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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 4.5/5	N/A	Get Low (2009)	" There's a lot more to like about Get Low than just another fantastic Robert Duvall performance." — Cinematical Posted Oct 7, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 36%	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)	" There are legitimate nitpicks, to be sure, but this flick is too enthusiastically over-caffeinated to warrant much anger." — Cinematical Posted Aug 8, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 94%	Good Hair (2009)	" The subject matter would still be fairly interesting without Rock's involvement, but the comedian brings a accessibility to the material that no amount of facts and figures can replace." — Cinematical Posted Mar 3, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 68%	Grace (2009)	" Covers the three essential bases of indie horror: It's scary, it's smart, and it pushes a few boundaries. An excellent debut for Paul Solet." — FEARnet Posted Feb 2, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 75%	Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)	" *Easily the best movie of its kind since Steve James' Hoop Dreams." — Cinematical* Posted May 2, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 72%	The Great Buck Howard (2009)	" *Might be the most affectionate look back at old-school entertainment since Peter O'Toole boozed his way through My Favorite Year." — Cinematical* Posted Jan 28, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 49%	Good Dick (2008)	" Not your traditional boy-meets-girl story, but it does an excellent job of delivering two fairly unique characters trapped in a seriously strange relationship." — Cinematical Posted Jan 28, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 79%	The Great Debaters (2007)	" It's as if Mr. Washington wanted to deliver a important story, but felt he had to stay firmly within the proven formula to get his message out." — Cinematical Posted Dec 26, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 42%	The Golden Compass (2007)	" It's presented with such color and confidence that it's tough not to get swept up in the spectacle of it all." — Cinematical Posted Dec 7, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 69%	The Girl Next Door (2007)	" It's a dark, harsh and sometimes powerfully unpleasant film, but it's also one that's made with a lot of care and craftsmanship." — FEARnet Posted Oct 7, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 60%	George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)	" *So yeah, it's a zombie flick crossed with the visual approach of The Blair Witch Project. But it's also quite a bit more than that." — Cinematical* Posted Sep 11, 2007
Fresh 3/5	N/A	Gamebox 1.0 (2005)	" *If you're a hardcore video game junkie and you've got a soft spot for scrappy little indie flicks, I'd call Gamebox 1.0* worthy of the rental fee.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Apr 16, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 82%	Grindhouse (2007)	" This doozy of a double feature is full-bore fun all the way; a smart, slick, sick, and exceedingly over-the-top piece of old-school cinematic insanity." — FEARnet Posted Mar 30, 2007
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 26%	Ghost Rider (2007)	" *What begins as a standard-yet-watchable superhero adventure slowly congeals into something approaching the caliber of Catwoman. Not as bad, but kinda knocking on the doorstep." — Cinematical* Posted Feb 16, 2007
Fresh 3/5	N/A	Glow Ropes: The Rise and Fall of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee (2005)	" Technical assets are predictably sketchy, but the flick maintains a light tone and brisk pace, so that kinda evens things out." — DVDTalk.com Posted Feb 12, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 20%	The Gathering (2006)	" As a longtime fan of both horror flicks and Christina Ricci, I was willing to overlook The Gathering's five-year delay and actively look for some buried treasure in this flick. Alas, I found none." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jan 6, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 13%	Graveyard Shift (1990)	" And it gets those 2 stars only due to Goopy Gore and Guilty Pleasure-ism." — DVDTalk.com DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 15, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Glass House 2 - The Good Mother (2006)	" *Feels like it was cobbled together from stray moments of the original Glass House* and just a few random threads stolen from whatever was on The Lifetime Channel at any given moment.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Oct 25, 2006
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Gamers (2006)	" It's all done in fun, of course, but hey -- if you're going to tease a bunch of geeks, you may as well do it aggressively and with much enthusiasm." — DVDTalk.com Posted Sep 19, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Grilled (2005)	" I suppose there's a great comedy to be made on the subject of door-to-door meat salesmen... Actually, there probably isn't." — DVDTalk.com Posted Jul 11, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Guardian of the Realm (2004)	" *Aside from the frequent visits from components that are either painfully stupid or unwittingly hilarious, Guardian of the Realm* is kind of a chore to sit through.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jun 26, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	The Garden ()	" *A dry, ponderous, and virtually intrigue-free combination of Frailty* and Misery.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted Jun 18, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	Gamblers (2005)	" A semi-interesting yet seriously familiar crime drama that'll capably fill 90 bored minutes without actively impressing you in any real way." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 9, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 60%	Grizzly (1976)	" *As a drive-in-level guilty pleasure of the most obvious and brainless variety, Grizzly* is quite a bit of good, campy fun.*" — DVDTalk.com* Posted May 7, 2006
Rotten 2/5	N/A	The Gardener (1974)	" A justifiably forgotten mid-'70s semi-horror flick that makes one wonder how a movie can actually get made while so much rampant drug usage is so plainly afoot." — Monsters At Play Posted May 2, 2006
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Garbage Pail Kids - The Complete Series (1989)	" The fact that this thing never played on U.S. television might make it a bona-fide pop culture curiosity, but it'll take only about 1.3 episodes before you'll catch a good dose of buyer's remorse." — DVDTalk.com Posted Apr 17, 2006
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 93%	Ghostbusters (1984)	" The perfect marriage of big-budget sci-fi spectacle and character-based comedy schtick." — DVD Clinic Posted Apr 3, 2006
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 53%	Ghostbusters 2 (1989)	" Feels like a blueprint concocted by the bean-counters at Columbia Pictures." — DVD Clinic Posted Apr 3, 2006
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 90%	Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)	" If you haven't seen this one in a while, definitely consider picking it up again. I think it's a better film today than it was 18 years ago. " — DVDTalk.com Posted Jan 13, 2006
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 16%	Grandma's Boy (2006)	" I won't even bore you with the horrendous way this project was shot, cut, or scrawled with crayon onto a roll of toilet paper. This thing makes the Police Academy movies look like the collected works of Billy Wilder." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jan 8, 2006
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	Rotten 35%	The Great Raid (2005)	" The Great Raid has one amazing action sequence. You just have to watch the whole story in order to earn and appreciate it." — DVDTalk.com Posted Dec 25, 2005
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Gingerdead Man (2005)	" *"Evil Never Tasted So Good! Gary Busey is The Gingerdead Man!" - That's what you'll see if, for some ungodly reason, you happen to be holding the latest Charles Band DVD." — DVDTalk.com* Posted Nov 18, 2005
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Game of Death 2 (1981)	" The shameless way in which the producers treat Mr. Lee's memory will absolutely leave a nasty taste in your mouth." — DVD Clinic Posted Nov 18, 2005
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 75%	Game of Death (1978)	" Aside from a few clumsy insert shots, Bruce Lee doesn't even appear until the final 20 minutes!" — DVD Clinic Posted Nov 18, 2005
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 95%	The Guns of Navarone (1961)	" The Guns of Navarone has long been a big-time favorite of the war-movie aficionados, and the film still holds up resoundingly well today." — DVDTalk.com Posted Nov 9, 2005
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 77%	Gladiator (2000)	" ...this Extended Edition is one of the best DVD releases of the year. Period." — DVD Clinic DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 28, 2005
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 74%	George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005)	" Land of the Dead works, and at times it works amazingly well -- but it's no classic, and I seriously doubt it will ever be considered as such." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 23, 2005
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 25%	Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)	" Aside from the nine extra minutes of pre-chase chatter, there's literally nothing on this new DVD that's not on the first one." — DVDTalk.com DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 5, 2005
Rotten 1/5	N/A	Galaxy Hunter (2004)	" ,,,bashes right through "unknowingly hilarious" and speeds right down the highway of slack-jawed awfulness. Truly amusing stuff." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 9, 2005
Rotten 2/5	N/A	Ghost Lake (2004)	" The movie that pales in comparison to its own rather slick DVD case." — DVDTalk.com Posted May 9, 2005
Fresh 4.5/5	Rotten 46%	Green Street Hooligans (2005)	" Works resoundingly well as a spotlight onto another country's sports-obsessed culture, plus it's just a damn well-made piece of storytelling, period." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Mar 22, 2005
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 93%	Grizzly Man (2005)	" A heartbreaking cautionary tale for those who "love" nature more than they "understand" it." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Feb 2, 2005
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 15%	Gothika (2003)	" An ceaseless stream of Fake Scares, Dream Sequences, and Shrieking Halles." — Monsters At Play Posted Nov 28, 2004
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 39%	The Grudge (2004)	" *If you consider sudden shrieks of music and pale Asian children the pinnacle of all things terrfiying, then The Grudge* is your next favorite movie.*" — eFilmCritic.com* Posted Oct 22, 2004
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 14%	Garfield the Movie (2004)	" A soulless and empty movie based on a three-panel comic strip boasting the wit and complexity of a wooden spoon." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Jun 12, 2004
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 60%	The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 (1990)	" With any 'strike while the iron's hot' example of sequel moviemaking, you're bound to trudge through a lot of familiarity in order to find the few worthwhile moments." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 17, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 95%	The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984)	" There's an earnest sincerity to the messages offered within, plus the presentation is colorful and exotic and quite funny throughout." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 17, 2004
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 20%	George of the Jungle 2 (2003)	" *If one of your kids are among the dozens who "really loved" the original George, then Part 2 MIGHT make a worthwhile stocking stuffer or B-level gift of that variety." — eFilmCritic.com* Posted May 16, 2004
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 9%	Grind (2003)	" If you love skateboarding, feel free to rent Grind, hit the mute button and fast forward through anything that doesn't involve a half-pipe." — eFilmCritic.com Posted May 10, 2004

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