" James Berardinelli also gave the film three stars out of four, saying that " the intelligence and subtlety of The Rainmaker took me by surprise " and that the film " stands above any other filmed Grisham adaptation ".

During its North American limited theatrical release in 2002, the critic James Berardinelli wrote, " The stories of these ... characters are told in a disgustingly graphic, obscenely offbeat, and caustically funny manner.

James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave Generations two and a half stars out of four, saying: " Despite a reasonably original story line, familiar characters, first rate special effects, and the hallmark meeting between Captains Kirk and Picard, there's something fundamentally dissatisfying about movie.

" James Berardinelli praised it for " energy and tautness " and its " thought-provoking script and thematic richness.

" In the book Reel Views 2, James Berardinelli comments, " James Cameron's The Abyss may be the most extreme example of an available movie that demonstrates how the vision of a director, once fully realized on screen, can transform a good motion picture into a great one.

Film historian and reviewer James Berardinelli elaborated on the parallels between this film and the classic Dickens tale A Christmas Carol.

Film critics Dave Kehr and James Berardinelli have also praised the film in the years since.

In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, “ Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

* Boxing Helena, A Film Review by James Berardinelli

James Berardinelli wrote that Mirkin " brings a lot of energy to the production, always keeping things moving ," while Jack Matthews of The Los Angeles Times says Mirkin " knew exactly what he had here and composed it like frames in a comic strip, ordering cheerful snow-cone colors for everything from the girls ' childlike outfits to the decor of a Laundromat.

" Web critic James Berardinelli praised the " superb performances by Fiennes ," and said " John Turturro is exceptional as the uncharismatic Herbie Stempel.

James Berardinelli felt " Close Encounters is still unquestionably a great movie.

Meanwhile, James Berardinelli wrote that the film " has inexplicably managed to eliminate almost everything that was worthwhile about Dial M for Murder, leaving behind the nearly-unwatchable wreckage of a would-be ' 90s thriller.

Though some critics found that Keaton was underused in the film, the actress was generally praised for performance, with James Berardinelli of ReelViews noting that " Diane Keaton is so good at her part that one can see her sliding effortlessly into an anchor's chair on a real morning show.

Prolific web reviewer James Berardinelli awarded the film three-and-one-half stars out of a possible four :" Like John Woo, Tsui Hark, and other directors who learned their craft in Hong Kong, Wong infuses his films with style and energy.

Conversely, online critic James Berardinelli spoke poorly of the film, giving it a mere two-and-a-half out of a possible four stars and stating, " At its best, Peter's Friends is warm, touching, and funny.

James Berardinelli liked the film's approach of " not being the casual summer blockbuster with special effects ," and he likened Carrey's ", understated and effective " performance to those of Tom Hanks and James Stewart.

James Berardinelli of the website ReelReviews wrote that the film was, “ As profound and intelligent as it is moving, and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996's best .” Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times spoke positively of the film saying that while the ending “… lays on the emotion a little heavily ” the movie had been up until that point “… a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle — almost a courtroom movie, with the desert as the courtroom .”

In his review in Reel Views, James Berardinelli gave the film three and a half stars out of four, calling it " a fragment of cinematic whimsy -- a genial dramatic comedy that defies both our expectations and those of the characters.

" James Berardinelli gave it 2½ out of 4 stars, saying it was " mostly a middling road picture that doesn't do a lot more than any average, forgettable entry into the tired genre.

" Film critic James Berardinelli also liked the film and the screenplay, writing, " It would have been easy to trivialize Selena's story, turning it into a sudsy, made-for-TV type motion picture.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that " fierce, funny, exasperating and deeply affecting portrayal commands attention "; James Berardinelli claimed, " There are times when it's uncomfortable to watch this performance because it's so powerful ", while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said " Leigh ’ s exceptional performance tears you apart ... we've never seen anything like it before.

Under the Labour government of James Callaghan, a review by Lord Beswick had led to the reprieve of the so-called ' Beswick plants ', for social reasons, but subsequent governments were obliged under EU rules to withdraw subsidies.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

Olivier's 1937 performance at the Old Vic Theatre was popular with audiences but not with critics, with James Agate writing in a famous review in The Sunday Times, " Mr. Olivier does not speak poetry badly.

In a review of Jerzy Kosiński: A Biography by James Park Sloan, D. G. Myers, Associate Professor of English at Texas A & M University wrote " For years Kosinski passed off The Painted Bird as the true story of his own experience during the Holocaust.

Myers responded to Blacker's assertions in his review of Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography by James Park Sloan:

* James Berardinelli's review on Monty Python's Life of Brian

Furthermore, it has been argued that the Supreme Court should have been able to issue the writ on original jurisdiction based on the fact that Article III of the Constitution granted it the right to review on original jurisdiction " all cases affecting … public ministers and consuls ," and that James Madison, Secretary of State at the time and defendant of the suit, should have fallen into that category of a " public minister consul.

Thomas Young's work is acknowledged in Champollion's 1822 Lettre à M. Dacier, but incompletely, according to British critics: for example, James Browne, a sub-editor on the Encyclopædia Britannica ( which had published Young's 1819 article ), contributed anonymously a series of review articles to the Edinburgh Review in 1823, praising Young's work highly and alleging that the " unscrupulous " Champollion plagiarised it.

" In a review for The New York Times, Caryn James called When Harry Met Sally ... an " often funny but amazingly hollow film " that " romanticized lives of intelligent, successful, neurotic New Yorkers "; James characterized it as " the sitcom version of a Woody Allen film, full of amusing lines and scenes, all infused with an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu ".

" In her review for The New York Times, Caryn James claimed that the film had " at least four endings ," and " by the time the last ending of this two-and-a-quarter-hour film comes along, the effect is like getting off a demon roller coaster that has kept racing several laps after you were ready to get off.

" James Sandoe in his book review for the New York Herald Tribune was very positive about Dr. No and thought that it was " the most artfully bold, dizzyingly poised thriller of the decade.

In a review published in Mojo magazine following the film's 2007 reissue, James McNair gave the film four out of five stars and wrote:

Derek Zumsteg of Baseball Prospectus wrote an exhaustive review of the case James made and concluded: " James ' defense of Rose is filled with oversights, errors in judgment, failures in research, and is a great disservice to the many people who have looked to him for a balanced and fair take on this complicated and important issue.

James Agee, in his review for The Dark Mirror ( 1946 ), noted the change, and stated that although she had always been " one of the prettiest women in movies ", her recent performances had proven her acting ability.

The building, which was designed by architects Steve Johnson and James Favaro, received a favorable review in the Los Angeles Times that ended by calling the it "... a tremendously encouraging achievement ".

Rupert played a key part in the conferences held by the Duke of York in 1665 to review tactics and operational methods from the first Dutch war, and put these into practice before the St James Day battle.

Maxwell claims that key Council on Foreign Relations members, acting at Kissinger's behest, put pressure on Foreign Affairs editor, James Hoge, to give the last word in a subsequent exchange about the review to William D. Rogers, a close associate of Kissinger, rather than to Maxwell ; this went against established Foreign Affairs policy.

Shortly after its publication, writing for The New York Times, Nash K. Burger called it " an unusually brilliant novel ," while James Stern wrote an admiring review of the book in a voice imitating Holden's.

* Memorial of Sir James Thornhill ( The Gentlemen's magazine and historical review, Volume 195, Jan 1855 ) p486 ff.

However, it was well known and brief references to it can be found in a review by Marcel Mauss, Durkheim's nephew, in the articles of William James and in the works of Sigmund Freud.

* PopMatters review by James Withers