Search articles from thousands of Examiners
Write for us
Seattle Arts and Entertainment Long Island Movie Examiner
Michael DePalma
Long Island Movie Examiner | Bio
Find out more about Michael:

Michael is a life-long resident of Hicksville, New York, and has been raised on a steady diet of genre film. He graduated from C.W. Post's School of Visual and Performing Arts in 2008, and writes screenplays in his spare time.


Subscribe to Michael's Email Alerts

Get alerts when Michael submits a new article
Get alerts when there is a new article from the Long Island Movie Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.
Email Address


  Include other special offers from Examiner.com
Terms of Use

Michael has been added to your favorite examiners
·

Long Island Movie Examiner's Articles

Showing: romance articles
You know what's worse than wasting three hours of your life on this movie? Realizing that you only wasted 98 minutes. Katherine Heigl is Abby, a...
Keep Reading »
"Harmless" is the word that one might best associate with this movie. I Love You, Beth Cooper is only interested in telling a fun little...
Keep Reading »
This has been my impression of Matthew McConaughey as of late (my apologies for the camcorder quality, it's the only clip I could find because Hulu...
Keep Reading »
(The title of this review will make more sense after seeing the movie.)Adventureland opens in 1987 with our protagonist, James Brennan (Jesse...
Keep Reading »
It never failed. Whenever a commercial or trailer for Seven Pounds played, somebody would ask me what it was about, and they'd be shocked when I...
Keep Reading »
It's been far, far too long since Baz Luhrmann made a film. In 2001, he closed out his so-called "Red Curtain Trilogy" - three films...
Keep Reading »
The biggest problem with Twilight is that it's kind of a mess. The second biggest problem is that despite being a mess, I enjoyed watching it. This...
Keep Reading »

Seattle Area Examiners:

MIchael's Star Scale

  • 0 Stars - Disgusting, rage-inducingly evil. Deserves the same fate as the busted printer in Office Space (click) (NSFW, language)
  • 1/2* - There may be one tiny thing in this piece of drek to be appreciated, but you'd have to be really bored to go looking for it.
  • * - Awful. Could possibly get some enjoyment out of it by getting drunk and making fun of the movie with friends.
  • *1/2 - Barely vital. Shows promise but ultimately not worth your time.
  • ** - Mediocre. A non-starter.
  • **1/2 - Some good to be found here, but bogged down in a lot of bad.
  • *** - A cautious recommendation. Plenty wrong with it, but buoyed by enough good to make it work for me.
  • ***1/2 - A solid, if flawed movie. Very much worth your time.
  • **** - Highly recommended. Does what it sets out to do with expert precision.
  • ****1/2 - A must see. Expertly conceived and executed with few hitches.
  • ***** - Perfect or damn near. I would be floored to meet someone who did not like this movie.

Michael's top movies of 2009 (that belong on a top movies list) (so far)

  1. Watchmen (review coming soon)
  2. Observe and Report (review coming soon)
  3. Up
  4. Adventureland