Jason Gorber




Jason Gorber is a Canadian film critic and interviewer based in Toronto. He is a featured reviewer on the CTV News Channel, where he has a weekly review segment on Sunday nights.[1] In 2013, he began hosting a weekend movie program on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in Canada. Gorber is a featured critic for Twitch Film,[2] a regular contributor to Huffington Post/Moviefone,[3] a Rotten Tomatoes accredited critic,[4] and has contributed freelance articles to several print publications including the Toronto Star.


Gorber's profile at the Online Film Critics Society describes him as "a pioneer in online film criticism."[5] He has been an accredited reviewer at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) since 1997 and created the site filmfest.ca to document the festival's activities.


In early 2013, he wrote a piece in the Toronto Star describing his preferred seating locations at many of Toronto's major cinemas. Gorber writes that finding a proper seat is "nearly as important as the film itself" for viewers interested in a full cinematic experience, describing the search as "part art, part science" for a committed few.[6] He has also written reviews of specialty cinemas, in 2013 profiling the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.[7]


Gorber has been described by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a "Star Wars fanatic."[8] Following Disney's announcement in late 2012 of plans to create a Star Wars Episode VII (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), he tweeted, "I will be 43 years old in 2015, and yet I will still be lining up. This is what I do. So, who's with me in line?"[9]



References




  1. ^ Jason Gorber: Featured Critic; Toronto, Canada, twitchfilm.com, accessed 7 November 2013.


  2. ^ See for instance Jason Gorber, "Jason Gorber's Cineruminations: 70mm, 4K, and THE MASTER's Split Personality", twitchfilm.com, 24 September 2012 (updated 1 October 2012), accessed 7 November 2013.


  3. ^ See for instance Jason Gorber, "'Enough Said' Cast On James Gandolfini, and His Thoughts on His Last Role", Moviefone, 20 September 2013, accessed 7 November 2013.


  4. ^ Critics: Jason Gorber, rottentomatoes.com, accessed 7 November 2013.


  5. ^ "Jason Gorber", Online Film Critics Society, accessed 7 November 2013.


  6. ^ Jason Gorber, "Take this seat; Jason Gorber spent 30 years searching for the best place to perch your popcorn. Now he's revealing where to sit at nine Toronto screens," Toronto Star, 12 January 2013, E1.


  7. ^ Jason Gorber, "Alamo makes memorable movie nights; Fast-growing indie chain mixes food and drink with savvy cinema," Toronto Star, 22 March 2013, E4.


  8. ^ "Disney buys Star Wars and announces new trilogy", The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti, 1 November 2012, accessed 7 November 2013.


  9. ^ Peter Howell, "Disney empire rules the Star Wars galaxy; Creator George Lucas sells sci-fi franchise for $4B; new film trilogy coming," Toronto Star, 31 October 2012, A1. See also Ben Rayner, "Real Anakin Skywalker at $500 Star Wars preview --- Verdict on Episode 2: tight, funny, fun, Yoda's awesome, more for adults," Toronto Star, 13 May 2002, A03.



External links


  • TwitchFilm profile



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