Another reviewer, however, stated that Davis plays her part well, and " does well with what she has to work with ".

An Irish girl lacking a university education, Mary has a natural writing talent and rises to become a prominent reviewer of new fiction after having been left by her lover of many years, Mark Crawley.

" Dress " received mass critical acclaim upon its release and was voted Single of the Week in Melody Maker by guest reviewer John Peel, who admired " the way Polly Jean seems crushed by the weight of her own songs and arrangements, as if the air is literally being sucked out of them ... admirable if not always enjoyable.

Allmusic reviewer Ned Raggett writes that " part of her appeal is how she can make hard-to-interpret lyrics so emotionally gripping.

Upon her death film reviewer Charles Champlin wrote the following in the Los Angeles Times:

One TV reviewer said Dushku " does wonderful things to a tank top, but her grasp of this vague, personality-changing character is a bit of a muddle.

Gilmartin makes references to astrology, reincarnation, past life regression, and Kirlian aura ( page 15 ) to support his conclusions which reviewer Elizabeth Rice Allgeier felt " waters down the potential impact of his writings " in her book review for the Journal of Sex Research.

New York Times reviewer Manohlia Dargis said: " Even in the age of Girls Gone Wild, it's genuinely startling to see a name actress throw caution and perhaps her career to the wind.

According to the New York Times reviewer, " Nowadays Ms. LuPone generates more raw excitement than any other performer on the Broadway and cabaret axis, with the possible exception of Liza Minnelli .... And her brilliant show, conceived and directed by her longtime collaborator, Scott Wittman, deserves many lives, perhaps even a Broadway run in an expanded edition.

Novelist and reviewer, Peter Corris wrote in his review of Monkey Grip that Garner " has published her private journal rather than written a novel " while Peter Pierce wrote in Meanjin of Honour and Other People's Children that Garner " talks dirty and passes it off as realism ".

When a version appeared in her collection America the Beautiful, and Other Poems ( 1912 ), a reviewer in the New York Times wrote: " we intend no derogation to Miss Katharine Lee Bates when we say that she is a good minor poet.

One early reviewer of The Marvelous Land of Oz noted that some details in the book clearly appeared to be designed for stage production — in particular, " General Jinjur and her soldiers are only shapely chorus girls.

" In reviewing the history of her publisher, Houghton Mifflin, a 1970 reviewer noted that Jackson typified the house's success: " Middle aged, middle class, middlebrow.

Landon served as the Gazettes chief reviewer as she continued to write poetry ; her second collection, The Improvisatrice, appeared in 1824.

She received a second Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards for her performance, of which reviewer Sukanya Verma wrote, " Preity Zinta, who clearly has the meatiest part of all, makes the best of it.

One concert reviewer, describing her rendering of " We Belong Together ," states she " reached her apex, skating from swells into near screams into breathy whispers, from pontillist stacatto scats into brassy, trumpetlike bursts.

Another reviewer expressed concern that they found her portrayal unconvincing and excessively stereotypical, describing her as " sounding more like a teenager playacting than a brash, hardened streetwalker " and comparing her mannerisms to a caricature.

The reviewer found Brooks " attractive ", but her expressions " often difficult to decide ", and concluded it was " filmed far better than the story ( deserved )".

The dark-haired soubrette, described by a theater reviewer as a " statuesque beauty ", attracted notice later that decade for her vocal and comedic talents in The Girl Behind the Counter ( 1908 ), The Belle of Brittany ( 1909 ), and The Summer Widower ( 1910 ).

" Time critic Richard Corliss described the songs in her album A Place in the World as " reminiscent of early Beatles or rollicking Motown ," and one reviewer of Time * Sex * Love * noted the " wash of Beach Boys-style harmonies ... backwards guitar loops " and use of a sitar on one track, all elements not commonly found on a country or folk album.

The movie's success and notoriety helped launch the career of Jessica Lange, although she reportedly received some negative publicity regarding her debut performance that, according to film reviewer Marshall Fine, " almost destroyed her career ".

In order to support his family, he continued to work as a book reviewer for the Journal des débats from 1941 to 1944, writing for instance about such figures as Sartre and Camus, Bataille and Michaux, Mallarmé and Duras for a putatively Pétainist readership.

After Daguerre and Bouton ’ s first exhibition in London, one reviewer noted a stillness like that “ of the grave .” To remedy this tomblike atmosphere Daguerre painted both sides of the canvas, known as “ the double effect .” By lighting both painted sides of the canvas, light was transmitted and reflected producing a type of transparency producing the effect of time passing.

In 1950, she had an exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo where a reviewer called her " the most Brazilian of painters here, who represents the sun, birds, and youthful spirits of our developing country, as simple as the elements of our land and nature ….

In its review of the 1989 London revival, the reviewer for The Guardian wrote that the " production also strikes me as infinitely superior to Harold Prince's 1975 version at the Adelphi.

A reviewer from the American Art News stated at the time that " Dada philosophy is the sickest, most paralyzing and most destructive thing that has ever originated from the brain of man.

A reviewer at the National Institutes of Health evaluates a grant proposal.

Continuing to ride what one movie reviewer has called a " pop cultural wave ," they also appeared at a live show in April 2009 for the comedy film I Love You, Man.

The reviewer lauded the game's learning curve and stated that there would be no other puzzle game on the Game Boy Advance at the time that can " rival Kuru Kuru Kururin for its sheer addictiveness and fun-value.

His role at the newspaper was equivalent to the modern book or theatre reviewer.

Comfort Eagle itself was released on July 24, 2001, to good reviews ; Michael D. Clark of The Houston Chronicle described it as " Cake at its best ", while a reviewer for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that the album's songs were " among the best of the band's career ", praising McCrea for widening his vocal repertoire.

" Allmovie reviewer Keith Phipps stated that: " The last, to date at least, of George Romero's living dead films is in many respects the least interesting, although it's not for a lack of ambition.

Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including A Knight's Tale and The Animal ( 2001 ), contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist.

Over time, the reputation of the film has improved tremendously, and it is now considered a classic, with at least one reviewer calling it Sturges's " masterpiece " and " one of the finest movies about movies ever made.

As far north as Fairbanks, Alaska, a reviewer wrote that, if the film had been shown to the people of Europe before the war started there would have been no war :"' Civilization ' is worth $ 1. 50 today, tomorrow, or at any time.

One reviewer even accused Patchen of being " naive ," a common criticism aimed at his work, particularly regarding his fervent, pacifistic beliefs.

After The Lady Eve premiered at the Rialto, The New York Times reviewer, Bosley Crowther characterized the film as " a sparkling romantic comedy.

" Critical response was favourable with a Sounds reviewer calling the album " his most intriguingly involved since Astral Weeks " and " Morrison at his most mystical, magical best.

The New York Times reviewer stated at the end of the review " there will be no romantic-adventure lover left unsatisfied.

Times reviewer made this point explicitly: " This air age, when death comes too swiftly for heroism or with no survivors to record it, can still turn with wonder to an age before yesterday when a thousand deaths at sea seemed the very worst the world must suffer.

The album was released in November of the same year, and was critically well-received-with one reviewer suggesting " pretty much the only thing standing in Nile ’ s way at this point is the fact that we as listeners have become so accustomed to the band ’ s excellence that another excellent album seems almost par for the course ".

A New York Times television reviewer added this editorial note at the end of a glowing review for A Town Has Turned to Dust, a show about racism and bigotry in a small Southwestern town: "' Playhouse 90 ' and Mr. Serling had to fight executive interference ... before getting their play on the air last night.

She was also a regular book reviewer for Books & Bookmen and later at The Evening Standard in the 1990s.

Of the May 1899 concert at St. James's Hall, London, The Musical Times reviewer remarked on the rawness of some of the music, but praised the " boldness of conception and virile strength that command and hold attention.

Although a limited release-because it was so unique and at odds with everything else on the market – it was picked up on by NME who championed the band, although one guest reviewer, John Lydon of Public Image Limited condemned the band as " trendy hippies.

According to comedy folklore, after a reviewer once criticised his act for its lack of jokes, Bailey returned the following night, at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, to perform a set composed entirely of punchlines.

A reviewer of an Elgar recording by one of the other orchestras remarked, " these symphonies really deserve the LSO at its peak.

Their reviewer expressed distaste at the immortality of the player character, saying that it made the lives of characters " cheap and meaningless ", although other reviews welcomed this aspect, saying it was " implemented perfectly " and did not make the game easier.

Another reviewer viewed the work as an odd attempt at reviving old Transcendental thoughts, " the speculations of that school of thought which culminated at Boston fifteen or eighteen years ago.