Tag Archives: Rottentomatoes

Review the Reviewer – Aggregator Syndrome

Posted on January 11, 2013 by rorydean

The heaven and hell of aggregators, however good for us is how very often they glaze over specificity and flavor, how they mute the tangible for the sugary breakfast cereal high and resort to salty snack food mediocrity for the sake of easily digestible, short-term gains and long-term forgettable. Continue reading →

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Rock of Ages (2012)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by rorydean

Rock of Ages is like a bad rock set to pantomime…small town girl living in her small town world meets big stage falling star, broken people in a broken bar, small town boy joins in the dreaming, together they’ve got a shot at being uptown together but first everywhere success turns falling stars around.. I’m writing about this film to excise it from memory, to cauterize the wound, to get it out of my head and maybe in the process prevent others from the harm I experienced. I’m writing this in blood and tears. Continue reading →

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