Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 23)

I suppose certain college fraternities could make screening it part of their hazing rituals.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be… it is what it used to be; that is what's wrong with it.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Entertainment Music Reviews/Criticism

He had delusions of adequacy.

(1913 – 1996) writer & Broadway theater critic
Acting Reviews/Criticism

If you hear a door slam in the theater, you'll know that Elvis has left the building – in disgust.

American film critic
Reviews/Criticism

Caligula is sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash. If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful.

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

It is easier to pull down than to build up.

Proverbs Reviews/Criticism

You know when an actress like Claire Forlani starts making fun of other actresses for being anorexic, the film is operating in another dimension.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
Reviews/Criticism

They inculcate the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing master.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer
Communication Reviews/Criticism

He writes his plays for the ages – the ages between five and twelve.

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

You know you’re in trouble with a sequel when the word of mouth advises you to see the first movie twice instead.

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

We could have done just as well to watch the proceedings on Court TV — free, as it were, to flip channels or get up for a snack and skip the parts that disinterest us, rather than be held hostage by 125 minutes of drive-by clichés.

film critic
Reviews/Criticism

Watching Mad Dog Time is like waiting for the bus in a city where you're not sure they have a bus line.

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

Spice World is obviously intended as a ripoff of A Hard Day's Night which gave The Beatles to the movies… the huge difference, of course, is that the Beatles were talented — while, let's face it, the Spice Girls could be duplicated by any five women under the age of 30 standing in line at Dunkin' Donuts.

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

I thought I heard one of the original lines of the show.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist
Reviews/Criticism

I would rather eat a golf ball than see this movie again.

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

I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens.

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

You used to be able to depend on a bad film being poorly made. No longer. The Punisher: War Zone [sic] is one of the best-made bad movies I’ve seen… Its only flaw is that it’s disgusting.

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

Julianne Moore] spends the entire film walking the razor’s edge: gauging the difference between brilliance and disaster before assertively losing her balance.

writer, editor & film reviewer
Reviews/Criticism

Even a 14-year-old — maybe especially a 14-year-old — knows lameness when he sees it.

American television critic
Reviews/Criticism

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

(1916 – 1986) American poet, translator & etymologist
Reviews/Criticism

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism