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Rotten Tomatoes Names “Black Panther” & “Roma” Best Reviewed Films Of 2018

January 11, 2019 12:33 pm

Forget the Oscars. And we all know those Golden Globes were downright terrible. The real awards have already been given - the Golden Tomatoes. That’s right, it’s that time of year again, where Rotten Tomatoes (...

Rotten Tomatoes Introduces Policy Of Vetting Critics And Giving Them An Official Stamp Of Approval

Charles Barfield

August 28, 2018 4:50 pm

News

There’s a lot of misunderstanding that is inherent with a review aggregating site like Rotten Tomatoes. First, the Tomatometer score (between 0 and 100%) seems to be the end-all, be-all for films nowadays. Even...

MoviePass Is Planning A Rotten Tomatoes-Like Service And Other “Disruptions” Over The Next 90 Days

Charles Barfield

July 24, 2018 4:02 pm

News

With the dire financial news and sudden competition from AMC, you would think that MoviePass is on the brink of doom. Well, according to the CEO of Helios & Matheson (parent company of MoviePass), that’s no...

Did MoviePass Actually Manipulate The Audience Score For ‘Gotti?’

Charles Barfield

June 20, 2018 1:08 pm

Box Office, News

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Yesterday, we talked about a new social media ad for John Travolta’s new film "Gotti." The ad claimed that while critics hated the film (it has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences have embraced the film. The ad...

Martin Scorsese Blames Rotten Tomatoes And CinemaScore For The “Devaluation of Cinema”

Charles Barfield

April 30, 2018 5:07 pm

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Martin Scorsese was recently awarded the Robert Osborne Award at the TCM Film Festival. The Osborne Award is presented to the individual “whose work has helped keep the cultural heritage of classic films alive ...

IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes Top Films Of 2017

Kevin Jagernauth

December 28, 2017 2:58 pm

News

Santa Claus may have come and gone, but in the film world, everyone is still making their list and checking it twice. There's just a few days left on the calendar for 2017, and everyone is sharing their rundown...

All Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh Films For 2017

Kevin Jagernauth

December 28, 2017 2:30 pm

News

As I wrote in our Most Underrated & Overrated Of 2017 feature, I would be beyond thrilled if the obsession over Rotten Tomatoes scores ended the moment the clock strikes 12:01 AM on January 1, 2018. But unt...

Rotten Tomatoes Denies Bots Tampered With ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Audience Score

Edward Davis

December 22, 2017 9:17 am

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The movie world would be a better place if we all stopped obsessing over Rotten Tomatoes. However, the reduction of movies to a numerical score eliminates the need for any complex thought about the medium, whic...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Scoring Lower With Audiences On Rotten Tomatoes

Kevin Jagernauth

December 15, 2017 2:17 pm

News

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All year long, film culture has been paying way too much attention to Rotten Tomatoes scores. In the end, any site that leads to a reduction of a film to binary terms such as Fresh and Rotten, is adding nothing...

‘Lady Bird’ Becomes All-Time, Best-Reviewed Movie On Rotten Tomatoes

Kevin Jagernauth

November 27, 2017 12:33 pm

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All year long, studios have been griping about low Rotten Tomatoes scores ruining the box office prospects of their tentpole movies. Of course, the solution is to make better movies, but executives don't really...

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