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Collin Souter

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Biography:

I graduated with a Film/Video degree from Columbia College. I started writing movie reviews six years ago when I couldn't help but notice a foul odor of mediocrity eminating from the multiplexes. I just had to tell someone. And I've been writing about it ever since. But, as Richard O'Brien wrote, "There's a light in the darkness of everybody's life," and thank God that light is cinema, be it good or bad. I'm also an award-winning screenwriter (1999 Screenwriter's Showcase Awards) and documentary filmmaker.

Favorites:

Brazil, All the Real Girls, Gimme Shelter, Rashomon, City Lights, Joe Versus The Volcano, E.T., Heavenly Creatures, Sullivan's Travels, 5 Corners, Network, Sunset Blvd., Fearless, Magnolia, Near Dark, American Movie, The Three Colors Trilogy, Lord of the Rings trilogy

Location:

12 Alton Rd.Prospect HTs. IL 60070

Official Website:

http://www.efilmcritic.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
The Merchants of Joy (2025) 3/4 EDIT “In the end, the film has a tried-and-true message: stop working overtime to make a few bucks, slow down, and appreciate what you have” – RogerEbert.com Dec 1, 2025 Full Review The Decalogue (1989) 100% 4/4 EDIT “Amongst the greatest stories ever told. No serious film scholar can afford to miss it.” – eFilmCritic.com May 1, 2021 Full Review Beats (2019) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “Welsh's frequently funny and moving Beats accomplishes a lot in its seemingly simple story of a fragile friendship.” – RogerEbert.com Jun 26, 2020 Full Review Up Against Them All (2003) 4/5 EDIT “” – eFilmCritic.com Apr 4, 2011 Full Review I'm Still Here (2010) 53% 2/5 EDIT “” – eFilmCritic.com Sep 13, 2010 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 77% 3/4 EDIT “When Spielberg makes an Indiana Jones movie, you can tell he still loves it. I guess I do, too. For the most part, anyway.” – eFilmCritic.com May 21, 2008 Full Review U2 (2007) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “An elegant, dazzling and graceful concert film that captures the true spirit of a U2 show.” – eFilmCritic.com Jan 27, 2008 Full Review Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) 90% 4/4 EDIT “Like the orginal Airplane! or an early Mel Brooks film, it's destined to be quoted, revisited and cherished for years to come.” – eFilmCritic.com Nov 2, 2006 Full Review The Marine (2006) 17% 2.5/4 EDIT “A big, hilarious, stupid meathead of a movie, destined to be a huge hit on The Violence Channel.” – eFilmCritic.com Oct 14, 2006 Full Review Broken Bridges (2006) 5% 1.5/4 EDIT “It feels about as sincere and insightful as a Schlitz-induced rendition of Achy-Breaky Heart.” – eFilmCritic.com Sep 29, 2006 Full Review Jackass: Number Two (2006) 66% 3/4 EDIT “The jackass films were made for the sole purpose of getting a crowd of drunken lunkheads together for a night of brainless hilarity. Nothing more, nothing less.” – eFilmCritic.com Sep 21, 2006 Full Review Crank (2006) 62% 3.5/4 EDIT “At times, Crank's everything-including-the-kitchen-sink-and-then-some approach feels more like a cartoon than anything else.” – eFilmCritic.com Sep 3, 2006 Full Review Idiocracy (2006) 71% 3.5/4 EDIT “Most of these cartoon-like characters could only come from a mind like Mike Judge, who hasn't lost his ability to make stupidity both alarming and endearing.” – eFilmCritic.com Sep 3, 2006 Full Review Idlewild (2006) 47% 3/4 EDIT “There will probably never be a marriage between a great movie and a great album, but I'm glad they keep trying.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 30, 2006 Full Review Snakes on a Plane (2006) 69% 2/4 EDIT “After a while we're stuck with a one-joke concept that got old months before the movie came out and gets older still as the movie wears on.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 17, 2006 Full Review Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) 72% 3.5/4 EDIT “Most comedies these days try too hard to be funny. Talladega Nights simply tries to be funny without being obvious.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 17, 2006 Full Review Monster House (2006) 75% 4/4 EDIT “So fresh, innovative and fun, you can't believe it wasn't written by Brad Bird and directed by Robert Zemeckis.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 17, 2006 Full Review Miami Vice (2006) 47% 1.5/4 EDIT “Were it not for its title, this plodding, tiresome mess would have never seen the light of day.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 17, 2006 Full Review World Trade Center (2006) 66% 2.5/4 EDIT “I look at the screen and I don't see John McLaughlin. I see Nicolas Cage with a moustache and an awkward New York accent.” – eFilmCritic.com Aug 17, 2006 Full Review Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 53% 3/4 EDIT “Almost the exact same review as the first: A lot of fun, but could use some trimming.” – eFilmCritic.com Jul 11, 2006 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 75% 3/4 EDIT “The storyline sets itself up for plenty of phony pay-offs, but thankfully doesn't deliver on them. It actually knows better.” – eFilmCritic.com Jul 11, 2006 Full Review The Lake House (2006) 35% 3.5/4 EDIT “It refreshingly becomes less about time travel and more about the choices we make and the chances we miss.” – eFilmCritic.com Jul 11, 2006 Full Review Superman Returns (2006) 72% 2.5/4 EDIT “The plane taking off, flying and nearly crashing into the earth almost serves as a metaphor for the entire Superman Returns experience.” – eFilmCritic.com Jul 11, 2006 Full Review The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 38% 3/5 EDIT “I found myself responding to its fenderheaded foolishness... and I suspect that those of you with a healthy taste for the absurd may find themselves reacting in the same way.” – eFilmCritic.com Jul 1, 2006 Full Review The Break-Up (2006) 34% 2/4 EDIT “The behavior of the two main charactres exists solely to be "cute," while giving us no reason to believe these two people should be together in the first place.” – eFilmCritic.com Jun 11, 2006 Full Review
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