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John Sutherland Chickens Out, Will Not Eat His Copy of ‘The Enchantress of Florence’!
Sutherland vowed to eat his copy of Rushdie's novel if it didn't win the Booker — and now he's backing out!
Posted 09/09/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Can America’s Film Critics Make Anna Faris a Star?
Wait, is she really as good as Lucille Freaking Ball?
Posted 08/22/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Ascetic Recluse Anthony Lane Had No Idea Tom Cruise Is in ‘Tropic Thunder’
'I suspect that there will be gasps during the end credits.' Wha?
Posted 08/14/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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(Some of) The Critics Love Tom Cruise in ‘Tropic Thunder’
We've taken the liberty of preparing Tom Cruise's For Your Consideration ad.
Posted 08/13/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Can Horny Movie Critics Make Woody Allen’s ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ a Hit?
If Andrew Sarris's review is anything like we think it'll be, this movie could crack $20 million at the box office!
Posted 08/07/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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‘Step Brothers’ Review Makes Us Worried About Roger Ebert
'Sometimes I think I am living in a nightmare.'
Posted 07/25/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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James Wood Objects to Descriptions of His Book But Does Not Deny He Is Raising an Army
The 'New Yorker' critic comments on our claims that his army will soon take over New York.
Posted 07/24/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Is ‘New Yorker’ Critic James Wood Creating an Army of Like-minded Young Novelists?
But what will James Wood do with his power???
Posted 07/23/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Ebert and Roeper Leaving ‘Ebert & Roeper’
And Ebert seems to give Disney a thumbs-down.
Posted 07/21/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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‘Space Chimps’: the ‘Times’ Takes a Courageous Stand
We still don't want to see 'Space Chimps,' but we do want to see Neil Genzlinger write more movie reviews!
Posted 07/18/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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For Lisa de Moraes’s Sake, Please Don’t Cancel the TV Critics Tour!
The annual junket might be useless, but it provides the Washington 'Post''s sharpest critic with a big, fat target.
Posted 07/11/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Michiko Kakutani Writes Worst-Ever Jacket Copy for ‘The Sister’
A first-time novelist gets a Donna Tartt comparison, but Knopf publicists are likely slapping their foreheads nonetheless.
Posted 07/08/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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French Critics, Even Snootier Than Expected, Pan Cronenberg Opera
We assumed critics would take to 'The Fly' like flies to ... you know. We were wrong.
Posted 07/07/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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First Review Confirms That ‘The Dark Knight’ Will Be Awesome, Probably
Peter Travers says it's great, pretty much confirming our long-held suspicion that it might be great.
Posted 06/26/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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‘The Love Guru’ So Bad, Even Harry Knowles Hates It
Even the Internet's easiest critic hates Mike Myers's new movie.
Posted 06/19/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Manohla Dargis, Ever the Contrarian, Is About the Only One Who Likes ‘The Happening’
Finally, Manohla Dargis finds a summer movie to love! Well, not hate so much.
Posted 06/13/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Rushdie, Burroughs, Palahniuk: Whose ‘TBR’ Review Was the Worst?
It was a busy week, apparently, for whichever intern is in charge of hatchet-sharpening duties at the 'Times Book Review.'
Posted 06/09/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Is Anthony Lane's ‘SATC’ Review Really Sexist?
It is according to Jezebel, and to a whole lot of the site's commenters.
Posted 06/04/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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Letters From Cannes: A.O. Scott Having Fun, Manohla Dargis Not So Much
Dargis doesn't like Clint Eastwood's movie, doesn't see James Gray's, and God knows what she would think of the Macauley Culkin sex movie.
Posted 05/21/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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‘Netherland’ Is Everywhere; How Long Before Hipsters Start Playing Cricket?
We expect the grassy open spaces of Prospect Park to be filled with twentysomething Americans in dress whites by the end of the summer.
Posted 05/19/08 in Vulture : Ranters and Ravers
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