There are two types of people who care about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – those who are already lining up to get into tonight’s midnight screenings and those who are simply devouring the hilarious reviews of critics who never wanted to see the movie in the first place. For that latter group (of which we are most certainly a part), today’s crop of reactions are solid gold. While the general consensus seems to be that Breaking Dawn is too long and slow, with bad writing and no performances to write home about, it’s the details of the funniest reviews that will send you into hysterics. See Taylor Lautner compared to a pizza-delivering porn star and much, much more after the jump. Read More »
“AMC’s Hell on Wheels derails the cable network’s momentum as a dealer of top-notch dramas.” That pronouncement comes from Boston Herald writer Mark Perigard, in his review of the cable juggernaut’s newest series, which debuts Sunday — and it seems to sum up many critics’ reaction to the blood-drenched, hour-long Western set amid the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Although it has earned some faint praise from a few reviewers, Hell on Wheels is the first recent AMC series to earn such a tepid initial reception. Mad Men and Breaking Bad remain almost universally adored several seasons into their runs, while The Killing and The Walking Dead at least managed to start off strong. But between those shows’ slow decline, the highly publicized tensions between the network and showrunners, and what looks to be their first true programming misstep, it seems the AMC backlash has begun. After the jump, we explore what’s bugging critics about Hell on Wheels.
In five days it will finally be upon us; what everyone in Williamsburg, Silver Lake, and every hipster-laden urban neighborhood in between will hail as the second-coming of movie making. Do we even need mention it by name? You cried during the trailer, ordered your copy of the book on Amazon for a future child who you plan on naming Max, and spent a half a month’s rent on a Halloween costume you really can’t afford. You’re ready, and now, the early reviews are in. But be warned: It’s a mixed bag.
