# Who is your go-to movie reviewer these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150 "2012-01-20T17:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/1 "2012-01-20T17:45:46Z")
Back in the day, I would always read Siskel and Ebert (or watch their show), and together they would supply me a pretty good triangulation on whether I should go to a particular movie or not. Nowadays, of course, Siskel is gone, and Ebert’s output is way down. I can no longer count on finding a review from him for any given movie. So, what’s a poor boy to do? Who are your favorite current movie reviewers, that help you decide if you want to waste your hard-earned cash and time an the latest celluloid offerings? That provide enough insight and analysis, and have a good track record of helping you make good decisions? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/2 "2012-01-20T19:06:30Z")
Not a single reviewer, but I usually get the best info (meaning, most in line with my tastes and opinions) from the Onion AV Club. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/3 "2012-01-20T20:37:07Z")
Try [Metacritic.com](http://Metacritic.com) It’s a compilation of reviews that give a movie an overall grade (much like Rotten Tomatoes, but I find Metacritic to be more reliable). Two critics I often read within the Metacritic listings are David Edelstein from “New York” magazine, and Dana Setevens from [slate.com](http://slate.com) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/4 "2012-01-20T22:54:46Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Not a single reviewer, but I usually get the best info (meaning, most in line with my tastes and opinions) from the Onion AV Club. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/5 "2012-01-21T01:14:27Z")
[James Berardinelli.](http://www.reelviews.net/master.html) I find that I am in agreement with him about 85-90% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/6 "2012-01-21T01:42:49Z")
As always, Ebert. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/7 "2012-01-21T07:17:34Z")
Salon Onion AV Club New Yorker San Francisco Chronicle My favorite reviewer, by a mile, was the _San Diego Reader’s_ Duncan Shepherd. Unfortunately, he retired a year or two ago after 30 years. . ---
**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/8 "2012-01-21T07:38:21Z")
I read [Ebert online](http://www.rogerebert.com/). He reviews the movies I’m interested in (along with a bunch I’m not) and I enjoy his writing style. I also read [Something Awful’s weekly movie reviews column](http://www.somethingawful.com/d/current-movie-reviews/). I occasionally read other review sites as well as the user reviews on IMdB, but these are my go-to sites. Their RSS feeds sit on my Google Reader so I don’t miss them. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/9 "2012-01-21T07:52:17Z")
Chris Hewitt from the Pioneer Press, he reviews movies like a 12 year old boy would. Whatever he hates is something I’ll look into. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/10 "2012-01-21T10:05:06Z")
Mark Kermode. His podcast with Simon Mayo is glorious. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/11 "2012-01-21T12:59:06Z")
Am I the only one here who reads Film Drunk? That’s a guy who agrees with my sensibilities. Hell, a few weeks ago his ‘Weekend Movie Recommendation’ was something like ‘Save your ten dollars’. > [@](#): > > _From his review of Red Tails_ > There isn’t that much to say about Red Tails, really. It’s the identical plot of Tuskeegee Airmen but worse on every level. But it isn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen, either. The protagonist isn’t a horse, for example. It’s nice to look at, the war scenes are decent enough, and every ten minutes or so, Terrence Howard shows up to read an uplifting speech directly into the camera in the voice of Maya Angelou. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-go-to-movie-reviewer-these-days/610150/12 "2012-01-21T17:20:59Z")
I’ve a Google fill in the blank, I’ve forgotten what it’s called, that puts in [Nytimes.com](http://Nytimes.com) and Ebert whenever I enter ‘review’.