Times lets readers post movie reviews

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The New York Times has launched a new movies section online that’s very interesting for two reasons: It includes a complete, free archive of New York Times movie reviews dating back to 1983, as well as selected reviews back to 1929 (The Times’ charges for most of its archives); and even more notable, it allows readers to rate movies and write their own reviews.

The Times has been very good at promoting reader discussion board conversations, but this takes it’s use of the Internet’s interactivity with users to a new level – along the lines of Amazon.com’s great user review system. If this takes off, it has the potential to become the most comprehensive and useful place on the Web for commentary on movies.

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May 29, 2003 by
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  • Anonymous

    I took my girls to see the Epic movie thinking it was just a funny slapstick type show. This movie is NOT a family movie, nor should be PG-13. The rating is absolutely wrong. The movie should be R-Rated. The movie is all about profanities and very strong sexual content. What happened to just plain and stupid comedy? The Epic got so profane and sexually explicit for teens, my wife and I walked out of the theater with the kids. The movie would have been a good funny movie for a PG13 rating without the constant colorful words and the explicit sexual scenes. I know society has no standards and by this movie having a PG-13 rating reflects the true society we are living in where there are no expectations from our young teens except for expressing themselves with profanities and learning about sex at ages 13-16.

    Miguel

  • Stuart

    Stardust is the best fantasy science fiction movie this year. With action, adventure, romance and comedy from start to finish. Great acting from an impressive cast and outstanding visual effects that help tell the story.

  • American Ganster

    Just what we need, another movie about a black man killing his own race through drugs, investing in the death of babies for a dollar, glamorizing drugs, promoting violence as way of life, and his fierce loyalty to a woman–as long as she is white. Charming movie.