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The Small Town Critic

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COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His "Southern Side" prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His "Dark Side" from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP's two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases...

• Added on: Feb 17th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Coop Cooper
• Listed in: Film How-To
• Tags: reviews Film movies writing horror dark side

Recent Posts

• THE BLIND SIDE (2009) ***** movie review by COOP

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 13:43 in drama, sec, ncaa, Sandra Bullock, tim mcgraw, ole miss, kathy bates, university of mississippi, south eastern conference, michael oher, quinton aaron, john lee hancock

  I’ll wager movie theaters in Mississippi and parts of Tennessee are selling out screenings of this movie all opening weekend. Ole Miss fans and South Eastern Conference followers have watched the exceptional football career of Michael Oher and hav...

• NEW MOON (2009) **1/2 movie review by COOP

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 13:12 in Thriller, fantasy, drama, new moon, kristen stewart, dakota fanning, michael sheen, bella swan, edward cullen, melodrama, taylor lautner, robert pattinson

  I gave last year’s “Twilight” a fair pass because it pulled off some original and compelling storytelling despite the backlash by non-fans who found the whole phenomenon silly and far too juvenile for mainstream audiences. I went so far as to r...

• THE FOURTH KIND (2009) ***1/2 movie review by COOP

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 09:22 in Thriller, horror, Sci-fi

  High on the heels of the runaway box office hit “Paranormal Activity,” another “found footage” scare flick has entered the scene just shy of the Halloween season. Touting itself as a dramatization of supposedly real taped hypnosis sessions th...

• How to Avoid the Fright of Your Life While Watching a Scary Movie… by DARK SIDE

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 09:00 in Psychology, horror, exorcist, david lynch, friday the 13th, urban legend, hellraiser, dark side, jacob's ladder, arachnophobia, robert blake, david cronenberg

  (NOTE: Due to... 1. the Halloween Holiday 2. a trip out of state and 3. a lack of a working laptop, The Small Town Critic website will go on vacation until Nov. 4 when I will be bringing you a review of "Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day" - Coop)...

• HAIR METAL MOVIE MADNESS presents “Ode to Slashers!” Music from Jason, Freddy and Michael! by DARK SIDE

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 16:20 in music, horror, Michael Myers, Rob Zombie, john carpenter, friday the 13th, villains, dark side, alice cooper, fat boys, sinead o'connor, mc lyte

  Does anyone remember that bizarre pop song that Alice Cooper did for the Friday the 13th movie franchise? Yeah, I didn't either until a friend reminded me that it existed. FT13 Part 6 was poised to resurrect (literally) the flailing franchise who a...

• LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009) ***1/2 movie review by COOP

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 02:17 in Thriller, action, gerard butler, revenge, jamie fox, taken, kurt wimmer, f. gary gray, law abiding citizen, taken 2

  The film gets off to a quick start as Clyde (Gerard Butler) watches as two thugs break into his house, render him immobile and kill his wife and little girl within the first 2 minutes of the movie. Months later, hotshot prosecutor Nick (Jamie Foxx) ...

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