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Articles tagged "ben stiller" The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: May 2009by Bill Gibron[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  NewsThis year’s Supporting Actor?by Rafer Guzman [Newsday (MCT)][19.Feb.09] :. When it comes to the best supporting actor Oscar, the winning hand could be held by The Joker. That, of course, is the late Heath Ledger, whose eye-popping turn as The Joker in “The Dark...  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureIconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008by PopMatters Staff[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Film DVD ReviewTropic Thunder: Unrated Director’s Cutby Evan Sawdey[14.Dec.08] :. A fun, occasionally brilliant satire of these Hollywood tropes that actually retains its comic punch after multiple viewings.  NewsActors happily reunite to take their ‘Madagascar’ characters home to Africaby John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][7.Nov.08] :. LOS ANGELES - In the teeming banquet of humanity, Jada Pinkett Smith is the size of an hors d’oeuvre. Which has not, in defiance of most conventional thinking, made her happy. “I... Child Friendly?by Bill Gibron[5.Nov.08] :. It’s safe to say that Hollywood has finally figured out the family film. Not in a good way, mind you, but in an instantly profitable paradigm which guarantees coffers of cash either before or... Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008by Bill Gibron[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008. Are We Not Funny? Laugh, Damn You!by Chris Barsanti[5.Sep.08] :. The problem with the (inexplicably popular) Tropic Thunder may be that Ben Stiller is just not a funny filmmaker. Not even remotely. ‘Madness’ Maintains Tropic Thunder’s Gimmickby Bill Gibron[29.Aug.08] :. Say what you will about Tropic Thunder - hilarious Hollywood satire or sorry excuse for politically incorrect potshots - but it’s hard to deny its insularity. Of all the contained within... Jack Black talks ‘Tropic Thunder’ and how he got the girlby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][14.Aug.08] :. They teach it in Interviewing 101: find common ground with your subject. But when your subject is rich, famous, plump and happy Jack Black, that might be tricky. Do your homework and there, in the... Tropic Thunderby Cynthia Fuchs[13.Aug.08] :. Tropic Thunder tells you that race and masculinity and class identity issues make men in this business mean and juvenile. And then it tells you again. ‘Tropic’ Blunderby Bill Gibron[13.Aug.08] :. We hear it all the time, that comedy cop out meant to assuage the offender of all implied guilt: “It’s just a joke.” Be it a race under attack or a particular person getting the... Danny O.D.: Too Much McBride?by Bill Gibron[12.Aug.08] :. That’s it. I’ve had it. I am officially at my character actor capacity. Nothing personal on the man in question, but after a summer where it seems like he shows up in every movie made, I... Permanent Midnightby B. J. Carter[4.Aug.08] :. Essentially a collection of wild anecdotes from real-life television writer Jerry Stahl, this is designed to impress rather than express. The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008by Bill Gibron[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined. Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007. Part 3 - The New Networksby PopMatters Staff[10.Oct.07] :. It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever. The Hearbreak Kid (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Oct.07] :. Blond and dim, Lila seems the perfect match, or rather, the clunky point of departure for the disaster that will be Eddie's honeymoon. Ben Stiller: Funny or the heartbreak kid?by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][3.Oct.07] :. Just prior to last year’s opening of the Ben Stiller comedy “Night at the Museum,” the film’s screenwriters, Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, were asked if they wrote the... Night at the Museum (2006)by Bill Gibron[16.May.07] :. A digital love letter to the fine art of F/X, a celebration of promotion and publicity, and a lot of misguided arrogance. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)by Chris Robé[7.Mar.07] :. If you have ever bought a black-light to create the right ambiance when you played air-guitar on a backwards tennis racket in your parents’ house, then Tenacious D will not disappoint. Night at the Museum (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.06] :. Worried that his dad's dreams are getting in the way of his present life, Nicky asks, "What if you're just an ordinary guy, who should get a job?" Ben Stiller and some old pros have a make-believe ‘Night’by Jeff Strickler [McClatchy Newspapers][19.Dec.06] :. It would have been easy to get the wrong idea on the set of “Night at the Museum.” There was star Ben Stiller being chased all over the set by director Shawn Levy, who looked like he... Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)by Daynah Burnett[22.Nov.06] :. Jack Black. I feel like I never knew the guy. Madagascar (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.05] :. What could be better -- you have four legs, all kinds of energy, and all the room in the world?" Pauly Shore is Dead (2003)by Brian James[2.Feb.05] :. Decked out in his vintage gear, Rico Suave has been reduced to selling oranges with his young son on the side of a California highway. Meet the Fockers (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.04] :. Streisand brings her own potent barrage to this company of self-interested men, not to mention the melt-away women. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jun.04] :. The team is scrappy and determined, willing to endure repeated -- and I mean repeated -- batterings with wrenches and balls. Envy (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Apr.04] :. Scheduled to open a year ago, Envy is as dopey, uninventive, and smug as you'd expect from a movie that's 'all from shit'. Starsky & Hutch (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Mar.04] :. Who could have anticipated that Snoop would be the saving grace of a major studio buddy flick?" Along Came Polly (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Jan.04] :. Though plainly Ben Stiller's vehicle, Along Came Polly features an endearing, oddly delicate performance by Jennifer Aniston. Duplex (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Oct.03] :. Mrs. Connelly's revenge is strange, but in the current political environment, as seniors are ignored, abused, and repressed, also rather sweet. There’s Something More About Mary (1998)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Jun.03] :. It's easy to deride the Farrellys' work, to dismiss their brand of humor or their dogged efforts to be 'politically incorrect.' Still, they serve more substantive functions than dosing 12-year-old boys with chickens-up-the-butt jokes. Zoolander (2001)by Robert Ara SvihlaZoolander's parody of the fashion industry is a pretty pointless endeavor, for the simple fact that ultimately, it parodies itself. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)by Lucas HilderbrandIt is The Royal Tenenbaums's hyperbole that both makes the fantasy so lively and reveals the self-delusions at its foundation. Meet the Parents (2000)by Renee Scolaro RathkeThe storyline develops as we know it will. Except for one thing: the primary couple is DeNiro and Stiller. Keeping the Faith (2000)by Josh JonesThe representative New York of Keeping the Faith lies somewhere in between the hyperreal absurdity of NYPD Blue and the boutique-chic, antiseptic Manhattan of Friends. Keeping the Faith (2000)by Ben VarkentineThe directorial debut of actor Edward Norton, Keeping the Faith wastes his considerable talents and those of his co-stars on a script that cannot hold many surprises for anyone who has been to the movies in the last quarter-century. |
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