Through some convoluted changes of hands, the property’s current investors rescued and reimagined the remains of a previously defunct resort to give us Ocean Casino Resort in all its glory as a sigh of relief for this prime Boardwalk location.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
In the clubhouse, there was a collective sigh of relief.
There’s something about the ones that are surprising, as Jimmy says, that makes an audience actually gasp-laugh.
—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
Except this time there’s a physical component involved that involves, gasp, a human being actually having to enter Heard’s office to procure vital information.
The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.
In a distant forest, the monument to his reckless
fretwork rustles in the treetops
and hums with beehives
like the watts in a worn, weary amp
burning, crackling for release.
—
Tyehimba Jess,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Everything is quiet apart from the rustle of leaves and the gentle murmur of voices from the bar.
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