Bruce Bennett Short Bio

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett has been the primary contributor to Mad About Movies since it began in 2003. He is an award winning film and theater critic who, since 2000, has been writing a weekly column in The Spectrum daily newspaper in southern Utah as well as serving as a contributing editor of “The Independent,” a monthly entertainment magazine. He is also the co-host of “Film Fanatics” a movie review show which earned a Telly in 2009. Bruce is also a featured contributor at: RottenTomatoes.com

His motto: "I see bad movies so you don't have to."

The Thing

A fun remake of Carpenter’s classic
Not an improvement on John Carpenter’s groundbreaking 1982 original, but sufficiently horrific, tense and well-paced, and aided by minor changes and current technology.
Rated R for strong creature violence and gore, and language.
Grade: B

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