ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rob Blackwelder

Official Websites:
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ROB BLACKWELDER

""F***in' DARK in here!" Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), "Bound")"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

Biography: Once upon a time, Rob was the entertainment editor at a small community college with a kick-*** journalism program. One day he graduated and realized that he could not give up writing about movies, even if he had to hold a day job to do it. Through a friend he got a peanut-paying freelance gig at a podunk newspaper in an overgrown farm town in Northern California, writing one review a week. It wasn't pretty, but it kept him on the mailing lists at the publicity houses. Soon Rob started a web site called Movieolla and before long was being chased by lawyers for the people who make the Moviola editing equipment that is the film industry work horse for cutting and splicing. Hmm, thought Rob, splicing! And thus was born SPLICEDwire (http://www.splicedwire.com), the web site for SPLICEDwire Content Services, which provides movie reviews and features to newspapers, web sites, and other media outlets. Rob was named one of the 10 Best Film Critics of 2003 by the Critic Doctor (http://www.criticdoctor.com/toptenlists/2003.html).

Favorites: RECENT #1 FILMS: 2003: "Lost in Translation" 2002: "Chicago" 2001: "Amelie" 2000: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" 1999: "Run Lola Run" 1998: "Buffalo '66" 1997: "Titanic" 1996: "Breaking the Waves" 1995: "Othello" Robio's FAVORITES list:

Breaking the Waves" (1996, Lars VonTrier)

"What's New Pussycat" (1965, Clive Donner)

"The Thin Man" (1934, Woodbridge S. VanDyke)

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981, Stephen Spielberg) [*} (tie) "His Girl Friday" (1940, Howard Hawks)

"The Seven Year Itch" (1955, Billy Wilder)

"Laura" (1944, Otto Preminger)

"Gilda" (1946, Charles Vidor)

"The Usual Suspects" (1995, Bryan Singer)

"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1991, Pedro Almodovar)

"Dangerous Liaisons" (1988, Stephen Frears)

"The Philadelphia Story" (1940, George Cukor)

"Bound" (1996, Wachowski Bros.)

"Moon Over Miami" (1941, Walter Lang)

Publications: Combustible Celluloid, SPLICEDWire

Critics' Group: San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Total Reviews: 1891
Total QuickRatings: 310

Location: Oakland, CA

DVD REVIEWS ONLY

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 72%	Enigma (2002)	" *Buy or rent the only the fantastic Special Edition* DVD. The original DVD release has no extras and one of the worst digital transfers I've ever seen.*" — SPLICEDWire* DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh	N/A	El Mariachi/Desperado (1992)	" Almost everything one could hope for from cool cult-movie DVDs." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 92%	El Mariachi (1992)	" Almost everything one could hope for from a cool cult-movie DVD." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 73%	The Italian Job (2003)	" Bonus goodies cover everything from the custom cars to the script and how little resemblence it bears to the 1969 original -- and none recycle the same interview footage." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 59%	Down With Love (2003)	" the multiple making-of bonus features on this DVD (wit vignettes on costumes, music, and even the use of split-screen) are genuinely entertaining in their own right..." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 98%	Finding Nemo (2003)	" Besides a typically entertaining (and sometimes enjoyably silly) commentary track detailing the filmmaking, this 2-disc set is packed with cool goodies." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 89%	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	" The engrossing feature-length making-of covers the whole trilogy, and despite being fairly standard in its style, it is something any fan will watch more than once." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 94%	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	" The engrossing feature-length making-of covers the whole trilogy, and despite being fairly standard in its style, it is something any fan will watch more than once." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 2.5/4	Fresh 95%	Lost in Translation (2003)	" *Why did the studio have to go and make this movie the first DVD on which you're forced* to watch trailers before you get to the menu?*" — SPLICEDWire* DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 25, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 84%	Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)	" The commentary track with Westfeldt & Juergensen is so full of delight, energy, enthusiasm & interesting backstory (it's) almost as entertaining as the feature itself." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 18, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 90%	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)	" the real fan-boy goodie is a text commentary by (the) co-author of The Star Trek Encyclopedia, which is overflowing with fascinating detail upon detail..." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 2, 2002
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 91%	Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)	" The coolest feature on this DVD changes all that. You can access raw footage from certain sections of the film while you watch -- and it's a lot of raw footage!" — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 2, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 82%	The Rookie (2002)	" This movie's spirit comes through beautifully on the small screen. But getting the widescreen version is highly recommended... pan-&-scan (won't be) the same experience." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 2, 2002
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 92%	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	" Many of the extras on this disc are embarrassingly bland & blatantly promotional...Wait for the 4-disc special edition." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 2, 2002
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 90%	Amelie (2001)	" (The director's) commentary track is fascinating from beginning to end, especially for Jeunet fans." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 19, 2002
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 72%	The Cat's Meow (2002)	" Oh-so-apropos extras package includes a terrific Charlie Chaplin short...& 2 very good behind-the-scenes featurettes (on)...the history of the project." — SPLICEDWire DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 19, 2002
Rotten 4/4	Rotten 48%	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)	" *Perfect sound and picture, three* engrossing commentary tracks...and bonuses up the Gonzo.*" — SPLICEDWire* DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 1, 2000

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