Example sentences for: maslin

How can you use “maslin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A warm reception for rookie Australian director Shirley Barrett's "clever, deadpan comedy" (Maslin) about two sisters vying for the affection of a thrice-divorced radio DJ who moves to their outback town.

  • But the New York Times ' Maslin calls the movie "daring, abstract," and filled with "imagination and surprise"; the Village Voice 's Amy Taubin declares, "As Raging Bull is to Martin Scorsese, Portrait of a Lady is to Jane Campion."

  • The question (not burning, perhaps--except for the poor dupes who suffered through the charmless Phantom because the Times recommended it) is how Maslin comes by this generosity.

  • Despite protests from the Catholic League, reviewers agree that writer-director Kevin Smith's latest is "a tortured testament from a true believer" (Richard Corliss, Time ). What's more, this "obviously devout, enlightened parable" about a pair of rebellious angels (played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) is "mercilessly funny" and "gratifyingly cynicism free" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Alan Rickman round out the cast as the 13 th apostle, a muse, and a messenger from God.

  • Despite a nice turn by Murphy, "it's hard to miss the basic unfunniness of the situation," says Maslin ( New York Times ). Makeup artist Rick Baker wins kudos for transforming Lawrence and Murphy from young 1930s hipsters into aging '90s geezers.


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