Comments on: Variety Buries a Negative Review for $400,000?

By: Leanora Eves

Leanora Eves — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:46:47 +0000

Hello! Just wanted to chime in. I really enjoyed your post. Keep up the phenomonal effort.

By: Less Lee Moore

Less Lee Moore — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:01:44 +0000

Wow. Thanks for posting about this.

In terms of “full financial disclosure,” I don’t know if this impacts Canadian-based writers or blogs, but the FTC proposed some new disclosure guidelines last fall: http://slate.com/id/2231808

“The FTC put bloggers on notice that they could incur an $11,000 fine if they receive free goods, free services, or money and write about the goods or services without conspicuously disclosing their ‘material connection’ to the provider.”

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:06:41 +0000

They are returned if requested. I don’t pay for postage if I don’t have to.

In general, screeners and free DVDs are another source of possible bias, although on the other hand, you want to make it as easy as possible for a critic to see your movie.

By: Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:57:42 +0000

Filmjunk, who provides the sceeners that are mentioned on the podcast? Are they returned after use? I’m all for full financial disclosure for journalists and politicians. Remember when financial reporters didn’t own stock in the companies they covered?

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:24:56 +0000

Yeah I sure as shit cant trust this site’s reviews.

Especially since you’re clearly in the tank for certain movies.

Giving good ratings to ‘good films’ and bad ratings to ‘shitty films’. I mean, come on. Where are the ethics here?

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:39:33 +0000

Hey, I was offered a C-note to bury my negative review of Star Trek, but I refused!

Now I’ve even been shunned from the Trekker community. The price I pay for journalistic integrity.

By: Byron

Byron — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:35:49 +0000

I second film ape on that one.

By: Film Ape

Film Ape — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:38:57 +0000

You can always trust Film Junk’s reviews. Well, except for Reed’s

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:25:23 +0000

there is a much bigger problem going on in the world. increase consolidation of media under a few major corporations, regional media going bankrupt EQUALS no regional, pay supported, investigative journalism (you know the people that are paid to sniff out things like Watergate to local slumlords) and ultimately the worlds media controlled by a handful of old white dudes, i.e., Rupert Murdoch