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    S.T. VanAirsdale, senior editor of the entertainment-industry-skewering blog Defamer, framed the debate around the "Ben Lyons Hate Storm" in more direct terms. "It's a pretty microcosmic phenomenon, when you look at who hates him ... But for people who take film criticism seriously, he's an imposition. If he's established himself as the benchmark for where popular criticism is headed, we're all kind of [in trouble]." Regime change has always been hard for fans of the show, many of whom began watching in the mid-1970s when it was hosted by Siskel and Ebert and known as "Sneak Previews." Full Article at The Delaware News Journal
    It's a pretty microcosmic phenomenon, when you look at who hates him ... But for people who take film criticism seriously, he's an imposition. If he's established himself as the benchmark for where popular criticism is headed, we're all kind of [in trouble].
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago
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Critics are unanimous: 'movie dude' is movie dud
  1. It crystallizes everything that's wrong with American pop culture right now ... I don't expect to agree with a critic all the time. But his approach is to throw out blurbs just so he can get on a poster.
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago
  2. His integrity's out the window. He has no taste
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago
  3. Next to 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Citizen Kane'? The only way you can say that with a straight face is if you've only seen 50 movies in your life. Or you're trying to give quotes to appease someone who can do you a favor later.
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago
  4. Everyone thinks he's a joke.
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago
  5. One of the greatest movies ever made?
    SOURCE: The Delaware News Journal 10 months ago

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