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William Goss

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:: Cinematical , eFilmCritic.com , Film.com , Horror Squad , MSN Movies , Orlando Weekly , Pajiba , The Playlist
Critics' Group:: Florida Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 526

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T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
34%	The Vow (2012)	" More than willing to comfort anyone with a fuzzy grasp on real-world romance that the pretty people will make it through somehow, with no scars too deep." — Film.com Posted Feb 10, 2012
64%	The Woman in Black (2012)	" If this is what disposable modern horror is going to look like, I'll take the classical frights of The Woman in Black over the herky-jerky hokum of The Devil Inside any day." — Film.com Posted Feb 3, 2012
——	V/H/S ()	" A film consumed with bad deeds recorded and recovered, helmed by a who's-who of current genre mavens and delivered with a sense of playfulness around concepts and conceits generally exploited to lure in the gullible." — The Playlist Posted Jan 30, 2012
100%	Arbitrage ()	" Contrivance does indeed flare up, but that's part of the fun, all the more reason for a fat cat to squirm and sweat over the course of a week in his life and 100 minutes of running time." — The Playlist Posted Jan 29, 2012
40%	Red Lights ()	" A bold effort by Cort�s to step up his directorial game, equal parts deft and daft, that coyly addresses the divide between seeing and believing - regardless of whether the illusion is on a stage or a screen." — The Playlist Posted Jan 28, 2012
100%	Shadow Dancer ()	" Riseborough gives a tremendously vulnerable and resolute turn as a protector at home and avenger abroad forced to reconsider the extent to which she is capable of avoiding the crossfire on all sides." — Film.com Posted Jan 27, 2012
——	Keep the Lights On ()	" Bless [Sachs] for eschewing melodrama in favor of tenderness, but his characters are often left adrift in a sea of conflicting emotions." — Film.com Posted Jan 27, 2012
43%	Lay the Favorite ()	" Not just an utterly tepid comedy, but possibly the most lifeless film in Frears' generally acclaimed oeuvre." — Film.com Posted Jan 27, 2012
——	Shut Up and Play the Hits ()	" If Lovelace and Southern nailed anything, it's this alchemy of fleeting bliss, in which thousands of people were brought together for a moment both temporary and transcendent." — The Playlist Posted Jan 26, 2012
32%	Man on a Ledge (2012)	" A machine calibrated to dole out twists and turns with clocklike precision, if not roller-coaster velocity." — Orlando Weekly Posted Jan 25, 2012
40%	Celeste and Jesse Forever ()	" Krieger keeps things on an even keel between hilarity and heartache, if not necessarily even between his problems and hers." — The Playlist Posted Jan 25, 2012
57%	Simon Killer ()	" A noir-tinged, noose-tightening ordeal." — The Playlist Posted Jan 23, 2012
67%	Wish You Were Here ()	" Examines the toll that guilt has on well-meaning thirtysomethings to mostly intriguing effect." — The Playlist Posted Jan 23, 2012
100%	West of Memphis ()	" An intentionally staggering encapsulation of the West Memphis 3 Case." — The Playlist Posted Jan 22, 2012
15%	The Divide (2012)	" Delivers everything that horror fans might want from a post-apocalyptic thriller - rape, self-immolation, youngster harvesting, throat-slitting, more rape - everything, that is, except a reason to care." — Film.com Posted Jan 13, 2012
99%	A Separation (2011)	" Crafts a minefield out of the mundane and may very well be a masterpiece for it." — Film.com Posted Jan 13, 2012
0%	Beneath The Darkness (2012)	" A bore sprinkled with hints of hilarity, soon to be buried like so many of its characters." — Film.com Posted Jan 13, 2012
34%	Joyful Noise (2012)	" Nearly every line of dialogue is a country-fried metaphor or simile, and every other corner appears to have been cut from an overstuffed narrative." — The Playlist Posted Jan 12, 2012
5%	The Devil Inside (2012)	" The result isn't chilling so much as reheated. " — The Playlist Posted Jan 6, 2012
14%	W.E. (2012)	" It would be one thing if W.E. were strictly a swooning counterpoint to Speech's scowling dismissal of Wallis and Edward's relationship, an embellishment of an already notorious romance rather than a twice-lathered soap opera." — Film.com Posted Dec 23, 2011
76%	War Horse (2011)	" It's simply crafted, at times bordering on simplistic, and it doesn't just wear its heart on its sleeve - it wears its heart on its heart." — Film.com Posted Dec 21, 2011
93%	Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)	" Just as newly gritty heroes seem to have run their course (fingers crossed), Cruise and Bird are doing their damnedest to maintain the escapist thrills that we as audiences will always choose to accept." — Film.com Posted Dec 16, 2011
72%	Carnage (2011)	" Eventually, the characters - and the film - find their belligerent groove." — Film.com Posted Dec 16, 2011
83%	Outrage (2011)	" It's retaliation without foundation, all fun and games until everyone gets hurt." — Film.com Posted Dec 16, 2011
84%	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)	" Stakes more personal than political [keep] Alfredson's chilly approach from leaving viewers out in the cold entirely." — Film.com Posted Dec 9, 2011
95%	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011)	" Throttles forward with remarkable aplomb and easily leaves the original in the dust." — Film.com Posted Dec 8, 2011
75%	The Swell Season (2011)	" An emotional erosion captured by the trio in decidedly unromantic black-and-white." — Film.com Posted Dec 1, 2011
97%	The Artist (2011)	" A cheeky trifle whose present-day novelty of being, well, silent and black-and-white carries it a long way." — Film.com Posted Nov 29, 2011
84%	My Week with Marilyn (2011)	" It's an easy emotional rollercoaster to put an audience through, and while Williams nails the breathy voice and flickers of doubt, her work here is never allowed to feel truly effortless." — Film.com Posted Nov 23, 2011
94%	Hugo (2011)	" Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' It's a sentiment that Scorsese seems to have taken to heart..." — Film.com Posted Nov 22, 2011
74%	Rampart (2012)	" Harrelson both relishes the conviction with which Dave continually acts out and sells the tumult that follows when he has no one left to hate but himself." — Film.com Posted Nov 22, 2011
91%	Tabloid (2011)	" Operates as both an examination of the dominating media mentality at the time and an embodiment of it, no less keen on delving into the juicy details now as tabloid rags were then." — Film.com Posted Nov 18, 2011
81%	Tyrannosaur (2011)	" Like a bruise, black and blue and more deeply felt than it initially seems." — Film.com Posted Nov 18, 2011
44%	Happy Feet Two (2011)	" Follows in the original's footsteps on a more reasonable scale while sparing audiences an emotional ambush." — Film.com Posted Nov 18, 2011
36%	Immortals (2011)	" Puffed-up style worthy of trumped-up lore." — Film.com Posted Nov 11, 2011
44%	J. Edgar (2011)	" The gravity and doubt of DiCaprio's performance keeps the gossip grounded." — Orlando Weekly Posted Nov 9, 2011
13%	I Melt with You (2011)	" The problems of the present give way to a promise from the past and the raucous, repetitive revelry segues into the formula of a bland thriller - Shallow Grave for shallow individuals." — The Playlist Posted Nov 8, 2011
82%	Young Adult (2011)	" Doesn't flinch from deep-seated scars and long-lasting regret, and it's only funnier for exploiting and exploring the grand delusions of its utterly pathological, pretty-on-the-outside protagonist." — The Playlist Posted Nov 8, 2011
68%	Tower Heist (2011)	" Doles out quips, gags and reversals with clockwork timing and zero finesse." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Nov 7, 2011
69%	A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)	" The resulting hodge-podge of low-brow gags and winking humor is surprisingly spirited, and has the distinct advantage of not being as immediately dated as half of the humor in Guantanamo already is." — Film.com Posted Nov 4, 2011
98%	Le Havre (2011)	" A slog of old-fashioned ideals and utter non-whimsy." — Film.com Posted Oct 28, 2011
83%	Puss in Boots (2011)	" The character may be here to save the day, but the movie's only here to pass the time and it does that just fine." — Film.com Posted Oct 28, 2011
50%	The Rum Diary (2011)	" Charming though the majority of the film may be, for a story about a man finding his voice, this one eventually loses its nerve." — The Playlist Posted Oct 25, 2011
90%	Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)	" Olsen nails her perpetual state of worry so keenly that it elevates her struggle to the scale of existential tragedy." — Film.com Posted Oct 21, 2011
75%	The Woman (2011)	" The characters and the audience alike will have to endure much misery and a ham-fisted illustration of gender dynamics, offered up as an especially cockeyed comedy of manners..." — Film.com Posted Oct 21, 2011
79%	The Skin I Live In (2011)	" Almodovar's direction carries with it an air of precision that mutes the often preposterous nature of the proceedings in a manner evocative of de Palma's playful streak (if less egregious)." — Film.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
21%	Fireflies in the Garden (2011)	" The emotional effectiveness varies from moment to moment between not pushing too hard or simply not pulling hard enough." — Film.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
70%	Footloose (2011)	" May not make as great a dent in the current generation as the original film had, but it does offer up a commendable amount of energy and heart..." — Film.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
85%	The Ides of March (2011)	" Just about every other scene in the film is a simple pleasure unto itself between the equally confident writing, direction and performances." — Film.com Posted Oct 7, 2011

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