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The Playlist Has The 8th Most Contrarian Critic According To Science

December 7, 2017 4:30 pm

The methodology is weird, and the concept is strange, but the folks at Gizmodo (god bless 'em) have used actual science to calculate which film critic is the most contrarian. Now, before you yell "Armond White!...

Leonard Maltin Says There Are “No Standards” In Modern Film Criticism

Charles Barfield

July 12, 2017 10:37 am

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In the good old days, you used to run out to get your newspaper to read about the upcoming films in theaters. Normally, you’d go to your local film critic’s article and read it from beginning to end, where that...

Critics Want What You Want: Good Movies, Period

Rodrigo Perez

May 31, 2017 2:58 pm

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In case you somehow missed it, the hubbub yesterday was reported talk of studios considering eliminating critic screenings because "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" underperformed (domestically...

Beef Watch: Movie Critic Dick-Battling Edition

Rodrigo Perez

April 25, 2008 5:41 pm

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We can't decide who matter less, music critics or film critics. Sure Roger Ebert is a household name and there's no real analogous person for music, but we tend to think music critics are slightly better known?...

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