Highly Anticipated "12" Written and Directed By Nikita Mikhalkov Received a Metascore of 76 SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Metacritic (www.metacritic.com), the Web's most robust roundup of entertainment reviews, and a property of CBS Interactive, today announced its weekly Metascores(R) for the week's opening movies as of Friday, March 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.-PST.

By Anonymous Caught in the Web, print and new media writers debate the pros and cons of online, where everyone's a critic.

By Craig D. Lindsey, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 13--In case you haven't heard, criticism is under attack. And so far, the body count among film critics is high.

PITTSBURGH, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the current trend of eliminating film critics at many news organizations, new research from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University identifies the considerable influence that critics can have on the box office performance of films, especially early adoption of a limited release film by the public.

By Peter Healy, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Jun. 17--With the price of movie tickets hovering around $10, we all would like a film critic or friend to tell us what great flicks to see and which stinkers to avoid.