Betsy Sharkey

Former Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey is an award-winning entertainment journalist and bestselling author. She left the newsroom in 2015. In addition to her critical essays and reviews of about 200 films a year for The Times, Sharkey’s weekly movie reviews appeared in newspapers nationally and internationally. Her books include collaborations with Oscar-winning actresses Faye Dunaway on “Looking for Gatsby” and Marlee Matlin on “I'll Scream Later.” Sharkey holds a degree in journalism and a master’s in communications theory from Texas Christian University.

Entertainment

'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' is a sinful waste of a sequel
'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' is high style brought low -- visually stunning but emotionally vapid, unrelentingly violent, its splendiferous comic book cast mostly squandered

By Betsy Sharkey and Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Aug 22, 2014

Entertainment

Movie review: 'The Purge: Anarchy'
'The Purge: Anarchy' is James DeMonaco's somewhat better, bloodier sequel starring Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo and Zoe Soul.

By Betsy Sharkey, By Betsy Sharkey and Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Jul 18, 2014

- Entertainment
Movie review: 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone remain the best things in the 'Amazing Spider-Man' series. But the sequel amazes only occasionally.

By Betsy Sharkey

May 1, 2014

- Architecture
Designer has Batman return to a neighborhood of darkness with suggestions of decay

Jun 14, 1992

Betsy Sharkey

'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' is a sinful waste of a sequel

Movie review: 'The Purge: Anarchy'

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