Robert Cashill

Robert Cashill

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Biography:
Robert Cashill, an Associate Editor of Cineaste magazine and the Film Editor of Popdose.com, has been writing about cinema since the original versions of Dawn of the Dead and When a Stranger Calls. Thirty years later theater has joined his repertoire and his byline has appeared in numerous publications, print or online — The Wall Street Journal, Time Out New York, Playbill, MovieMaker, and Newsweek.com among them. Cashill, who resides in Brooklyn, is a Board Member of the Drama Desk theatrical critics association in New York.
Publications:
Between Productions , Cineaste Magazine , Newsweek , Popdose
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
518
Total QuickRatings:
143
Location:
Brooklyn, NY

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2.5/4 87% Easy Money (2012) " Watchable if less than inspired." — Popdose
Posted Apr 11, 2013
2.5/4 —— Devil's Island () " The best of the films on the Warner Archive set, Boris Karloff Triple Feature." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Mar 6, 2013
2.5/4 —— West of Shanghai () " If only it was pre-Code." — Popdose
Posted Mar 6, 2013
3.5/4 96% The Insider (1999) " The Blu-ray revives one of the great journalism movies." — Popdose
Posted Feb 28, 2013
3/4 87% Frankenweenie (2012) " A tremendous Blu-ray presentation wags the tail of this dog." — Popdose
Posted Feb 9, 2013
3.5/4 75% Peter Pan (1953) " A gorgeous Diamond Edition Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted Feb 9, 2013
4/4 97% Cabaret (1972) " The new Blu-ray is a magnificent restoration of a film classic." — Popdose
Posted Feb 4, 2013
3/4 82% Seven Psychopaths (2012) " Surprising and stimulating." — Popdose
Posted Feb 3, 2013
2/4 —— Villain (1971) " A disappointment given its cast and subject." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Dec 22, 2012
3/4 78% Brave (2012) " A solidly edifying Blu-ray package in want of a more fulfilling movie." — Popdose
Posted Nov 14, 2012
3/4 —— Way Of A Gaucho () " That a more obscure Tourneur credit is now less anonymous for viewers is a good thing." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Sep 1, 2012
3/4 —— Three Strangers (1946) " "It's another triumph of terror by the masters of mystery!" says the trailer, and I heartily agree." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Sep 1, 2012
1.5/4 —— Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012) " I think the sharks are albino because the CGI staff didn't know how to render color on their Compaqs. Spielberg can rest easy." — Popdose
Posted Aug 18, 2012
4/4 100% Jaws (1975) " A classic comes to Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted Aug 18, 2012
4/4 94% Deliverance (1972) " Interview with Ronny Cox about John Boorman's masterful adaptation." — Popdose
Posted Jun 25, 2012
2/4 —— Love Never Dies (2012) " The music, like the production, is handsome but inert." — Popdose
Posted Jun 13, 2012
3/4 —— The Steel Trap (1952) " It lives up to its title." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Jun 1, 2012
4/4 100% A Night to Remember (1958) " A perfect distillation of a great book. (Criterion Blu-ray)" — Popdose
Posted Apr 14, 2012
3/4 86% Battle Royale 3D (2000) " The superior, legitimate presentation on Blu-ray is, short of an actual theatrical release, the showcase it required. " — Popdose
Posted Mar 30, 2012
4/4 90% Blow Out (1981) " A classic comes to Criterion Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted Oct 1, 2011
3/4 89% Scarface (2003) " Grandiose and outrageous." — Popdose
Posted Oct 1, 2011
3/4 80% The Big Lebowski (1998) " The Blu-ray really ties the movie together." — Popdose
Posted Aug 17, 2011
2.5/4 23% Sucker Punch (2011) " Divisive and not quite fully baked, it has something going for it besides pulchritude." — Popdose
Posted Aug 12, 2011
2.5/4 76% Superman Returns (2006) " A decidedly mixed bag." — Popdose
Posted Jun 23, 2011
1.5/4 10% Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) " Well-intentioned, hilariously ill-advised." — Popdose
Posted Jun 23, 2011
2.5/4 88% Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) " Of minor interest, mostly for Richard Donner groupies." — Popdose
Posted Jun 23, 2011
3.5/4 88% Superman II (1981) " Flies higher on Blu-ray than ever before." — Popdose
Posted Jun 23, 2011
3.5/4 93% Superman (1978) " The classic soars on Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted Jun 23, 2011
2.5/4 20% Queen of Blood (Planet of Blood) (Planet of Vampires) (The Green Woman) (1966) " A decent hybrid that looks ahead to the genre's future." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Jun 7, 2011
1.5/4 —— The Black Sleep (1956) " Rarely have so many been asked to do so little." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Jun 7, 2011
2/4 58% How I Won the War (1967) " Not very US-er friendly." — Popdose
Posted Jun 3, 2011
3/4 79% I Saw the Devil (2011) " Gets right in your face with the cinema of complicity." — Popdose
Posted May 20, 2011
4/4 97% Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) (1955) " A classic chiller revived on Criterion Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted May 20, 2011
2/4 51% Tron Legacy (2010) " Not as good a film, or satisfying a Blu-ray, as the original." — Popdose
Posted Apr 26, 2011
3/4 70% TRON (1982) " The Blu-ray really brings out its handmade appeal, and its surprising charm." — Popdose
Posted Apr 26, 2011
4/4 88% Santa sangre (Holy Blood) (1990) " A surrealist masterpiece and the horror film of your dreams." — Popdose
Posted Apr 1, 2011
1.5/4 37% The Resident (2012) " Definitely to rent and not to buy." — Popdose
Posted Apr 1, 2011
3.5/4 90% Tangled (2010) " Not at all a bad hair day for Disney." — Popdose
Posted Mar 30, 2011
2/4 20% The Tourist (2010) " Coach class all the way." — Popdose
Posted Mar 28, 2011
3/4 100% Man From Nowhere (2010) " The Korean megahit has heart...and severed limbs and eyeballs, too." — Popdose
Posted Mar 17, 2011
2.5/4 —— The World, the Flesh and the Devil (2000) " An easier sit than On the Beach, respectably acted and with flashes of humor." — Cineaste Magazine
Posted Mar 14, 2011
3/4 72% Monsters (2010) " Not rock 'em sock 'em and all the better for it." — Popdose
Posted Mar 12, 2011
1.5/4 36% Burlesque (2010) " As dead as burlesque." — Popdose
Posted Mar 2, 2011
4/4 91% Thelma & Louise (1991) " A classic comes to Blu-ray." — Popdose
Posted Feb 23, 2011
3/4 97% Animal Kingdom (2010) " A galvanizing Oscar-worthy turn that you likely haven't seen makes a visit to Animal Kingdom a worthwhile destination." — Popdose
Posted Feb 21, 2011
2.5/4 55% I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Woman) (1978) " Surrounded by an aura of the forbidden, it refuses to let you off the hook as you squirm and wriggle." — Popdose
Posted Feb 14, 2011
1.5/4 34% I Spit On Your Grave (2010) " The original concept slicked up and torture-porned. " — Popdose
Posted Feb 14, 2011
2.5/4 45% You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) " Middling Allen that will at least appeal to his fans, which is never a given." — Popdose
Posted Feb 12, 2011
3/4 50% Bitter Feast (2010) " Red meat for discriminating horror fans." — Popdose
Posted Jan 8, 2011
3/4 41% The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) " Movies that are wall-to-wall trickery usually bore me; this one hit my sweet spot." — Popdose
Posted Dec 1, 2010
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