[max314]

I'm not talking aggregate sites like Rotten Tomatoes.

I'm talking actual online publications (or print publications with analogous websites).

What are your favourites?

What ones do you consider the most popular?

What's the first place you go when you wanna find out if that highly anticipated film of yours is gonna be any good?

Remember — caring is sharing. So share, bitches.

[The Mighty Dingus]

I know I'm breaking your first rule in responding, but I always go to Metacritic. I like reading criticism more for the writing than as a consumer guide telling me whether a film is good or not.
But I will typically click from that site to Ebert, EW NY Times, New Yorker, New York Magazine, AV Club.

I typically don't go to blogs because the writers are either astonishingly terrible, have a critical criteria straight out of a Midwestern newspaper circa 1950 or require serious editing.

[joe397]

Well Ebert's is the most popular besides the reviews by him the site also has his blog posts, a number of Jim Emerson reviews and reviews by international writers.

For a long time my favorite site besides his was cinemablend though I care less about CB since its founder Josh Tyler(not entirely dissimilar though far more serious minded than Harry Knowles) quit writing on the site regularly.

Moviecitynews and Indiewire are probably the best general movie news sites. The former has especially good awards coverage. Boxofficeprophets is probably the best movie business/boxoffice site.

[TeamCanada]

Originally Posted by max314

I'm not talking aggregate sites like Rotten Tomatoes.

I'm talking actual online publications (or print publications with analogous websites).

What are your favourites?

What ones do you consider the most popular?

What's the first place you go when you wanna find out if that highly anticipated film of yours is gonna be any good?

Remember — caring is sharing. So share, bitches.

I buy L.Maltin's guide every year (2013 came out last month), not because I admire his reviews so much as I'm so familiar with his taste that his book is an excellent pacesetter for my viewings.

Online I go EW for casual fare, Ebert's online review probably for more highly anticipated &/or indy releases- again, neither share my exact taste but their reflections help me gauge what I'm in for.

I never use RT. I have GD bookmarked, thus I never see the homepage.

[dreiser]

Yeah, I go to Ebert's site all the time. Used to read James Berardinelli frequently and Salon.com.

[Evil]

I like AV Club, they are kind of midlevel high brow (you know, compared to normies), but they can still find Cloud Atlas to be pompous garbage (in so many words). My people.

[Rock]

Ebert, James Berardinelli, Mubi.com (although not just for reviews), AV Club, DVDtalk.com (I particularly like the DVD Savant column).

[Wooley]

I still read Roger Ebert and The New York Times.

That's actually worked pretty well for me.

[Feuer und Eis]

Twitch for the stuff that I would have no clue existed beyond their constant festival updates. I follow Kermode for the rants, and Ebert for the plot breakdowns. I'm not picky, though. I don't mind reading other reviews elsewhere.

Personally, I mainly enjoy reading reviews of films that I anticipate will fail on almost every level. Resident Evil:Retribution's reviews will provide some entertainment tomorrow (I hope).

[Bos Grunniens]

Lately I've been reading:

Reverse Shot
Film Freak Central
Slant Magazine
The AV Club

Every now and then I'll check out Dana Stevens at Slate and Roger Ebert.

[Janson Jinnistan]

Hate to sound like a sucking shill, but I really don't like most critics and one reason I prefer RT is that I can monitor them at arm's length. As much as I hate him, I think Armond White is as good a writer as any one else working. Nearly all critics are philosophically bankrupt (White included).

[shroomgoddess]

I'm faithful to Ebert and James Beradinelli. Yeah, I disagree with them sometimes, but I appreciate their comments.

[Q & T]

The AV Club easily.

[Thief12]

Berardinelli and Ebert are the only ones I read regularly. Other than that, I browse the RT page for any review that might pique my interest, or just Google random reviews.

[Marv]

AV Club.

[post tenebras lux]

Can't say I visit many too often besides checking the Tomato Meter and reading the occasional review. For The Master I didn't even bother with reviews and just read the small quips on the Tomato Meter.

I stick with the trusty LA Times and LA Weekly. Sometimes I'll check out the New York Times entertainment section on line to see movie and music reviews.

I use to buy the Village Voice but now I just read the reviews on-line. Every year I look forward to the Pazz and Jop music poll which I can now read on-line with each critics separate top 10s.

The most time I spend reading reviews is at the end of the year when all the good stuff has come out and Oscar campaigns are in full effect. Usually just the films I've already seen since I don't like anything spoiled. Hence why I've not read any The Master reviews except for the LA Times and they called it very elliptical and not a film that gives much answers. They also said it was weird, unconventional and not easy to review. Making me all the more excited.

[billtheburger]

You guys on RT.

The shear variety of posters on the forums is all I need.
There are those I agree with and those I don't. Those who I share tastes with, those I don't. It all helps me decide what I may watch in the future.
There are posters here who watch 3 films a day. Posters who watch exclusively new films and those that hate them. Some specialise in the closed romantic realism of Hollywood's B&W days and them that prefer the grittiness of 70's American independent cinema. The film noir crowd. The horror crowd. The comic book guys. The teen comedy frat boys. And of course those posters that happily transcend all genres.

On top of it all there is a world of posters from every continent with their own recommendations and avoids. The art house crowds of the west are just watching normal cinema to these guys.

Why would I need to seek out paid critics. You guys do it for free with passion.

[Mr Joker]

Check this out while reading some reviews I actually sometimes thought of your opinions.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/

[MaxRenn]

I'm a big fan of Not Coming to a Theater Near You. They review new movies here and there, but they mostly do movies you've forgotten or never heard about.

[Poetic Graffiti]

MidnightEye is the only one I check for frequently and read absolutely everything. No one else puts as much effort AND writes as well as they do for me money (as far as an entire site goes).

[Neon Noodle]

I used to like Spill but the cartoon gimmick quickly wore out its welcome and their reviews were always pretty unbalanced. RLM is where I turn now as well as Ebert.

[Atomic Cow]

I don't visit Spill like I used to but they provided me with what I missed about Siskel and Ebert. Since Corey animates them himself they got sort of inconsistant about animating a lot of them. I don't think I'm worn out on it, just familiar. I don't read Ebert nearly as much either. I was just sort of hoping they would have their own TV show by now. To be honest this must be my favorite site.

[Matt the Hat]

I read the reviews in Sight & Sound, The Times and the free newspaper Metro.

[SKYCOK4 B.]

I've been diggin this movie podcast called "yeah it's that bad" that reviews films that got a rotten score on rotten tomatoes. It's pretty goofy and the guys all sound like the 8-bit theater D&D players but it's a lot of fun to listen to at work.

[Atomic Cow]

Since its podcast I guess its a site. I forgot I favor listening to Film Week for reviews. They do a lot of films and the reviewers are quite smart and insightful. I have found in practice, when I actually see a film that they were steering me wrong for better or worse. But that is the nature of opinion.

[wil-san]

First thing I usually do is google "[insert movie here] Ebert." It's a longstanding tradition.

[Cunning Linguist]

I like The Chicago Reader's online movie section and Jonathan Rosenbaum's site. For podcasts I like Filmspotting.