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SCOTT RENSHAW
PUBLICATION(S)
• Apollo Guide
• rec.arts.movies.reviews
• Salt Lake City Weekly
• Scott Renshaw's Screening Room

BIOGRAPHY
Scott Renshaw began writing reviews for Usenet's rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup in 1993; since then, he has written over 900 full-length reviews of new theatrical releases.
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Total Reviews: 977

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• Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA


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"There's no important message here, no contemporary re-working of an ancient classic. This, folks, is film-making that aims for nothing more profound than the funny bone. This, folks, in all its glory, is frivolous comedy." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)78%
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"The Blair Witch Project is a work of genre-redefining brilliance, a strong early candidate for the best film of 1999, and one of the most unnerving psychological thrillers ever made." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Blair Witch Project (1999)85%
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"For nearly two hours, you can revel in the pleasure of letting its surreal, subversive humor roll over you in waves. For hours afterward, you can peel away its layers of significance and realize how truly extraordinary it is." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Being John Malkovich (1999)92%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (1999)n/a
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"Saving Private Ryan may be the most mature war film ever made." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Saving Private Ryan (1998)94%
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"One of the many brilliant twists in Shakespeare in Love is how it treats its protagonists' love with both utter sincerity and an ironic wink." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Shakespeare in Love (1998)93%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Truman Show (1998)95%
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"A dazzling, thought-provoking entertainment which alternately tickles you and slaps you in the face." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Wag the Dog (1997)84%
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"The best American film to appear this year." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
In the Company of Men (1997)88%
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"There is an absolute poetry to the casting of Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Jerry Maguire (1996)83%
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"It is a warm, engaging and extremely funny film which manages not simply to describe the battle between art and commerce, but to win it on behalf of the former." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Big Night (1996)96%
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Lone Star (1996)92%
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Matilda (1996)89%
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Breaking the Waves (1996)85%
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Sling Blade (1996)95%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Before Sunrise (1995)100%
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"A beautiful, resonant work that is the best of three very good films." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Red (1994)100%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Fresh (1994)90%
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"It is not simply a great documentary; it is one of the best films of any kind you will see this year." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Hoop Dreams (1994)98%
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"Every characterization is full and rounded; every scene is a perfect development of theme. The dialogue is filled with crisp, subtle and quotable lines." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Quiz Show (1994)96%
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"Spielberg has crafted a nearly perfect film, a gripping and brilliantly acted epic ." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Schindler's List (1993)96%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Farewell My Concubine (1993)91%
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"The world of Stevens the butler is one well worth visiting for a thoroughly magnificent film experience." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Remains of the Day (1993)97%
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"Ranks among the best war movies ever made." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Sep 9, 2002
 
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)94%
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"Like the best stories of any kind, it captures something universal through an understanding of specific individuals." -- Apollo Guide
Posted May 29, 2001
 
Startup.com (2001)92%
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"Memento delivers a potent right-left combination of innovation and emotional depth." -- Apollo Guide
Posted Mar 21, 2001
 
Memento (2001)94%
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"If only more films with plots could tell stories like this." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
George Washington (2000)81%
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"I shouldn't diminish Gladiator by tossing out so banal a word as 'entertaining' -- but it is. I shouldn't succumb to the temptation to describe it with ad-copy buzzwords like 'spectacular!' or 'dazzling!' or 'epic!' -- but it is." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Gladiator (2000)77%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
An Affair of Love (2000)84%
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"Drugs become a character, crafted with more complexity and nuance than the human characters in most films." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Traffic (2000)92%
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"To crib a line from Crowe's last film, Almost Famous had me at hello." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Almost Famous (2000)88%
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"There is so much here that's delightful in so many ways, you begin to realize what movies are supposed to be, yet so rarely are: transporting experiences." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Toy Story 2 (1999)100%
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"The talented Mr. Minghella has fashioned a seductive, sad portrait of a man helplessly watching the loss of his own soul." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)82%
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Fight Club (1999)81%
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The Straight Story (1999)95%
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"A surprisingly funny and entertaining package." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Primary Colors (1998)81%
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"There's Something About Mary is the funniest comedy I've seen in this decade." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
There's Something About Mary (1998)80%
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"Full of cathartic emotion and earnest dignity!" -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Beloved (1998)77%
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Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Hurlyburly (1998)61%
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"This is pure pulp pleasure, the cinematic equivalent of great beach reading... and what better way is there to describe the work of Elmore Leonard?" -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Out of Sight (1998)92%
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Happiness (1998)83%
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"Silly enough for kids, smart enough for adults, grandly-staged enough for anyone who loves movies." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
A Bug's Life (1998)91%
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Frat House (1998)n/a
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"A quirky delight -- it's a uniquely oddball comedy that's still about people." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Rushmore (1998)86%
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"May be the year's most effective and consistently entertaining love story." -- Scott Renshaw's Screening Room
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Titanic (1997)82%
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"Cautionary story-telling rarely gets this grim, electrifying and compelling." -- rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Boogie Nights (1997)96%
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The Wings of the Dove (1997)85%
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The Game (1997)78%
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Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997)93%
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Air Force One (1997)78%

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