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If you have a dog, it will be sniffing and whimpering at the screen in recognition of one of its one kind… a film whose special badness defies virtually any attempt at description.

The Evening Herald (Ireland)

Reviews/Criticism “The Adventures of Pluto Nash”

Was there no one connected with this project who read the screenplay, considered the story, evaluated the proposed film and vomited?

Roger Ebert

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

Reviews/Criticism From review of “Last Rites”

… what a pity (Albert) Smith will tell only two-thirds of the truth.

Douglas Jerrold

(1803 – 1857) English writer

Reviews/Criticism Review of an article signed A.S.

“ …as fascinating as chewing styrofoam – with the occasional firecracker jammed in to make you chew faster.

Rubin Safaya

film critic

Reviews/Criticism “Terminator Salvation”

Year One is so dedicated to being historically accurate that it only uses jokes that are at least two thousand years old.

Devin Faraci

film critic

Reviews/Criticism “Year One”

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.

Rubin Safaya

film critic

Reviews/Criticism “Find Me Guilty”

You’ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot. You’ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus.

Rob Vaux

writer, editor & film reviewer

Reviews/Criticism “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever”

To describe this film as “pornographically violent” is an affront to pornography.

Rubin Safaya

film critic

Reviews/Criticism Review of “The Hills Have Eyes”

Did I mention it’s really long?

MIchael Dance

film critic

Reviews/Criticism Review of “Australia”

It is part of prudence to thank an author for his book before reading it, so as to avoid the necessity of lying about it afterwards.

George Santayana

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist

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Honestly, I’m trying to remember what happened during the mid part of this movie other then a few hazy isolated moments of plot development.

The Movie Guys

(movie reviews at themovieguys.net)

Reviews/Criticism Of the film “Oblivion”

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

J.E. Littlewood

(1885 – 1977) English mathematician

Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Though I could follow the outline of the story and found some of the images memorable, the meaning of it all eluded me. There was a child in the audience, but unfortunately she left during the final credits, so I was unable to turn to her for elucidation.

Philip French

film critic

Reviews/Criticism Reviewing “Tales From Earthsea”

Two things should be cut – the second act and the child's throat.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism On a dull play with an annoying child star Theater

I went into the Plymouth Theater a comparatively young woman, and I staggered out of it three hours later, twenty years older, haggard and broken with suffering.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Reviews/Criticism Of Tolstoy’s “Redemption” Theater

It would perhaps be hard to imagine a clumsier or more disjointed frame-work for the display of the tawdry wares which form Mr. Dickens’s stock-in-trade.

The Saturday Review

Reviews/Criticism

Not nearly as awful as everyone seems to think it is.

Matt Bailey

film reviewer

Reviews/Criticism “Plan 9 from Outer Space”

You know, when the Devil’s spawn are susceptible to steak-knife attacks, evil has a problem.

Mr. Cranky

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)

Reviews/Criticism

Jobs ends up being a fairly honest, only mildly bombastic look at the life of a man who was very, very complicated – which is code for ‘a complete a-hole.’

Devin Faraci

film critic

Reviews/Criticism Jobs

This show may well exist on a plane where the awesomely terrible is equivalent to the terribly awesome.

Troy Patterson

American film critic

Reviews/Criticism “Bionic Woman”

There are other ways of scaring yourself, which at best is all this film can offer, like driving blindfold the wrong way up a motorway. Sitting through 13 Ghosts is almost as inadvisable.

Evan Fanning

Irish reviewer

Reviews/Criticism “13 Ghosts”

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Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 21)

If you have a dog, it will be sniffing and whimpering at the screen in recognition of one of its one kind… a film whose special badness defies virtually any attempt at description.

Was there no one connected with this project who read the screenplay, considered the story, evaluated the proposed film and vomited?

… what a pity (Albert) Smith will tell only two-thirds of the truth.

“ …as fascinating as chewing styrofoam – with the occasional firecracker jammed in to make you chew faster.

Year One is so dedicated to being historically accurate that it only uses jokes that are at least two thousand years old.

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.

You’ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot. You’ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus.

To describe this film as “pornographically violent” is an affront to pornography.

Did I mention it’s really long?

It is part of prudence to thank an author for his book before reading it, so as to avoid the necessity of lying about it afterwards.

Honestly, I’m trying to remember what happened during the mid part of this movie other then a few hazy isolated moments of plot development.

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

Though I could follow the outline of the story and found some of the images memorable, the meaning of it all eluded me. There was a child in the audience, but unfortunately she left during the final credits, so I was unable to turn to her for elucidation.

Two things should be cut – the second act and the child's throat.

I went into the Plymouth Theater a comparatively young woman, and I staggered out of it three hours later, twenty years older, haggard and broken with suffering.

It would perhaps be hard to imagine a clumsier or more disjointed frame-work for the display of the tawdry wares which form Mr. Dickens’s stock-in-trade.

Not nearly as awful as everyone seems to think it is.

You know, when the Devil’s spawn are susceptible to steak-knife attacks, evil has a problem.

Jobs ends up being a fairly honest, only mildly bombastic look at the life of a man who was very, very complicated – which is code for ‘a complete a-hole.’

This show may well exist on a plane where the awesomely terrible is equivalent to the terribly awesome.

There are other ways of scaring yourself, which at best is all this film can offer, like driving blindfold the wrong way up a motorway. Sitting through 13 Ghosts is almost as inadvisable.