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{{Short description|Online entertainment news website}}
{{For|the collection of essays by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]|The Monsters and the Critics}}
{{Notability|web|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| logo =
| name = Monsters and Critics
| commercial = Yes
| type = Entertainment news
| language = English
| registration = Optional
| owner = Digital Minefield Ltd
| country_of_origin = [[United Kingdom]]
| author = James Wray and Ulf Stabe
| editor = Julian Cheatle
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| subsid = AnimeGeek.com, DailyCrime.com
| current_status = Online
| url = {{url|monstersandcritics.com|MonstersandCritics.com}}
}}
'''Monsters and Critics''' is an online entertainment [[Online newspaper|news website]] focusing on TV, movies and celebrities. It publishes news, reviews, recaps, interviews, feature articles, explainers, blogs and commentary. The website has been owned by Digital Minefield Ltd since November 2017 and has writers based in the US, Canada and the UK.

== Background ==

Monsters and Critics was founded in 2003 by James Wray and Ulf Stabe. Wray previously ran an online forum dedicated to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. The website's name is a reference to [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s 1936 lecture "[[Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics|''Beowulf'': The Monsters and the Critics]]".

Monsters and Critics initially carried the slogan "Watch it ... Read It ... Play it",<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-08-26|title=Movies, Arts, Books, DVD, Gaming and Soundtrack News, Reviews, Features, Forum Chat and downloads at Monsters and Critics|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/|website=MonstersandCritics.com|access-date=2020-12-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826040411/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/|archive-date=2004-08-26}}</ref> because its early focus was on covering entertainment franchises which spanned various media.

The site later moved into more mainstream entertainment news and for several years also carried general news. Julian Cheatle, who previously worked at ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', joined as editor in 2015, before the site returned to its original focus on entertainment news. Monsters and Critics has three main sections dedicated to TV, movies and celebrity. In January 2022, the website migrated its [[anime]] news section to its subsidiary Anime Geek.

Monsters and Critics is regularly quoted in newspapers and outlets including ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Cowles|first=Gregory|date=October 16, 2008|title=The Plot Thins|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/the-plot-thins/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=de Turenne|first=Veronique|date=March 11, 2008|title=Today in Britney: piecing together the story|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/03/215-pm-v.html|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> and [[BBC News]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Jamie|date=September 21, 2004|title=High Noon - 21st September 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/09/21/high_noon_sept_21_2004_news_article.shtml|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> and cited on Wikipedia.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.monstersandcritics.com}}

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