“The Lyons Den” – Movie Critic Profile


Written on September 15, 2010 – 10:16 am | by coliver5

My beat is comedy movies, and one of my favorite critics is Ben Lyons from E!’s” The Daily Ten”.  He has his own segment titled “The Lyons Den” that airs every other week or so during the half-hour programming of “The Daily Ten” on E! at 7:30pm.  He always gives his opinions on the new movies coming out and he’ll let viewers know which movies are worth watching and which ones are not even worth the $10 ticket price.  I love watching his interviews as well as his conccentration is generally movies so he is in charge of not only reviewing movies, but also interviewing the actors and actresses of the film.  He has interviewed probably everyone from Angelina Jolie to Brad Pitt to Jhonny Depp. 

For the most part his reviews are mostly televised as opposed to written but he has done some written works that can be found on the E! website: www.eonline.com or directly enter http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/lyons_den/index.html for the “lyons den” section where you can view some of the videos of interviews he has done as well as other movie reviews written on the page.  Because of his personality he is able to attract viewers and has convinced me on watching certain movies I would  not have otherwise considered watching.  I do disagree with some of the criticism he has made but that’s only because each person has a different opinion for different kinds of movies but for the most part Lyons manages to give a convincing review of the promoting film.  Another thing Ben Lyons does well especcially during his “Daily Ten” segment is he always gives the good and the bad critiques of the movie without really giving the plot away.  He does his job well, but shows additional enthusiasm whenever the movie is a MUST-see and worth the time and money.

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  1. One Response to ““The Lyons Den” – Movie Critic Profile”

  2.   By dkois on Sep 16, 2010 |

    Lyons is an interesting choice. He’s very viewer-friendly, but you should dig in and research a bit; he’s generally viewed by other film critics as a lightweight, and his time on “At the Movies” is widely considered a failure. That’s not to say you shouldn’t like him, but that you should be aware of his standing in the world of film criticism, and be ready to defend him.

    This is a pretty sloppy blog post, filled with punctuation errors, grammar problems, and run-ons. You need to carefully edit your work.

    7/10

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