Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 2)

Great wine porn.

American author & journalist
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Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Andy has two problems common to most Americans: He's a moron and he's itching to get laid.

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This book of essays… has all the depth and glitter of a worn dime.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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Whew! That was close: something almost happened there for a minute.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Gone in 60 Seconds seems to be trying hard.

movie writer, reviewer & columnist
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Logic and drama are what get purged here.

film critic
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You know you’re in trouble when you’re reduced to praising a movie for its absence of fart jokes, and have to add ‘almost.’

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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A steaming pile of clichés and screaming unlikelihoods.

arts editor
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I really should dynamite this movie just for forcing me to watch Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler try to act. The dude plays himself and I didn’t believe it – that’s how bad he is.

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I've seen audits that were more thrilling.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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It's flawless in its flaws, without a single redeeming element to obscure its idealized awfulness.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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This film sucks on a level I can scarcely describe.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Just three of the least-likable actors in Hollywood paired up with three total has-beens in an over-long, convoluted rehash of every “I hate my boss” plotline that you've ever seen. Except all of the funny ones. 

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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
Books Communication Reviews/Criticism

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

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

I want something that will keep me awake thinking it was the food I ate and not the show I saw.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist
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Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there also a dropped hammer.

(1819 – 1900) English art critic, social thinker, poet & artist
Entertainment Music Reviews/Criticism

I would accuse American Reunion of being misogynistic, but the movie seems to hold all of humanity in contempt, not just women.

film critic
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It's not music, it's a disease.

(1911 – 2010) American bandleader
Entertainment Music Reviews/Criticism

If you want to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hollywood is a cesspool of whoredom and back-door deal-making, just look at the credits of the writers responsible for this monstrous piece of crap.

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