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Judge Michael Rubino

Judge Michael Rubino • Location: Monaca, PA
• Joined: June 2007
• 185 full reviews
• 58 small claims

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Michael Rubino is a writer and graphic designer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

When he isn't writing DVD reviews, he's busy performing in the city's burgeoning improv comedy scene, writing plays, taking photos, and watching hockey.

Mike loves '80s action cinema, MacGyver, and Woody Allen movies.

 

Rulings

Aaah! Zombies!!
Adventureland
The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog
Airplane! (Blu-ray)
Alvin And The Chipmunks: Daytona Jones And The Pearl Of Wisdom
An American Carol
American Crude
American Gladiators: The Original Series: The Battle Begins
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters For DVD
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Volume Seven
The Art Of The Steal
Assault On Precinct 13: Restored Collector's Edition
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (Blu-ray)
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (Blu-ray)
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words
Backdraft (Blu-Ray)
Back To School: Extra-Curricular Edition
The Bank Job: 2-Disc Special Edition
The Best Of The Kids In The Hall: Volume Two
Big Fan
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Black Dynamite
Black Zoo
Blade: House Of Chthon
Bob Saget: That Ain't Right
Body Of Lies
The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season
Bored To Death: The Complete First Season
The Bourne Files: 3-Disc Collection
Braveheart: Special Collector's Edition
Brewster McCloud
Cajun Pawn Stars: Season One
Captain America / Captain America II
Casablanca: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Cassandra's Dream
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Choke Canyon
Chuck Close
Cinematic Titanic Live: Danger On Tiki Island
Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks
Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
The Color of Money (Blu-ray)
The Comedy
Conan the Destroyer (Blu-ray)
The Confession (2011)
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Sixth Season
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Dark Star: Hyperdrive Edition
David Bryne: Ride, Rise, Roar (Blu-ray)
Dazed and Confused (Blu-ray)
Dead Snow
Dead Space: Aftermath
Death Of A Cyclist: Criterion Collection
Death Race
Deathsport / Battletruck
The Definitive Document of the Dead
Die Hard with a Vengeance (Blu-ray)
Direct Contact
District 9
Don't Look Up
Doomsday
Drag Me To Hell
Duckman: Seasons One And Two
Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series
Eagle Eye: 2-Disc Special Edition
Eagles Over London
Early Edition: The Second Season
Enchanted
The Expendables
Father of the Bride / Father of the Bride: Part II (Blu-ray)
Feed
Flash Of Genius
Foreigner: Alive And Rockin'
Frenemy
The Fugitive: Season One, Volume One
The Fugitive: Season One, Volume Two
The Fugitive: Season Two, Volume One
The Fugitive: Season Two, Volume Two
The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One
The Fugitive: The Fourth And Final Season, Volume One
The Fugitive: The Fourth And Final Season, Volume Two
Futureworld (Blu-ray)
Gamer
Gentlemen Broncos
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Series 2, Season 1
G.I. Joe: Countdown For Zartan
G.I. Joe Renegades: Season 1, Volume 1
Gomorrah: Criterion Collection
The Grapes Of Wrath
Hamlet 2
Hero: Special Edition
Hobo With A Shotgun
House Of Saddam
How The West Was Won: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Inception
The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Third Season
The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Series
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
In The Shadow Of The Moon
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: Collector's Edition
Iron Sky (Blu-ray)
It's A Wonderful Life: 2-Disc Collector's Set
J. Edgar (Blu-ray)
Jet Li's Fearless: Unrated Director's Cut
John Carpenter: Master Of Fear Collection
Killer Elite (Blu-ray)
The Kill Point
King Arthur And The Knights Of Justice: The Complete Animated Series
A League of Their Own (Blu-ray) 20th Anniversary Edition
Let Me In
Lil' Bush: Resident Of The United States: Season One
Lions For Lambs
Live Free Or Die Hard: Two-Disc Special Edition
The Lookout (Blu-ray)
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
The Louis L'Amour Western Collection
The Love Guru
MacGyver: The TV Movies
The Magnificent Seven (Blu-ray)
Manhattan (Blu-ray)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Centennial Collection
Marvel Anime: Blade
Metal Evolution
Metropolitan (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
Midnight Express: 30th Anniversary Edition
Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight
Mission: Impossible: The Second TV Season
Mission: Impossible: The Third TV Season
Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero
Moon
Moonstruck (Blu-Ray)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Blu-Ray)
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater On Goldwater
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gunslinger
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Red Zone Cuba
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII
Mystery Train: Criterion Collection
The New Adventures Of Batman
Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated
Noobz
No Time For Sergeants
Objectified
1612
Only The Valiant
The Outrage
Paper Heart
Parker Lewis Can't Lose: The Complete Second Season
Pawn Stars: Season One
Pawn Stars: Season Two
Peanuts 1960s Collection
Pierrot Le Fou: Criterion Collection
Pittsburgh Penguins: Stanley Cup 2009 Champions
Popeye And Friends: Volume One
The Power of Myth: 25th Anniversary Edition
Pride and Glory: 2-Disc Special Edition
The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Prisoner (2009)
Queensryche: Mindcrime at the Moore (Blu-ray)
The Quintessential Guy Maddin!
Rambo: The Complete Collector's Set
Rashomon (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
Reagan
The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season 1, Volume 1
The Real Story: Escape From Alcatraz
Re-Animator (Blu-ray)
Rear Window: Special Edition
Recount
Redbelt
Reservation Road
RiffTrax: House on Haunted Hill
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray)
The Robe: Special Edition
Robinson Crusoe On Mars: Criterion Collection
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Rocko's Modern Life: Season Two
Rod Serling: Studio One Dramas
The Roger Corman Collection
Rowan Atkinson Live!
Sam & Max: Freelance Police: The Complete Series
Scenes from a Mall (Blu-ray)
Scream (Blu-Ray)
The Seventh Seal: Criterion Collection
Shaolin Hand Lock
Short Circuit 2 (Blu-Ray)
Sidney Crosby: On The Ice And Beyond
Simon Of The Desert: Criterion Collection
Sometimes They Come Back
Spaceballs (Blu-ray) 25th Anniversary
Space Ghost Coast To Coast: Volume Five
Speed Racer: The Complete Classic Collection
Stealing Lincoln's Body
Step Brothers: 2-Disc Unrated Edition
Steven Seagal: Lawman: The Complete Season One
Sudden Impact: Deluxe Edition
Survival Of The Dead: Ultimate Undead Edition
Surviving Progress
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Marx Brothers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Tetro
Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 3
Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 4
Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season Cinco
Timecrimes
Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
The Transformers: The Complete First Season
The Transformers: Season Two, Volume One
Transformers The Japanese Collection: Headmasters
Transformers: Two-Disc Special Edition
Transporter 3
12
28 Weeks Later
24: Season Seven
24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic
Typeface
Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection
The Unit: Season Three
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Up All Night: Season One
Villa Rides!
Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collections
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
Wallace And Gromit: The Complete Collection
WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three (1947-1950)
The Ward
Whatever Works
The Wild, Wild West: The Complete Third Season
Woody Allen: A Documentary
The World Of Buckminster Fuller
World's Greatest Dad
Xavier: Renegade Angel: Seasons 1 And 2
Youth Without Youth
You've Got Mail: Deluxe Edition
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
Zodiac: 2-Disc Director's Cut
Zombie (Blu-ray) Ultimate Edition
Zombies Of Mass Destruction

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Average Scales of Justice

Video: 84
Audio: 85
Extras: 59
Acting: 85
Story: 81
Judgment: 82

Scale Modifiers

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Audio: 0
Extras: -1
Acting: -2
Story: -2
Judgment: -3

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