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18 Dec 2009 09:26

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Culture: Avatar’s holding its own with the critics, who really like it

82% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes give the movie high marks; it's weighted on an up-down scale
82% of critics on MetaCritic say it doesn't suck; it's weighted towards the reviews themselves

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20 Aug 2009 10:16

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Culture: Don’t let the marketing fool you. “Bandslam” is a good movie.

A movie that gets 80% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes — 90% from top critics — won’t see the light of day because Summit consistently made some of the worst choices, and their core audience summarily dismissed the movie without seeing it based on their sale.
A prominent filmmaker who wished to be anonymous • Regarding the outright bombing of the Vanessa Hudgens movie “Bandslam,” which was marketed like a Disney film despite the fact that the plot of the movie leans much closer to an offbeat indie flick like “The Commitments.” It just happens to feature teen pop icons Vanessa Hudgens and one half of Aly & AJ. Our thought on the matter: If you don’t wanted it marketed like a Disney flick, don’t cast Vanessa Hudgens. • source

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13 Aug 2009 23:08

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Culture: Critics have a massively huge nerdgasm over “District 9″

95% the movie’s current score on Rotten Tomatoes; OMG OMG
83 the movie’s current score on Metacritic; nerds are gonna freak

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08 Aug 2009 10:35

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Culture: “G.I. Joe” wasn’t screened. Now critics have seen it, say it sucks

38% the action flick’s current Rotten Tomatoes rating source

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01 Jul 2009 11:07

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Culture: Good news! The latest summer blockbusters are mediocre at best

53% The fresh rating of “Public Enemies” on Rotten Tomatoes, which looks better than this number suggests
36% The fresh rating of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”, which looks like another tired 3D kids’ movie

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24 Jun 2009 09:14

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Culture: Evidence “Transformers 2” is gonna be an ironic classic

one The latest film has an unbeatable score – a whopping 22% – on Rotten Tomatoes.
two It’s directed by joke of a man Michael Bay, so you know it’s gotta be … uh … good.
three Roger Ebert describes it as “a horrible experience of unbearable length.”
four His one-star review goes on further to say, “This isn’t a film so much as a toy tie-in.”
five Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf might make out on Bumblebee’s hood again. source

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04 Mar 2009 21:47

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Culture: Will “Watchmen” be any good? Maybe.

64% the superhero movie’s current Rotten Tomatoes score source

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03 Mar 2009 23:45

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Culture: “Slumdog” is slummin’ among best-picture winners

31st “Slumdog Millionaire’s” rank on the list of the Oscar best-picture winners (out of 82 flicks)
1st “The Godfather’s” rank on the list, put together by movie aggregator Rotten Tomatoes source

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Tell these jerks what you think:

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