissa McCarthy
Jonah Hill
Sam Rockwell
Emily Blunt
Michelle Williams
Jordan Peele
15. My favorite song in a movie:
Falling Slowly from Once
A Step You Can't Take Back from Begin Again
Up from Sing Street
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. My favorite preview:
The Raid: Redemption
Being John Malkovich
The Grand Budapest Hotel
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Who the fuck are you?"
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
- The Departed
"Hey, Malkovich, think fast!" - Being John Malkovich
"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence." - Star Trek
"Fuck you, shit head fuck face. Get the fuck out of my face." - adorable animated character in Her
"And to all you good people in the Midwest, sorry we said fuck so much." - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Godfather
Royal Tannenbaums
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Saving Private Ryan
2. Least Favorite Movie:
Avatar
3. Most underrated movie:
Dredd
4. Most overrated movie:
Moonrise Kingdom
5. Movie that I've seen the most:
The Matrix
6. Guilty pleasure:
John Wick
7. My First Date Movie:
My brother was an usher in the local movie theater and got us into the midnight showing of Pink Floyd's The Wall. NOT a romantic film. At one point we kicked over our empty bottles, which brought some much needed levity to the evening.
8. First R-rated Movie:
In a theater it was family movie night on vacation in Myrtle Beach: John Boorman's Excalibur. This was the beginning of my lifelong crush on Dame Helen Mirren, which really took root with The Mosquito Coast a few years later.
9. Favorite Theaters:
The Little Theater in Rochester, NY
Sprague Hall in New Haven, CT
The Landmark in Los Angeles, CA
The Crest in Westwood, CA
10. Least Favorite Theater:
Regency 6 in NoHo, CA
11. Food/Beverage Most Likely to be Eating at the Movies:
Popcorn with too much butter and salt with Mello Yello
12. Where I can be found in a theater:
Pretty much dead center by every measure.
13. Showtime I'm most likely to be attending:
10:00 on a week night
14. Actors/Actresses that are most likely to inspire attendance on opening night:
Melissa McCarthy
Jonah Hill
Sam Rockwell
Emily Blunt
Michelle Williams
Jordan Peele
15. My favorite song in a movie:
Falling Slowly from Once
A Step You Can't Take Back from Begin Again
Up from Sing Street
16. My favorite soundtrack or score:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. My favorite preview:
The Raid: Redemption
Being John Malkovich
The Grand Budapest Hotel
18. Favorite movie quote:
"Who the fuck are you?"
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
- The Departed
"Hey, Malkovich, think fast!" - Being John Malkovich
"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence." - Star Trek
"Fuck you, shit head fuck face. Get the fuck out of my face." - adorable animated character in Her
"And to all you good people in the Midwest, sorry we said fuck so much." - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang