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Mac Verstandig

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Biography:

Recieved full press credentials as a film critic at the tender age of 14. Ran Moviereviews.org while working as a film critic for countless other websites, Connecticut's Stage Newspaper and Portland, Maine's WTPN-FM Radio. Gave up the gig in 2001, choosing to finish out high school quietly. Now a student of the University of Wisconsin and reviewing again, this time for the Badger Herald.

Favorites:

For a good laugh, nothing beats "Animal House." When it comes to great filmmaking, "La Voyage Dans La Lune," "The Godfather," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Casablanca" can't be ignored.

Location:

Madison, Wisconsin by way of Bethesda, Maryland

Official Website:

http://www.badgerherald.com

Reviews

Movies 온라인카지노추천 Shows
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 54% “The special effects are some of the most dazzling and amazing ever seen on the big screen. In addition, the acting is excellent.” – rec.arts.movies.reviews Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Munich (2005) 79% A “Despite being nearly three hours long, the movie is among the finest to grace the silver screen in some time and should be able to work over any intelligent audience not bothered by a level of blood, gore and even nudity traditionally reserved for either” – The Badger Herald Dec 19, 2005 Full Review Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) 74% D “Nearly every gut-wrenching turn is somehow derived from an ethnic slur, juvenile sight gag, or the glorification of an illegal substance and its side effects.” – The Badger Herald Sep 2, 2004 Full Review Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) 82% F “...the sort of vitriolic exercise in paranoia that would ordinarily land its creator in therapy.” – The Badger Herald Jun 29, 2004 Full Review The Passion of the Christ (2004) 49% “Unrelentingly anti-Semitic, excessively grotesque and overly narrow in its scope” – The Badger Herald Feb 27, 2004 Full Review Radio (2003) 35% B+ “...a stellar work of poignant cinema.” – The Badger Herald Oct 27, 2003 Full Review Runaway Jury (2003) 73% B “...Far-fetched, poorly crafted, but very entertaining.” – The Badger Herald Oct 21, 2003 Full Review Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 76% A- “...an uproariously quirky story about romance in the very unromantic field of matrimonial law.” – The Badger Herald Oct 12, 2003 Full Review The School of Rock (2003) 92% A- “Jack Black... deftly guides the family film away from the genre's usual mawkishness and into a sort of Bad-Company-meets-Peter-Pan Rock 'n' Roll Never Never Land.” – The Badger Herald Oct 6, 2003 Full Review Duplex (2003) 35% D “...other than a few shining moments, 'Duplex' relies entirely upon juvenile sight gags to generate jokes that really aren't all that amusing.” – The Badger Herald Oct 4, 2003 Full Review Anything Else (2003) 40% B+ “Allen creates one of his finer films, with a delicately intricate plot, phenomenal acting and delightfully cynical humor.” – The Badger Herald Sep 22, 2003 Full Review Matchstick Men (2003) 83% A “...has so much sheer style and class that it more closely resembles an old Rat Pack project than a modern-day popcorn dud.” – The Badger Herald Sep 15, 2003 Full Review Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) 22% C “...the sort of B-actor-driven comedic train wreck that David Spade used to dryly mock while doing his 'Hollywood Minute' on Saturday Night Live” – The Badger Herald Sep 12, 2003 Full Review American Wedding (2003) 53% A- “...hopefully there will be more to come; it would be a shame if this really is 'Bye bye, Miss American Pie.'” – The Badger Herald Sep 4, 2003 Full Review Romeo Must Die (2000) 32% 3/4 “Everyone can enjoy the main special effect in the movie: Jet Li.” – Entertainment Insiders Aug 27, 2003 Full Review The Real Cancun (2003) 34% A- “More closely resembling a "Girls Gone Wild" video than a work of traditional cinema, "The Real Cancun" delivers a unique brand of glossy sex appeal, thanks to a fairly developed array of variously sordid characters.” – The Badger Herald May 1, 2003 Full Review Bulletproof Monk (2003) 23% F “Bulletproof Monk has a snide confidence that its petty jokes of culture shock will actually elicit laughs while altogether failing to realize that the punch lines weren't that funny the first time, let alone this time.” – The Badger Herald Apr 21, 2003 Full Review Anger Management (2003) 42% C “[Nicholson and Sandler] put forth fine efforts in this entirely performance-driven film, but save for a few memorable scenes, the oil and vinegar simply don't mix.” – The Badger Herald Apr 14, 2003 Full Review Phone Booth (2002) 72% A- “A riveting tale of morality in a city noted for its sinful characters, "Phone Booth" is that rare edge-of-your-seat movie that is as cerebral as it is thrilling.” – The Badger Herald Apr 6, 2003 Full Review Head of State (2003) 30% B- “Delightfully hilarious yet awkwardly toothless” – The Badger Herald Mar 31, 2003 Full Review How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) 42% D “It is exceedingly difficult to classify How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as a romantic comedy given that the film is about as romantic as a punch to the face -- literally.” – The Badger Herald Mar 5, 2003 Full Review Gods and Generals (2003) 8% D “A repulsive combination of dry textbook history and pandering melodrama.” – The Badger Herald Mar 5, 2003 Full Review Snatch (2000) 74% 9/10 “Rare film that produces disgust-induced humor with some degree of frequency and yet never stoops to a juvenile level.” – Entertainment Insiders Jan 19, 2001 Full Review Pollock (2000) 79% 8/10 “The artwork that is shown on screen is so utterly fascinating and spectacular that one needn't be an art aficionado to appreciate the splattered canvases.” – Entertainment Insiders Jan 15, 2001 Full Review Hanging Up (2000) 13% “The movie proves to be no more enjoyable than the resultant enormous phone bill.” – Moviereviews.org Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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