It is a tight, dark literary piece that I knew would not sell big. (annerallen.com)
What You Need To Know: It might seem like Oscar bait on the surface, with The Weinstein Company and George Clooney backing an award - winning literary piece of material, and with Meryl Streep heading up a starry, much - lauded cast including Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Sam Shepard and Margo Martindale. (indiewire.com)
I also wrote about Lawrence Wright's mesmerizing Scientology book Going Clear in a rare non-Silly Little Show - Biz Book Club literary piece for The A.V. Club and of course I covered Battlefield Earth for My World of Flops. (nathanrabin.com)