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SCOTT WEINBERG

""One dollar and NINE CENTS!"

"Not unless round's funny."

"My grandfather's work...was...doo-doo!""

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

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.

Favorites: (In no particular order):Fight Club, The Blues Brothers, Young Frankenstein, Dark City, Se7en, Airplane!, The Princess Bride, Miller's Crossing, The Lord of the Rings, Moulin Rouge, Alien

Publications: Apollo Guide, Cinematical, Daily-Reviews, DVD Clinic, DVDTalk.com, eFilmCritic.com, FEARnet, Hollywood Bitchslap, Horror Squad, Horror.com, Monsters At Play, Movie Insider, Rotten Tomatoes

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 5494
Total QuickRatings: 2139

Location: Philadelphia, as seen in several wonderful movies

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Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	10,000 Maniacs - Time Capsule, 1982-1993 (1982)	" Whether you're a casual fan who loves just the "big hits" or you're a hardcore Natalie Merchant fanatic, you'll absolutely be able to appreciate what's included here." — Daily-Reviews Posted Jun 21, 2004
Rotten 2/5	N/A	10.5 Apocalypse (2006)	" The thing's a freakin' migraine waiting to happen, trust me. And that's not even taking the dialogue into account." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jul 21, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 19%	10th & Wolf (2006)	" *Coming from a guy who just won an Oscar for screenwriting? One has the right to expect something a little less rote, redundant, and oppressively familiar as 10th & Wolf." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Oct 25, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 78%	1408 (2007)	" Definitely one of the best King adaptations in years ... and I've seen 'em all." — Cinematical Posted Jun 26, 2007
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 31%	15 Minutes (2001)	" Yeah it's tough to condemn violence and glorify it at the same time." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Oct 10, 2001
Fresh 10/10	Rotten 30%	1941 (1979)	" Unjustly lambasted comic insanity." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 67/100	N/A	1999 (1998)	" Much like the raucous party it depicts, this movie is fun while it lasts, but you’ll be hard-pressed to remember anything about it once it’s over." — Apollo Guide Posted Apr 26, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 46%	2 Brothers & a Bride (2003)	" A Foreign Affair is an altogether enjoyable diversion, a light and clever comedy that offers some great performances in a unique setting. Plus it's about ten times more sincere and entertaining than what passes for romantic comedy these days." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 10, 2003
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 36%	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)	" *As I sat and had the rampant awfulness of 2 Fast 2 Furious* wash over me, I could actually FEEL the contempt and indifference of the filmmakers. 2 Awful 4 Words.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Jun 5, 2003
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 39%	2012 (2009)	" Emmerich wavers between shocking, silly, and maudlin like a toddler would fingerpaint with red, yellow, and blue." — FEARnet Posted Nov 12, 2009
Fresh 4/5	N/A	21 Hours at Munich (1976)	" *I watched 21 Hours to Munich* with a careful eye trained for any sort of preachiness or "opinionizing" from either direction, and I was pleased to notice that stuff only by its absence.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Dec 5, 2005
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 100%	24 - Season 1 (2001)	" Not only does 24 rank among television’s most successful experiments, but the viewing experience is improved exponentially now that the show is on DVD." — Daily-Reviews Posted Oct 19, 2002
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 50%	24 Hours on Craigslist (2005)	" The flick itself gets a B-, but the DVD is grade-A impressive all the way." — Monsters At Play Posted May 2, 2006
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 88%	28 Days Later (2003)	" A raw, blistering and joyously uncompromising horror film. It's precisely what loyal Horror Freaks deserve, and it's easily one of the best movies of the year." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 31, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 72%	28 Weeks Later (2007)	" A damn worthy follow-up to an unexpectedly excellent chiller." — FEARnet Posted May 10, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 72%	28 Weeks Later (2007)	" Here's hoping the third entry can keep up the pace." — FEARnet DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 12, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 49%	30 Days of Night (2007)	" *The coolest vampire movie since Near Dark." — FEARnet* Posted Feb 28, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 60%	300 (2007)	" *Visually arresting and wildly cut together, 300* is (despite its well-earned R-rating) precisely the kind of movie that turns 14-year-old boys into ravenous movie geeks.*" — Cinematical* Posted Mar 8, 2007
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 38%	40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)	" There’s certainly a place for lightweight-yet-entertaining romantic piffle, and 40 Days and 40 Nights most assuredly qualifies as that." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 28, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 94%	48 Hrs. (1982)	" 48 Hrs. may seem panfully dated and more than a little familiar, but keep in mind that this one hit the screns in 1982 - back when a buddy/cop flick was actually a novel proposition." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 15, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 44%	50 First Dates (2004)	" *1/3 slob comedy, 1/3 romantic schmaltz and 1/3 Memento* / Groundhog Day. The result is as choppy and unformed as one might expect from such a recipe.** " — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 19, 2004
Fresh 4/5	N/A	57,000 Kilometers Between Us (2008)	" 57km is alternately smart, sad, sexy, and rather ironically amusing." — Cinematical Posted May 2, 2008
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	7 Mummies (2005)	" *Minus the opening & closing credits, 7 Mummies* runs about 70 minutes, 64 of which are almost unbearably terrible.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Aug 13, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	7 Seconds (2005)	" Wesley Snipes is back, and ... does anyone really even care anymore?" — DVDTalk.com Posted Jun 27, 2005
Rotten 35/100	Rotten 36%	8 Seconds (1994)	" The title implies how long you'll be able to sit through it." — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 13, 2001
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 38%	95 Miles to Go (2006)	" An absolute must for Ray Romano fans, which is what I am now." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 20, 2006
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 78%	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	" Fascinating, clever and surprisingly heartfelt, A Beautiful Mind is easily one of this year’s best films." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Dec 21, 2001
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 78%	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	" Holy schizophrenic prodigies! What a massive and overloaded DVD Universal has put together for this fantastic film!" — DVD Clinic DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 24, 2002
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	A Breath of Scandal (1960)	" About as substantial as a puffy French pastry." — DVDTalk.com Posted Sep 7, 2005
Fresh 3/5	N/A	A Cat in the Brain (1990)	" More of a worthwhile curiosity than anything resembling one of Fulci's best films." — FEARnet Posted Sep 21, 2009
Rotten 2/5	N/A	A Dead Calling (2006)	" *More like A Movie Stinking, or (more accurately) A Viewer Sleeping." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jan 14, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	A Different World - Season 1 (1987)	" Good intentions and multi-culturalism are great and all, but a comedy's first goal is to, y'know, make people laugh." — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 18, 2005
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	A Fine Mess (1986)	" *Obviously inspired by the 1932 Laurel & Hardy short The Music Box, A Fine Mess* represents director Blake Edwards at his most witless and desperate.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Dec 22, 2005
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	A Girl, 3 Guys, and a Gun (2000)	" Since not much of the movie is very insightful or substantial, the "dramatic kick" is missing from a finalé that feels like it should mean something." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jan 8, 2006
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 87%	A History of Violence (2005)	" A ruthless lesson about the power of violence, and the ways in which it's passed down from generation to generation: subtly, insidiously, and quite effectively." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Sep 9, 2005
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 58%	A Knight's Tale (2001)	" The anachronistic music I can deal with. It was the sheer boredom that annoyed me." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Oct 10, 2001
Rotten 2/5	N/A	A Lamb in Despair (1999)	" *Fans of Japanese cult horror flicks should certainly give it a look, but A Lamb in Despair* isn’t nearly as shocking as its garish DVD cover would imply.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Aug 14, 2002
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 41%	A Life Less Ordinary (1997)	" A failed experiment. For hardcore fans only." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/5	N/A	A Life Without Pain (2005)	" The film opens with a quote from Aristotle, "We cannot learn without pain," and then spends the next 80 minutes illustrating this point in most fascinating fashion." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 11, 2005
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 40%	A Lot Like Love (2005)	" *While not as aggressively mindless as many of its ilk, flick suffers from simple fatigue, as in: We're tired* of seeing the exact same love story over and over.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Sep 4, 2005
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 10%	A Man Apart (2003)	" Two mediocre action scenes spring up to help alleviate the tedium. All they do is remind us how generic and tiresome the non-action bits are." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 4, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 86%	A Man Called Horse (1970)	" *It's all very socially aware and nature-friendly, and the tale is a worthwhile one indeed; too bad A Man Called Horse* moves so slowly for much of its running time.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Oct 3, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	A Man Called Sledge (1970)	" A slapdash affair cobbled together to cash in on the Leone/Eastwood sensation of the late 1960's." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 15, 2004
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 88%	A Mighty Wind (2003)	" *There's more artistry, heart, talent and wit in the first four minutes of A Mighty Wind* than there is in the whole of Adam Sandler's last three comedies combined.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Apr 9, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 83%	A Necessary Death (2008)	" A thoroughly engrossing little film that's also quite slyly entertaining, despite its rather unsavory subject matter." — FEARnet Posted Mar 19, 2008
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 58%	A Perfect Getaway (2009)	" Twohy is enough of a veteran to keep things moving along with a minimal degree of muss, fuss or narrative stupidity." — FEARnet Posted Aug 7, 2009
Rotten 55/100	Fresh 85%	A Perfect World (1993)	" Never once feels like more than push-button artifice." — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 16, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 67%	A Scanner Darkly (2006)	" Destined to become one of those movies that college kids love to rent and smoke bongs with." — DVD Clinic Posted Jan 17, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 67%	A Shot at Glory (2002)	" In other words, it's just another sports drama/character study. Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness. Plus, like I already mentioned...it's Robert Duvall! C'mon!" — eFilmCritic.com Posted Apr 27, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	A Slight Case of Murder (1999)	" *Macy, Arkin, Huffman, and Cromwell are clearly having a good time with this amiable little farce noir. Fortunately they're able to transfer much of that fun over to the viewer." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Sep 20, 2006

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