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About me

Derek Anderson (derek.anderson91@gmail.com) is a movie critic for the Tuesday Movie Men, a media partner of the Twin Cities Daily Planet. He's also a staff writer for the Metropolitan, the student newspaper of Metropolitan State University.

Derek Anderson grew up in the Springbrook Cove area of Coon Rapids, MN, and still lives there today. He graduated from Coon Rapids High School, where he played football and the tuba. He later earned an Associate in Arts degree from Anoka Ramsey Community College. Currently he attends Metropolitan State University in St. Paul and is working towards an undergraduate degree in Technical Communication and Professional Writing.

His movie reviews can be read at:

http://www.tuesdaymoviemen.com/

Derek's articles on everything from a comic book shop to '90s television can be found here:

http://metrostatenews.com/?author=15

 

 

Favorite Places: 
Loring Park Dunn Bros., Carmike Wynnsong 15 in Mounds View, Northtown Library, Two Stooges Bar & Grill, Northtown L.A. Fitness (R.I.P. Bally's Fitness)
Activities: 
writing, reading, running, lifting weights, playing drums, bass fishing
Interests: 
movies, books, eighties rock and roll and techno-pop, baseball, football
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"The Avengers" strives to satisfy all of your senses

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

Four years ago, in the summer before my senior year of high school, I was sitting at my kitchen table with my friend and fellow reviewer Zach, tapping away at the computer, when we stumbled across the nugget of information that seemed more valuable than any tangible object: they were going to make an Avengers movie.MORE »

"The Raven" is unpredictable: Exciting one moment, mundane the next

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

On October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe, whose gothic literary tales would go on to influence both mainstream and horror fiction genres for the better part of two centuries, was found wandering the brick-paved streets of Baltimore. Poe was delirious and called out the name “Reynolds.” He was taken to Washington College Hospital, where he died of an unknown cause four days later.MORE »

"The Cabin in the Woods" eagerly hijacks a traditional horror movie setup

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

The five college students think they have an ideal situation on their hands. One of them has a cousin who bought a cabin in the mountains. Everyone clears their schedules for a weekend, piles into an RV, and heads out for what they think will be a relaxing break from doing things like studying Soviet economics.MORE »

Once Upon a Crime Mystery Bookstore offers good reads, great service

By Derek Anderson, The Metropolitan

Blood. Guns. Chalk-lines. Fedora hats. These things have been staples in the mystery genre for decades. And Americans like a good mystery. Why else would CSI: Miami, NCIS, and shows like them dominate televisions in living rooms across the country? At the movies, box office hit, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, has popularized the witty London sleuth for a whole new generation.MORE »

"The Raid: Redemption" is riveting and merciless in its execution

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

The fifteen-story apartment complex is run-down. Windows are broken, the paint is peeling, and bricks are crumbling. From the outside, this moderate high-rise looks like just another housing development in the skid row of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is more than that, though. Much more. This building is a black hole of death for outsiders who stray into its confines.MORE »

"Wrath of the Titans": Effective eye candy and body-rocking sound

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

Sam Worthington has a tough decision to make in his latest film. In Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans (2010), Worthington’s character Perseus has to choose between his father and his son. Not a very fun position to be in.MORE »

"The Hunger Games" hits the bull's-eye on most targets

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

The year is…well, I don’t know exactly what year the universe of director Gary Ross’s and co-screenwriter Suzanne Collins’s film, The Hunger Games, takes place in, but it is sometime in the future: a very grim future. The United States does not look the same on a map or a globe as it does now. Instead of state lines, there are district lines.MORE »

"Jeff, Who Lives at Home" is a random ride of fascination

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

We’ve all had a stranger call our house with the wrong number, but has an errant phone call ever changed the course of your life?MORE »

"21 Jump Street" has great comedy, lackluster action

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

The undercover cop movie gets a remix in directors Phil Lord’s and Chris Miller’s buddy comedy, 21 Jump Street, a remake of the 1980s television series of the same name. Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, two of the hottest names in the movies right now, 21 Jump Street combines sarcasm, meta-humor, drama, and gunfights with mostly satisfying results.MORE »

"Project X" is a party worth checking out

By Derek Anderson, Tuesday Movie Men

When high school senior Thomas’s (Thomas Mann) parents go out of town for the weekend, Thomas and his two best friends Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown) are left with the ideal situation for debauchery. Empty house, no adult supervision, and wouldn’t you know it, Thomas is celebrating his seventeenth birthday.MORE »

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