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William Goss

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:: Cinematical , eFilmCritic.com , Film.com , Horror Squad , MSN Movies , Orlando Weekly , Pajiba , The Playlist
Critics' Group:: Florida Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 667

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T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
47%	The Great Gatsby (2013)	" And so we wait, wait for the parties to end, wait for sparks to fly, for tragedy to strike, for repercussions to ensue, for our persistently passive protagonist to simply shut up already." — Film.com Posted May 8, 2013
——	La cinquième saison ()	" A dryly absurd and gradually creepy portrait of how the balance between man and nature might quietly go awry." — Film.com Posted May 5, 2013
65%	Greetings From Tim Buckley (2013)	" The concert may have seen the reluctant birth of a second-generation rock star, but this movie, if nothing else, is a similarly suitable showcase for its own leading man." — Film.com Posted May 3, 2013
78%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" Either IM3 is a Marvel movie in the guise of a Shane Black action-comedy or the other way around. Regardless, it's an awful lot of fun." — Film.com Posted Apr 28, 2013
58%	At Any Price (2013)	" So overwrought initially that the film's late ironies are but a modest consolation that Bahrani does indeed have more in mind than literal and figurative corn." — Film.com Posted Apr 23, 2013
——	Twenty Feet From Stardom (2013)	" Between the welcome anecdotes, the wealth of archival footage, the well-polished production values and an inevitably remarkable soundtrack spanning the greatest decades of American rock and soul, Stardom mostly hits the right notes." — Film.com Posted Apr 22, 2013
47%	The Lords of Salem (2013)	" A more restrained kind of grungy horror throwback than the rocker-turned-filmmaker has offered to date, at least marking a step in a different direction, if not necessarily the right one." — Film.com Posted Apr 18, 2013
56%	Oblivion (2013)	" Rendered with equal parts urgency and familiarity." — Film.com Posted Apr 17, 2013
16%	Temptation (2013)	" The first half is a functional (if exceedingly predictable) melodrama before devolving, just as predictably, into a cautionary cartoon." — Film.com Posted Mar 29, 2013
91%	V/H/S/2 (2013)	" Just imagine the kind of anthology that might yet be born should all involved be held to the evident highlights of these films so far." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
86%	Sightseers (2013)	" Lowe and Oram get along with wonderfully neurotic chemistry, making it easy to root for them in spite of their newfound bloodlust." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
75%	Berberian Sound Studio (2013)	" The first two acts are funny and fun in their moody evocation of both the period and the genre, but right around when Gilderoy starts to lose his mind, Berberian begins to lose its way." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
79%	Miami Connection (2012)	" Miami Connection may not be a good film in any conventional sense, but it's great in countless ways." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
70%	Wrong (2013)	" Those on its perpetually absurd wavelength should soon find themselves left in fits of giggles." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
94%	Room 237 (2013)	" ...brings the realms of film theory and conspiracy theory a bit closer together." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
71%	Kid-Thing (2013)	" Like Days of Heaven on paint fumes, a languid, occasionally hilarious, occasionally poetic coming-of-age story." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
90%	The Yellow Sea (2011)	" ...does boast its fair share of gripping moments." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
86%	Manborg (2013)	" A loving, if one-note, recreation of a very particular kind of bygone cinematic experience." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
46%	Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012)	" There's much to admire about Panos Cosmatos' directorial debut, but the end result is admittedly not for all tastes." — MSN Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
——	Drinking Buddies (2013)	" Swanberg gets to the heart of the matters of the heart with disarming doses of both charm and wisdom." — Film.com Posted Mar 17, 2013
100%	Short Term 12 ()	" Larson's performance is something of a quiet revelation, and the same could be said of the film itself." — Film.com Posted Mar 14, 2013
80%	Haunter ()	" Haunter continues the close-but-no-cigar tradition of Natali's post-Cube endeavors." — Film.com Posted Mar 13, 2013
63%	I Give It a Year (2013)	" Manages to have its wedding cake and spit on it too." — Film.com Posted Mar 12, 2013
38%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" One-off gags and throwaway lines muffle the creaks of a well-worn plot." — Film.com Posted Mar 9, 2013
62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" ...certainly a considerable and occasionally commendable dose of the ol' ultra-violence." — Film.com Posted Mar 9, 2013
43%	Admission (2013)	" Equal parts amiable and weightless, tough to take seriously and yet light on honest laughs." — Film.com Posted Mar 6, 2013
13%	The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)	" A sure-handed sequel, but not a terribly thrilling one." — Film.com Posted Mar 1, 2013
26%	21 And Over (2013)	" ...condenses the familiarity of so many other party-hearty romps into 93 harried minutes." — Film.com Posted Feb 28, 2013
82%	Like Someone in Love (2013)	" Impeccably acted, infused with tremendous empathy for its three leads, and yet not without stretches of deliberate tedium..." — Film.com Posted Feb 22, 2013
58%	Snitch (2013)	" Despite its apparent compromises to noble finger-wagging (initially) and requisite fist-pumping (eventually), Waugh has fashioned a sturdy character-first entertainment out of Snitch." — Film.com Posted Feb 22, 2013
13%	Love And Honor (2013)	" Every bit as square and obvious as its title..." — Film.com Posted Feb 19, 2013
23%	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)	" Well-worn hokum." — Film.com Posted Feb 1, 2013
56%	The End of Love (2013)	" Feels like the navel-gazing West Coast answer to the more caustic East Coast sensibility of the recent Daddy Longlegs." — Film.com Posted Jan 30, 2013
100%	Sound City (2013)	" The first-time director smartly sees Sound City as a surrogate for the overall industry at any given point in the past four decades, and he varies the tone of the interviews from fondly-regarded serendipity to deep-seated regret." — Film.com Posted Jan 29, 2013
67%	A.C.O.D. ()	" A solid debut for Zicherman, and a worthy vehicle for Scott and company." — Film.com Posted Jan 29, 2013
98%	Mud (2013)	" The most immediately involving film that I've seen in a good long while." — Film.com Posted Jan 28, 2013
40%	Hell Baby ()	" For every oddly specific Shakespeare reference or detour to the local po-boy joint, there's an ongoing parade of puke and an awful rubber suit with which to contend." — Film.com Posted Jan 28, 2013
88%	The Way, Way Back (2013)	" Navigates a crowd-pleasing middle ground between the mopey introspection of Adventureland and the raucous summer antics of Meatballs." — Film.com Posted Jan 28, 2013
87%	Upstream Color (2013)	" A relatively straightforward story steeped in abstract concepts upon which Carruth hangs themes of love, hope, fear, fate, free will, memory, identity, creativity, spirituality, the control of nature and the nature of control like so many paper chains." — Film.com Posted Jan 28, 2013
94%	Before Midnight (2013)	" An emotionally astute and tremendously enjoyable conclusion to this rather improbable trilogy." — Film.com Posted Jan 26, 2013
75%	Prince Avalanche (2013)	" Occupies a strange space between Green's broadly comedic fare and devoutly character-driven dramas." — Film.com Posted Jan 25, 2013
67%	Stoker (2013)	" A nervy, pervy Hitchcock riff." — Film.com Posted Jan 24, 2013
100%	Don Jon (2013)	" Often light on its feet, bolstered by the reliable charms and writing chops of its leading man." — Film.com Posted Jan 24, 2013
83%	Escape From Tomorrow ()	" The Polanski-like madness clearly stems from some of the very real frustrations that families are met with in the face of overwhelming corporate homogeneity." — The Playlist Posted Jan 21, 2013
59%	The Last Stand (2013)	" Proceeds to interpret classic Westerns like High Noon and Rio Bravo in the vein of proudly cartoonish violence." — Film.com Posted Jan 18, 2013
19%	The Baytown Outlaws (2013)	" Whenever The Baytown Outlaws shuts up and puts up, it makes a good case for its own existence." — Film.com Posted Jan 4, 2013
19%	Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)	" Truth be told, the most frightening thing about the franchise at this point is that it just keeps on going." — Film.com Posted Jan 4, 2013
60%	John Dies at the End (2013)	" Coscarelli's direction seems well-suited to the free-wheeling material, bringing a critically light touch to a story with apocalyptic stakes." — Film.com Posted Jan 2, 2013
81%	The Impossible (2012)	" ...veers between being overwhelming and overwrought." — Film.com Posted Dec 18, 2012

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