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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: 5493
Total QuickRatings: 2139

Location: Philadelphia, as seen in several wonderful movies

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Fresh 3/5	N/A	Cleanflix (2009)	" Raises more questions than it's prepared to answer, but still works as a spotlight shined on a weird part of the movie world." — Cinematical Posted Oct 7, 2009
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
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 60%	Carriers (2009)	" It's not a film about the gradual extinction of humankind -- it's actually about the horrible demise of humanity." — FEARnet Posted Sep 4, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 25%	The Collector (2009)	" A simple, basic, fast-paced horror thriller that wastes nary a frame on unnecessary set-up, languid exposition, or pointless subplots." — FEARnet Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 77%	The Children (2008)	" Watching your kid kill someone is scary, but watching them come after YOU ... yikes." — FEARnet Posted Apr 22, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Cold Prey 2 (2008)	" No snark, no irony, just a whip-nasty, well-shot, tightly-cut slasher sequel with a bad attitude. (And yes, it feels like a remake of Halloween 2.)" — FEARnet Posted Apr 3, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Cold Prey (2006)	" Not an original bone in its body, but it still works (and works well) by force of style, splat, and intensity." — FEARnet Posted Mar 29, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 95%	The Cove (2009)	" *I've seen hundreds of horror movies in my time, and I've never seen anything quite as disturbing as the final sequences of The Cove." — Cinematical* Posted Mar 3, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 70%	Child's Play (1988)	" While the sequels may have gotten progressively more campy, I'm pleased to note that the original Child's Play holds up just as well as I'd hoped. (And the new DVD rocks.)" — FEARnet Posted Sep 10, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 54%	Choke (2008)	" A light/dark, sick/sincere, weird/warm sex comedy that succeeds because of its constant contradictions, and not despite them." — FEARnet Posted Feb 2, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	Cloverfield (2008)	" A robust 80-minute burst of barely-controlled mayhem. Monster fans will love it." — FEARnet Posted Jan 16, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Cold Prey (2006)	" A tight-fisted and enjoyably twisted little game of cat and mouse. Er, mice." — FEARnet Posted Nov 20, 2007
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 29%	Cutting Class (1988)	" A D-grade slasher flick that has delusions of comedy and mystery, of interest only to those who lust after Brad Pitt and would love to check out a performance the actor would probably rather forget." — DVDTalk.com Posted Oct 19, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 18%	Cleaner (2007)	" Beyond the contributions from Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris, however, there's very little worth talking." — Cinematical Posted Sep 13, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 54%	Closing Escrow (2007)	" Escrow isn't as polished or consistent as the best of its sub-genre -- but it's pretty dang funny for the most part." — Cinematical Posted Aug 31, 2007
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 7%	Captivity (2007)	" Here we have little more than a grungy-looking TV movie of the week with some pointless gore tossed in." — FEARnet Posted Aug 6, 2007
Fresh 4/5	N/A	The Cosby Show - Season 3 (1986)	" Pure sitcom formula through and through, but it's delivered with a good deal of charm and warmth, too. Plus Cosby is hilarious, period." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 28, 2007
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 0%	Creepshow 3 ()	" Why the hell would you buy the rights to an established franchise when you never even PLANNED to make a good movie? It's like buying a classic car just so you can plow it into a brick wall." — Cinematical Posted May 16, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 47%	Cutthroat Island (1995)	" So yeah, it's kind of fun. Even if it's not very good." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 7, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Cages (2006)	" A movie about that panicky feeling you get when you know the romance has died." — Cinematical Posted Apr 20, 2007
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Cannibal (2005)	" All I saw was two guys groping each other for an hour, followed by a half hour of some truly disturbing snack-time." — DVDTalk.com Posted Feb 2, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 20%	Chapter 27 (2008)	" Feels like thirty pages of script in a 90-minute frame." — Cinematical Posted Jan 28, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 73%	Conversation(s) with Other Women (2006)	" One of the most realistically romantic movies I've seen in a while. And I'm not easily impressed by what generally passes for "movie romance."" — DVD Clinic Posted Jan 23, 2007
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Cannibal Campout (1988)	" What's on display here is simply too stupid to believe." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jan 16, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 78%	Charlotte's Web (2006)	" Just a nice sweet family flick, exceedingly well-made and surprisingly witty." — Cinematical Posted Dec 22, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Cannibal Ferox (1981)	" *Rent it if you're that* curious; all others can safely avoid it and still lead a perfectly happy life.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Nov 20, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 73%	Cavite (2006)	" At 80 minutes in length, Cavite doesn't waste much time getting to the meat of the matter." — DVDTalk.com DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 15, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	The Curse of El Charro (2005)	" You have to sit through a whole lot of migraine material to get to the goods." — DVDTalk.com Posted Oct 21, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Connors' War (2006)	" Standard cable fodder all the way, with only a few solid action scenes and maybe one colorful performance in the whole thing." — DVDTalk.com Posted Sep 19, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 60%	Crank (2006)	" *For moviegoers who found Running Scared* a little too sedate.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Sep 1, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	City Of Rott (2006)	" Fun concept, clever execution, unique animation, and tons of gooey gore." — DVDTalk.com Posted Aug 28, 2006
Fresh 4/5	N/A	The Comeback (2005)	" *The set, crew and cast members of 'Room and Bored' feel like a spoof of a hundred mindless sitcoms, and the backstage double-dealings provide some of The Comeback's best moments." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jul 31, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 62%	Clerks II (2006)	" *A big fat value meal stuffed with profane ravings, in-joke movie geekery, and virtually non-stop raunch -- but somewhere in Act III, Clerks 2* also gets a little ... sweet. And it actually works.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Jul 20, 2006
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Choose Your Own Adventure - The Abominable Snowman (2006)	" *Compared to the average direct-to-video Disney sequel, the first Choose Your Own Adventure* DVD looks like even more of a winner.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jul 20, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Crash Landing (2005)	" Frankly, if you can sit through the whole of Crash Landing without chuckling at the flick's bald-faced ineptitude, then you're a kinder movie-watcher than I am. (Either that or the movie put you to sleep.)" — DVDTalk.com Posted Jun 27, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 32%	Click (2006)	" It's a movie that shoots lazily for Capraesque and settles happily for Crapesque." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 23, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 75%	Cars (2006)	" Cars is the first Pixar flick I'd describe as "cynical," and that, frankly, breaks my heart just a little bit." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 9, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Candy Stripers (2006)	" The flick's about killer nurses, and the DVD cover says "They're running out of patients." This obvious little pun is cleverer than anything hidden within Candy Stripers' 80-some minutes of running time." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jun 2, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	Crimson Tide (1995)	" Considerably more intelligent than most of Jerry Bruckheimer's productions -- and Hackman's just awesome." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 14, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 57%	Con Air (1997)	" It's not exactly a spoof of action flicks, but everyone involved clearly has tongue wedged firmly within cheek." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 12, 2006
Rotten 3/5	N/A	The Comeback (1979)	" The flick never really comes close to being scary, but it has a kitschy old-school charm that helps one forgive the slow stretches." — Monsters At Play Posted May 9, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 43%	Casanova (2005)	" *Call it an arthouse guilty pleasure if you like, but Casanova* is a visually stunning, slyly amusing, and sweetly enjoyable little period-piece of a comedy.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Apr 24, 2006
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Classic Cartoon Favorites - Best Pals Mickey & Pluto - Vol. 12 (2006)	" This collection is actually a lot more Pluto than it is Mickey & Pluto, but hey: 8 more classic Disney shorts, presented in fine fashion, for about ten bucks." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 15, 2006
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Classic Cartoon Favorites - Best Pals Mickey & Minnie - Vol. 10 (2006)	" Seems kinda odd that Pluto and Figaro the kitten would get more screen-time than Mickey Mouse in a collection called "Mickey & Minnie," but there's still a lot of old-fashioned fun to be found in this 8-piece cartoon set." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 15, 2006
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Classic Cartoon Favorites - Best Pals Donald & Daisy - Vol. 11 (2006)	" One of the best "Classic Collection" volumes yet, #11 delivers four shorts that are making their DVD debut ... and another four that are pretty cool, too." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 15, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	The Choke (2005)	" *Chock full of awful dialogue, amateur hour acting performances, and a devotion to formula so unwavering that it boggles the mind, The Choke* is as unpleasant as its title suggests.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Mar 28, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	The Cutter (2005)	" The epitome of all things cinematically generic." — DVDTalk.com Posted Mar 27, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 92%	Captains Courageous (1937)	" *While perhaps not the "all-time classic" that some of its contemporaries are, Captains Courageous* still stands up pretty well today.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Mar 9, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Camara Oscura (2003)	" *Well-shot and crisply edited, Cámara oscura* overcomes a pedestrian screenplay and manages to work just well enough for a 90-minute investment.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Mar 9, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Cake (2005)	" Recommended to die-hard Graham groupies and gals who really love every simple rom-com that rolls down the pike." — DVDTalk.com Posted Mar 5, 2006

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