She also implied that the film was somewhat overrated, with its popularity perhaps exceeding its actual merit.John Simon (New York Magazine):• Simon was known for his biting reviews, and he was u...
Admittedly, critics have a long tradition of turning up their noses at garish, big-budget productions like “Megalopolis.” In 1979, Canby complained of “the lack of restraints on the ...
The strategy nearly always works on newbies who aren’t used to being courted by studios. The most notorious example I can think of was the time Sony flew Ain’t It Cool News! founder (and s...
Trailers for David Lynch’s “Lost Highway,” Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” and the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” all used negative reviews to their a...