TV Update

TV shows our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews Survivors Seasons 1 and 2 and A Voyage Round My Father at seanax.com

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: The Time of Angels at Popcornworld

David Johnson reviews Spartacus Season 1 at TV Verdict

James Plath reviews Father Knows Best Season 4 and Rhoda Season 2 at DVD Town

OFCS Member MaryAnn Johanson Nominated for Best Online Critic

The OFCS congratulates MaryAnn Johanson on her nomination for Best Online Critic at the 3rd Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards, given by the Los Angeles Press Club. MaryAnn stands out as the only independent writer of the five nominees, who publishes without corporate backing.

You can view a complete list of the nominees here.

International Update

Films our members outside the U.S. are watching:

Enrique Buchichio reviews The Men Who Stare at Goats at Cartelera.com.uy

Rich Cline reviews Agora, Centurion, Cherrybomb, Dogtooth, and It's a Wonderful Afterlife at Shadows on the Wall

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing:

Sean Axmaker reviews Naked Ambition at seanax.com

Marilyn Ferdinand reviews The Five Obstructions at Ferdy on Films

David Johnson reviews Bare Knuckles and Tornado Valley at DVD Verdict

Betty Jo Tucker reviews Marwencol at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Kent Turner reports on the foreign films at the Tribeca Film Festival at Film-Forward.com

OFCS Member Enrique Buchichio Wins Film Fest Award

Congratulations to OFCS member/filmmaker Enrique Buchichio, whose film El cuarto de Leo (Leo's Room) has received the Jury Special Award at the Torino GLBT Film Festival.

More information can be found at the film festival's website.

Classics Update

Classic films our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews Barbara Stanwyck at Universal (Internes Can't Take Money / The Great Man's Lady / The Bride Wore Boots / The Lady Gambles / All I Desire / There's Always Tomorrow), The Fugitive Kind, and Ride with the Devil at seanax.com

Glenn Erickson reviews Doctor Zhivago, M, and Two Seconds at DVD Savant

Phil Hall reviews The Maltese Bippy at Film Threat

Gabe Leibowitz reviews Fury and Holiday at Film and Felt

Donald J. Levit reviews the newly restored Metropolis at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Mike Phillips reviews Raw Deal at Goatdog's Movies

John J. Puccio reviews Doctor Zhivago, TCM Greatest Classic Films: War (Battle of the Bulge / The Dawn Patrol / Gunga Din / Operation Pacific) and TCM Greatest Classic Films: Westerns (Chism / The Stalking Moon / Ride the High Country / Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) at DVD Town

Jonathan Richards reviews Mr. Hulot's Holiday at Jon Richards Place

Dennis Schwartz reviews The Singing Hill and Top Secret! at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nathan Shumate reviews Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster and Python at Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Kes at ColeSmithey.com

Matthew Sorrento reviews Bigger Than Life at Film Threat

Felix Vasquez Jr. reviews The Thing at Cinema Crazed

International Update

Films our members outside the U.S. are watching:

Rich Cline reviews Boogie Woogie, Cemetery Junction, Give Me Your Hand, and The Market at Shadows on the Wall

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing:

Donald J. Levit reviews The Search at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Mike McGranaghan reviews Broke Sky at The Aisle Seat

Nell Minow, The Movie Mom, interviews The Joneses writer/director Derrick Borte at Beliefnet

Betty Jo Tucker reviews One in the Gun at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

TV Update

TV shows our members are watching:

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks at Popcornworld

Classics Update

Classic films our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews The Beginning of the End, Kapo, and Vivre sa vie at seanax.com, and Battleship Potemkin for Turner Classic Movies

Bill Chambers reviews The Natural at Film Freak Central

Walter Chaw reviews Night Moves at Film Freak Central

Glenn Erickson reviews An American Dream, Dune, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, and Ride with the Devil at DVD Savant

Marilyn Ferdinand reviews Watermelon Man at Ferdy on Films

Mike Grost discusses the works of Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, and Jacques Tourneur at Classic Film and Television

A.J. Hakari reviews Curse of the Undead and The Uninvited at Classic Movie Guide

Phil Hall reviews Dodes’ka-den for FilmSnobbery.com

Roderick Heath reviews The Company of Wolves and Near Dark at Ferdy on Films

James Kendrick reviews Bigger Than Life and The Natural at The QNetwork

Gabe Leibowitz reviews Bigger Than Life at Film and Felt

John J. Puccio reviews Minority Report at DVD Town

Kevin A. Ranson reviews The Godfather at MovieCrypt.com

Dennis Schwartz reviews One False Move, The Browning Version, and Judgment at Nuremberg at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nathan Shumate reviews Django and Galaxy of Terror at Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Quadrophenia at ColeSmithey.com

Essay Question: Online vs. Print

OFCS members answer the question:

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune claims that online reviewers have "dumbed down" film criticism. Where does Internet-based film criticism fall behind its print and broadcast counterparts? What makes Internet-based film criticism stand out from other mediums?

Answers after the jump.

International Update

Films our members outside the U.S. are watching:

Rich Cline reviews I Am Love, I Know You Know, The Infidel, and Shelter at Shadows on the Wall

Kevin Laforest reviews La Cité at Montreal Film Journal

Amber Wilkinson reviews Boogie Woogie

Classics Update

Classic films our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews The Amazing Captain Nemo, Nightmare on Elm Street Collection, and The Sadist With Red Teeth at seanax.com, and The Italian Straw Hat at Turner Classic Movies

Jeffrey Chen reviews Iris at Window to the Movies

A.J. Hakari reviews Vanishing Point at Classic Movie Guide

Phil Hall reviews The Turkish Batman at Film Threat

Tyler Foster reviews Collateral at DVDTalk

Donald Levit reviews Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld and Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance at Reel Talk Reviews

Dennis Schwartz reviews Amateur, Burnt Offerings, and The Only Son at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nathan Shumate reviews Frogs and Frontier at Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews The Harder They Come at ColeSmithey.com

Felix Vasquez Jr. reviews Daylight at Cinema Crazed

Bill Weber reviews Arizona Dream at Slant Magazine

Also, James O'Ehley's Sci-Fi Movie Page discusses Ten things 2010 (the movie) got wrong about 2010 (the year)

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing:

John J. Puccio reviews Homecoming at DVD Town

Betty Jo Tucker reviews Cowboy Killer and Wake at ReelTalkReviews.com

TV Update

TV shows our members are watching:

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: The Beast Below

David Johnson reviews Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 and Blood Ties: The Complete Series at DVD Verdict

Classics Update

Classic films our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews Eyes on the Prize, Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, and These Are the Damned and other films of the Icons of Suspense Collection: Hammer Films at seanax.com

Sarah Boslaugh reviews Belle de Jour at 1 More Film Blog

Glenn Erickson reviews The Beggar's Opera, Icons of Suspense (The Snorkel, Stop Me Before I Kill, Never Take Candy from a Stranger, Cash on Demand, Maniac, These are the Damned), The Italian Straw Hat, and Tribute to a Bad Man at DVD Savant

Dennis Schwartz reviews Cottage to Let, Gidget, Rocky Road to Dublin, and A Poet on the Lower East Side at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nathan Shumate reviews Cannibal Holocaust for Cold Fusion Video

Cole Smithey reviews He Ran All the Way at ColeSmithey.com

International Update

Films our members outside North America are watching:

Enrique Buchichio reviews Alice in Wonderland and Nine at Cartelera

Rich Cline reviews Double Take, Kick-Ass, Krakera: A Piece of Our Life, and Samson and Delilah at Shadows on the Wall

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing:

Mark H. Harris reviews Birdemic at About.com

Betty Jo Tucker reviews ...Around, Attack of the Vegan Zombies!, and One Hour Fantasy Girl at ReelTalkReviews.com.

TV Update

TV shows our members are watching:

Sean Axmaker reviews The Abbott and Costello Show: The Complete Series at seanax.com

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour at Popcornworld

Welcome the new OFCS Governing Committee!

The Online Film Critics Society has elected its new Governing Committee.

Eric D. Snider was re-elected to a second consecutive term on the committee. The Portland, Ore.-based critic writes for Film.com, Cinematical, and EricDSnider.com.

Also elected was Phil Hall, who previously served on the committee from 2002-2009. Hall is the New York-based reviewer for Film Threat and is the author of four books, most recently “The History of Independent Cinema” (BearManor Media, 2009).

David Cornelius, the Cincinnati-based reviewer for eFilmCritic.com, joins the Governing Committee for the first time.

The three-member Governing Committee will serve through March 2011.