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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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We've all got our own little sources for movie news and reading, so what are your personal favorites? My favorite would definitely be Pajiba. They can be a little overly picky, but rarely artistic snobs, and definitely give the thumbs up and thumbs down where they're desperately needed. I've never seen people who understand horror movies as much as the writers there do, as evidenced by the following reviews:
http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/paranormal-activity-review.php
http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/my-bloody-valentine-movie-review.php
Also, this one almost had me clapping and whistling along while I was reading, just because I always wondered why so many reviewers decide that they HAVE to see a bland, cliched movie, just to confirm our suspicions that it truly is a bland, cliched movie.
http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/rebound.php
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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i normally just come here.
if its an older movie, i'll read what IMDB has to say about it, or maybe one of the major reviewers like Ebert
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Undeath
Title: Facepuncher of Asses
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: Here
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I'm not the type of person who gets their enjoyment of a movie ruined by knowing what's going to happen (the experience being a whole different beast than just knowing what's going to happen) so if I'm intrigued by, say, trailers or a good review (or hell, even a bad review), then I go to themoviespoiler.com. I'm not happy with synopses, I'd rather read a summary of the whole thing.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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IMDB and Wikipedia
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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In terms of upcoming movies, I see trailers or hear about them here or TopRobot or The Escapist.
Reviews, I come here and then go to Roger Ebert. Gives me a good balance and a good idea of what to expect. (Except in the rare cases where Ebert writes a review without the help of his brain, and gives crappy Nicholas Cage movies four stars, but other than that.)
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Rydog
Title: Dragon Slayer
Joined: Aug 11 2009
Location: Massachusetts
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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I check Yahoo Movies ratings. If it has a B+ or higher, it has always been worth it to see in the movies. Anything lower may be just a rental. (Exception: My Name is Bruce)
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Birdogg
Joined: Sep 14 2009
Location: Stillwater, OK
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I go to chud.com a lot, its pretty decent. For my horror movie fixation I go to bloody-disgusting.com.
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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Ah, I forgot this one. I like this site too, on occasion.
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Dr. Jeebus
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Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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I normally check user reviews on yahoo or moviefone. I don't really care what other people have to say about the movie, especially critics, but if it somehow has less than a C from users (which is very, very tough to do), then I won't see it. With how stupid most people are these days, it's REALLY hard to get less than a C rating so any movie with a poor rating from users has to be unwatchable.
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Rydog
Title: Dragon Slayer
Joined: Aug 11 2009
Location: Massachusetts
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Ah, I forgot this one. I like this site too, on occasion. |
Yeah, I am addicted to the tomato meter. My only problem with this site is it is ULTRA SLOOOOOOOOW.
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JimmyLazer
Title: Always bored
Joined: Feb 07 2009
Location: Philly, PA
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I use Rotten Tomatoes. it's alright.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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BowCastingWookie
Title: Cat of Ulthar
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Here, Amazon, UpcomingHorrorMovies.com, Spill.com, and 80sHorrorMovies.com.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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PJX
Joined: Jun 20 2008
Location: United Kingdom
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| I normally check user reviews on yahoo or moviefone. I don't really care what other people have to say about the movie, especially critics, but if it somehow has less than a C from users (which is very, very tough to do), then I won't see it. With how stupid most people are these days, it's REALLY hard to get less than a C rating so any movie with a poor rating from users has to be unwatchable. |
I would agree that there's an abundance of morons cluttering up the planet these days, but many don't see how good certain movies are because they dont understand them or they've no imagination or they refuse to suspend disbelief or they just get a feeling of importance by saying they think everything is crap.
I wouldn't look upon someone as stupid for liking a bad movie, i'd be more inclined to think they just had bad taste, but if they get enjoyment from it then good for them.
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Tebor
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Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Aug 22 2005
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Variety and Hollywood Reporter for news. Yahoo Movies and IGN for photos and little news stories. SydLexia.com/forums for commentary. 
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Salt
Title: ~One World~
Joined: Nov 24 2009
Location: Online
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Trailer Blazer 4 me!
& wiki even if they have some bias info. sometimes
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Thanks Salt, a lot of insight right there.
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Me too
I don't follow gossip or crap like that, so if there's anything going on with the movie that's worth reporting, someone usually updates it on there.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Sedix19
Title: ~Baffling Artist~
Joined: Oct 01 2009
Location: U.S.A.
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I usually follow Wikipedia.
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