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Biography:: Chase Whale's life changed when his sweet mother took him to see Terminator 2: Judgement Day at the tender age of eight. Since that day?while his friends were out chasing footballs and girls?he was renting the latest release or Van Damme masterpiece. Fast forward to 2007, Whale co-founded the little movie website that could (well, for four years), GordonandtheWhale.com. Through GATW, he covered Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, the Toronto International Film Festival, and Comic-Con, along with junkets in London, Toronto, and other parts of the world. GATW also gave Whale the opportunity to interview Harrison Ford, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, Danny Boyle, Will Ferrell, Jason Reitman, Davis Guggenheim, Andrew Garfield, Mark Romanek, Zach Galifianakis, Carey Mulligan, Harmony Korine, Sam Rockwell, Richard Linklater, Michael Shannon, and dozens of other prominent actors and directors currently working today. In 2009, NBC named him one of the 25 most interesting people in Dallas, along with Erykah Badu and Nolan Ryan. Later that year, The Wrap listed him as one of 30 Movie Insiders to Follow Right Now On Twitter, with Peter Travers, Harry Knowles, and Slash Film's Peter Sciretta. Whale was a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, and the Austin Film Critics Association. Since GATW's departure, he's programmed for the Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest, and his reviews, interviews, and editorials have been featured on websites including Twitch, Film.com, Next Movie, Film Threat, The Playlist, We Got This Covered, and Latino Review (keep it between us girls, but yes, Whale is white). He is a member of Rotten Tomatoes and Indiewire's Criticwire, and is one of the Featured Film Critics for Twitch.net.
Favorites:: Brewster McCloud, Magnolia, The Loved Ones, Half Nelson, Children of Men, City of God, Take Shelter, Halloween (1978), Animal Kingdom, Hesher, JCVD, Bloodsport, Die Hard, Predator, Young Guns II, Terminator 2
Publications:: Film Threat , Film.com , Gordon and the Whale , Twitch , We Got This Covered
Critics' Group:: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 40

Location:: Los Angeles, CA

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
B+	66%	Spring Breakers (2013)	" Bikinis. Boobs. Bongs. Booze. Blasphemy. Bullets. Bloodshed. Bad bitches. Spring Breakers is the rawest (and perhaps greatest) movie about spring break ever." — Film Threat Posted Mar 15, 2013
	66%	The We and the I (2013)	" A shockingly horrendous film that strips away every bit of Michel Gondry's gifted imagination. " — Twitch Posted Mar 8, 2013
F	6%	Dunston Checks In (1996)	" Dunston does not, in fact, check in. " — Gordon and the Whale Posted Feb 19, 2013
A+	77%	Melancholia (2011)	" Melancholia is not about the end of the world, but the end of a feeling: happiness." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Feb 19, 2013
	73%	Nighthawks (1981)	" Stallone dresses in drag for his first onscreen appearance as a cop. This is one reel bad dude. " — Gordon and the Whale Posted Feb 19, 2013
A	75%	Prince Avalanche (2013)	" Prince Avalanche marks David Gordon Green's triumphant return to compelling storytelling. Welcome Back, dude. " — We Got This Covered Posted Feb 5, 2013
B	——	The Rambler (2013)	" A mixture of unhinged brilliance, idiocy, unsettling confusion, and a whole lot of chaos." — Twitch Posted Feb 3, 2013
B+	20%	Afternoon Delight ()	" Life is full of funny little moments, full of heartbreak and sadness, and full of love. Love, happiness, and finding peace take a little time. Afternoon Delight captures these feelings in the most sincere way possible." — Twitch Posted Jan 31, 2013
A+	100%	The Kings of Summer (2013)	" An unforgettable coming-of-age comedy that's sweet, witty, and brings back the joys of being young and full of life. " — Twitch Posted Jan 28, 2013
A	88%	Upstream Color (2013)	" Upstream Color is a very layered and complex movie. But it's also rich and beautiful. I expect nothing less from the crowded and radiant mind of Shane Carruth." — We Got This Covered Posted Jan 27, 2013
D-	33%	The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman ()	" THE NECESSARY DEATH OF CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN is the unnecessary death of a potentially good movie." — Twitch Posted Jan 26, 2013
A	83%	C.O.G. ()	" Experience is the best teacher in Kyle Patrick Alvarez' riveting portrait of self-discovery, C.O.G." — Twitch Posted Jan 25, 2013
A+	88%	The Way, Way Back (2013)	" The Way, Way Back is everything you want in a laugh out loud, crowd-pleasing, coming-of-age movie." — Twitch Posted Jan 23, 2013
A+	86%	The Spectacular Now (2013)	" The most important adult-oriented film about the victories and woes of high school life in the last decade." — Twitch Posted Jan 20, 2013
	100%	Don Jon (2013)	" Gutsy, sexy, and hilarious. Don Jon's Addiction bulks up the body and career of Joseph Gordon-Levitt." — Twitch Posted Jan 19, 2013
C-	36%	LUV (2013)	" An almost likable movie about unshackling the past." — Twitch Posted Jan 17, 2013
A+	90%	Holy Motors (2012)	" Holy Motors is some kind of wonderful." — Film.com Posted Dec 21, 2012
C	53%	The Girl (2013)	" The Girl splashes Abbie Cornish's fantastic acting, but the film is dead in the water." — Twitch Posted Dec 15, 2012
	44%	Save The Date (2012)	" A pleasing sophomore feature from Sundance alum Michael Mohan" — Twitch Posted Dec 13, 2012
B+	43%	Waiting For Lightning (2012)	" Waiting for Lightning is a true underdog story that will make anyone feel invincible, even for just 90 minutes." — Twitch Posted Dec 6, 2012
A+	——	The Bastard Sings The Sweetest Song ()	" The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song is one the most melancholic and poignant true stories ever told." — Film Threat Posted Dec 3, 2012
C	32%	Deadfall (2012)	" Deadfall flaunts Eric Bana's badassery, but not much else." — Twitch Posted Nov 21, 2012
C	67%	Price Check (2012)	" You can usually count on Parker Posey. That said, it's a real shame to watch her admirable talents dry up in the easily forgettable Price Check." — Twitch Posted Nov 15, 2012
C	5%	Nature Calls (2012)	" Nature Calls is something else for sure, but falls short of fitting into the wild and weird cinematic world Rohal has created." — Twitch Posted Nov 8, 2012
9.5/10	46%	The Comedy (2012)	" An unconventional, unapologetic comedy that's unbelievably entertaining." — We Got This Covered Posted Nov 8, 2012
B+	——	All The Light In The Sky ()	" All the Light in the Sky is a deeply moving and well-written collaboration about some of the blunders and wonders we face in life. " — Twitch Posted Nov 6, 2012
B	79%	Miami Connection (2012)	" Miami Connection is the greatest movie from 1987 you've never seen (but need to). " — Film Threat Posted Nov 2, 2012
B	93%	Sun Don't Shine (2013)	" Amy Seimetz' feature debut Sun Don't Shine haunts and thrives." — Twitch Posted Oct 28, 2012
B+	50%	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)	" Co-writer/director John Hyams has fearlessly taken the franchise in a whole new direction and pulls it off admirably." — Film Threat Posted Oct 27, 2012
B-	87%	Middle of Nowhere (2012)	" Middle of Nowhere takes us on a pleasing road of self-discovery." — Twitch Posted Oct 11, 2012
B+	35%	Butter (2012)	" Butter is a sassy movie that spreads charm and laughs. And butter." — Twitch Posted Oct 4, 2012
D	58%	Scream 4 (2011)	" Everybody is still a suspect and everybody is still a victim, but narrowing down our Ghostface has become easier than ever." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
A+	93%	Drive (2011)	" Something under the hood of Drive captured my heart; director Nicolas Winding Refn has admirably crafted a fine piece of retro-noir cinema." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
A+	93%	Take Shelter (2011)	" I could watch Michael Shannon stare at a wall for 90 minutes and still be captivated." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
B+	73%	Bellflower (2011)	" Bellflower is a visual spectacle of independent cinema." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
F	32%	The Ward (2011)	" John Carpenter has made his first unintentional comedy." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
4.5/5	91%	Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011)	" Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest is a marvelous and unapologetic look at the rise and fall of arguably one of the most influential hip hop groups of our time." — Gordon and the Whale Posted Oct 2, 2012
B+	70%	Wrong (2013)	" Writer/director/composer/editor/cinematographer/auteur/weirdo Quentin Dupieux is a guy who pulls the mat right out from under the Hollywood norm and takes bold and colorful chances" — Twitch Posted Sep 27, 2012
B+	84%	Smashed (2012)	" Smashed is an honest, somber, and often good-humored portrait of an alcohol addict. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is marvelous." — Twitch Posted Sep 27, 2012

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