Subject: Reviews/Criticism

Reviews/Criticism:

Biting reviews and criticism of film, theater, television, music, books etc.


He uses a lot of big words, and his sentences are from here to the airport.

(1947 – ) American writer & populist political activist
Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

House of Wax is cheap, dirty entertainment, and it knows it.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

I came away impressed with the mutant power of director Brett Ratner. We should strategically deploy him to destroy runaway movie franchises that threaten mankind with their continued existence.

American film critic
Reviews/Criticism

It seems like the career of M. Night Shyamalan has gotten to the point where “it’s not embarrassing” is high compliment.

(movie reviews at themovieguys.net)
Reviews/Criticism

For me, there was a perverse masochistic pleasure in enduring the damn thing all over again, just to remind myself how cross it made me the first time round.

(1963 – ) English musician & film critic
Reviews/Criticism

The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic
Acting Reviews/Criticism

I knew we were in trouble when the cops drew a chalk outline around the box office.

American film critic
Reviews/Criticism

Let’s see, Ben Affleck is stuck with Sandra Bullock in a small vehicle, and they’re driving all the way to Georgia. Is he going to fall in love with her even though they’re complete opposites? Holy shit, I think so.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism

The last time I was in Spain I got through six Jeffrey Archer novels; I must remember to take enough toilet paper next time.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer
Books Insults Reviews/Criticism

The covers of this book are too far apart.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Books Reviews/Criticism

I always said that I'd like Barrymore's acting till the cows came home. Well, ladies and gentleman, last night the cows came home.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor
Acting Reviews/Criticism

Watching Tallulah Bankhead on the stage is like watching somebody skating on thin ice – everyone wants to be there when it breaks.

(1865-1940) English actress
Acting Reviews/Criticism

Those who cannot remember history are doomed to learn it from Oliver Stone movies.

(1954–2007) Canadian film critic
Reviews/Criticism

One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. An instant landmark of crap.

American movie critic
Reviews/Criticism

Progressing from nowhere to nothing and leaving only a greasy taste in the mouth as a reward.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours…

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
Reviews/Criticism

It's a car movie made by people who couldn't find reverse in a Volkswagen; a puzzle box thriller assembled by the functionally insane.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

Affleck probably got the part of the blind superhero because he was the only actor too inebriated to duck when the producers flung objects at his head.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism

If I had wanted to watch two hours of “VH-1,” guess what? … I would have stayed home and done that… for free.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism

You could do worse… by which I mean you couldn't possibly do worse.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism