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Critics / Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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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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3.5/5

Fresh
61%

Valkyrie (2008)

" Feels like a perfectly enjoyable mid-'50s war movie that's been re-made with only the finest in modern cinematic technology." — Cinematical

Posted Dec 26, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
90%

The Visitor (2008)

" Much more interested in its interpersonal relationships than it is in climbing a soapbox and preaching to the choir." — Cinematical

Posted Jan 28, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
60%

Vexille (2007)

" Set to a pounding Paul Oakenfold score, Vexille offers a half-dozen action sequences that are really quite thrilling." — Cinematical

Posted Sep 11, 2007

Fresh
4/5

Rotten
55%

Vacancy (2007)

" It's certainly no re-invention of the wheel, but this 12th-generation mini-Hitchcocker gets in, messes with your head, and bolts out the door in less than 90 quick minutes." — FEARnet
DVD REVIEW

Posted Aug 26, 2007

Fresh
90/100

Fresh
96%

The Verdict (1982)

" Fox Home Video delivers this well-respected movie with a couple of impressive DVD packages." — Apollo Guide
DVD REVIEW

Posted Jun 8, 2007

Fresh
4/5

Rotten
55%

Vacancy (2007)

" I'd call Vacancy a 'guilty pleasure' -- only I don't really feel any guilt about enjoying and recommending a fast-paced fright flick like this one." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Apr 21, 2007

Rotten
2.5/5

N/A

Vampire Wars (2005)

" Chock full of bad acting, ridiculously pulpy dialogue, and tons of sloppily satisfying gore, Vampire Wars is by all conceivable measures a pretty awful movie. But that doesn't mean I didn't have some fun with it!" — DVDTalk.com

Posted May 25, 2006

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
14%

Visiting Hours (1982)

" Clumsily directed, painfully paced, and all but entirely lacking in anything even remotely resembling atmosphere, dread, or simple ol' scariness." — DVDTalk.com

Posted Apr 28, 2006

Rotten
2.5/5

N/A

The Visitation (2005)

" You could rent it for the religion, the kooky cast, or for the B-movie fun of it." — DVDTalk.com

Posted Feb 26, 2006

Rotten
2.5/5

Rotten
10%

Venom (2005)

" Venom is too darn familiar to become anyone's dark-horse favorite, but I'd say it's worthy of a rental if you love the horror stuff." — DVDTalk.com

Posted Jan 7, 2006

Fresh

Fresh
77%

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

" It's a romantic epic, an intense and gripping look at WWI, and a nifty little mystery-quest all rolled into one." — DVD Clinic

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Vintage Mickey ()

" Who could have believed that one teeny little mouse on a steamboat would lead to an empire like Disney's?" — DVDTalk.com

Posted Jul 3, 2005

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
78%

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea ()

" Good fun for the science geek in all of us. And if you have no science geek in you, feel free to just sit back and feast your eyes on the craziest aquarium you ever will see." — DVDTalk.com

Posted May 26, 2005

Rotten
2.5/5

N/A

Vital Signs (1990)

" A seriously familiar and entirely predictable tale of young doctors in love." — DVDTalk.com

Posted May 23, 2005

Rotten
1.5/5

N/A

Vampires: The Turning (2005)

" If there's one saving grace to Vampires: The Turning (and really, there isn't; I'm just trying to be a nice guy), it might be the small handful of action scenes. Might." — DVDTalk.com

Posted Apr 22, 2005

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
42%

The Village (2004)

" When you find yourself bored and wishing a movie would speed up and get to the TWIST ENDING already...well, that's not a particularly good movie, now is it?" — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Jul 30, 2004

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
22%

Van Helsing (2004)

" Churned hot off the assembly line, it's an ugly and disposable piece of ultra-expensive formula product that exists solely to kick-start a new revenue stream." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted May 7, 2004

Rotten
2/5

N/A

Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)

" Despite a handful of worthwhile horror moments, Vampires: Los Muertos is almost entirely dead on arrival." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Sep 26, 2003

Fresh
82/100

Fresh
71%

Virgil Bliss (2002)

" Proof that a newcomer indie filmmaker can infuse some new life into the Downtrodden Loser Character Study." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jun 9, 2003

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
80%

Valley of Tears (2003)

" ...tells its distressingly factual history in surprisingly touching fashion." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Apr 15, 2003

Rotten
1.5/5

N/A

Vampire Obsession (2001)

" Who ever knew graphic lesbianism could be some damn tedious?" — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Jan 7, 2003

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
75%

Vanishing Point (1971)

" A fairly entertaining chase flick, with a few artistic touches included to keep the thinking viewers happy." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Aug 13, 2002

Fresh
86/100

Rotten
56%

The Vikings (1958)

" As the massive battle scenes and convoluted political machinations paraded across the screen, I thought, “This was the Braveheart of the 1950s!” and I was right." — Apollo Guide

Posted Aug 12, 2002

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Viva Erotica (1996)

" At times, Viva Erotica seems precisely like the soft-core sex flicks it’s trying to skewer, but overall it’s not a bad little import." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Aug 7, 2002

Fresh
90/100

Fresh
96%

The Verdict (1982)

" Those who can’t get enough of television’s Law and Order or The Practice should rediscover this minor classic, one of the best films of the early 80s." — Apollo Guide

Posted Jul 9, 2002

Fresh
68/100

N/A

The Vigil (1998)

" I can’t help but think I’d enjoy The Vigil a lot more if I considered Kurt Cobain to be my generation’s John Lennon. Unlike the devoted characters in this film, I do not." — Apollo Guide

Posted Feb 11, 2002

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
40%

Vanilla Sky (2001)

" It’s perhaps ironic that a film about love, truth and reality would be so devoid of true emotion, especially considering the filmmaker behind the camera." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Dec 13, 2001

Rotten
4/10

Rotten
47%

Vertical Limit (2000)

" If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the better version." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Oct 10, 2001

Fresh
81/100

Fresh
91%

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

" Sinatra at his swaggering best." — Apollo Guide

Posted Aug 16, 2001

Rotten
2/10

Rotten
10%

Virus (1998)

" It's rare to find a movie that makes this little sense." — eFilmCritic.com

Posted Jan 1, 2000
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