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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 4/5	N/A	Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)	" A crisp, efficient, and entirely crafty little kidnapping thriller with three great performances and several nifty twists." — FEARnet Posted Oct 7, 2009
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Dogtooth (2009)	" Suffice to say that we won't be seeing an American remake of this one any time soon." — Cinematical Posted Sep 21, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 100%	Daybreakers (2010)	" A rock-solid afternoon matinee sort of movie, packed as it is with so many disparate genre influences. Confidently crafted and legitimately clever." — FEARnet Posted Sep 21, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" Not just an excellent time for what it has to say, but also for the effortlessly exciting way in which it delivers the cargo." — FEARnet Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Dread (2009)	" A clever balancing act between basic scares, a creepy concept, and something a little more (dare I say) cerebral." — FEARnet Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 92%	Drag Me To Hell (2009)	" If you're just looking for a fun horror flick that's a little gross, a bit silly, and entirely entertaining, this is bound to be one of the year's finest genre offerings." — FEARnet Posted Mar 29, 2009
Fresh 3/5	N/A	Dead in 3 Days (2008)	" It's hardly among the best of the Dimension Extreme acquisitions, but it works well enough for a 90-minute time-waster." — FEARnet Posted Mar 5, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 66%	Dead Snow (2009)	" *Although not exactly all that scary, Dead Snow* earns big points for enthusiasm, creativity, and a powerful devotion to all things ultra-splattery.*" — FEARnet* Posted Mar 3, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	Dead Set (2008)	" This is far and away one of the best zombie movies I've ever seen. And I've seen 'em all." — FEARnet Posted Dec 15, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 43%	Death Race (2008)	" 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
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 94%	The Dark Knight (2008)	" Supremely satisfying for about a dozen different reasons. A great film." — Cinematical Posted Jul 18, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 50%	Dying Breed (2009)	" 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
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 80%	Dance of the Dead (2008)	" It's fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun." — FEARnet Posted Mar 19, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 48%	Doomsday (2008)	" If Marshall's goal was to deliver a no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek, mega-violent "throwback" action flick, I'd say he's done a damn fine job of it." — FEARnet Posted Mar 16, 2008
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 18%	Downloading Nancy (2008)	" All three leads jump into the unseemly material with all the enthusiasm that the promise of "amazing indie cred" can offer." — FEARnet Posted Jan 28, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 48%	Donkey Punch (2009)	" Keeps the tensions percolating, and you gorehounds will find a few nasty moments worth seeing." — FEARnet Posted Jan 28, 2008
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 6%	Deck the Halls (2006)	" When Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito team up for a comedy that can't even deliver one well-oiled joke, that's a big problem." — DVDTalk.com Posted Oct 7, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 60%	The Devil's Chair (2006)	" With only two horror flicks under his belt, Adam Mason's already a director to keep an eye on." — Cinematical Posted Sep 16, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 46%	Death Defying Acts (2008)	" *As a slight and visually arresting little "what if?" tale, one that centers on a pop culture icon who still fascinates us today, Death Defying Acts* is a perfectly passable period piece.*" — Cinematical* Posted Sep 16, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 20%	Death Sentence (2007)	" The lesser moments still work because of Bacon's commitment to the part, and the better components are a firm indication that James Wan is improving with each successive film." — Cinematical Posted Aug 31, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 80%	Dexter -The Complete First Season (2007)	" If you're a fan of sly, dry serial killer stories then you're pretty much guaranteed a great time with this 12-episode opening season." — FEARnet Posted Aug 31, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 63%	Death at a Funeral (2007)	" Once it gets some speed behind it, the thing just barrels forward with reckless abandon, tossing out gags that work at an impressively effective rate." — Cinematical Posted Aug 26, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 20%	Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)	" Suffers from the normal low-budget sequel afflictions (spotty FX, lesser actors, skimpier action, lamer dialog)." — FEARnet Posted Aug 13, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 17%	Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994)	" *"Fun enough junk" would be a fair way to describe both Darkman* sequels.*" — FEARnet* Posted Aug 13, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	Darkman (1990)	" It's all very colorful and pulpy and (thanks to Raimi's mega-slick direction) a real treat for the senses." — FEARnet Posted Aug 13, 2007
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 34%	DOA: Dead or Alive (2007)	" *Call it the Guilty Pleasure of the year for me. Hell, it's a heck of a lot more entertaining than Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." — Cinematical* Posted Jun 17, 2007
Fresh 2.5/5	N/A	Do It For Uncle Manny (2007)	" *It looks* pretty rotten and you've seen most of the comedy bits by now, but there's still a rusty little charm to this indie that prevented me from giving up.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jun 7, 2007
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Drive Thru (2007)	" About as derivative as you can get ... which would be forgivable if only the thing had some FUN to offer. It doesn't." — Cinematical Posted May 29, 2007
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 2%	Delta Farce (2007)	" A salad bar of misogyny, homophobia and hatred for all things that aren't A) American, B) male, and C) stupid." — Cinematical Posted May 13, 2007
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Dead Daughters (2007)	" Those with a taste for the international scary fare may want to give the flick a shot for themselves, but I recommend they bring a lamp, a book and some coffee." — Cinematical Posted Apr 20, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 17%	Dust Devil (1993)	" The flick doesn't do all that much for me, but there's little denying that some long overdue care and effort went into this DVD release." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 8, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	Dead and Deader (2007)	" Call it C-level horror fluff if you like, but at least it moves quick and has lots of (obvious) in-jokes for the horror nerds. Like me." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 8, 2007
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Decoys: The Second Seduction (2006)	" Has "Well, at least you'll watch it on cable" written all over it." — DVDTalk.com Posted Mar 20, 2007
Fresh 3/5	N/A	Death Row (2007)	" It's a low-budget and blood-soaked "haunted prison" affair, but it's also one that delivers the goods at an appreciably slick clip." — DVDTalk.com Posted Mar 20, 2007
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 17%	Dead Silence (2007)	" If you're in the mood for a Saturday afternoon-ish throwback thriller, you could certainly do a hell of a lot worse than this one." — Cinematical Posted Mar 16, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 70%	Diggers (2007)	" *A movie doesn't have to be unique in order for it to work, and Diggers* provides just enough wit, warmth and insight to warrant a visit.*" — Cinematical* Posted Mar 14, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 67%	Disturbia (2007)	" Slickly shot, generally well-acted, and entirely, predictably conventional from stem to stern." — Cinematical Posted Mar 14, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 84%	Delirious (2007)	" *Just when you're sure you know how Delirious* is going to close, DiCillo comes up with a capper that's as satisfying as it is understated.*" — Cinematical* Posted Jan 23, 2007
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Driving Force: The Complete Season 1 ()	" ...at least it doesn't have Paris Hilton in it." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jan 17, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 29%	Danika (2006)	" *Imagine the little kid from The Sixth Sense* as a frazzled stay-at-home mom played by Marisa Tomei.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jan 16, 2007
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	The Darkroom (2005)	" *Half horror movie, half a mediocre episode of The Twilight Zone." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jan 6, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 74%	The Dead Girl (2006)	" *If you're weary of crime stories that follow the conventional path on the way to a generically inevitable conclusion, The Dead Girl* is a title you might want to throw a red circle around.*" — Cinematical* Posted Dec 29, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	Dane Cook's Tourgasm ()	" Not everything needs to be a reality series." — DVDTalk.com Posted Dec 26, 2006
Fresh 3/5	N/A	Devil Times Five (1974)	" I mean, when's the last time you saw a horror victim get dispatched by way of piranha in the bathtub?" — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 25, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 57%	Deja Vu (2006)	" Grinds its gears while slipping from one genre to the other, but I bet you'll be pretty intrigued to see how it all turns out." — Cinematical Posted Nov 22, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Don't Open the Door (1974)	" Even when it (finally) gets down to some horror-style nitty-gritty, the flick's just too aimless and boring to warrant much charity from the viewer." — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 20, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	Don't Look in the Basement (1973)	" I'm not even sure if the movie has a basement in it, but it's a real stinker to be sure." — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 20, 2006
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 89%	The Dead Zone (1983)	" A thing of dark, twisted, ironic beauty." — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 15, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 70%	The Dark Crystal (1982)	" Points to the Henson team for trying to broaden the scope of their creatures -- and there's little denying that this particular flick still seems to hold up pretty darn well." — DVD Clinic Posted Nov 15, 2006

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