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Judge Russell Engebretson

Judge Russell Engebretson • Location: Norman, OK
• Joined: April 2005
• 54 full reviews
• 56 small claims

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Russell Engebretson's single movie appearance was as an extra in Elvis Presley's magnum opus It Happened at the World's Fair. He spent an afternoon in the Oklahoma City racing grandstand with his mother, grandmother, and a few hundred other hot, bored spectators. His memory of the event is murky.

Prior to Russell's distinguished movie career, he was scared witless by viewing The Deadly Mantis at a local drive-in theater. He claims this explains his generally listless behavior and lack of ambition. It's also possible the 200 foot tall, fire-breathing praying mantis -- along with Laurel and Hardy -- launched his lifelong obsession with film.

He plays nylon-string guitar at irregular intervals, hoards books, and views more movies than should be allowed by law. Russell would like to relocate to a castle somewhere in the South of France (with his wife, dog, and herd of cats). Barring a move to Europe, he will continue to annoy his neighbors by going barefoot and never watering his lawn.

 

Rulings

Alambrista! (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
Al Di Meola: Morocco Fantasia (Blu-ray)
Apres Vous
Arabesque
Attack on Leningrad (Blu-ray)
Bamako
Blood And Oil: The Middle East In World War I
Blue Vinyl
Bob Dylan Revealed
Brazil: An Inconvenient History
Bye Bye Brazil
Casting the Runes
Chico & Rita (Blu-ray)
City of God (Blu-ray)
A Clockwork Orange (Blu-ray) Digibook
Cold War
The Company Men (Blu-ray)
The Crazy Stranger
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Cuba Mia: Portrait Of An All-Woman Orchestra
Darkon
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) (Blu-ray)
Desperately Seeking Seka
The Edison Death Machine
Elvis Costello And The Imposters: Live In Memphis
Ethos
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Third Season
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Fifth Season
The Flaming Lips: The Fearless Freaks
Flight From Death: The Quest For Immortality
Fly Away
Freaked
Go Ride The Music / West Pole
Greg Douglass: Guitar Lessons: Lead Guitar
Gun-Shy
Haack: The King Of Techno
Harlan County USA: Criterion Collection
Henry's Crime (Blu-ray)
A Hole In One
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train
The H.P. Lovecraft Collection: Cool Air (Volume 1)
I'll Bury You Tomorrow
The Illusionist (2010) (Blu-ray)
I Melt With You (Blu-ray)
In China They Eat Dogs
An Injury to One
In The Realms Of The Unreal: The Mystery Of Henry Darger
The Island (2005) (Blu-ray)
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970
John Williams: The Seville Concert
Julia Fordham: That's Live
Kes (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
Killer Diller
Koch Brothers Exposed
Lars And The Real Girl (Blu-Ray)
Last Stand At Saber River
Latino: America's Secret War In Nicaragua
Little Big Man (Blu-ray)
The Machinist
Madagascar: The Land Where Evolution Ran Wild (Blu-ray)
Marlowe
Masters Of Horror: Stuart Gordon: Dreams In The Witch House
Matilda: Special Edition
A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young (Blu-ray)
My Afternoons with Margueritte (Blu-ray)
Mysterious Island (Blu-ray)
Neil Young: Heart Of Gold
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without A Pause
Oil On Ice
Orwell Rolls In His Grave
The Outlaw Josey Wales (Blu-ray) DigiBook
Peter Gabriel: Still Growing Up: Live And Unwrapped
The Pool Boys (Blu-ray)
Popeye The Sailor: Volume One (1933-1938)
Quatermass
Red Lights
The Richard Thompson Band: Live at Celtic Connection (Blu-ray)
Roadie (2011) (Blu-ray)
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death...And Insects
The Rockford Files: Season Three
The Scent Of Green Papaya (Blu-ray)
Seeking Justice (Blu-ray)
Sequins
Shoeshine
Short Cut To Nirvana
Sir! No Sir!: The Suppressed Story Of The G.I. Movement To End The War In Vietnam
South From Granada
Speaking Freely: Chalmers Johnson
Suddenly (Tan De Repente)
The 10th Victim (Blu-ray)
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
They Came Back
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Blu-ray)
Tom And Jerry: The Spotlight Collection, Volume 2
Trailers From Hell! Volume 2
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention
Twice In A Lifetime
Un Coeur En Hiver (A Heart In Winter)
Unforgiven (Blu-ray) DigiBook
Voice
Wal-Mart: The High Cost Of Low Price
Waterhole #3
Weird Tale Collection: The Yellow Sign And Others (Volume 1)
West Is West
Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
The Woody Woodpecker And Friends Classic Cartoon Collection
X: Live In Los Angeles
Zazie dans le metro (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection

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Average Scales of Justice

Video: 87
Audio: 86
Extras: 56
Acting: 91
Story: 86
Judgment: 86

Scale Modifiers

Video: -1
Audio: -1
Extras: +2
Acting: -8
Story: -7
Judgment: -7

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