Brooklyn Housing Court bar president has growing following for his film reviews
Many members of the Brooklyn legal community know Michael Rosenthal as the president of the Kings County Housing Court Bar Association, but a growing number of his friends and colleagues are also beginning to regard him as a prolific movie reviewer.
Rosenthal has been practicing law for more than 30 years and has served as president of the Kings County Housing Court Bar Association for the past 12, but about seven years ago, he started pursuing an entirely different interest; he began writing movie reviews on Facebook, re-immersing himself in a hobby that dated back to his days at Brooklyn College. By 2012, Rosenthal had started to build somewhat of a following, so he got his nephew to help him build BigManOnFilm.com.
“I always hated reviews that gave away too much of the plot, which way too many of them do,” Rosenthal said. “I don’t want to read a review that goes on for a whole page like you see in The New York Times sometimes. Should I go see it? And why should I go see it? Should I stay away, and why? That’s what I want out of a review, and that’s what I try to do myself.”
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