http://www.smalltowncritic.com COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His "Southern Side" prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His "Dark Side" from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP's two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2011/03/08/academy-award-nominated-films-available-on-dvd-this-month-by-coop/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2011/03/08/academy-award-nominated-films-available-on-dvd-this-month-by-coop/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:52:50 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2969 READ ARTICLE AT THE CLARKSDALE PRESS REGISTER WEBSITE

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I met some truly gifted filmmakers and inspirational people. I'd like to thank these special guests for affecting me the most: Cheryl Hines for her big intro, Shirley Jones for classing up the joint with her presence, Marty Ingles for reminding us what this festival is really about, Leeza Gibbons for singling me out with a nice compliment, writer/director Lexi Alexander for the lively discussion, producer/actor Googy Gress for his sincere enthusiasm, the League of S.T.E.A.M. for entertaining us all weekend and motivational speaker/actor Nick Vujicic for the sheer inspiration he gave to us all with his fantastic short film The Butterfly Circus (watch here!). I'd also like to give big high-fives to all of the coordinators and volunteers for making the festival such a fun and engaging experience. I had a great time bonding with you all. Finally a big congratulations to producer/actor Joe Russell and writer/actress Casey Strand from the short film "Strawberries" whose engagement I helped orchestrate during one of the more memorable Q & A's. I wish I had seen them all but of the ones I did see, here are the films that I felt were the best (in no particular order)... ]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/08/18/micro-reviews-via-twitter-the-best-of-the-feel-good-film-festival-by-coop/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/09/academy-awards-how-did-they-do-not-bad-how-did-i-do-not-bad-by-coop/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/09/academy-awards-how-did-they-do-not-bad-how-did-i-do-not-bad-by-coop/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:38 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2688 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/09/academy-awards-how-did-they-do-not-bad-how-did-i-do-not-bad-by-coop/feed/ 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/03/i-predict-the-predictable-82nd-annual-academy-awards-and-i-dare-you-to-beat-me-by-coop/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/03/i-predict-the-predictable-82nd-annual-academy-awards-and-i-dare-you-to-beat-me-by-coop/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:35 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2665 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/03/i-predict-the-predictable-82nd-annual-academy-awards-and-i-dare-you-to-beat-me-by-coop/feed/ 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/01/jay%e2%80%99s-picks-for-the-82nd-annual-academy-awards-nostradamus-eat-your-heart-out/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/01/jay%e2%80%99s-picks-for-the-82nd-annual-academy-awards-nostradamus-eat-your-heart-out/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:38:39 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2654 A note from Coop: Jay has once again thrown down the gauntlet to declare his annual Oscar picks. With my own queued up and ready to go (you can go ahead and download my picks ballot, but my reasoning behind my choices won't be posted for another couple of days), he gets first crack at doing the convincing. To download his ballot, go here. Below are some jpegs of his picks. For a clearer, more readable version, go to the link above to either view or download the ballot...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/03/01/jay%e2%80%99s-picks-for-the-82nd-annual-academy-awards-nostradamus-eat-your-heart-out/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/02/24/oscar-mine-are-weeners-a-hopeless-slackass%e2%80%99-guide-to-handicapping-the-academy-awards-by-jay/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/02/24/oscar-mine-are-weeners-a-hopeless-slackass%e2%80%99-guide-to-handicapping-the-academy-awards-by-jay/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:28:56 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2644 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/02/24/oscar-mine-are-weeners-a-hopeless-slackass%e2%80%99-guide-to-handicapping-the-academy-awards-by-jay/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/02/09/coop-reports-from-the-2010-oxford-mississippi-film-festival/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2010/02/09/coop-reports-from-the-2010-oxford-mississippi-film-festival/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:10:58 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2637 th year of the annual Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, Mississippi kicked off the night of Thursday the 4^th by taking over half of the Malco Oxford Studio Cinema and roping an area off for the media, filmmakers and other assorted guests. While I had attended screenings at large festivals during my tenure in Los Angeles, I was only moderately enthused about covering a local one. I figured I'd see a few underwhelming indie flicks and slink on back home to Clarksdale for some light writing and shut-eye. Boy was I ever wrong.

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