It appears that the Filthy Critic has been terminated. From the web site:

«The Filthy Critic is Still Dead

He was killed in a bicycle collision late on August 7, 2003.

He died the way he lived—wobbling aimlessly in the slow lane.»

The meatspace author of the Filthy Critic, Matt Weatherford, is still with us, though. No doubt, Matt is going to get serious about screenwriting now. Many of his movie reviews distilled the essence of poor films down to excremental nub. See his reviews of Driven and Glitter for shining examples of Weatherford’s elegant trash-talk.

Filthy, you will be missed.

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