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COLLIN SOUTER

Agrees with the Tomatometer 80% of the time.

Biography: I graduated with a Film/Video degree from Columbia College. I started writing movie reviews six years ago when I couldn't help but notice a foul odor of mediocrity eminating from the multiplexes. I just had to tell someone. And I've been writing about it ever since. But, as Richard O'Brien wrote, "There's a light in the darkness of everybody's life," and thank God that light is cinema, be it good or bad. I'm also an award-winning screenwriter (1999 Screenwriter's Showcase Awards) and documentary filmmaker.

Favorites: Brazil, All the Real Girls, Gimme Shelter, Rashomon, City Lights, Joe Versus The Volcano, E.T., Heavenly Creatures, Sullivan's Travels, 5 Corners, Network, Sunset Blvd., Fearless, Magnolia, Near Dark, American Movie, The Three Colors Trilogy, Lord of the Rings trilogy

Publications: eFilmCritic.com

Total Reviews: 290

Location: 12 Alton Rd.Prospect HTs. IL 60070

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Fresh 3/4	Fresh 77%	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	" When Spielberg makes an Indiana Jones movie, you can tell he still loves it. I guess I do, too. For the most part, anyway." Posted May 21, 2008
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 92%	U2 3D (2008)	" An elegant, dazzling and graceful concert film that captures the true spirit of a U2 show." Posted Jan 27, 2008
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 91%	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)	" *Like the orginal Airplane!* or an early Mel Brooks film, it's destined to be quoted, revisited and cherished for years to come.**" Posted Nov 2, 2006
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 21%	The Marine (2006)	" A big, hilarious, stupid meathead of a movie, destined to be a huge hit on The Violence Channel." Posted Oct 14, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 5%	Broken Bridges (2006)	" *It feels about as sincere and insightful as a Schlitz-induced rendition of Achy-Breaky Heart.*" Posted Sep 29, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 61%	Jackass: Number Two (2006)	" *The jackass* films were made for the sole purpose of getting a crowd of drunken lunkheads together for a night of brainless hilarity. Nothing more, nothing less.**" Posted Sep 21, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 60%	Crank (2006)	" *At times, Crank's everything-including-the-kitchen-sink-and-then-some approach feels more like a cartoon than anything else.*" Posted Sep 3, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 74%	Idiocracy (2006)	" Most of these cartoon-like characters could only come from a mind like Mike Judge, who hasn't lost his ability to make stupidity both alarming and endearing. " Posted Sep 3, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 48%	Idlewild (2006)	" There will probably never be a marriage between a great movie and a great album, but I'm glad they keep trying." Posted Aug 30, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 68%	Snakes on a Plane (2006)	" After a while we're stuck with a one-joke concept that got old months before the movie came out and gets older still as the movie wears on." Posted Aug 17, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 72%	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)	" *Most comedies these days try too hard to be funny. Talladega Nights* simply tries to be funny without being obvious.**" Posted Aug 17, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 74%	Monster House (2006)	" So fresh, innovative and fun, you can't believe it wasn't written by Brad Bird and directed by Robert Zemeckis." Posted Aug 17, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 47%	Miami Vice (2006)	" Were it not for its title, this plodding, tiresome mess would have never seen the light of day." Posted Aug 17, 2006
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 70%	World Trade Center (2006)	" I look at the screen and I don't see John McLaughlin. I see Nicolas Cage with a moustache and an awkward New York accent." Posted Aug 17, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 53%	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	" Almost the exact same review as the first: A lot of fun, but could use some trimming." Posted Jul 11, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 75%	The Devil Wears Prada (2006)	" The storyline sets itself up for plenty of phony pay-offs, but thankfully doesn't deliver on them. It actually knows better." Posted Jul 11, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 36%	The Lake House (2006)	" It refreshingly becomes less about time travel and more about the choices we make and the chances we miss." Posted Jul 11, 2006
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 76%	Superman Returns (2006)	" *The plane taking off, flying and nearly crashing into the earth almost serves as a metaphor for the entire Superman Returns* experience.**" Posted Jul 11, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 34%	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)	" I found myself responding to its fenderheaded foolishness... and I suspect that those of you with a healthy taste for the absurd may find themselves reacting in the same way." Posted Jul 1, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 33%	The Break-Up (2006)	" The behavior of the two main charactres exists solely to be "cute," while giving us no reason to believe these two people should be together in the first place." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 24%	The Da Vinci Code (2006)	" Some protesters believe that if you see this film, you'll go to Hell. They got it backwards. I think if you go to Hell, you'll probably see this film while you're there." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 33%	Poseidon (2006)	" Short, sweet, tight, to-the-point and able to fully satisfy anyone craving a silly disaster film." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 40%	American Dreamz (2006)	" It has the good sense to hold up a mirror to ourselves, only instead of making us feel guilty and stupid, it makes us feel inclusive and in on the big joke." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 1.5/4	Rotten 43%	Take the Lead (2006)	" The poster says 'Never follow', while the movie itslef follows every cliche in the book." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 88%	Coachella - The Film (2006)	" A well-made, if insignificant, film about a well-managed, significant music festival." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 91%	Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006)	" Demme continues to make concert films not because he's a fan, but because the concerts are inherantly cinematic and make perfect sense." Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 90%	United 93 (2006)	" This is a great movie for many reasons, but its greatness is almost beside the point." Posted Apr 27, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 73%	V For Vendetta (2005)	" A refreshing piece of Hollywood entertainment that is more interested in ideas than in just being 'cool'." Posted Mar 17, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 92%	Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)	" *LIke Wattstax* and Festival Express before it, Chappelle and Gondry's movie makes you feel as though you're at a party when, in fact, you're just sitting in a darkened theater.**" Posted Mar 14, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 71%	Who Needs Sleep? (2006)	" We all claim to 'eat, sleep and breathe' our passion and, of course, we want to impress the higher-ups who sign our paychecks, but how much is enough?" Posted Feb 11, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 70%	Friends With Money (2006)	" Writer-director Nicole Holofcener has become one of the most interesting, observant and insightful filmmakers working today." Posted Feb 3, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 52%	Flannel Pajamas (2006)	" Lipsky�s screenplay clearly comes from a real place, one of experience and true heartbreak." Posted Feb 3, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 70%	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006)	" A moving and celebratory rock-doc that proves itself worthy of its subject." Posted Jan 28, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 86%	Steel City (2006)	" Writer-director-editor Brian Jun doesn�t let all of his characters off easy, but he clearly has affection for every one of them." Posted Jan 28, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 83%	Come Early Morning (2006)	" *We�ve met characters like Lucy before and we�ve seen movies like Come Early Morning* before, but doesn�t automatically make Joey Lauren Adams� directorial debut less than a good movie.**" Posted Jan 28, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 69%	The Science of Sleep (2006)	" *Like Eternal Sunshine* and Gilliam's Brazil, it demands to be seen more than once and is impossible to sum up in one review.**" Posted Jan 24, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 61%	The New World (2005)	" The New World carries the sense of discovery that comes with seeing a densely layered work of art for the first time, a work that speaks personally to one's heart and mind." Posted Jan 18, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 87%	The Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)	" By the end, I felt neither happy nor sad for Rodney. I enjoyed being in his presence for 90 minutes, but I can't exactly agree that he has a magnetic personality." Posted Jan 15, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 67%	Great Yokai War (2006)	" It's like a live-action Hayao Miyazaki film. It's an indescribable, hilarious and insane piece of work that also has a refreshingly old-school feel to it." Posted Jan 15, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 51%	The Producers (2005)	" Not great, but still funnier than most other comedies released in 2005." Posted Jan 15, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 83%	King Kong (2005)	" Again, Jackson proves himself an unbeatable showman with the soul of a poet. He crafts and composes his action sequences like symphonies, with the most eye-popping crescendos." Posted Jan 15, 2006
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 72%	Syriana (2005)	" A well-meaning, yet meandering and confusing political thriller." Posted Jan 15, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 48%	Rent (2005)	" *It comes off like a sequel to the ever-annoying Fame* where the kids never moved out of New York or learned anything from Debbie Allen.**" Posted Jan 15, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 56%	Breakfast on Pluto (2005)	Click here to read article Posted Dec 31, 2005
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 88%	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)	" Cuaron's film still ranks as the best...but not by much." Posted Nov 17, 2005
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 42%	Bee Season (2005)	" A well-intended movie that unfortunately comes off as cold and distant as the characters are to each other." Posted Nov 10, 2005
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 17%	Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)	" It exists only to support the already over-marketed and calculated "legend" that he was indeed shot nine times." Posted Nov 10, 2005
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 36%	Chicken Little (2005)	" The 3-D screenings add little to the experience and feel more like an afterthought than a technological innovation." Posted Nov 8, 2005
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 60%	Jarhead (2005)	" A war movie that defies the genre by expressing that even without heavy combat, the war remains a part of these men forever." Posted Nov 8, 2005
Rotten 3/5	Rotten 26%	Free Zone (2006)	" It�s a frustrating experience." Posted Oct 17, 2005

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