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the beauty of a bad film

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That beauty? The creativity of film critics reaching to new heights of metaphor and poetry in our attempts to encapsulate just how the experience of a bad film impacted us. At the moment, that bad film that is inspiring so much cleverness is, of course, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I wish I’d come up … more…

online critics don’t get no respect

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Another post at the new blog of the Online Film Critics Society that you might appreciate and like to comment upon (over there, if you would), about how deeply many people, including longtime critics and former studio execs, completely fail to understand the power of the Internet and the fact that some smart and worthwhile … more…

are film critics not also film lovers?

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I’m trying to build traffic at the new blog for the Online Film Critics Society, so if you’re of a mind to talk about the weird misconceptions that some people have about film critics (or perhaps ideas that are not misconceptions that we critics should be working to fix), please check out this post, and … more…

the Online Film Critics Society enters the 21st century

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Because I’ve got nothing else better to do, I got myself elected to the Governing Committee of the Online Film Critics Society. And as one of my first joint efforts — with my two co-GC members, Eric Snider and Scott Weinberg — we’ve launched an OFCS news blog and OFCS Twitter feed. Follow, or not, … more…

Online Film Critics Society 2008 awards

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The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a member, has named its awards for 2008. The winners: PICTURE: Wall-E DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight ACTOR: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler ACTRESS: Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wall-E, Andrew … more…