Indeed, there really isn’t much to criticize in “The Critic.” And when it comes to McKellen’s singularly outstanding lead performance, the only suitable response lies somewhere between ...

He may have masterfully played Gandalf, wizard and leader of the Fellowship of the Ring, but even Ian McKellen has been on the receiving end of a bad review. In The Critic, out in theaters Friday ...

No one is immune to bad reviews. Take it from Sir Ian McKellen, who bared all in a 1974 production of “King Lear” in Brooklyn. John Simon, a critic for New York magazine, was largely unimpressed.

After 25 years as a major Hollywood star, and many decades of stage success before that, Sir Ian McKellen shows no sign ... this week in British thriller The Critic. Set in 1934, he plays Jimmy ...

Set in the 1930s in London, Ian McKellen is Jimmy Erskine, a veteran theater critic whose reviews can make or break a play or a performer. He has a monastic devotion to telling the truth ...

The Critic was directed by Arnand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marbert. “This taut and gripping thriller, led by Ian McKellen’s completely captivating performance, had us on the edge of our ...

Jimmy Erskine (out actor Sir Ian McKellen) is the titular character in "The Critic" (Greenwich Entertainment), now available on DVD, the feared and reviled drama critic for The Daily Chronicle, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Ian McKellen is ...

By Elisabeth Vincentelli In Anand Tucker’s new film “The Critic,” Ian McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, a closeted reviewer in 1930s Britain who covers theater with equal measures of wit and acid.

Irish rap trio Kneecap is back in theaters at the start another U.S. tour, with Ian McKellen as The Critic, Aubrey Plaza in coming-of-age My Old Ass and handful of Indian films, and special events ...

the viciously witty and mercilessly demanding title character played with utterly delicious flamboyance by Ian McKellen in “The Critic.” Directed by Anand Tucker (“Shopgirl”) and written ...

Set in the 1930s in London, Ian McKellen is Jimmy Erskine, a veteran theater critic whose reviews can make or break a play or a performer. He has a monastic devotion to telling the truth ...