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BILL GIBRON

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications: DVD Verdict, DVDTalk.com, Filmcritic.com, PopMatters, Reel.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 1670
Total QuickRatings: 1

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Fresh
4/5

Fresh
70%

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

" ...just a single casting decision away from being another brilliant update. Instead, it's just a wonderful, if flawed, entertainment." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 24, 2009

—

Fresh
64%

Beautiful Losers (2008)

Click here to read article — DVD Verdict
DVD REVIEW

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
37%

Nine (2009)

" The movie musical can still be a splendid bit of escapism. With Nine, the only thing you'll want to flee is the movie theater itself." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 23, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
85%

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

" In a year filled with audacity (Antichrist, Inglourious Basterds), nothing is cheekier and as out and out ballsy as The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 19, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
89%

Up in the Air (2009)

" ...one of 2009's best experiences, a narrative highway where every mile represents another revealing rest area, where each conversation pushes us closer to our formidable final destination." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 19, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
14%

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

" It would be acceptable if all this fakeness lead to something legitimately funny. Instead, we're left bemused and bored." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Dec 17, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
83%

Avatar (2009)

" a stunning masterpiece." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Dec 17, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
76%

Invictus (2009)

" ...every sports movie cliche, combined it with a relatively revealing look at the early days of the Nelson Mandela administration..." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 12, 2009

Fresh
4.5/5

Fresh
83%

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

" It's like getting into a time machine and going back to the days of great mouse detectives, lion kings, and open-hearted beauties and their lovelorn beasts." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 11, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
72%

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

" What his other movies have done summarily or languidly, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels does with some clear novice stumbles. It's creative and very clever. It's just not a classic." — PopMatters

Posted Dec 3, 2009

Fresh
4.5/5

Fresh
93%

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

" ...a wholly unique piece, a contemporized take on Dahl's 1970 book with as much interpersonal angst as kid-friendly fun." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 26, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
31%

Ninja Assassin (2009)

" While there is more to Ninja Assassin than endless gory excess, what's remains is like an arterial spray afterthought." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 25, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
72%

The Road (2009)

" (T)hanks to Hillcoat's reverence to the source material and his desire to visualize McCarthy's mind's eye Armageddon, we wind up with something so harsh it's almost unbearable." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 25, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
72%

The Blind Side (2009)

" Even if it weren't true, The Blind Side would be a special film." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 23, 2009

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
23%

Planet 51 (2009)

" dull and lifeless, moving inertly from point to point without offering much that's memorable or amusing" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 22, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
80%

Fight Club (1999)

" Fight Club is still today a definitive film, a statement as strong as any rock anthem and twice as packed with power chords." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
97%

Gone With the Wind (1939)

" Gone with the Wind is still dated, but it's a dynamite kind of antiquity." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
53%

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

" Like one massive inside joke that only regulars to the View Askew Universe will get, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the ultimate measure of Smith's undeniable nerdiness." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
4.5/5

Fresh
91%

Chasing Amy (1997)

" Like a raw nerve tweaked over and over again by emotions both radiant and revealing, Chasing Amy is as close to a masterpiece as Smith has ever created." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
87%

Clerks (1994)

" Clerks remains a defining debut, a symbolic shot into the darkened domain of legitimate moviemaking." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
91%

Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009)

" Most tragedies provide a final act of catharsis. All Precious has to offer is more and more malice." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 21, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
60%

Pirate Radio (2009)

" Winning, witty, and wearing out its welcome toward the end, Pirate Radio is either a noble failure or the slightest of successes." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 15, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
39%

2012 (2009)

" Step right up and prepare to be mesmerized, bowled over, and generally blown away by Roland Emmerich's 2012, a movie that is guaranteed to be the last word on impending cinematic Armageddon for the foreseeable future." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 12, 2009

Fresh
4/5

N/A

Screwballs (1983)

Click here to read article — DVDTalk.com
DVD REVIEW

Posted Nov 12, 2009

Rotten
3/5

Rotten
53%

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

" Neither as quirky as it thinks it is nor as witty as it wants to be, The Men Who Stare at Goats is a low grade military send-up." — PopMatters

Posted Nov 6, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
55%

Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

" all science and little sentiment" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 6, 2009

Rotten
3/5

Rotten
18%

The Fourth Kind (2009)

" a smart-ass slap in the face" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Nov 5, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
80%

Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)

" As titles go, Jackson's own self-penned label lingers with hints of what could have been and what never will be. Still, for anyone still looking for a little bit of his magic, This Is It contains more than enough." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 31, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

N/A

P (2005)

" P offers a subtle, often scary look at life as a Thai bar girl in Bangkok, with some frightening folklore and magic thrown in for good measure." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 31, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
73%

Fear(s) of the Dark (2008)

" Fear(s) of the Dark should put to rest once and for all any qualms about mixing animation with angst." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 31, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

N/A

Sauna (2009)

" Similar in style to the brilliant Let the Right One In, this story of blame and belief, terror and trepidation uses an unfamiliar era and event to lay the foundation for one undeniable work of fear." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 31, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
46%

Stargate (1994)

" Still, this is a decent little diversion, the kind of pure popcorn fodder that would find a far more ballsy form when Will Smith took on city-sized flying saucers in Independence Day." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 27, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

N/A

Black Devil Doll (2009)

" ...this outrageous example of Joe Bob Briggs' patented "three Bs - breasts, blood, and beasts" is so insane, so silicon injected and silly that it's almost impossible to take seriously." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 27, 2009

Rotten
2.5/5

Rotten
55%

Orphan (2009)

" Orphan is not very good. At 90 minutes, it might have been amazing. At nearly two hours, it's tedious." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 25, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Rotten
50%

Antichrist (2009)

" Absolutely stunning in its visual flourishes, horrifying in its aggressive violence, and knowing in its psycho-sexual philosophical bent, Von Trier's Antichrist is simply astonishing." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 24, 2009

Fresh
4.5/5

Fresh
83%

We Live in Public (2009)

" There is so much about We Live in Public that is mesmerizing, so much that is both shocking in its statement and knowing in its insight, that it's hard to take in at one sitting." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 23, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
94%

Good Hair (2010)

" Good Hair...uncovers a multibillion dollar industry relying on misinformation, misrepresentation, and misguided personal opinions about fashion to maintain its beauty salon stronghold." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 23, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
92%

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)

" No matter the accomplishments during her lifetime, Gertrude Berg remains an integral part of the modern media's formation. Thankfully, we now have a permanent testament to how important - and irresistible - she was." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 23, 2009

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
54%

Cheri (2009)

" Clever, charming, and slightly superficial, Cheri is the kind of pert period piece that gets by on a great deal of creative goodwill." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 22, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
40%

Waterworld (1995)

" While it is true that time, and the obsessive culture of the Internet, has lessened Waterworld's "Fishtar" reputation to some extent, this is still one massively flawed film." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 22, 2009

Rotten
3/5

Rotten
37%

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

" feels like something that should have been a whole lot better" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 22, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
48%

Astro Boy (2009)

" fails to satisfy on any emotional or intellectual level." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 22, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
24%

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

" a slick cat and mouse where occasional splashes of gore substitute for any emotional depth or narrative context" — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 15, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
73%

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

" absolutely amazing, as scary and beautiful as being a kid all over again." — Filmcritic.com

Posted Oct 15, 2009

Rotten
2.5/5

Fresh
78%

It Might Get Loud (2009)

" ...(W)e except a sonic summit of Olympian proportions. What we get instead are three slight biographies followed by sequences that merely suggest what such a coming together could actually achieve." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 10, 2009

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
86%

Trick 'r Treat (2009)

" Trick 'r Treat is a really good film. In fact, it's so unusual in its practical F/X approach and retro direct to video charms that a second viewing is definitely needed before confirming its almost masterpiece status." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 10, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Fresh
82%

Paranormal Activity (2009)

" Paranormal Activity pretends to be a heart-stopping edge of your seat entertainment. It's actually just a homemade horror movie blown all out of proportion by studios sensing a hit." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 9, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
12%

Couples Retreat (2009)

" While Billingsley acquits himself well in the directing department, it's the script that finally sinks (this film)." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 9, 2009

—

Fresh
79%

In a Dream (2009)

Click here to read article — DVD Verdict
DVD REVIEW

Posted Oct 8, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Rotten
57%

The Invention of Lying (2009)

" The Invention of Lying casts a critical light on the gullible and the guileless, the narrow minded and the unquestioning." — PopMatters

Posted Oct 2, 2009
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