Mike D'Angelo (born April 9, 1968) is an American film critic. He has written reviews for ''

The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was created in ...

'', '' Las Vegas Weekly'' and ''

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'', and maintains a personal website, The Man Who Viewed Too Much. He lives near

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. One of the first notable online film critics, D'Angelo created his site and began self-publishing short reviews in August 1995. In January 1997, ''

Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, ...

'' included The Man Who Viewed Too Much in an article about Internet film criticism, which was then in its infancy. The magazine subsequently hired him to write capsule film reviews for its video section. After contributing to ''Entertainment Weekly'' for three years, he became the chief film critic for ''Time Out New York'' (2000–2004) before moving to ''

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'', where he served as the chief film critic. His writing has also appeared in '' Variety'', ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, ...

'', the ''Salt Lake City Weekly'' and the ''Nashville Scene''. D'Angelo participated in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', '' Blood Simple'', ''

Double Indemnity ''Double Indemnity'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. Wilder and Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay from James M. Cain's Double Indemnity (novel), novel of the same na ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Only Angels Have Wings'', '' Outer Space'', '' Partie de campagne'', '' A Star Is Born'', and '' Woman of the Dunes''.

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50 Best Films Ever Made
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