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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Dickens's famous opening sentence introduces the universal approach of the book, the French Revolution, and the drama depicted
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as Charles Dickens would say, 'It's been the best of times, the worst of times.' But I would not change my career ... While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me." That month, Jackson visited a U.S. Army post in Japan, Camp Zama, to greet over 3,000 U.S. troops and their families. The hosts presented Jackson with a Certificate of Appreciation. In September 2007, Jackson was still working on his next album, but
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user participation may have on journalism and society at large in a hypothesized future. The film popularized the term "Googlezon" and touches on major privacy and copyright issues raised in this scenario. The plot consists of a series of real life events from 1989 to 2004, and going through a series of hypothetical events through 2014. The first sentence of the running commentary quotes Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities": "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web. In 1994, Amazon.com is launched. It is a
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suddenly in 2009, she had as many as 50 employees and a successful business. She is reported to have been dating Michel Bittan, a prominent New York restaurant owner. She later described her time in the United States with the Charles Dickens quote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times". After Anna was arrested in New York on charges of spying, Alex hired media publicist Max Clifford, and sold her story to "The Daily Telegraph". She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General.
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Victorious Century Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 is a book by David Cannadine, the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and President of the British Academy. The book is about the Victorian era in nineteenth-century Britain. It begins with the Act of Union in 1800 and ends with the Parliamentary victory of the Liberal Party in 1906. Cannadine opens with the Charles Dickens' quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." He argues that Britain maintained its status as leader of the global economy and possessor of the largest navy in the world.
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for a pair of household names, and as such it works, often hilariously", while Hal Hinson wrote that "it's piddling—a hangdog little comedy with not enough laughs." Roger Ebert wrote for the "Chicago Sun Times" that ""Ishtar" is a truly dreadful film, a lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy" and Gene Siskel called it "shockingly dull" and "dim-witted"; together they selected it as the worst film of 1987 on "Siskel & Ebert & The Movies". Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" was more forgiving, writing "The worst of it is painless; the best is funny, sly, cheerful and,
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of the funniest films every shot anywhere in the world. About give of the worst pictures ever made were all in that one picture. We all adored making it because we realised there wasn't a single word in it that was real. The sets were terribly opulent, very expensive, but it had the most preposterous story." "The New York Times" wrote, "every one keeps a stiff upper lip except Miss Bennett, who purses hers, and the youngest member of the expedition, who becomes hysterical and screams, "Oh, the monotony of it!" Monotony, egad! What a word for the best worst
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worst films, "Vengeance" is one of his best." Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times" wrote that was film a "highlight" of Cannes, writing, "With his ruined face and pale snake eyes Mr. Hallyday holds the screen while Mr. To shakes it up." Kirk Honeycutt of "The Hollywood Reporter" praised the film's cinematography and editing: "Cheng Siu-Keung's moody cinematography gives "Vengeance" a noir-ish sensibility while David Richardson's smooth editing pulls the action sequences together in a most satisfying way." Mike Hale of "The New York Times" wrote, ""Vengeance" is not top-flight Johnnie To...But the To poetry keeps breaking through: a
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Sunday Times found that ChangeGroup offered the best online exchange rates on euros when it conducted research in July 2011. In 2002, the company's high street offering was criticised by two newspapers comparing currency exchange rates, the "Sunday Mirror" (who described them as "worst on the High Street") and the "Los Angeles Times" ("the worst deal of my London experiment"). ChangeGroup ChangeGroup is a UK-based retail foreign exchange and bureau de change company, headquartered in London. The company has 120 branches in airports, seaports and city centres globally, as well as an online currency exchange service. In 2014 it rolled
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in M. Saravanan’s Valiyavan is how excruciating this pointlessness is. You may end up feeling physical pain", going on to call it "an easy contender for the year’s worst screenplay". The Times of India gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "With one of the most preposterous scripts in recent times, M Saravanan...disappoints in "Valiyavan"". Rediff gave the same rating and wrote, ""Valiyavan" fails to impress, it is unworthy of the director who gave us the brilliant "Engaeyum Eppothum"". Sify wrote, ""Valiyavan" is a mixed bag. The first half is terrible with no story, and it is the last
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tool, and was the most widely read book in nurseries in England next to the Bible and "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan. The New England preacher Cotton Mather regarded that book so highly that he wrote his own version of it and called it "A Token for the Children of New England". Janeway also wrote "Upon Earth: Jesus, The Best Friend in the Worst Times". He was among the signers of the 1673 Puritan Preface to the Scottish Metrical Psalms and contributed one of the "Cripplegate Sermons: Duties of Masters and Servants". Janeway's influence on Puritan thought lasted long after
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do with its pebble of a plot." On the other hand, Martin Gottfried wrote: ""Follies" is truly awesome and, if it is not consistently good, it is always great." "Time Magazine" wrote about the original Broadway production: "At its worst moments, "Follies" is mannered and pretentious, overreaching for Significance. At its best moments—and there are many—it is the most imaginative and original new musical that Broadway has seen in years." Frank Rich, in reviewing the 1985 concert in "The New York Times", wrote: "Friday's performance made the case that this Broadway musical... can take its place among our musical theater's
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bias and could find none. In February 2018, "Toronto Star" published a story by books editor Deborah Dundas who found that the best-selling book "12 Rules for Life" by Jordan Peterson, who topped "Publishers Weekly" chart list, did not even chart on "The New York Times" bestsellers list, without reliable answers from NYT. The NYT stated it was not counted because it was published by a Canadian company. According to Random House Canada, the book was handled properly for the U.S. market. American conservative commentator Dennis Prager wrote an article for "National Review" titled "The Times Best-Seller List: Another Reason
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processional that starts and restarts and never reaches the ceremony". "Slant Magazine"s Wilson McBee panned West's singing, while Jon Caramanica from "The New York Times" singled it out as the "weakness for which this album will ultimately be remembered, some solid songs notwithstanding." Caramanica wrote that, "at best, it is a rough sketch for a great album, with ideas he would have typically rendered with complexity, here distilled to a few words, a few synthesizer notes, a lean drumbeat. At worst, it’s clumsy and underfed, a reminder that all of that ornamentation served a purpose". "Chicago Sun-Times" writer Jim DeRogatis
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was that "Poor White Trash" was "silly and over-the-top, but not very funny." On the film review aggregate site Metacritic, the film currently stands with a 23/100 score or equal to 23% based on 4 professional reviews. According to the site, that score falls into the "Generally Unfavorable Reviews" category. The best review (40% or 4 out of 10) on the site is from Luke Y. Thompson of "New Times LA", who wrote that "Hilarity should ensue, but doesn't." The worst review (6% or 6 out of 100) comes from Kevin Maynard of "Mr. Showbiz", who wrote that he'd "rather
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who, saddled with some of the worst lines and situations ever handed an actor, waded smartly through the mess and gave the screen its best baseball picture ... Hollywood didn't have to take all that license with it, but the nice thing is that the story of Ruth is too powerful for even Hollywood to mess up more than a trifle." Negative reviews cited the film's moments of heavy-handedness, lack of good baseball action scenes, and doubtful portrayal of Ruth as a childlike, kind-hearted oaf. Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" wrote that it had "much more the tone
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award. "Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life" was a No. 1 "The New York Times" best-seller and a No. 1 Indiebound best-seller. It was also made into an audiobook by Chivers Children's CDs. "Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!" was published on May 7, 2011. It follows Rafe in his new art school as he trades Operation: R.A.F.E. for Operation: Get a Life. It also featured a sneak peek at Patterson's new novel "I Funny" which almost serves as the series' spiritual successor in terms of style. In "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life" there
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from other Jones albums, sparked controversy because of its use of copy protection from Sony BMG's XCP technology. "My Very Special Guests" produced no hit singles and only made it to number 38 on the "Billboard" country albums chart. Jones biographer Bob Allen wrote in 1983 that the collection was "at best, a lackluster, spliced-together musical effort featuring George at his bronchitis and emphysema-ridden worst." Jones also disparaged the record not long after it was released, revealing to "Los Angeles Times" music columnist Robert Hillburn, "I won't even listen to it. It's eerie looking back on those days. I was
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PlayStation 2 advertisement entitled "Mountain". Frank Nugent wrote in "The New York Times" that the film was "not the best Temple, nor the worst” and thought her performance as Little Eva in Allen's play "sheer bathos". Louella Parsons wrote, “The Golden Temple baby is growing up—both taller and broader—but her million-dollar personality remains the same fortunately and she needs it for "Dimples" (Edwards 101). Temple scholar Robert Windeler notes that Temple was upstaged for the first time in one of her pictures. Frank Morgan played Temple’s “Micawberesque grandfather with such energy and fun as to render Shirley […] faltering and
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of retirement to save the world from an evil genius who has developed the ability to brainwash small animals into killing humans. The film was a critical and box office bomb. The "Village Voice" called it "the worst film of the decade." The "Los Angeles Times" wrote: "'Leonard Part 6' is a smug, tedious exercise in self-indulgence ... There's virtually nothing to laugh at in this film, and too much of everything else." The "Times" noted that, although Weiland was the director, "clearly Cosby, as star, producer and idea man, is the auteur here." His direction of "Leonard Part 6"
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Hepburn," but then it "tries to get serious" which "leads to an unsatisfying conclusion totally removed from the dominant tone of the movie, which is raucous at best, contrived silliness at worst." Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" called it "a very patchy movie—enormously funny in bits and pieces and sometimes downright dumb." "Variety" wrote,"George Segal herein justifies superbly a reputation for comedy ability while Glenda Jackson's full-spectrum talent is again confirmed." Penelope Gilliatt of "The New Yorker" wrote that the film had "moments of reckless funniness" but observed that the "muddle of period convention is odd," as it
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a bald-faced, obvious manner that getting into specifics feels redundant at best and tacky at worst." In response to the suggestion that his work is derivative, Young suggested in a 2009 interview with "The New York Times" that "Ocean Eyes" is perhaps the "next chapter" after The Postal Service: "The Postal Service released a record in 2003, and that was it. There was really nothing to compare it to until some one else came along and wrote the next chapter. Maybe that's this record. Maybe that's this band." Owl City is one of Young's many solo projects, with all music
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particular merit. Joe Dziemianowicz of the "New York Daily News" called the show "big-hearted and crowd-pleasing" and "a singing reminder that when things are at their worst, people can be at their best." Joe Westerfield with "Newsweek" wrote that "'Come From Away' accomplishes what all the best musicals do: It takes you to a place where you didn't know you wanted to go, and makes you not want to leave." Frank Scheck of "The Hollywood Reporter" called the musical "heartwarming and thoroughly entertaining [...] especially in these politically fractious times." Johnny Oleksinski with the "New York Post" wrote that "Every
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"this type of dramatic change -- you can call it 'best of times, worst of times'". Never having written a novel before, and writing it in his second language of English, he latched onto the "detective story as a ready-made framework". Thus was born his protagonist Inspector Chen Cao, like Qiu a Chinese poet and translator from Shanghai who studied English literature, but also a policeman. Qiu says, "A cop needs to walk around, knock on people's doors and talk to various people. This particular cop is very helpful because he's an intellectual. He's not only going to catch a
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Award for Best British Original Screenplay. The film's original music was written by Newley with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer ("Les Misérables"). The film was controversial because it was X rated in its original release, meaning many newspapers in the US would not take advertising for it. In 2006 the movie won a readers' poll in the "Chicago Tribune" as "The Worst Movie Title Ever." The film was a commercial, and generally a critical, failure. Vincent Canby wrote in "The New York Times" that Newley "so over extends and overexposes himself that the movie comes to look like an act of
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2011. Matt Zoller Seitz from "New York" wrote, "Fact is, the show's first post–Steve Carell year has been a mess, at times bordering on a disaster", although he did write, "Nevertheless, I still adore these characters, even when the writing doesn't do them justice." McNutt gave the season a "C" grade overall, writing that the season finale, "Free Family Portrait Studio" was "a disheartening conclusion to the show's worst season, offering little optimism to sustain our already dwindling enthusiasm over the summer months." Bret Fetzer of Amazon.com wrote that "it's best to approach this season as if it were a
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Post" named it the 10th best film of 2007. Conversely, A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" wrote: ""Meet the Robinsons" is surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label in quite some time", while Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a "C" and said "This is one bumpy ride". The film grossed $25,123,781 on its opening weekend, falling behind "Blades of Glory". Over its theatrical run, it grossed $97,822,171 in the United States and Canada and $71,510,863 in other territories, totaling $169,333,034 worldwide. The soundtrack album was released by Walt
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York Times", although she wrote that Kidder's portrayal of Lois Lane was "sexy, earnest". It fared no better with "Variety". "The Washington Post" described it as "More sluggish than a funeral barge, cheaper than a sale at Kmart, it's a nerd, it's a shame, it's "Superman IV"." Several critics disliked the special effects. The film was voted number 40 on a list of 'The 50 Worst Movies Ever' by readers of "Empire" magazine. It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, Worst Supporting Actress for Mariel Hemingway (lost to Daryl Hannah for "Wall Street") and Worst Visual Effects (lost
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the viewer. It really attempts to show the courage of what it takes to be a man among such hardships. We all fail at times. We all hit major turning points in our lives. Champs shows 3 men who have been through the best of the best and the absolute worst of the worst." Additionally, various interviews with cast members the director were featured during the film's release, explaining that this film is more than just a boxing film. Sean Crose of Boxing Insider writes, "[p]erhaps that's why Marcus' new documentary, "Champs", deals with more than just its main subjects:
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the performances and approvingly called the film "a super B-movie" and "trashily enjoyable". Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" wrote that "'American Hot Wax,' which as a plot so thin you could thread a needle with it, chooses to see the era strictly in terms of the B-movie melodramas it produced." Arthur D. Murphy of "Variety" called the film "unpretentious and enjoyable." Gene Siskel gave the film three stars out of four and wrote, "At its worst, 'Hot Wax' comes off as a 92-minute, 'blasts-from-the-past,' TV record offer ... At its best, the film does manage to suggest some
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Kingdom (although it only made "The New York Times" extended best-seller list). Morton subsequently wrote another Diana book titled "In Pursuit of Love", with information that he had left unaddressed, which made "The New York Times" best-seller list. Morton also wrote an unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie. Janet Maslin highlighted the lack of sources noted in the book in a review in "The New York Times", saying "the people most eager to tell him about Ms. Jolie are people who don’t know her, so that the book is shrink-wrapped in glib insights from dubious psychiatric talents". Allen Barra described it
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Wilmington of the "Los Angeles Times" called it "a waste of talent and energy on all levels", criticizing the film as both illogical and predictable. Dave Kehr of the "Chicago Tribune" wrote that one interpretation of the film is "a crafty foreigner's sly parody of the current state of American culture". "Tango & Cash" was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor (Sylvester Stallone), Worst Actor (Kurt Russell in drag) and Worst Screenplay, and it lost all three. In 2012, The Flop House podcast dedicated their 100th episode to "Tango & Cash". They praised it as an enjoyably
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within: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its
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not like the film. At the Berlin premiere, a writer for "The New York Times" wrote "Whatever you think of the director Charles [sic] Theodor Dreyer, there is no denying that he is 'different.' He does things that make people talk about him. You may find his films ridiculous—but you won't forget them...Although in many ways ["Vampyr"] was one of the worst films I have ever attended, there were some scenes in it that gripped with brutal directness". Press reaction to the film in Paris was mixed. Reporter Herbert Matthews of "The New York Times" wrote that "Vampyr" was "a
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collection is from a band called Lit, and it’s called "A Place In The Sun" (RCA)." Katz continued, "The aforementioned one hit on the album is 'My Own Worst Enemy. A week earlier, Katz wrote that "My Own Worst Enemy" "is a great song because of its simplicity and short duration". According to Liz Tracy of the "New Times Broward-Palm Beach", My Own Worst Enemy' was so incredibly radio-friendly that it was hard not to get sucked into that punchy tune and sort of pathetic lyrics". Fuse said, My Own Worst Enemy' is self-deprecating and catchy, like all good sad
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the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.2/10. Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that Stallone "defies credibility to the point of inviting unintended laughter." Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" wrote, ""Lock Up" bears the unmistakable mark of a vanity production". The film was nominated for three Razzie Awards including Worst Picture, Worst Actor for Sylvester Stallone and Worst Supporting Actor for Donald Sutherland, but failed to win any of those categories. Lock Up (film) Lock Up is a 1989 American prison drama film directed by John Flynn. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, Tom
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theaters. The film ultimately grossed only $1,501,785 in North America. "Company Business" was met with mixed reviews. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" gave the film a lukewarm review, stating, "Mr. Hackman, who has played this role before, and Mr. Baryshnikov, who hasn't, are both sturdy if a little tired. Under the direction of Mr. Meyer, who also wrote the screenplay, the film makes sense without ever being surprising." "Time Out" similarly described the film as "offer[ing] familiar spy movie clichés, and although Meyer's direction creates a moderately menacing atmosphere, his script is at best undemanding, at worst simplistic."
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The site's consensus reads: "Insipid and mirthless, I-Spy bares little resemblance to the TV series that inspired it." Metacritic rated it 35/100 based on 31 reviews. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "This is a remake by the numbers, linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie." The film was nominated for three Razzie Awards: Worst Remake, Worst Actor for Eddie Murphy, and Worst Screen Couple for Murphy and Owen Wilson. I Spy (film) I
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of $99,978. The movie was poorly received by critics, with "The New York Times" stating that the quotes mentioned in this section were "the truest, most sanely existential lines spoken during the film [that] night," as the "Los Angeles Times" wrote "Sorry, but [the film] is a wrong number." Leonard Maltin wrote that "Goldberg may have hit rock bottom with this clinker". For her role in the film, Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. According to Southern, "I was ambivalent about it. I was too close to the film to be objective, but a number
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Wrong For Me To Love You", Best Original Song – Motion Picture Pia Zadora, who starred as Kady in the film, won "Best Female Newcomer" over Elizabeth McGovern and Kathleen Turner. This occurred after her husband flew members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Las Vegas to watch Pia sing, producing accusations that the award had been "bought". The film was also nominated for the Razzie Award three times: Worst Director (Cimber), Worst Writer (Cimber and John Goff) and Worst Picture. The film garnered a total of ten Worst nominations. Even Orson Welles, one of the most accomplished actors
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an antagonist, putting him in their 2013 list of the best villains in video game history at number 13. In 2013, GamesRadar staff included him among the 30 best characters in the three decades of Capcom's history and wrote that with his appearance as a playable character in "Marvel vs. Capcom 3", "even after his death in "RE5", Albert Wesker shows no signs of stopping, which is just the way we like it." On the other hand, "Play" listed such fight as the third-worst boss fight in the PlayStation 3 games, emphasizing how many times the player had to fight
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Rich Knight of "Complex" cited it in including Jedah among their "15 Coolest Boss Battles Ever" in 2012. "Half the fun of having a great final boss fight is how the level looks that you're fighting in. Jedah has that on lock." It was included in VentureBeat's 2012 feature on memorable video-game babies. Modojo.com described Jedah as "a pushover, but his [stage] background is pretty amazing." Machinima.com simultaneously rated it second-best and second-worst in their 2011 selection of the "Seven Best and Worst Fighting Game Stages", both times for its perceived creepiness factor. Maxwell Coviello of Pixelitis rated it among
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It also featured projected standings, career projections, and multiple essays in the back of the book, mostly concerning fantasy baseball. In the 2010, the book was replaced by THT Forecasts. In 2004, Steve Treder and Dave Studeman also released “The Hardball Times Bullpen Book,” which chronicled the history of major league relievers and reviewed, in detail, the best and worst performers of each major league bullpen from 2002 through 2004. The Hardball Times The Hardball Times (abbreviated as THT) is a website which publishes news, original comments and statistical analysis of baseball each week Monday through Friday, in addition to
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speculated what would be “the greatest horror novel ever written.” Actual popular and critical reception, however, were mixed and ran the spectrum from "worst" ("People": "Worst of Pages" list) and "best" ("Twilight Zone": Year's Best Novel). However, with the exception of "People", no critics recommended against it. According to "Publishers Weekly", the final sales figure for "The Talisman" in 1984 was 880,287 copies. The original hardbound edition spent 12 weeks as #1 on the "New York Times" Best Seller List with a total of 23 weeks in total on the list. "Publishers Weekly" listed it as #1 for 11 weeks,
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Kristen Bell were praised for their roles. "The New York Times" critic Stephen Holden wrote that "There is not a laugh to be found in this rancid, misogynistic revenge comedy," declaring "Like so many Disney movies, 'You Again' exalts shallow, materialistic values, then tries to camouflage its essentially poisonous content with several layers of sugar coating and weepy reconciliation." Richard Roeper gave the film an F and stated that it was one of the worst movies he'd ever seen. Among the more favorable reviews was Lana Berkowitz of "The San Francisco Chronicle", who wrote that she
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found the script to be one of the worst he'd read, although it is unclear which version he was referring to. In a 2001 interview, Cleese described "Yellowbeard" as "one of the six worst films made in the history of the world." Eric Idle named "Yellowbeard" as one of the worst films he's ever made, but said he enjoyed making it. "Sometimes, the best times can be on the worst movies and vice versa, e.g., Yellowbeard, which I wouldn't have missed for the world." During the production of "Yellowbeard", Michael Mileham and Phil Schuman produced and directed a 45-minute behind-the-scenes
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at most twice the weight of a minimum spanning tree. Christofides made a big advance in this approach of giving an approach for which we know the worst-case scenario. Christofides algorithm given in 1976, at worst is 1.5 times longer than the optimal solution. As the algorithm was so simple and quick, many hoped it would give way to a near optimal solution method. However, until 2011 when it was beaten by less than a billionth of a percent, this remained the method with the best worst-case scenario. Richard M. Karp showed in 1972 that the Hamiltonian cycle problem was
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ill-suited to winning it. Something about her nature, at its best and its worst, continually inhibits her. Her struggle to escape her caricature only contributes to it." The book debuted at number one on the "New York Times" Best Seller list for its combined print and digital book editions. The hardcover book debuted at number two on the New York Times Best Seller list. The following week it stayed at number two, and then, in the next week, fell to the three slot. There it stayed for another week before falling to number seven in its fifth week. It then
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I just sat down and wrote it. It's just about how I felt about him at that time. Even right in the middle of the worst times, I remember thinking that I would choose this exact life again, that I would do it all again. It was me saying, I'm not wishing myself out of this situation. I'm 100 percent committed to this person. I don't have any regrets about this relationship even though there are all these difficult times." Bailey Rae told "The Sun": "There's a line in there that love is bigger than your pride and that's how
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not only expand the idiom, but they are also able to penetrate it and take it further." Among the less favourable critiques, "Time" magazine's reviewer wrote that "The Beatles" showcased the "best abilities and worst tendencies" of the Beatles, as it is skilfully performed and sophisticated, but lacks a "sense of taste and purpose". William Mann of "The Times" opined that, in their over-reliance on pastiche and "private jokes", Lennon and McCartney had ceased to progress as songwriters, yet he deemed the release to be "The most important musical event of the year" and acknowledged: "these 30 tracks contain plenty
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featured in Empire's "50 Worst Movies Ever" poll, Total Film's "66 Worst Movies Ever" list and the MRQE's 50 Worst Movies list (where it holds a score of 17, the lowest score on the site). "Disaster Movie" became the lowest ranked film on IMDb's Bottom 100 list days after its premiere. Jason Solomons of "The Guardian" wrote that "Nothing can convey the grimness of "Disaster Movie", which would be the Worst Movie Ever Made were it actually a movie at all." Adam Tobias of the "Watertown Daily Times" opined, "I just don't see how anyone could not find "Disaster Movie"
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Mr. Cross. "Time" described it as "something of a disappointment" and added, "the impact is marred by banalities of speech . . . and the hero's unsympathetic character." Of the music it said, "At its worst, the "Golovin" score is not only too sweet but too facile . . . At its best, the score is hauntingly tender and compelling." There were also some raves: “This is a love story that should touch the hearts of sentimentalists,” wrote critic Howard Taubman in the "New York Times" following the world premiere in Brussels. “The find of the production is Richard Cross,
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As of October 22, 2018, "Killing the SS" was among Amazon's best sellers and at number one on the "New York Times" list of best-selling nonfiction. It also held the number one spot on the "New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction" list. Killing the SS Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History is a book written by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about hunting Nazi war criminals after World War II. It is the eighth book in the "Killing" series, following "Killing Lincoln", "Killing Kennedy", "Killing Jesus", "Killing Patton", "Killing Reagan", "Killing the
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in 2004 at a George Cukor retrospective at the National Film Theatre in London, but has not been released on DVD. Upon the amended film's release in January 1942, Garbo received the worst reviews of her career. John Mosher of "The New Yorker" wrote of Garbo that "one can feel only that the archbishop who opposed the showing of the film was her one true friend. Of Garbo's folly there is little really to say. Just condolences might be enough." Theodore Strauss of "The New York Times" wrote: "It is hardly necessary to sit in judgment upon such delicate matters
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and filled with cut-rate special effects, "Jaws 4 - The Revenge" is a sorry chapter in a once-proud franchise." The film is one of the few films to have a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Gary did get nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance, but also a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. It was rated by "Entertainment Weekly" as one of "The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made". It was voted number 22 by readers of Empire magazine in their list of "The 50 Worst Movies Ever". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the
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picture of the year!"; while The Radio Times wrote, "famously ludicrous jungle melodrama...Although capably staged in studio sets by James Whale and well enough cast...it is made unendurable by the dialogue and situations devised by former Oscar winner Frances Marion. As Vincent Price once said, "About five of the worst pictures ever made are all in this one picture"; Leonard Maltin called it "hokey but entertaining." Douglas Fairbanks Jr said the film was "hell. Every jungle cliche was trotted out. Joanie Bennett says it remains her worst movie. I remember George Sanders saying he held his nose every time he
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for unrelievedly seeing the worst of human nature, his recent book on football, Broken Dreams, is a tour de force. The cumulative impact of the evidence he assembles is devastating". A more critical review of "Broken Dreams" was written by Martin Samuel in "The Times" who wrote "Is there corruption in football? I don't doubt it. But it will need a better book than this to uncover it". Samuel was also critical of Bower's characterization of Terry Venables's accent and Bower's positive depiction of David Mellor. Samuel also felt that many of the revelations were already well documented. The book
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expectations. He has the same expression stuck on his face throughout the movie." His last release of the year was "Bejawada", directed by Vivek Krishna. The film saw Chaitanya portraying the role of a college student-turned-gangster. The film received negative reviews, with critics calling it the worst film of Chaitanya, which even outshines "Dhada" in being the worst. His performance was also panned by critics. "The Times of India" wrote: "This film might have even outdone "Dhada", in being called the worst film of Naga Chaitanya's career. While the young actor still needs to work on his facial expressions, he
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Nikki Newman Abbott has cried on the leather sofa scores of times." In 2002, "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that the soap opera was "keeping it real" with Victor and Nikki's third wedding. Upon their fourth wedding in 2013, the magazine stated: "Say what you will about Victor (and we’ve all said a "lot"), but the ol’ boy definitely knows who is best for him — Nikki." In 2006, when Scott celebrated 27 years on the soap opera, the "Jamaica Gleaner" wrote of her portrayal and the character's evolution, "As Nikki Reed Newman — a character who has been married seven times
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Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight In The Land is a British children's comedy television programme, broadcast on CITV. It originally aired between 11 February 2002 and 9 May 2003. Sir Gadabout was an adaptation of series of books by Martyn Beardsley. The show was produced by Lucy Goodman who co-wrote on some episodes. Lead Director was Ian Emes who also co-wrote and Lead Writer was Alex Williams. The show won a BAFTA at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2003 in the category "Best Writer", with the award going to head writer Alex
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the finished song, and arguably marks the worst vocal performance Madonna has ever committed to record." Robert Leedham from Drowned in Sound website felt that the song did not represent the album's sound, hence failed as a single to promote it. Jon Pareles from "The New York Times" called it "shallow, effective club fodder", describing it as containing "blippy stereo-hopping synthesizers and generic title". This view was shared by Emily Mackay of "The Quietus", who felt that the song would have been better for another artist and was below Madonna's level. Jude Rogers from "The Guardian" wrote that "the filter
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Umer Adil's direction and wrote that "Overall, though, Chalay Thay Saath is a must-watch for anyone who wants to witness the new direction of Pakistani cinema and the increasing depth of the Pak-China bond". Momin Ali Munshi of Galaxy Lollywood rated 3 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Not the best film to have come out of Pakistan in recent times, but not the worst either. Makes for a decent watch, and you leave the cinema hall with a smile on your face". While criticizing its script, Shahjehan Saleem of Something Haute praised its cinematography and all in all
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had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-nine times since its first entry in 1981. Its best placing was fifth, which it achieved three times: in 1982 with the song "Mono I Agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in 1997 with "Mana Mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and 2004 with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus's least successful result was in 1986 when it placed last in 1986 with the song "Tora Zo" by Elpida, receiving only three points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last
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halting their grand project. The film received generally positive reviews, holding a 79% on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Philip French of "The Observer" wrote, "The energy is immense, the appearance of the film consistently sleek and visually exciting." Jonathan Rosenbaum considers it to be "the boldest and arguably the best of Peter Greenaway's fiction features". Not all reviews were positive, however. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" called it "pretentious, humorless and, worst of all, more boring than a retrospective devoted to television weather forecasts delivered over a 30-year period at 11 P.M., Eastern standard time." Elements of Michael Nyman's
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written, Dylan disappoints with... [his] inexplicable fondness for smarmy '30s and '40s balladry". Some reviewers who liked the album were critical of its musicianship, such as the "Chicago Tribune"s Greg Kot, as well as Jon Pareles of "The New York Times", who wrote that "onstage Mr. Dylan's touring band regularly supercharges his songs. But on "Modern Times" the musicians play as if they’re just feeling their way into the tunes." Perhaps the sourest review came from Ron Rosenbaum. Writing in the "New York Observer", Rosenbaum called "Modern Times", "a wildly overhyped disappointment... The new album is possibly the worst since
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as a remarkably thrilling and unique cinematic experience." Conversely, Joshua Rothkopf from "Time Out New York" called the film "a sour project that defines anti-imaginative." A.O. Scott of the "New York Times" wrote: "At least with the remake "Funny Games", Mr. Haneke shows a certain kinship with someone like Eli Roth, whose "Hostel" movies have brought nothing but scorn from responsible critics." "The Chicago Sun-Times" review of 14 March 2008 gave the film a mere half-star out of a possible four. "The Times" of London ranked it #25 on its 100 Worst Films of 2008 list, calling it "art-house torture
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not in profit. An enthusiastic John Russell Taylor wrote in "The Times" that, "Up to now, "Accident" was without argument Losey's best film; now in "The Go-Between" it has a serious contender for the title. And everything is achieved by apparently doing the absolute minimum." Charles Champlain in the "Los Angeles Times" wrote after the US premiere in November 1971 that "The Go-Between" was one of the best films of the previous six years. Andrew Sarris in the "Village Voice" labelled it the best film of the year. Writing in 1985, Joanne Klein saw the filmscript "as a major stylistic
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the Worst Picture of 1992, with Melanie Griffith being voted Worst Actress (also for her performance in "A Stranger Among Us") and David Seltzer for Worst Director. It also received nominations for Michael Douglas as Worst Actor (also for "Basic Instinct") and for Seltzer in the category of Worst Screenplay. The film holds a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews. Roger Ebert wrote in the "Chicago Sun-Times", "I know it's only a movie, and so perhaps I should be willing to suspend my disbelief, but "Shining Through" is such an insult to the intelligence that I wasn't
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contained the word Ewhsnahtrellik – or "killer Than Shwe" in reverse – as well as a supposed "old Danish poem", the acrostic of which read "freedom". The group said it placed the ad to "show that you can find cracks or holes in even the worst regimes". The controversy made that week's edition a "best-seller" and copies were sold for two times their face value by local newspaper vendors. While no serious action was taken against "The Myanmar Times" for publishing the advertisement, two staff at the Press Scrutiny Board were removed from their positions and copies of the newspaper
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discussion directly in a matter-of-fact style. In journalism, the opening line typically sets out the scope of the article. In fiction, authors have much liberty in the way they can cast the beginning. Techniques to hold the reader's attention include keeping the opening sentence to the point, showing attitude, shocking, and being controversial. One of the most famous opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...", starts a sentence of 118 words that draws the reader in by its contradiction; the first sentence of "Yes" even contains 477 words. "Call me Ishmael" is
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on "The New York Times" Best Seller list. Alex Berenson wrote in "The New York Times", "The novel offers a thoroughly ugly view of human nature"; while it "opens with an intriguing mystery" and the "middle section of "Girl" is a treat, the rest of the novel doesn't quite measure up. The book's original Swedish title was "Men Who Hate Women", a label that just about captures the subtlety of the novel's sexual politics." The "Los Angeles Times" said "the book takes off, in the fourth chapter: From there, it becomes classic parlor crime fiction with many modern twists...The writing
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that he was disappointed by the newspaper reviews. However, Michael Coveney was enthusiastic, describing in "The Financial Times", "highly charged scenes that speak directly about the quality of life in England today" and the production ran for 41 performances went on to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. The play was sufficiently successful that after it opened Peter Hall asked Brenton for another, which would be the controversial "The Romans in Britain". "Weapons of Happiness" was revived at the Finborough Theatre in 2008. It received middling-to-good reviews, with the worst notices coming from the rightist "The Times" and
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in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the "New York Times Book Review" as one of the "Times"' "10 Best Books of 2008". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in
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York Times" film critic Ben Kenigsberg said that Cameron's acting "sounds so forced you half-expect the camera to pull back to reveal hostage takers". "Billings Gazette" named it the worst Christmas movie of all time in 2016, and Will Nicol of "Digital Trends" included it on his list of the ten worst movies ever made. Christy Lemire picked "Saving Christmas" as the worst film she has ever reviewed. In "The Christian Post", an Evangelical Christian newspaper, Emma Koonse wrote, "[Kirk Cameron] dismisses theories that Christmas is derived in ["sic"] the pagan celebration of Winter Solstice in "Saving Christmas", offering viewers
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[the BBC] stands for at its best (and worst) in a book that is both hugely entertaining and wise". Libby Purves in "The Times" referred to "Pinkoes and Traitors" as "epic" and described it as a "scholarly but eye-poppingly riveting history", while Dominic Sandbrook refers to the book as having "all the detail and clarity you expect from an institutional history" in a more mixed review in "The Sunday Times". Bonnie Greer, writing in "The Independent", found Seaton’s book to be a "densely argued and magisterial account", adding: "Seaton, who is the director of the Orwell Prize, writes in prose
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among others, including a Salon Book Award, and a 100 "New York Times" Notable Books of the Year. The paperback edition had spent 75 weeks on the "New York Times" Best Seller list. Critical reception was largely favorable. It was named a best book of the year by more than 60 media outlets, including "New York Times", "Oprah", "NPR", and "Entertainment Weekly". Lisa Margonelli reviewing in "The New York Times Book Review" said: Dwight Garner of "The New York Times" wrote: One reviewer for "The New Atlantis", while mostly positive about the book, questioned its ethical arguments about tissue markets
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the movie, and in a 1942 edition of the magazine "Outdoor Life", editor Raymond Brown wrote that the film was "... the worst insult ever offered in any form to American sportsmen." "The New York Times" claimed, "In the search for perfection, Mr. Disney has come perilously close to tossing away his whole world of cartoon fantasy." Film critic Manny Farber called it "... entirely unpleasant ..." and agreed with "The New York Times" statement saying, "In an effort to trump the realism of flesh and blood movies, he [Disney] has given up fantasy, which was pretty much the magic
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acclaim prior to its release, garnering a starred review from VOYA. "New York Times" best-selling young adult author Claudia Gray endorsed the book with a cover blurb stating, "The greatest part: the "Wings" series reaches the perfect ending. The worst part: it has to end!" The Romantic Times awarded "Destined" a "top pick," noting that "Pike’s clever and innovative way of reinventing fairy tales and myths to make them her own is wonderful...[The] story is rich in vivid details, action, adventure, and romance." Destined (Pike novel) Destiny is fourth and final young-adult faerie novel in the "New York Times" best-selling
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the most Uruguayan League titles (winning 38 times between 1932 and 2013) and the greatest number of undefeated championships (1949, 1954, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975 and 1978). Its best performances were in 1949 and 1964, seasons when the team scored 94.44 percent of possible points; its worst season was 2005–06, when it finished in 16th place after winning 32.32 percent of possible points. A 12-point deduction given the team by the AUF because of unrest after a game with Cerro relegated them to that position. Peñarol's best victory was a 9–0 win against Rampla Juniors in 1962; its worst defeat
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Angeles Times" Book Prize for History. It spent seven weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list. The "New York Times Book Review" wrote positively of "Six Days of War", as did the "Washington Post" which calls it "not only the best book so far written on the Six Day War, it is likely to remain the best." Positive reviews have been published by the "Atlantic Monthly", the "New Republic", "The Guardian", "Newsweek International", "The Economist", and by noted historian John Keegan and noted Israeli New Historian Benny Morris. Norman Finkelstein wrote a critical review, calling "Six Days of War"
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together with Mike Connaris. Prior to the 2015 Contest, Cyprus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-one times since its first entry in 1981. Its best placing was fifth, which it achieved three times: in 1982 with the song "Mono I Agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in 1997 with "Mana Mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and 2004 with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus' least successful result was in 1986 when it placed last with the song "Tora Zo" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points
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average reviews". Glenn Kenny, in his review for "Premiere" criticized the film's style, "Kelly's camera placement and framing are at best textbook and at worst calamitously mediocre." In her review for the "Los Angeles Times", Carina Chocano wrote, "You get the sense that Kelly is too angry to really find any of it funny. It's easy to empathize with his position, not so easy to remain engrossed in a film that's occasionally inspired but ultimately manic and scattered." David Edelstein's review in "New York" magazine criticized the film's writing, "Kelly aims high and must have shot off his own ear,
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best album since "Holy Wood", while Lina Lecaro of "Consequence of Sound" commented on Manson's recent stage injury: "Had the worst happened, "Heaven Upside Down" is the kind of career-defining record that [he] just might want to leave as his last great opus anyway." The record was lauded by numerous publications for being a solid and concise album, such as "Classic Rock"s sister publication "Metal Hammer", who rated it 3.5 stars out of 5. Singapore's "The Straits Times" awarded it the same score, dubbing it an 'album of the week' and describing it as an "exhilarating" record. Greg Kennelty of
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making it, and referring to it as the "worst thing I ever did". He was injured several times on set, spent most of the time with co-star John Leguizamo getting drunk to escape boredom, and had no idea the film was based upon a video game until told so by his son. In 2007 Hoskins appeared in the music video for Jamie T's single "Sheila". In 2009 he returned to television for Jimmy McGovern's drama serial "The Street", playing a publican who opposes a local gangster. For this role he received his only Emmy: Best Actor at the 2010 International
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one of the highest average incomes in the UK. Lincoln Plaza was the 2016 winner of the Carbuncle Cup for the year's "worst new building" and "The Times" described it as "mediocre at best, ugly at worst". The Isle of Dogs is situated some distance downriver from the City of London. The area was originally sparsely populated marshland before its drainage and planting in the 13th century. A catastrophic flood occurred in 1488, resulting in the area returning to its previous marshy condition. This was not reversed until Dutch engineers re-drained it in the 17th century. One road led across
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a box office and critical flop, earning one of the year's worst film reviews from critics. It ranked #5 at the US box office grossing $3.6 million on its opening weekend. Its total domestic gross was $10.5 million. It was nominated for five Razzie Awards - including Worst Picture - with Lynn Holly-Johnson winning for Worst Supporting Actress. Janet Maslin, writing for "The New York Times," called the film "dumb, vulgar and mostly humorless." Roger Ebert, writing for "The Chicago Sun-Times," reported, "It isn't a sequel and isn't a remake and isn't, in fact, much of anything." Where the Boys
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (play) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a 1925 Frederick Lonsdale play that was adapted to the screen four times. Frederick Lonsdale's play, about a jewel thief who passes herself off as a society lady, opened at the St. James's Theatre in London on 22 September 1925 and ran for 514 performances. Reviewing the opening night for the Sunday Times, critic James Agate wrote: "It is not a good sort of play, but it is a very good play of its sort." It was included in Burns Mantle's "The Best Plays of 1925-1926". The first
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to celebrate its end, to lift any shame on those who could not evade it. This book is not a call for financial reparations. Instead, I hope it is a formidable plea for a resurrection and fundamental reinterpretation of a tortured chapter in the collective American past. The book was a "New York Times" Best Seller and was praised by critics. Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" wrote that it "eviscerates a basic assumption: that slavery in America ended with the Civil War." She praised the book's evidence as "relentless and fascinating," although she thought that the conceit of
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biography of Armstrong, the critic and cultural historian Terry Teachout restores this jazzman to his deserved place in the pantheon of American artists," Michiko Kakutani wrote in her "New York Times" review of "Pops". The "Washington Post" chose "Pops" as one of the ten best books of 2009, "The Economist" chose it as one of the best books of the year, and the "New York Times Book Review" chose it as one of the "100 notable books" of 2010. In 2013, Teachout wrote "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington." "Duke" was longlisted for the National Book Awards nonfiction prize. James
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the character of Myrtle Snow. Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates was confirmed to co-star. It was first reported that she would portray "a woman who, at the start, is Lange's character's best friend, but will become her worst enemy", but this was altered. Murphy stated that Bates' character will be "five times worse than [her] "Misery" character" and is also inspired by a "true event". She portrayed Madame Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist. It was announced in May 2013 that Emma Roberts had been added to the cast. Roberts played Madison Montgomery, a "self-involved party girl". In July 2013, season one
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it "the best low-budget horror comedy since "Shaun of the Dead", and one of the most assured first features in ages." Jeannette Catsoulis of "The New York Times" wrote that film lacks originality but "has its own hick charm, mostly because of performers who never overplay their hands." Mark Olsen of the "Los Angeles Times" called it a "giddy, delightful gross-out horror-comedy mash-up". Drew Hunt of the "Chicago Reader" wrote, "Though entertaining enough as a genre exercise, the film is too simplistic to transcend its base concept." Megan Lehmann of "The Hollywood Reporter" called it an "off-the-wall Australian splatter-comedy" with
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Reach by the SPARTAN-IIs who were on the planet's surface and the adventures of the rag-tag survivors of the battle at Alpha Halo. The book also reveals that humanity's worst fear is going to come true: the Covenant is on its way to Earth. The book was well received by critics and sold well, making "The New York Times Best Seller list". Critics found it added depth to the "Halo" video games and that it was exciting throughout. "First Strike" was Nylund's second "Halo" novel after his task of writing the prequel to the first game, 2001's "". Nylund said
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North America, newspaper editors outside of New York City often omitted portions of it. Such was the case with everything she wrote about "Skyscraper". Only those who bought the "New York Journal-American" read it. "Skyscraper" officially opened, five days after Kilgallen's death, to mixed reviews. Despite stiff competition from "Hello, Dolly!", "Mame", "Man of La Mancha", and "Sweet Charity", the production ran for 248 performances and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress in a Musical. The "New York Times" reviewer wrote that Georgina's daydreams "have become broadly comic cartoons of romance, among the funniest
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whiff of fresh air in Tamil cinema". G Sai Shyam, another critic from "The Hindu", wrote that it was "a novel attempt by the director" and that "the compelling screenplay with a strong message to everyone makes it a must watch film". Vikatan gave 50 out of 100 marks, ranking it among the best in recent times. Venkateswaran Narayanan from "The Times of India" gave 3 out of 5 and wrote that it was "the perfect example of a film relying solely on its screenplay and performances to strike it rich at the box office". Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com rated
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wrote, "I am full of admiration for Joan Crawford, for even in drek like this she gives a performance." Bosley Crowther, however, wrote a scathing review of both the film and Crawford's performance in "The New York Times", declaring, "Joan Crawford has picked some lemons, some very sour lemons, in her day, but nigh the worst of the lot is "Strait-Jacket". He goes on to call the film a "disgusting piece of claptrap." Richard L. Coe of "The Washington Post" also hated the film, calling it "likely to stand as the worst picture of the year ... Apart from the
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Tracks Everyone Should Know" list. It was featured on Fuse's "14 Best Pop-Punk One-Hit Wonders", and the channel called the song "self-deprecating and catchy". "My Own Worst Enemy" appeared on the "Phoenix New Times" "10 Best Pop-Punk Songs of All Time" list. Daniel J. Katz of "The Tech" criticized the song's parent album: "Recipe for a one-hit wonder: Start with Eve 6/Harvey Danger style power pop that’s already been done to death. Turn the guitars way up and turn the creativity way down. What you’re left with is a weak collection of songs that are listenable, but bland. This particular
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Radio's "News & Notes". "USA Today"’s "Pop Candy" named "A.D." one of 2007’s best comics, Wired.com called it “a sterling example of comics with a social conscience," and the New Orleans "Gambit Weekly" said "it took Josh Neufeld only 13 panels to storyboard New Orleans’ worst nightmare." The 2009 hardcover edition of "A.D." gained more critical recognition. The "Los Angeles Times" called the book "a work . . . of literature, of high art, and of reverence for nature and humanity." The book was covered by (among others) the "New York Times", "Newsweek", National Public Radio's "Tell Me More," the
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Times" identified Mark Griskey's soundtrack as "another star" of the game, and Tracksounds called it "the most entertaining Star Wars score since "Return of the Jedi"". "Time" called "The Force Unleashed" the seventh best video game of 2008. The game received GameSpot's 2008 award for Best Use of a Creative License and was nominated for Best Voice Acting. Gaming Target selected the game as one of their "40 Games We'll Still Be Playing From 2008". Conversely, "Entertainment Weekly" called "The Force Unleashed" the second worst game of 2008 and GameTrailers called it the most disappointing game that year; it was
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early 2003, and the computer entries reached 2.1 million sales in the United States alone by August 2006. Remarking upon this success, "Edge" called "Nancy Drew" a "powerful franchise". Charles Herold of "The New York Times" wrote that "Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake" "is neither the best nor the worst ["Nancy Drew" game] but is set apart from the others by an inexplicable design flaw: it virtually solves many of the puzzles for you." John Moran of Lawrence Journal-World described the game, along with "" as "well designed, engrossing and fun", adding "the animation is quite striking [and] facial expressions,
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octaves from G to D. Celebrity Marilyn Monroe is mentioned numerous times throughout the song, including the famous quote "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." However, it has never been confirmed that Monroe actually said this. Minaj liked the track, as "it spoke to me as a woman. I'm very infatuated with Marilyn Monroe. I had a moment with that song where I was like,
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more times to find a place to rest, but all the times they were dispatched by men who called themselves "Ölvir". Then, they decided to seek out the man who was reputedly the most hospitable man in the district. The last man only scowled at them, and calling the man the "guardian of the pickaxe", Sighvatr stated that if that man was the "best man", the worst man must have been truly evil. In "Kormáks saga", there is an account on how sacrifices were done to the elves in order to heal a battle wound. Unlike the sacrifices described by
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