Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 27)

This had all the drama of a traffic jam.

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Memoirs of a Geisha builds a beautiful garden, then runs an interstate through it to let more people in.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Planes is an abomination wrapped inside a bullshit party. That’s really all I want to write about this endless crap festival of a film…

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The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator
Acting Insults Reviews/Criticism

Nowadays Mitchum doesn’t so much act as point his suit at people.

(1946 – ) British journalist & broadcaster
Acting Reviews/Criticism

You must have a better way to spend that $13.

movie critic
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To call Jackass the worst movie of the year is practically a compliment. It is an appalling illustration of how low corporate America will go to make a buck.

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It is true that I paid it the tribute of tears, but that says nothing, for I am one who weeps at Victorian costumes.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

(1885 – 1977) English mathematician
Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

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

American film critic
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I was stunned beyond words at the originality of the screenplay.

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A movie so Freudian that you keep expecting it to grow a beard and move to Vienna.

(1962 – ) English journalist
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Progressing from nowhere to nothing and leaving only a greasy taste in the mouth as a reward.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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If you don't knit bring a good book.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet
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If Threat Matrix made it onto the ABC schedule, imagine the shows that didn’t.


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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

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
Reviews/Criticism

This book fills a much-needed gap.

(1900 – 1986) American teacher & translator
Books Reviews/Criticism

Battlefield Earth should be shown only at maximum-security prisons when a prisoner is tossed in solitary for bad behavior.

American film critic
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Mr Lewis’ pictures appeared to have been painted by a mailed fist in a cotton glove.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet
Art 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