The Movie Buff
The Movie Buff's logo since 2014 | |
Type of site | film criticism, movie news |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owners | Matt DeCristo, Mark Ziobro |
| Website | themoviebuff.net |
| Alexa rank |  [1] (Global, December, 2019) |
| Launched | November, 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
The Movie Buff is an arts and culture website launched in 2011. The site offers news in the field of film criticism, articles on film, and movie trailers and Box Office returns. It was started by Mark Ziobro and Matt DeCristo and has its headquarters in the Utica, New York area.[1]
The Movie Buff has grown since its inception from covering strictly older, DVD and Blu-ray releases of popular films to include Box Office releases, Hallmark Channel holiday films, and Netflix Originals. It has also increased its presence in the realm of independent films from amateur filmmakers. 2018 saw the site host its first annual Independent Film Awards.[2]
Traffic
The Movie Buff is a relatively new site, and currently ranks #2,327,985 according to the website ranker Alexa Internet,[3] and currently holds a 2/10 page rank, according to Google's Page Rank Checker.[4] The website saw 51,340 page views within the last year.[5]
Scores and Reviews
The Movie Buff ranks movies with letter grades, based on the film's overall score. Current scores include: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, and F.[6]
Film Criticism in the Internet Era
Film criticism has had a dramatic shift in the way it is presented and practiced since the advent of the internet, both in the diversity of criticism, and the wide variety of critics. Film critics like Matt Zoller Seitz state that some modern bloggers often struggle with in-depth content, specifically with discussing filmmaking in their reviews, even though they are not constrained by editorial length mandates.[7]
Other film critics, such as Richard Brody of The New Yorker', examine a film critic's job in the Internet era, paying attention to such things as the near impossibility for critics to review every film released, especially with the proliferation of film festivals and Hollywood events. Brody additionally examines how film critics function in a society that is structured more for big budget, wide releases and how this impacts their coverage of smaller budget, independent films.[8]
Blogs, in contrast, are able to focus more on older films that may have been released years ago, cover minuscule budgeted independent films that escape professional film critics' eyes, and to explore their love of cinema with in-depth reviews and articles that show the critic's individual passion, rather than tailoring his or her review for the purpose of helping moviegoers determine wether or not to go to the Box Office to see a particular movie.
Some bloggers may write about a particular genre (i.e. horror, drama, action, etc.), while others may focus on instances of filmmaking or Hollywood news. The difference between film bloggers and film critics may lie in editorial constraint and topic choice. John Campea opines that bloggers should write about only things that interest them, or else the readers will immediately be able to pick up on the writer's lack of interest.[9] Others still criticize blogs for lacking the proper “tools” to analyze a film, and question whether just anyone can review a film.[10]
There's also the persisting question of whether film critics have a place in the internet era at all. In a world where readers can use aggregate sites such as Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, which give readers a quick thumbs up or thumbs down overview, does in-depth film criticism matter? Writers such as Chaz Ebert, wife of late critic Roger Ebert, state a resounding yes, citing the importance of analyzing and critiquing films as an art form, and not merely as products meant to be produced and consumed.[11]
See Also
References
- ↑ "About the Site". The Movie Buff. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2018 Independent Film Awards". The Movie Buff. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "themoviebuff.net". Alexa Internet. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "www.themoviebuff.net". Google Page Rank Checker. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "www.themoviebuff.net". Google Analytics. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About the Site". The Movie Buff. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Please, Critics, Write About the Filmmaking". Roger Ebert. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Film Critic in the Internet Era". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "20 Tips for Starting Your Own Movie Blog". The Movie Blog. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "What Every Film Critic Must Know". The Guardian. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "In Praise of Film Critics: Why They Matter More Than Ever". Roger Ebert. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Unknown parameter
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