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RORY L. ARONSKY

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Biography: I currently attend classes at College of the Canyons in Valencia, California. Additionally, I'm a film critic for Film Threat (www.filmthreat.com), as well as Film Monthly (www.filmonthly.com), and I write articles and book reviews for Valley Scene Magazine (www.valleyscenemagazine.com) which also has a printed edition. And I'm an intern at The Signal, the exclusive newspaper of the Santa Clarita Valley.

Favorites: Mary Poppins, American Beauty, The Swimmer, The Remains of the Day.

Publications: DVD Insider, Film Monthly, Film Threat, GCM Planet, NP2K, Screen It!, Tail Slate

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 258
Total QuickRatings: 2

Location: Saugus, California

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Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	Yesterday Was a Lie (2009)	" There is brilliance here that demonstrates the best of what independent filmmakers strive to do." — Film Threat Posted Dec 3, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 95%	The Hunt for Red October (1990)	" It is a thriller in some sequences, action in others, but it depends on personal taste, how many thrills you believe a movie should have in order to be considered a thriller" — Screen It! Posted May 13, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 95%	The Princess Bride (1987)	" There is so much to latch onto in this movie, so much for each member of a family that watches it together to love." — Screen It! Posted May 13, 2009
Fresh 5/5	N/A	Wake (2008)	" ... thoughtfulness, genuine sincerity, and total emotional honesty are what one can expect from Wake." — Film Threat Posted May 1, 2009
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 84%	Dead Poets Society (1989)	" Watch "Dead Poets Society" and you'll see the efforts of a filmmaker who has his own loving style in making movies." — Screen It! Posted Mar 25, 2009
Fresh 8.5/10	Fresh 84%	Wayne's World (1992)	" Everything wrapped within this film works..." — Screen It! Posted Mar 24, 2009
Fresh 5/5	N/A	Humble Beauty: Skid Row Artists (2008)	" ...a first-rate, profound documentary..." — Film Threat Posted Mar 19, 2009
Rotten 1.5/5	N/A	Ace Ventura Jr. (2009)	" It's disappointing that this is the next, and most likely final step of the Ace Ventura franchise." — Film Threat Posted Mar 12, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 96%	Silence of the Lambs (1991)	" It has maintained its reputation as a chilling drama after all these years..." — Screen It! Posted Feb 23, 2009
Fresh 8.5/10	Fresh 87%	Rain Man (1988)	" It's a worthwhile journey in character and scenery..." — Screen It! Posted Feb 16, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 45%	Hotel for Dogs (2009)	" Hotel for Dogs" is naturally attractive because of the sheer number of dogs in the film, suitable for any dog lover such as myself..." — Film Threat Posted Jan 22, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Rotten 53%	Mamma Mia! (2008)	" More fluff like "Mamma Mia!" than "Made of Honor" would make mid-year moviegoing a happier experience." — Film Threat Posted Jan 6, 2009
Fresh 5/5	Rotten 40%	Callback: The Unmaking of Bloodstain (2008)	" If you've looked into independent film, but never took it seriously for whatever reason, or might not have been impressed with what you've found, re-energize your interest with "Callback"" — Film Threat Posted Dec 11, 2008
Fresh 4/5	N/A	The Achievers: The Story of the Lebowski Fans (2008)	" ...it�s worthwhile not only for sheer entertainment, but to test how big a fan you actually are." — Film Threat Posted Nov 7, 2008
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 78%	Gremlins (1984)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Oct 14, 2008
Rotten 2.5/5	N/A	The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning (2008)	" Should Disney continue with other straight-to-DVD sequels or prequels like this one, "Bambi II"....needs to be required viewing. A close relationship between characters, as with Bambi and his father, works. An insufferable Flounder does not." — Film Threat Posted Sep 23, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 80%	Confusions of an Unmarried Couple (2009)	" ...Brett Butler and Naomi Johnson are astonishing together." — Film Threat Posted Aug 21, 2008
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 32%	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)	" A lot of those [stand-alone] episodes have been phenomenal, but this movie is not nearly on that level." — Film Threat Posted Jul 28, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 25%	Tony N' Tina's Wedding (2007)	" This is unforced, gradually unhinged, always-entertaining hilarity involving one of the most unconventional wedding receptions ever to be put on film." — Film Threat Posted Jul 22, 2008
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 89%	National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Jun 27, 2008
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 69%	Maverick (1994)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Jun 6, 2008
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 18%	The Flintstones (1994)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Jun 6, 2008
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Reversion (2008)	" Reversion" is a prime example of collaboration in independent film." — Film Threat Posted Jun 5, 2008
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 63%	Back to the Future Part II (1989)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted May 30, 2008
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 81%	Charlie Wilson's War (2007)	" Charlie Wilson's War" is intelligence to be savored appreciatively." — Film Threat Posted May 6, 2008
Fresh 7.5/10	Fresh 80%	Fatal Attraction (1987)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Apr 29, 2008
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 97%	Schindler's List (1993)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Apr 10, 2008
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 93%	Ghostbusters (1984)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Mar 24, 2008
Fresh 7.5/10	Fresh 84%	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Mar 10, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	N/A	Carts (2008)	" Carts is not a typical one-day-in-the-life-of-a-crappy-job movie." — Film Threat Posted Feb 20, 2008
Fresh 7.5/10	Fresh 83%	Beverly Hills Cop (1984)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Feb 11, 2008
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008)	" The truth of Petey Greene is that he wanted people to know what he felt, what he thought about the state of the Washington, D.C. he lived in." — Film Threat Posted Jan 23, 2008
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 81%	The Sound of Music (1965)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Sep 19, 2007
Fresh 7.5/10	Fresh 68%	True Lies (1994)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Sep 19, 2007
Fresh 8.5/10	Fresh 72%	Forrest Gump (1994)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Sep 19, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 95%	3:10 to Yuma (1957)	" The minutes tick toward 3:10, and all we can do is watch and hope that it all turns out ok. That's the best kind of Western, one that allows feelings like that to emerge while watching." — Film Threat Posted Sep 7, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	The Dialogue - Paul Haggis (2007)	" If all the known screenwriters of Hollywood are to be interviewed for posterity, this is the way to do it." — Film Threat Posted Aug 24, 2007
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Peter's Price (2005)	" ...it�s evident that writer/director Mitchell L. Cohen has been watching for years the works of filmmakers like David Mamet..." — Film Threat Posted Aug 20, 2007
Fresh 5.5/10	Rotten 45%	Batman Forever (1995)	" See website for more details." — Screen It! Posted Jun 18, 2007
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 100%	Fail Safe (2000)	" ...it can't be denied by any means the caliber of talent that's spread throughout these 84 minutes." — Film Threat Posted Jun 6, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 47%	Duck (2007)	" ...a thoughtful look at who we might be and what we can be, with just a little tenderness that remains embedded in the heart for a long time after." — Film Threat Posted May 18, 2007
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 27%	Tortilla Heaven (2007)	" Oh how I wanted to like "Tortilla Heaven." Really like it. Saturday-afternoon-movie like it." — Film Threat Posted Mar 31, 2007
Fresh 5/5	N/A	Bad Boys of Summer (2007)	" Bad Boys of Summer" cements what the two filmmakers are after." — Film Threat Posted Mar 8, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 71%	Infamous (2006)	" For this film, it's the little pleasures---such as scenes of Capote writing and pages from legal pads stacked in rows---rather than the overall feeling and being engaged by it the entire time, which is a bit hard to do." — Film Threat Posted Mar 2, 2007
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Glenn Tilbrook - One for the Road (2005)	" He's still got the voice and the music and the words, but especially now, there's his new course, captured wonderfully." — Film Threat Posted Feb 23, 2007
Fresh 4/5	N/A	Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together (2001)	" ...all this through a review of 33 Sondheim songs? Ok! " — Film Threat Posted Feb 12, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 69%	Alone With Her (2007)	" Alone with Her has a dog and a rampant sense of dread, the kind you don't recover from for at least a few days. I'm on the first day." — Film Threat Posted Feb 12, 2007
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 94%	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)	" Writer/director Steve Kloves (this was his first film) keeps his characters grounded as people..." — Film Threat Posted Feb 12, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 67%	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2006)	" At the very least, this was treated with a level of dignity and poise that you generally don't get from the kind of low-grade trash that our mermaid, genie, and Indian princess counterparts have endured." — Film Threat Posted Feb 12, 2007
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 38%	From Other Worlds (2006)	" A versatile attempt at the sci-fi genre, which makes its mark by not being an outright sci-fi movie." — Film Threat Posted Feb 5, 2007

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