Picture Book Critic Gifts

'It's just more pro-parent spin.'

"Bond James, Bond."

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Benedict Cumberbatch

"I kid you not, blood was oozing from the walls! Unfortunately, it was fake: I had stumbled on the set of a horror movie..."

Herman Mankiewicz

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"Well, what did you expect? They were both missing vital organs."

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

"Remind me: Is it the New York Critics Award or the Sundance Audience Prize that always lets us down?"

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."

'This should be perfect. The main characters fall in love during a series of explosions.'

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

Unpopular Street Signs: Road Work Behind, Speed Jump Ahead, Good Luck, Slow Distracted Adults.

Censors 'no' a good thing when they see it.

Men: Hating chick flicks since 1623.

"Boy, this blooper reel from 'Manchester by the Sea' is a crack-up."

No, this is the red lagoon, the black one is down the road a bit.

'This is the worst film noir I've ever seen.'

'It was great. I hated it.'

The Da Vinci Cod

"You had the power to leave all along - just click your heels three times, grab your coat, and sneak out without saying goodbye."

'Hey, Charlie, have we got good news for you!'

The Beard in the Stone

"Spoiler alert! I'm about to tell you the part that really bugged me about 'Wolverine.'" "You don't have to say 'spoiler alert,' minion. It's been a month." "Anyone who hasn't seen it yet has not fulfilled their role as a dutiful consumer, and deserves whatever spoilage they will receive." "In fact, let me know who they are and I'll enter them into my database. When the corporatist revolution comes, there will be consequences." "Um... never mind."

'... and the winner for 'The Noisiest Picture of the Year' is...'

'...And now, the film most criticized for eroding traditional family values, the nominees are...'

Little Red Riding Carpet