This guy takes the Bakery. and MOUTHSUT is keeping its EYES WIDE SHUT as well.
There’s this guy called Anton (ID: sourray) who is a star writer with around 100 reviews to his name. Mostly movie reviews, he filches them off the websites off either BBC or SUN. The amazing thing is that even after a long time, none of his(huge) trusted circle has cottoned onto the act.
The first time I chanced upon his review of "The Prestige", I was surprised and posted a comment. This guy was then brazen enough to edit his review and denied the whole thing. I then directly mailed Mouthshut citing other instances of outright plagiarism and they did not respond at all.
I put up a review on the same incidence, but MOUTHSHUT took it down after awhile. Finally I m2m’d the CEO Faisal himself, who got back to me promptly and promised to look into the matter. However that was it and even after 6 weeks, nothing has moved.
Check out this guy’s reviews on any movie and the reviews of the same on bbc.co.uk & sun.co.uk. There’s more. Running a websearch on some of the fancier wordings will throw up both the original page as well as the mouthshut copy alongside!
And of late, this guy seems to have improved his skills in that his latest review(!) on the Denzel starrer Deja Vu’ has been lifted from thelondonpaper.com in entirety.
Here are other instances of his irresponsible behavior. His last few reviews: -
~ 5 of Man United’s Prodigal Sons~ on the Manchester United Football Team
https://thesun.co.uk/article/0, 2002390000-2006550900, 00.html
~ Be honest, did you know Ben Affleck could act?~ Review on: Hollywoodland
https://thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/film/article/1157142442595?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController
~ Borat is dead boring.NOT~
https://thesun.co.uk/article/0, 2003080003-2006510080, 00.html
~ An under-rated flick~ on Driving Lessons
https://thesun.co.uk/article/0, 2003080003-2006410658, 00.html &
https://bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/29/driving_lessons_2006_review.shtml
You have got to hand it to this guy. After this review has appeared he’s brazen enough to be now claiming that he’s the original author and is freelancing to all these reputed sites.
Oh yeah! And I’m the one who pens for Gulzar & Dylan
The point i’m trying to make is. Whats the difference between MOUTHSHUT and a personal blog, if they allow this kind of instances even after being pointed out. *
*Hope theres more of you who feel the same. Its upto all of us to maintain the dignity and authenticity, is it not? I hope you rate this review / rant according to your viewpoint.
P.S **MS has taken down the concerned review on Deja Vu, as well as flagged sourray after the ruckus created by this review.