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Articles tagged "amanda peet" Film DVD ReviewGriffin & Phoenixby Amos Posner[4.Dec.07] :. It’s hard to tell whether first-time director Ed Stone set out to make the saddest romantic-comedy of all time or to see how much comic relief could be crammed into a maudlin drama.  TV DVD ReviewStudio 60 Live on the Sunset Strip: The Complete Seriesby Mehera Bonner[26.Nov.07] :. Despite its purported faults (critics were divided), Studio 60 Live on the Sunset Strip holds up well on DVD, as viewers can quickly proceed to the next episode without losing momentum, without losing the smart, subtextual thread of the prior episode.  Film ReviewMartian Childby Cynthia Fuchs[2.Nov.07] :. Based on David Gerrold's semi-autobiographical novella, the movie digs its thematic hole early, and never finds a way out.  Film ReviewThe Ex (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.May.07] :. Zach Braff just gets more annoying by the minute. Braff brings what he always does -- a basic mopey charm, some sarcasm, even a rudimentary self-awareness.  Film ReviewSyriana (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Nov.05] :. This Middle Eastern spy thriller is complex and earnest, a film that repays close attention.  Film DVD ReviewMelinda and Melinda (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Oct.05] :. In Melinda and Melinda, full of women struggling to make their desires known to men who suppose they know what women want and mean, the women are infinitely less regular and more interesting. A Lot Like Love (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Aug.05] :. The Ashton Kutcher vehicle tries to make use of its stars' appeals, structuring a regular romantic comedy out of charmingly imperfect, well-performed moments. A Lot Like Love (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Apr.05] :. Any movie that engineers a comic hijinksy highlight around Amanda Peet smacking herself into a glass door is not thinking too far beyond surfaces. Melinda and Melinda (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Mar.05] :. Hobie rejiggers his life in order to make himself look 'available' for Melinda, the joke being that the Allen character is never actually available, but rather, needy, fervent, and clumsily scheming. Something’s Gotta Give (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Mar.04] :. Something's Gotta Give is best when it backs off the cute dialogue and the actors create their own moments. Something’s Gotta Give (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Dec.03] :. Overstays its welcome, yes, but worse, it pretends like it's news when it isn't. Identity (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Sep.03] :. As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'" Identity (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[24.Apr.03] :. Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude. Igby Goes Down (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.02] :. Burr Steers' first feature is populated by exceptionally quirky characters, most related by blood. High Crimes (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Apr.02] :. 'High Crimes' is a movie starring Ashley Judd whom someone has determined is the ideal Flinty Woman in Danger. Syriana (2005)by Cynthia FuchsIf you come away with nothing else from Syriana, it's that this concept -- winning -- is an illusion, at least in any sort of long run. Saving Silverman (2001)by Cynthia FuchsI’d say it’s official: Amanda Peet is the reigning go-to-girl for neo-romantic comedies involving nasty jokes about death, sex, and what might be best described as “control... Whipped (2000)by Cynthia FuchsWhile Whipped's general organization -- three guys competing for one woman, all knowing about one another, all showing up at her apartment at the same time -- is pretty much directly ripped off from Spike Lee's groundbreaking She's Gotta Have It, here the focus is not on the she, but the three he's. The Whole Nine Yards (2000)by Jonathan BellerWARNING: The following review contains spoilers. Executing Reality The poster advertisement for Warner Brothers’ current release, The Whole Nine Yards, reads... The Whole Nine Yards (2000)by Lesley SmithWARNING: The following review contains spoilers. The Denominator of Denial The director of The Whole Nine Yards, Jonathan Lynn, used to specialize in delectable mayhem... |
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