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Scott Renshaw

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Biography:

Scott Renshaw began writing reviews for Usenet's rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup in 1993; since then, he has written over 900 full-length reviews of new theatrical releases. Scott now serves as a film critic for Cinema Review (), a contributing writer for Video Librarian magazine (), and staff writer for the Park City (UT) and Salt Lake City Weekly. Scott was born in San Diego, CA on December 28, 1966 -- making him older than his photo would suggest -- and grew up in Bakersfield, CA. He graduated from Stanford University in 1989, and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 12 years. He now lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife Laura, son Nicholas and a beagle named Cassie.

Location:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Reviews

Movies 온라인카지노추천 Shows
Selma (2014) 99% 4/5 “DuVernay's film is too effective on its own dramatic terms for it to be reduced simply to an allegory for Where We Are Today, yet it's also tremendously encouraging for anyone who wonders if there's any hope for change.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Oct 5, 2018 Full Review Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) 68% 3/4 “John Requa and Glenn Ficarra strike a nice balance between "war is hell" and absurdist comedy” – Salt Lake City Weekly Mar 4, 2016 Full Review The Boy and the Beast (2015) 90% 3/4 “We're all quite clear that it's about letting go of anger before it consumes you-and it manages to be about that idea with some style.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Mar 4, 2016 Full Review Zootopia (2016) 98% 2.5/4 “It's confusing when it starts to feel that Zootopia is working against its own message to get easy laughs.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Mar 4, 2016 Full Review Theeb (2014) 97% 3/4 “Young al-Hwietat is impressive at conveying the physical and moral trials Theeb faces in a basic survival narrative.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 26, 2016 Full Review Eddie the Eagle (2016) 82% 2/4 “Why are movies about inspirational stories so uninspired?” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 26, 2016 Full Review 12 Years a Slave (2013) 95% 3/4 “12 Years a Slave has too many unforgettable elements, even in its less effective second half for it not to deliver a visceral impact.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 24, 2016 Full Review The Lady in the Van (2015) 89% 2.5/4 “Turning that life into a brisk comedy -- in which matters like how a homeless person deals with bodily functions are among the punch lines -- feels rather hard to justify.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 19, 2016 Full Review Risen (2016) 53% 2.5/4 “The narrative essentially inserts Clavius in the middle of Acts of the Apostles, and neither his character nor the variation on familiar Biblical episodes capture the same sense of discovery.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 19, 2016 Full Review Ip Man 3 (2015) 77% 3/4 “It's kind of a shame that this series feels so determined to stick to the facts of real-life kung fu grandmaster Ip Man (Donnie Yen), because it's a lot more fun when it's a good old-fashioned martial-arts free-for-all.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 19, 2016 Full Review Race (2016) 63% 2.5/4 “While it may have been an extraordinary time in which this one man pulled off his extraordinary achievements, a movie starts to lose its impact when it begins to feel that it's more about the time than about the man.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 19, 2016 Full Review The Witch (2015) 91% 4/4 “That may be part of what makes it so disturbing, even when Eggers doesn't set out to shock you: He's wrestling with something that we don't fully understand, but that we know in our gut is real.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 19, 2016 Full Review Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 91% 3/4 “Keaton's performance works beyond its wink-and-a-nod to his own Batman history, and there's even stronger work by Norton and Stone finding their own characters' vulnerabilities.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 16, 2016 Full Review 45 Years (2015) 97% 4/4 “Writer/director Andrew Haigh finds the emotional power that a single revelation can hold over decades of history.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review 4/4 “There's a staggering amount of talent, imagination, emotion and creativity on display in this program.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) 47% 2.5/4 “It's closer to almost-good than it has any right to be; if only someone had figured out that you shouldn't remember only occasionally that Lady Catherine De Bourgh has been turned into a one-eyed ninja.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Hail, Caesar! (2016) 86% 3.5/4 “Few contemporary filmmakers create works that require more reflection than the Coen brothers -- and that applies even when they're turning out one of their "lighter" comedies.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Where to Invade Next (2015) 79% 3/4 “Issue-oriented documentaries are so generally dour and panic-inducing that an approach like the one Michael Moore takes here -- "He guys, there are solutions out there! Lots of them! C'mon, let's take a look!" -- comes off as almost revolutionary.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Son of Saul (2015) 96% 3.5/4 “Nemes' prowling extended takes rarely feel like showy flourishes, instead creating a unique sense of the concentration camp as a physical space.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Deadpool (2016) 85% 2.5/4 “This one's got attitude. If only it weren't quite so self-satisfied with that attitude. And not entirely justified in it, either.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Feb 12, 2016 Full Review Miles Ahead (2016) 74% 2/4 “It's hard to latch on to any thematic connection.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Jan 31, 2016 Full Review First Girl I Loved (2016) 90% 3/4 “It's always satisfying when a movie allows teenage characters to behave like real teenagers.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Jan 31, 2016 Full Review The Intervention (2016) 78% 3/4 “An engaging bit of Big Chill-ish reflection on being 30-something and still trying to figure out what you want out of love when you grow up.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Jan 31, 2016 Full Review Jacqueline Argentine (2016) 29% 3.5/4 “Almost profound in its rambling search for a point.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Jan 31, 2016 Full Review Lovesong (2016) 83% 3/4 “It can be a bit frustrating awaiting big emotional moments that Lovesong is reluctant to provide, but the world in which it takes place feels so richly thought-out that all the small moments feel that much more real.” – Salt Lake City Weekly Jan 31, 2016 Full Review
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