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The Social Network, The King’s Speech Top Roger Ebert’s 10 Best List

Not to be outdone by the Golden Globes , SAG and pretty much every single critics group this side of San Diego , Roger Ebert has placed The Social Network and The King’s Speech atop his ten-best list for 2010. “All of the personalities and values in The King’s Speech are traditional The characters project considered ideas of themselves; The Social Network , in contrast, intimately lays its characters bare. From one man speaking at a distance through the radio, to another man shepherding hundreds of millions through a software program, the two films show technology shaping human nature.” Wonder if these two have what it takes to be Oscar nominees. (Kidding!) [ Roger Ebert’s Journal ]

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The Social Network, The King’s Speech Top Roger Ebert’s 10 Best List

The 9 Most Scathing Critical Responses to Yogi Bear

Normally, Movieline reserves this feature for the dreck populating movie theaters during the warm summer months . If Hollywood has taught us anything, however, it’s that bad movies can get released into the wild at any time. With that in mind, let’s take a look at what the critics are saying about Yogi Bear , the dreck-iest of the dreck-y in theaters this weekend . Enjoy?

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The 9 Most Scathing Critical Responses to Yogi Bear

Does Anybody Do Negative Reviews Better than A.O. Scott?

Reading A.O. Scott’s review of MacGruber over the weekend, it occurred to me that the NY Times critic might be the single best take-down artist reviewing movies today. Armond White may have his quips about retroactive abortions , and Rex Reed may expend a gallon of acid per drop of ink he uses to cover, say, Kevin Smith. But more often than not, Scott approaches bad films from a genuine place attempting to ask and answer the fundamental question guiding all intelligent criticism: “What was that ?” Read on as the Movieline Nine takes a look at some of his greatest hits.

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Does Anybody Do Negative Reviews Better than A.O. Scott?