N.Y. Post critic Lou Lumenick has just posted a link to the first Ghost Rider review, run by the Providence Journal. It’s a somewhat negative take from L.A. Daily News critic Bob Strauss, although he commends Nic Cage for giving “a full-blown oddball performance…more Vampire’s Kiss than National Treasure..a witty/nutso acting experiment from beginning to end.” Strauss’s review apparently wasn’t supposed to surface until 1 a.m, or eight and a half hours from now. Big deal. As if reviews matter.
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