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#1

I’m now the weekly co-film reviewer for a local paper, the Santa Maria Sun :slight_smile:. So anyone who has read all the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and wants to read just one more can check my reviews out at:

[santamariasun.com/film/](http://santamariasun.com/film/)

There's a new review every Thursday. This week is "Pineapple Express". Next week is "Star Wars: Clone Wars".

#2

You review films for your newspaper? That sounds really, really cool. I like the review of Pinapple Express.

#3

That’s really cool. Congrats on getting the job.

#4

Well done, animagusurreal! That sounds like such a cool job. :smiley:

#5

do you get free film tickets?

#6

animagusurreal - How interesting. Congratulations on acquiring that position! :smiley:

– Mitch

#7

Congrats on the job ! Be sure to put Pixar up front ! :stuck_out_tongue: Just kidding…

#8

Thanks everyone :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, it’s not a job exactly, it’s more of a gig. It’s freelance, I’m not on staff. But it is still a really, really cool gig :slight_smile:.

This week’s review is “Traitor”.

WALL-E -

No free tickets :frowning:. The theater here…the people who work there are very nice, but the company is very, very, very corporate. I also write for an annual Best of Local Businesses issue of the paper (It’s basically free advertising for the businesses). Every year the theater wins Best Place to Go on a First Date, and they’re the only ones who say they’re not allowed to talk to the press. I even called corporate one year, and said that they had won “Best Place to Go on a First Date” and the corporate person said, “well I don’t think I can say anything about that”

It’s really weird to me because the local live theatre companies I review give me my ticket free and one or two guest tickets free - for people that aren’t even writing the review!

Pixar.rocks -

I’ll definitely review “Up” when it comes out! :slight_smile:

I did already work in a reference to Pixar in my review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

#9

That’s awesome, dude! I used to be the film critic for my school and am now in the process of getting a part-time job at a local paper that desperately needs a second critic. Any advice you could give me on how to make my revies stand out or be noticed?