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Is 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' The Worst Reviewed Best Picture Nominee Ever?

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.24.2012

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The review collection site, Rotten Tomatoes, was launched in 1999, and has since become a go-to site for film criticism. And in the last ten years, no...

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Movie review: Sleeping Beauty

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.31.2012

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Marshall Fine

Perhaps I'm not qualified to write about Sleeping Beauty, the debut film from Australian director Julia Leigh. I am, after all, a middle-aged man. An...

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'Jack And Jill' Earns 0 Percent On Rotten Tomatoes

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.11.2012

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Another day, another film to earn that most coveted of titles -- the 0 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. "Jack and Jill," the latest Adam Sandler comedy ...

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What's Wrong With Rotten Tomatoes?

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.12.2011

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Marshall Fine

Rise of the Planet of the Apes sailed into the weekend with 80-plus percent positive rating from Rotten Tomatoes, while The Change-Up could only manage a positive rating in the low 20s.

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Crazy Smurf Aliens: How Did The Critics Score The Week's Films?

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 09.29.2011

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LOS ANGELES — While the "Cowboys & Aliens" are busy fighting each other, they're not exactly winning the battle with critics. The big-budget ge...

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How The 'Harry Potter' Movies Succeeded Where The Books Failed

The Atlantic | Posted 09.12.2011

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Seven years ago, the Harry Potter series seemed like it was going to be hard to put on screen. Rowling's books were long, endlessly complicated, and f...

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Jennifer Love Hewitt: Worst Actress In Hollywood?

Posted 08.08.2011

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She stole hearts in "Can't Hardly Wait" and even showed the knack to talk with ghosts on CBS, but when it comes to awards an actress doesn't want to w...

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Movie Studio To Buy Rotten Tomatoes

AP | Posted 07.04.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Warner Bros. says it will buy Flixster, a movie-discovery service on millions of smartphones, and the movie-review site Rotten Tomatoes...

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Blue Valentine: Reviewing the Reviewers

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melody Breyer-Grell

I did not go see Blue Valentine with the goal of writing a review. My exasperation was brought on by my belief that the reviewers of this film missed some of the film's real messages.

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Congressional Approval Numbers Still Ahead of That Adam Sandler Flick

Tim Siedell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Siedell

The 111th Congress is still ranked slightly ahead of Saw 3D, while enjoying a comfortable cushion over the Adam Sandler buddy movie, Grown Ups. That's good news for America.

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Did Tarantino Steal 'Reservoir Dogs' From An 80's Hong Kong Action Flick? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Warning: Tarantino lovers are about to have their world turned upside down. As part of Rotten Tomatoes' "Homage Or Stealing?" series, Tarantino's debu...

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Reading Too Much Into Movies

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

What's amazing to me is how hard some people work at reading political meaning into works that had no such ideas. Just because you can make a case for a metaphorical reading doesn't mean you should.

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Are Critically Acclaimed Movies More Popular? They Were Last Year

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Lundegaard

Both critics and moviegoers seem to like quality and not crap. Is this revelatory? In a society that dismisses quality, and that holds up crap for imitation, it certainly feels revelatory.

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