Remembering David Manning, Sony's Fictional Film Critic
As plastic film critics go , David Manning of Connecticut’sRidgefield Pressweekly was relatively easy to please . In 2001 , Manning seemed to hold a special affinity formoviesreleased by Sony - owned Columbia Pictures , includingthe Rob Schneider comedyThe Animal , which Manning called “ another winner ! ” Manning also had high congratulations for the slew - climbing dramaVertical Limit(2001 ) , the anachronistic medieval dramaA Knight ’s Tale(2001 ) , and Paul Verhoeven’sHollow Man(2000 ) , which feature an unseeable and nude Kevin Bacon ....