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SCOTT WEINBERG
Scott Weinberg

PUBLICATION(S)
• Apollo Guide
• Cinematical
• Daily-Reviews
• DVD Clinic
• DVDTalk.com
• eFilmCritic.com
• FEARnet
• Hollywood Bitchslap
• Horror.com
• Monsters At Play
• Movie Insider
• Rotten Tomatoes

BIOGRAPHY
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sweinberg // Born and raised in Philadelphia, I got bit by the movie bug at a very early age. After my father brought home a massive Betamax, I began hanging out at the local Video Village (anyone remember those?) and they put me to work. For a few hours of work after school, I got all the free rentals I could handle. (If I told you how many movies I watched between the ages of 13-20, you wouldn't believe it...and yes, I did have a social life!) From West Coast Video to General Cinemas to Tower Video... if it dealt with movies, I worked there. After studying journalism and film at Temple University, I found myself quite unemployed. The Internet afforded me the option to pursue my goal of becoming a film critic, and it's a wonderful life indeed. Hopefully impressive-sounding resumé-type bio-blurb: Scott Weinberg is the author of over 1,900 movie reviews and is currently a member of the Online Film Critics Society, an organization that represents over 190 of the world's finest online film critics. Scott is the Managing Editor of eFilmCritic.com / HollywoodBitchslap.com, where he focuses on new theatrical releases, classics on DVD, cult films both obscure and atrocious, and extensive coverage of the Sundance, South By Southwest, Toronto, and Philadelphia film festivals. His reviews can also be found on websites such as Cinematical, DVD Talk, JoBlo's Movie Emporium (DVD Clinic), Horror.com, Daily-Reviews.com, The Apollo Movie Guide, Monsters at Play, MrSkin.com, and Netflix, while his opinionated movie rants can regularly be heard on WGN radio in Chicago and WMET radio in Washington D.C. Scott also writes features (and the daily Newsday Reports) for Rotten Tomatoes ... plus he just started doing a DVD column for Femme Fatales Magazine, which is pretty darn cool for a geek like him.
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Total Reviews: 5386
Total QuickRatings: 2141

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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5 Let the Right One In
4.5/5 Stuck
4/5 Frontier(s)
3.5/5 Death Defying Acts
3/5 The Passage
2.5/5 Return to House on Haunted Hill
2/5 Postal
1.5/5 Cutting Class
1/5 Mr. Woodcock
0.5/5 Meet the Spartans
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5 The Dark Knight
5/5 Let the Right One In
5/5 Juno
5/5 Silence of the Lambs
5/5 Rocky
5/5 The Dead Zone
5/5 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
5/5 Network
5/5 The Producers
5/5 King Kong
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WORST REVIEWED
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0.5/5 Meet the Spartans
0.5/5 The Simple Life 4: 'Til Death Do Us Part
1/5 Prom Night
1/5 Adventures of Power
1/5 In the Spider's Web
1/5 Deck the Halls
1/5 Mr. Woodcock
1/5 Halloween
1/5 Bratz: The Movie
1/5 I Know Who Killed Me
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

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3/5
 
"It's not really a scary movie, no matter how you slice it, but this remake offers plenty of the stuff promised in the title, in addition to a divertingly circuitous "whodunnit" aspect that works a bit better than one would expect." -- Cinematical
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Wizard Of Gore (2008)n/a
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2.5/5
 
"Just maybe worthy of a bored afternoon, provided you're either A) 14 years old, or B) a longtime fan of the "quest" movies and you want something to poke a little fun at. (Or maybe not.)" -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"It's the kind of easy target that most film critics enjoy savaging, but I choose to look a little more closely at movies like this. Empty-headed and powerfully familiar, yes, boring and poorly-made ... no way. " -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Death Race (2008)40%
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3.5/5
 
"For all its surprising little merits, Starship Troopers 3 still works as a piece of cheesy B-grade cinema fun." -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 19, 2008
 
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)n/a
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3/5
 
"It's not much of a compliment to call Mirrors "considerably better than Shutter, Pulse, or One Missed Call," but the flick is just good enough to make one wish it had shown up before those turkeys." -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 15, 2008
 
Mirrors (2008)15%
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4/5
 
"The best flick of its kind since Lewis Teague's drive-in classic Alligator. And that was 1980." -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 5, 2008
 
Rogue (2008)100%
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1.5/5
 
"I kept waiting for Silver Surfer, Neo, and Snoopy on his damn doghouse to come flying by and yell "Hey Rick! That's a lot of mummies! Mind if WE drop in?" " -- FEARnet
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)11%
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1.5/5
 
"Precisely the cheap-end, cash-grab non-movie I expected it to be. This is insultingly bad." -- FEARnet
Posted Jul 31, 2008
 
Lost Boys - The Tribe (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Even if you wouldn't know weed from green wool, Pineapple Express works as a fast-paced buddy comedy with lots of laughs and a few hilariously unpleasant surprises." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 28, 2008
 
Pineapple Express (2008)68%
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3.5/5
 
"What I expected to be a big fat mess of a movie turned out to be pretty dang fun -- quadruply so if you happen to be a Star Wars fanatic." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 27, 2008
 
Fanboys (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Manages to maintain that sly sense of dread that permeates the best of Barker's horror tales. Certainly one of the most effective horror films of the year." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 27, 2008
 
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)55%
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5/5
 
"Supremely satisfying for about a dozen different reasons. A great film." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)94%
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4.5/5
 
"You've got enough ideas for an entire geek-friendly trilogy in this one crazy movie. " -- FEARnet
Posted Jul 13, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)88%
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"Check out all things 'Mummy 3' at Cinematical." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)11%
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4.5/5
 
"A slightly messy movie, but it's also one of the year's best." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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4/5
 
"Simply wants to dazzle you for 100 minutes, at least enough to get you excited for the DVD release and yep, the eventual sequel. Count me in for both please." -- FEARnet
Posted Jun 27, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)73%
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4/5
 
"If you're a Futurama newbie, I'd start with S1 and S2. These flicks are for the wackos who know the difference between Morbo, Calculon, and Wernstrom." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Futurama the Movie: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)n/a
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2/5
 
"Where the hell is Act III?" -- FEARnet
Posted Jun 14, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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4/5
 
"You could retitle this flick The Hulk is Bourne, and it would be a perfectly appropriate description -- albeit a really awful pun." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 11, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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3.5/5
 
"While The Strangers certainly doesn't forge any new ground, there's always something to be said for a horror flick that forges old ground colorfully." -- FEARnet
Posted May 30, 2008
 
The Strangers (2008)42%
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4.5/5
 
"To expect ANY movie to live up to the Raiders standard is simply unfair, but Crystal Skull fits very excellently next to both Temple of Doom and Last Crusade." -- Cinematical
Posted May 19, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)77%
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3.5/5
 
"Broad comedy and splattery horror are a pretty tough combo to pull off, but if anyone can do it ... the British can." -- Cinematical
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Cottage (2008)71%
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2/5
 
"It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the entire movie was paid for by the makers of Tylenol." -- Cinematical
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)36%
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1.5/5
 
"I just don't know what to make of a scene in which a judge sentences two selfish jerks to "six months hard ... marriage," but I'm simply too old and too smart for material this insipid." -- Cinematical
Posted May 9, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)27%
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3.5/5
 
"A bleak adventure flick and a very sweaty psychological thriller." -- Cinematical
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Objective (2008)n/a
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3/5
 
"A little scary, occasionally funny, and rather enthusiastically splattery before it's all done with." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Eden is almost achingly personal, and it's a testament to the small-but-powerful Irish film industry that tiny little personal stories like this one get funding." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Eden (2008)n/a
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5/5
 
"Please be sure to keep an eyeball out for this one, horror fans. Let the Right One In is very smart, very sweet, very sick, and very special indeed." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Let the Right One In (2008)100%
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3.5/5
 
"If you're looking for a horror flick that wants to give you a 'you are there -- and it's freaking miserable' vibe, this one should fit the bill quite nicely." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Dying Breed (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"Has a basic-yet-admirable statement to make about the best and worst of human nature, and it makes the statement colorfully, sincerely, and succinctly." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Terra (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"And while some of the in-movie puzzles are relatively obvious, the flick as a whole proves to be sort of a puzzle in its own right." -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Fermat's Room (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"Will undoubtedly prove very insightful to those who believe all Iraqis are 'the enemy.'" -- Cinematical
Posted May 7, 2008
 
The Boys From Baghdad High (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"If you don't mind a lot of smutty gags mixed with a strange concoction of wit, warmth, and (yes) melodrama, I'm betting you'll become a fan of The Auteur." -- Cinematical
Posted May 2, 2008
 
The Auteur (USA)n/a
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4/5
 
"57km is alternately smart, sad, sexy, and rather ironically amusing." -- Cinematical
Posted May 2, 2008
 
57,000 Kilometers Between Us (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"A very compelling movie that's almost ruined by a horrible narration track." -- Cinematical
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Elite Squad (2008)58%
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4/5
 
"Easily the best movie of its kind since Steve James' Hoop Dreams." -- Cinematical
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)89%
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4/5
 
"The film is focused simply on telling the tale, and if the movie is exaggerated or "fictionalized" in any way, you can consider me duly surprised." -- Cinematical
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Seven Days Sunday (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Mr. Downey delivers the best popcorn flick performance since Johnny Depp first played pirate." -- Cinematical
Posted Apr 29, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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3/5
 
"Not exactly a great movie, but it's sick, slick, and strange enough to warrant a 90-minute look. " -- FEARnet
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Pathology (2008)50%
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2.5/5
 
"Feels like stuff left over from a random episode of CSI: Dirty Cop Division. " -- Cinematical
Posted Apr 12, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)36%
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1/5
 
"Amazingly bad. To call Prom Night a horror movie is to call chewing gum a cheeseburger." -- Cinematical
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Prom Night (2008)8%
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4/5
 
"It's both craftily creepy (in a subtle way) and powerfully visceral (in a kick-ass way), plus it delivers its payload in a slick and efficient 91-minute burst of nastiness." -- FEARnet
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
The Ruins (2008)46%
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3/5
 
"It's cinematic junk food; I sat, I laughed, I left, I forgot all about it. (But at least I laughed.)" -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Superhero Movie! (2008)13%
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1.5/5
 
"The main problem is that they spelled the title wrong. The first vowel should be an I." -- FEARnet
Posted Mar 23, 2008
 
Shutter (2008)7%
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4/5
 
"A film that wants to speak out (loudly and clearly) about some of our nation's most obvious maladies, and it does so in an impressively honest, angry, and semi-hopeful fashion." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Explicit Ills (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Easily one of the most 'personal' documentaries I've ever had the pleasure to see." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
In a Dream (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"A thoroughly engrossing little film that's also quite slyly entertaining, despite its rather unsavory subject matter." -- FEARnet
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
A Necessary Death (2008)100%
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4.5/5
 
"It's fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun." -- FEARnet
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Dance of the Dead (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"These guys make funky dance music out of old Nintendo games!" -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"An unapologetic throwback to the days when comedies didn't have to be all that original -- just as long as they were funny." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 16, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%

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