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PERSONAL INFO

• Born Tony Reuben Collier in England, April 1972.

• Born in Farnham, UK.

• Moved to the United States at age 15.

• Caucasian - Brown Hair - Hazel Eyes.

• 5' 11'' tall in the morning... 5' 10'' at night.

• Ridiculously good looking.

• Ancestry - Norwegian & English.

• Bachelors Degree in English from Oklahoma State University.

• Minor in French.  Curriculum Emphasis on Film and Creative Writing.

• Fluent in English, French & Norwegian.  Can understand Italian.

• Distinctive Features -- Birthmark on right tricep.  Scar above left eye.

• Places I have lived -- London, Tulsa, Stillwater, Barbados, Kansas City & Los Angeles.  I am currently in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Marital Status -- Trying to contact Keira Knightley for dinner and a movie.

• Desired Occupation -- To be a director.

• I am the biggest sports fan you will ever meet.

• I am a huge film buff whose movie review site is accessible by clicking the link above.

• I have been a professional poker player since 1999.

• I have been a film critic since 1999. (Professionally since 2005).

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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - Oklahoma State University (1991 to 1997)

Accomplishments -

• Bachelors Degree in English. (1997)

• Majored in English Literature.

• Minored in French.

• Emphasis in Film and Creative Writing Classes.

• Elected President of Thorpe House (Beach House) in 1992, 1993, 1994.

Activities & Misc. Info. -

• Intramural Sports Captain 1991 to 1997 for Beach House Athletics.

• Oklahoma State Rugby Team Member from 1993 to 1995.

• Intramural Sports Appeals Court Member in 1993.

• Taylor House Girls Football Coach from 1991 to 1993.

• Taylor House Girls Soccer Coach from 1991 to 1993.

• Oklahoma State Intramural Billiards (Pool) Champion in 1992 & 1993.

• Sports Manager of Thorpe House 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994.

• Defaced Oklahoma Univ. campus on multiple occasions.

• The lowest GPA (2.0) of any graduate in OSU History. (I had a life)

• Achieved a 37 Inch Vertical Leap in the Fall of 1994. (Total BS)

• Successfully shut off the power in Willham South during finals week.

• Never had a class scheduled before 10am in 6 years of school.

• I was the 'Road-Trip-King'.  New Orleans, Dallas, Vegas, Panama City.

• Sat through every home game in OSU's 0-10-1 1991 Football Season.

• Never worked at Eskimo Joe's.

• Won 93 consecutive games of 8-ball in the fall of 1992.

• Avoided wearing cowboy boots for entirety of my enrollment.

• Dated an OSU Homecoming Queen for a month before she dumped me.

• Fell in love twice.

• Became the greatest 'Hearts' player of all time in October of 1994.

• Once ate the Ace of Spades in protest of being the 'Asshole'.

• Had sex in the Willham Mezzanine twice.  Fun but uncomfortable!

• Was banned from the 4th floor of Willham South in January of 1995.

• Turned down free Final-4 tickets in 1995... WHAT AN IDIOT!

• Went an entire semester without realizing I was enrolled in a class. ("F")

• Was known as the 'Dan Marino' guy because of my #13 Dolphin jerseys.

• Had the greatest time of my life... and miss it more every day!!!

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - Tulsa Memorial High School (1988 to 1990)

Accomplishments -

• Graduated Tulsa Memorial High School - Class of 1990.

• 3.5 GPA.

• Honor Roll 1989-90.

Activities & Misc. Info. -

• Member of Soccer Team from 1989 to 1990.

• Chess Club 1988-1990.  (How Embarrassing).

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - Mill Hill High School in London (1985-87)

Accomplishments -

• First two years of High School completed and transferred to Tulsa Memorial.

• President of McClure House.

• With Honors.

Activities & Misc. Info. -

• Member of Theatre Group.

• Member - Rugby, Cross Country, Tennis, Soccer, Field Hockey & Cricket Teams.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION - St. Matthews Elementary School in London (1977-84)

Accomplishments -

• Completed.

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RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Critical Mass Movie Reviews / Independent Critics (2000 to present)

Salary -

• Variant Advertising Revenue.

• Variant Affiliate Commissions from Other Websites.

• Variant Donations.

Job Descriptions -

• Author in partnership of Independent Critics at www.independentcritics.com

• Webmaster of Independent Critics at www.independentcritics.com

• Marketing of Independent Critics at www.independentcritics.com

Self Employed Poker Player (1997 to present)

Salary -

• Variant Live Game Revenue,

• Variant Tournament Revenue,

• Variant Backing Revenue.

Job Descriptions -

• Live Game Poker Professional.

• Tournament Poker Professional.

• Backer & Financier to Various Poker Professionals.

Coming Soon Magazine (2005 to present)

Salary -

• Variant Per Page Requirement.

Job Descriptions -

• Film Critic.

• Editor.

• Design & Layout Collaborator.

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FAVORITES

• Dream Car - Any Ferrari or a 1955 Thunderbird Convertible.

• Food - A great butter-knife steak & rice with a red wine sauce and asparagus.

• Color - Everton Blue and Auburn Red hair.

• Soft Drink - Coke, Fresca or Pineapple Juice.

• Alcohol - A Great Red Wine... A Bordeaux.

• Beer - Heineken, Castlemaine XXXX, Honey Brown or Fosters.

• Restaurant - Eskimo Joe's... or Les Quatres Saisons - Just outside Paris.  

• TV Show - Survivor, 24, Lost, The Office, Seinfeld & SportsCenter.

• Music - The Corrs - Pet Shop Boys - U2 - Eric Clapton - Trance.

• Countries - USA - France - Italy - Norway.

• City - Paris, France.  I'd like to have a home there someday.

• Sports - Soccer, Football, College Basketball.  There isn't one I don't like.

• Teams - Miami Dolphins, New York Yankees, Utah Jazz, Everton, Okla St.

• Sports Heroes - Dan Marino, Karl Malone, Barry Sanders, Gary Lineker.

• Sportscaster - Kirsty Gallacher (Sky Sports) & Kenny Maine (ESPN).

• Political Affiliation - Moderate Liberal.

• Politician - William Jefferson Clinton.

• Home Theatre - Mitsubishi Electronics.

• Designer - Issey Miyake & Karl Lagerfeld.

• Supermodels - Rie Rasmussen, Heidi Klum, Kate Moss & Carmen Kass.

• Animals - Wolves, Dolphins, Cheetahs, Horses & Dogs.

• Painter - Rubens, Monet & Van Gogh.

• Building or Structure - Eiffel Tower and The Statue of Liberty.

• Hold 'em Poker Hand - Pair of 10's... preferably the heart and spade.

• Magazine - Premiere, Maxim, FHM, Hollywood Reporter & Coming Soon.

• Video Game - Madden Football & FIFA.

• Day of the Week - Saturday.

• Month - October.

• Weather - Cold, Rainy, Snowy, Overcast.

• Hobbies - My Website - Photography - Sports - Movies.

• Films - Titanic, Amelie, Shawshank, Eyes Wide Shut, Schindler's List, Pulp Fiction, Magnolia, Casablanca, The Graduate, Braveheart, The Great Escape, Papillon, Mulholland Drive, Boogie Nights, When Harry Met Sally.

• Actors - Anthony Hopkins - Sean Connery - Johnny Depp (Happy?) - Tom Cruise - John C. Reilly - Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Ralph Fiennes - Billy Bob Thornton - Christopher Walken - Denzel Washington - Don Cheadle - Dustin Hoffman - Steve McQueen - Gene Hackman - Gerard Depardieu - Harvey Keitel - Jean Reno - William H. Macy - Mel Gibson - Michael Douglas.

• Actresses - Nicole Kidman -Julianne Moore - Kate Winslet - Natalie Portman - Gwyneth Paltrow - Jennifer Connelly - Hedy Lamarr - Rita Hayworth - Meg Ryan - Juliette Binoche - Kristin Scott Thomas - Catherine Deneuve - Emily Watson - Saffron Burrows.

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'ACTOR'S STUDIO' QUESTIONS

• What is your favorite word? - Hope.

• What is your least favorite word? - Bored.

• What is the sound or noise that you love? - Submarine Pings.

• What is the sound or noise that you hate? - My stomach rumbling.

• What turns you on? - Excellence or  Greatness.

• What turns you off? - Lying.

• What profession would you most like to participate in? - Professional Athlete.

• What profession would you least like to participate in? - Accounting or Sales.

• What is your favorite curse word? - I love them all like children.

• What would you like to hear God say as you arrive at the pearly gates? - Here she is...  And I was always listening.

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MY FAVORITE QUOTES

• "Common sense is not too common." - Voltaire

• "Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind, as that becomes more developed, as more discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the changing circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.  We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him as a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regiment of their barbarous ancestors." - Thomas Jefferson

• "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." - Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky

• "A film is never really any good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet." - Orson Welles

• "It is often better to wonder what a character is thinking than to know." - Roger Ebert

• "I love you, you pay my Rent." - Neil Tennant

• "We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds." - Roger Ebert

• "The simple folk among us often accuse the deepest thinkers and most brilliant minds of pretentiousness.  It is their best way to derail an argument that they know they are losing." - Anonymous

• "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." - Thomas Mann

• "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams

• "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." - Oscar Wilde

• "To be or not to be. That's not really a question." - Jean-Luc Godard

• "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - Albert Einstein

• "I suppose some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." - T.S. Eliot

• "Get busy living or get busy dying.  That's what my friend Andy said.  I hope Andy is down there.  I hope I can make it across the border.  I hope to see my friend and shake his hand.  I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams... I hope!" - The Shawshank Redemption

• "Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever." - Aristophanes

• The unheard whisper at the end of "Lost in Translation".

• "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." - Penelope Cruz in "Vanilla Sky"

• "Are you gonna do something, or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?" - Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in "Tombstone"

• "Mr. Madison. What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even remotely be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. ----- OK. A simple 'no' would've done just fine." - "Billy Madison"

• "Get me everyone. ----- What do you mean everyone? ----- EVERYONE!!!!!" - Gary Oldman as Agent Stansfield in "Leon (The Professional)"

• "You’re like a big bear, with claws and fangs... fangs man. Big fuckin teeth, yeah man with fuckin teeth on ya. She’s just like this little bunny who’s just kinda cowering in the corner... shivering. Yeah man just kinda... And you got these claws, and you’re staring at these claws, and your thinking to yourself, with these claws, you’re thinkin'... now how am I supposed to kill this bunny, how am I supposed to kill this bunny, and your poking at it. Yeah you’re not hurting it, you’re just kinda gently batting the bunny around, you know what I mean? And the bunny's scared mike, the bunny's scared of you. And you got these fucking claws man and these fangs man, and you’re looking at your claws and your looking at your fangs and you’re thinking to yourself... I don’t know what to do man, I don’t know how to kill the bunny... with this you don’t know how to kill the bunny. Do you know what I mean? You’re like a big bear man." - VINCE VAUGHN as Trent in "Swingers" (1996)

• "And that's how it came to pass that on the second-to-last day of the job, the convict crew that tarred the plate factory roof in the spring of forty-nine wound up sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning drinking icy cold, Bohemia-style beer, courtesy of the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank State Prison." - MORGAN FREEMAN as Red in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)

• "I'll never let go." - Kate Winslet as Rose in "Titanic"

• "I am quietly judging you." - TOM CRUISE as Frank T.J. Mackey in "Magnolia" (1999)

• "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." - Tim Robbins in "The Shawshank Redemption"

• "I'm still here you bastards!" - Steve McQueen in "Papillon"

• "Fuck." - Nicole Kidman in "Eyes Wide Shut"

• "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - Mel Gibson in "Braveheart"

• "Time destroys everything!" - Monica Bellucci in "Irreversible"

• "Fool me once, shame on... uh... me. Ya fool me, I can't get fooled again." - George Dubya Bush in "F911"

• "Okay, now you're talking above my head. I don't know all of this industry jargon, YP, MP." - John C Reilly in "Boogie Nights"

• "That is a giant cock." - Julianne Moore in "Boogie Nights"

• "Hey, are those lizard? -- No, they're Italian." - Mark Wahlberg in "Boogie Nights"

• "I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine." - Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love"

• "I'm lookin' at your face and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin' smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. You're so pretty." - Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love"

• "The book says, we might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us." - Philip Baker Hall in "Magnolia"

• "Respect the cock... and tame the cunt." - Tom Cruise in "Magnolia"

• "What's the soup du jour? -- That's the soup of the day. -- Mmm... that's sounds good. I'll have that!" - Jim Carrey in "Dumb and Dumber"

• "That's Money Baby!" - Vince Vaughn in "Swingers"

• "A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, always be closing." - Alec Baldwin in "Glengarry Glen Ross"

• "Third prize is you're fired." - Alec Baldwin in "Glengarry Glen Ross"

• "Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids!" - Alec Baldwin in "Glengarry Glen Ross"

• "Coffee is for closers!" - Alec Baldwin in "Glengarry Glen Ross"

• "Maybe there I can tell her all those things they don't have words for here." - Billy Bob Thornton in "The Man Who Wasn't There"

• "It's a very plumb plumb." - Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient"

• "Mama!" - Giorgio Cantarini in "Life is Beautiful"

• "Supermodels are beautiful girls, Will. A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack & Coke all morning. She can make you feel high, full of the single greatest commodity known to man... promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl... In her smile, in her soul, in the way she makes every rotten little thing about life seem like it's going to be okay. The supermodels, Willy? That's all they are... Bottled promise. Scenes from a brand new day. Hope dancing in stiletto heels. A beautiful girl is all-powerful and that's as good as love... That's as good as love!" - Michael Rappaport in "Beautiful Girls"

• "Meet me in Montauk!" - Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

• "I guess the saying's true. In the poker game of life, women are the rake man. They are the fuckin' rake." - Ed Norton in "Rounders"

• "And the sea will bring each man new hope... his sleep brings dream of home." - Capt. Marco Ramius to Jack Ryan in "The Hunt for Red October"

• "How do you think the hike is going so far?" - Casey Affleck in "Gerry"

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LLAMA SAYINGS

"LLAISE!"
"I've Got More Outs Than a Chinese Phone Book."
"Well, We All Have Stories."
"Either Way."
"Who Wants the Five Seat?"
"Real Men Watch The Gilmore Girls."
"Who Raised?  Did I Raise?  Who Three-Bet It? Did it Get Capped?"
"If He Bets, I Call.  If He Checks, I Bet."
"Who Are You Calling an Eight-Hole?"
"Chop It Up!"
"Can We Get a New Dealer Button?"
"This is the Life We Have Chosen."
"When You're Good, You're Good."
"I Love You, You Pay My Rent."
"Checks on 29! Slovaks on 30!"
"Man, I Could Have Stayed at Home Learning the Dance Moves to the Latest Britney Spears Video."
"I Got Less Outs Than a Turkish Prison."
"I'll Take the Next Seat Change."
"This is Some High-Dollar Poker Right Here."
"That's Quality!"
"Is That a Straddle?"
"Can You Put Me on the 1-2 Omaha Hi-Lo Split with a Half Kill Please?"
"The Button's Moved!"
 

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