Online Critics
On the Internet, you can't throw a rock without hitting a movie critic. Here are our favorite online reviewers to disagree with.
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"Personal reactions" to independent and not-so-independent movies. Well designed and organized, with interesting articles and reader's lists of favorite films.
"Personal reactions" to independent and not-so-independent movies. Well designed and organized, with interesting articles and reader's lists of favorite films.
All-Movie Guide
Close on the heels of the IMDb, this site offers a wealth of information on every movie under the sun.
Close on the heels of the IMDb, this site offers a wealth of information on every movie under the sun.
Bickering Beck
An archive of reviews from the witty and wise About.com guest critic.
An archive of reviews from the witty and wise About.com guest critic.
Bright Lights Reviews
Many movies you won't find reviewed anywhere else, among them classics and unheard-of gems.
Many movies you won't find reviewed anywhere else, among them classics and unheard-of gems.
David McDonald's Movie Reviews
As the net morphed from information superhighway to global e-commence marketplace, sites like these seem to have become more & more rare -- just a guy and his opinion, often on movies far from the current hype. Go, David!
As the net morphed from information superhighway to global e-commence marketplace, sites like these seem to have become more & more rare -- just a guy and his opinion, often on movies far from the current hype. Go, David!
David Denby
Read an archive of this insightful critic's New York Magazine reviews from 1998.
Read an archive of this insightful critic's New York Magazine reviews from 1998.
Ebert Movie Files
Search Roger Ebert's movie reviews at the Chicago Sun-Times back all the way to 1985. Also with a section on "The Great Movies" and a Film Buff Calendar.
Search Roger Ebert's movie reviews at the Chicago Sun-Times back all the way to 1985. Also with a section on "The Great Movies" and a Film Buff Calendar.
Film Festivals Server Reviews
Brief reviews of recent festival favorites.
Brief reviews of recent festival favorites.
FilmHead
Reviews the occasional world film. They loved "Billy Elliot."
Reviews the occasional world film. They loved "Billy Elliot."
Flak Magazine
Flak bills itself as the noncomprehensive guide to everything, and its review section is eclectic enough to keep the world film fan interested.
Flak bills itself as the noncomprehensive guide to everything, and its review section is eclectic enough to keep the world film fan interested.
Inside Out Film
This excellent site reviews the latest in UK film.
This excellent site reviews the latest in UK film.
Internet Movie Database
Of course you know about it already--but it's still the best place to start learning about any movie, director, or actor. With links to reviews all over the 'net.
Of course you know about it already--but it's still the best place to start learning about any movie, director, or actor. With links to reviews all over the 'net.
MovieCritic
Sign in, rate movies to your heart's delight, and then let the software tell you what else you might enjoy. A fun site with Intelligent Agent technology.
Sign in, rate movies to your heart's delight, and then let the software tell you what else you might enjoy. A fun site with Intelligent Agent technology.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli's reviews are smart, readable, and comprehensive. I wish he'd be a bit meaner ever now and then, but he's always a great place to stop by.
James Berardinelli's reviews are smart, readable, and comprehensive. I wish he'd be a bit meaner ever now and then, but he's always a great place to stop by.
Rotten Tomatoes
A meta-review site: excerpts from many reviews give an overall impression of what the critics thought. The sound-bite review blurbs are necessarily shallow but give an idea of what to expect. With a handy tomatometer.
A meta-review site: excerpts from many reviews give an overall impression of what the critics thought. The sound-bite review blurbs are necessarily shallow but give an idea of what to expect. With a handy tomatometer.
L.A. Times Movie Review Database
Search for L.A. Times Reviews back to 1995.
Search for L.A. Times Reviews back to 1995.