Articles tagged "bill murray"

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by 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

News

Bill Murray on his new movie, sky diving and … his skull

by Robert K. Elder [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[10.Oct.08] :. For a retired guy, Bill Murray has been busy. Not only did he jump out of a plane during Chicago’s Air & Water Show in August, he’s appearing in a new movie, “City of...

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The end is here: 9-11 attacks and the new millennium revive apocalyptic movies

by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[1.Oct.08] :. Flooded cities. A plague of blindness. Humanity huddled in bunkers. It’s just another night at the movies. The Katrina documentary “Trouble the Water,” the viral-outbreak drama...

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

TV DVD Review

Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third Season: Limited Edition Boxed Set

by Jesse Hassenger

[4.Jun.08] :. The hit-and-miss eclecticism that can make marathon viewing a chore is also exactly what completists crave from these sets.

Recent DVD reviews

Groundhog Day

by James Greene, Jr.

[29.Jan.08] :. Groundhog Day still holds up as one of the great mind-bending, heartfelt comedies of all-time.

Broken Flowers (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Aug.05] :. A sort of minimalist male melodrama, Broken Flowers tracks a journey through regret and hope.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Criterion Collection (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.May.05] :. 'That's what the movie's sort of about,' observes Wes Anderson, 'self-invention, and making their own art, and all those things.'"

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Dec.04] :. Wes Anderson's film and Steve's filmed life creak a little, exposing seams and efforts to make sense of experience.

Garfield: The Movie (2004)

by Tim O'Neil

[15.Nov.04] :. If Garfield's non-animated creatures lack distinction (what you might call 'edge'), it should be remembered that it is intended for small children.

Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Sep.04] :. Coffee and Cigarettes is a return, of sorts, for Jim Jarmusch.

Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.May.04] :. Coffee and Cigarettes is a return, of sorts, for Jim Jarmusch.

Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

by Jesse Hassenger

[13.May.04] :. On its own terms, Coffee and Cigarettes is an effective addiction movie, self-indulgent but also familiar and low-key.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Sharon Mizota and Oliver Wang

[23.Feb.04] :. Lost in Translation one-ups its peers with better music, prettier shots, and a more charismatic lead, but its racism is all the more insidious for being wrapped in a pleasing package.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Sep.03] :. . . . about seeing and not seeing at the same time, a series of incredibly precise, meticulous images of faces and hands and doorframes.

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jun.03] :. 'Can you imagine Drew and Cameron and Lucy fighting in this capacity? It would be so sexy! It would be so exciting!'.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

It is The Royal Tenenbaums's hyperbole that both makes the fantasy so lively and reveals the self-delusions at its foundation.

Osmosis Jones (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Who would have guessed it? Living inside inveterate white guy Frank (Bill Murray) is a company of black folks.

Hamlet (2000)

by Beth Armitage

Hamlet often speaks in a voice-over or directly to the video camera that he is rarely without. Sometimes we see the results of these 'video diaries' as he rewatches them on his monitor -- his own Real World confessional.

Hamlet (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

I confess to feeling a certain dread when I first heard that Ethan ('I have this planet of regret') Hawke was starring in Michael Almereyda's updated-and-abbreviated Hamlet.

Cradle Will Rock (1999)

by John G. Nettles

Tim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon.

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by America Billy

More often than not, when transforming a once-popular TV series into a movie, filmmakers try to update the style, pace, and attitude of the original in order to fit the contemporary context. But as...

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Drew Barrymore moonwalking to “Billie Jean.” This isn’t to say that you absolutely need to run out to see Charlie’s...