Critic Speak

Critic Speak is an entertainment review website that was founded in April 2012 by Internet film critics Danny Baldwin and James Frazier. After briefly flirting with daily entertainment news coverage, Baldwin and Frazier decided that the site’s focus should primarily be film criticism, as the title reflects. While the blogosphere is bombarded with an ultimately meaningless parade of promotional trailers and casting announcements, Critic Speak seeks to provide a haven of intelligent analysis. That’s not to say that Critic Speak caters to snobs; on the contrary, the reviews skew more populist than academic. But you won’t find any Oscar predictions before January or breaking news about when tickets to the next “Twilight” movie go on sale here. Critic Speak’s basic criterion for content is that if it could have been concocted by a publicist, it shouldn’t be posted. If you’re looking for a richer, hype-free spin on the traditional blog about film, we hope that you will bookmark Critic Speak and visit us daily.