Summer Movies 2011 - Critics roundtable

I collaborated with Ken Murray, the Boston Movie Examiner, and a few other critics to pick our favorites and disappointments of summer 2011.

A preview:

With Labor Day approaching, it marks the end of Hollywood’s Summer blockbusters. Myself and 4 writer friends discuss what we thought of Summer 2011. From Boston to New York to Detroit, ranging from age 17 to mid-30’s, Elizabeth Parker from Examiner Detroit & Yes/No Films, Mike Spring from DVDSnapshot, James Shotwell from Under the Gun Review and Johnathan Smith from Comicbookmovie.com & Earth’s Mightiest plus myself combine for the target audience for almost every film this summer, here’s our opinions.

Read more here at the Boston Examiner page.

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