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"DVD Journal deserves its reputation as the New Yorker of DVD review sites."— Film columnist D.K. Holm, The Aisle View


















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Also worth your quality time:

Jonathan Rosenbaum, et al., Chicago Reader

J. Hoberman, et al., The Village Voice

A.O. Scott, Manohla Dargis, et al., The New York Times

Roger Ebert

Jim Emerson's Scanners blog

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

L.A. Weekly

Armond White and Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Press

Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer

Film Comment

GreenCine Daily

Kim Morgan's Sunset Gun

The Guardian

Glenn Erickson, DVD Savant

Walter Chaw and Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

Duncan Shepherd, San Diego Reader

Ed Gonzalez, et al., Slant Magazine

Scott Tobias, et al., The Onion A.V. Club

Senses of Cinema

Bryant Frazer, Deep Focus

Dave Kehr

Matt Zoller Seitz's blog

Tim Lucas Video WatchBlog

Shawn Levy's Mad About Movies

M.E. Russell, CulturePulp

Hollywood Bitchslap and Criticwatch
 

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"I always dress appropriately and impeccably for all occasions. I would show you a snapshot of myself in a G-string, taken at Simm-La, with a flying wombat, dingo dog and a wily platypus." —Professor Posthlewhistle (W.C. Fields)





































  


















































































Flying discs everywhere!

Movies (and other shiny objects)

I'm a writer who likes movies. So these pieces, in their venues' various lengths and formats, run the gamut from review and commentary to simply yours truly chatting (in, one hopes, an entertaining fashion) about releases that I think are worth spending time with. Or, in at least one case, about movies that just make me pig-biting mad.

Alongside my occasional fiction bylines, these are the items that generate the most fan mail that I receive. And that's steak and champagne to a guy like me. Keep it coming, and thankya much.

Update: I'm one of RottenTomatoes' "Top Critics," so many of the links below exist there as well, where you can sort them under Fresh, Rotten, and so on.


Film.com

Film.com logoRecently I was invited to become a contributor on film and other media matters for Film.com. A subsidiary of RealNetworks, Film.com aims to help you "find out what's new and cool in movies, entertainment, TV, DVDs, independent films, and more." Given the nature of the job, I won't be listing all my Film.com bylines here, although the links below provide a representative sample. (For more, you can find a comprehensive list at my Film.com bio page.)


DVD Journal

In 2001 the editor of DVD Journal — "the most readable and enjoyable DVD site on the Web," as one reader put it, or "wonderful" according to Entertainment Weekly, or #34 on "Men's Journal 100 Best Websites For Guys" (mmm, okay) — invited me to join his crackshot team of columnists. Naturally I said "You betcha."

For six years and some half-million words, it was a pleasure to be in their company. Plus, of course, I couldn't complain about getting free DVDs straight from the studios before they hit the streets.

On August 29, 2007, DVD Journal ceased publication for reasons illuminated in the final edition's front-page essay by the editor. The site and its nearly 4,000 reviews remain up online, archiving a decade's worth of enjoyable critique and commentary. One of the first and finest, it is missed.


Reviews/articles


Criterion editions

By request, here are the titles above that represent stellar releases from the Criterion Collection.


TV