Articles tagged "billy bob thornton"

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Damian from Fucked Up on CBC (video)

by Mike Deane

[31.May.09] :. There’s just something about this guy that is so likeable, isn’t there? In this interview he discusses his appearances and possible regular feature on Red Eye (Pink Eyes on Red Eye, ha -...

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Music Review

The Boxmasters: Modbilly

by Sarah Moore

[14.May.09] :. W.R. "Bud" Thornton's rockabilly band releases its third album of honky tonk and rock 'n' roll.

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Short Ends and Leader

‘Informers’ Offers Less than Zero Insights

by Bill Gibron

[25.Apr.09] :. If there is one name that’s synonymous with over-generalized ‘80s ennui, it’s Bret Easton Ellis. From his initial literary phenomenon Less than Zero to the publishing scandal...

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Billy Bob Thornton and the New Surrealism (video)

by Evan Sawdey

[13.Apr.09] :. Following in the steps of Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton proves rude and surly (not to mention unbelievably cryptic) in an interview with a Canadian DJ. Once again, we ask: why?

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Q&A with ‘Duplicity’ director Tony Gilroy

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[22.Mar.09] :. Tony Gilroy is lapping it up. An Oscar nominee for writing and directing “Michael Clayton,” much in demand as a screenwriter thanks to his adapting the Jason Bourne action films,...

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Film Review

Duplicity

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Mar.09] :. For all its bright banter and flashbacky fanciness, Duplicity boils down to this rudimentary formula: morality and success are functions of beauty.

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Eagle Eye

by Dan Heaton

[14.Jan.09] :. This might pretend to criticize our increasing reliance on technology, but it’s really just the setting for a big dumb movie.

The Movie Masochist: This movie thinks you’re dumb

by James Franklin [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[2.Oct.08] :. The 1960s and 1970s were the heyday of political thrillers. In these movies the people who ran the U.S. government were every bit as shady as you feared, and they were always up to something bad....

IMAX makes this ‘Eagle’ Soar

by Bill Gibron

[28.Sep.08] :. Beware of Big Brother…blah, blah, blah. You can’t pick up a publication nowadays, or listen to any number of broadcast pundits, and not hear about how the Bush Administration is violating...

Eagle Eye

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.08] :. Where's Jamie Foxx when you need him?

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

The Boxmasters: The Boxmasters

by Charles A. Hohman

[10.Jun.08] :. Billy Bob Thornton’s latest nostalgia trip inspires nostalgia for his previous albums.

Billy Bob Thornton: Beautiful Door

by Lana Cooper

[15.Aug.07] :. On his fourth solo album, Beautiful Door, Billy Bob Thornton solidifies his status as a Hollywood oddity, a celebrity who actually can produce music worth a damn: catchy, conceptual, and with a conscience.

The edge of the universe is about right for Billy Bob Thornton

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer]

[23.Feb.07] :. PHILADELPHIA—Two things about Billy Bob Thornton that aren’t true: He’s a trick-shot artist with a pool cue. And his cousins are famous pro wrestlers. “It’s the...

The Astronaut Farmer (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Feb.07] :. Audie has always believed Charlie will launch his rocket. And with one neat, maybe comical metaphor, it's very clear what's at stake.

School for Scoundrels (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.06] :. Amanda is demoted from object of desire to prop, so wan and undirected that she'll fall for whoever happens to be winning the boys' contest at any given moment.

Bad News Bears (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Dec.05] :. The DVD extras are mostly valuable for the access they grant to Richard Linklater, who is a terrific storyteller and articulate filmmaker.

The Ice Harvest (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Nov.05] :. If Charlie appears seem energetic, if not exactly inspired, it's only because he's in constant, circular motion.

Bad News Bears (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.05] :. Morris Buttermaker's (Billy Bob Thornton) efforts to 'get down' with his token black player lead to slogany appreciation for the struggle ('Don't trust whitey') and the requisite 'the shizzle'.

Sling Blade - Director’s Cut (Miramax Collector’s Series) (1996)

by John G. Nettles

[6.Jul.05] :. Sling Blade is a piece of true Southern Gothic in the vein of Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews, and (yes, I'll say it) William Faulkner.

Friday Night Lights (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Oct.04] :. It's mostly about how football -- in this place, at this time -- overwhelms its adherents, apparently giving them something to live for but also sucking their lives from them.

The Alamo (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.04] :. 'A lot of people who have seen this movie are surprised that we have depicted these people warts and all,' says historian Stephen L. Hardin.

The Alamo (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.04] :. Standing on a rooftop at the Alamo, the apparently valiant and suddenly insightful Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) pulls out his fiddle.

Bad Santa (2003)

by Matthew Callan

[4.Dec.03] :. In its best moments, Bad Santa taps into a very real sadness that most people try to gift-wrap away.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Oct.03] :. The Coen brothers' latest venture is a rat-a-tat romantic comedy of the Preston Sturges persuasion, at least for its first hour or so.

Billy Bob Thornton: The Edge of the World

by tt clinkscales

[15.Sep.03] :. What began for Billy Bob Thornton as a loving exercise in alternative country has descended into twangy rock and roll gestures mixed with the occasional display of horny affection from a suitor who...

Levity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Aug.03] :. 'Levity' is by no means a standard Hollywood movie.'"

Levity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.03] :. Memory is a tricky business. So are movies that mess with it.

    Billy Bob Thornton: Private Radio

by Krista L. May

[24.Sep.01] :. The Starlight Lounge is a familiar archetype in the American imagination—a poorly lit bar with red velvet-textured wallpaper, where the stale air is thick with cigarette smoke and spilled beer....

Monster’s Ball (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'Monster's Ball' leans heavily on Southern Gothic torment and metaphor, as well as bizarre, if historically framed, circumstances.

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

While Ed confides his dissatisfaction, you also get a glimpse of how he sees the world, the camera peering down at scalps or neck napes, apparently always in need of trimming or cutting or buzzing.

Bandits (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Though it looks like it might have been fun to make, 'Bandits' never becomes subversive or screwball.

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'All the Pretty Horses'... offers Penelope Cruz as the repeatedly slow-motioned, flowing-haired object of desire for would-be riders. As Alejandra, Cruz is less a character than an irresistible image, the Marlboro Man's wet dream -- she rides horses, swims naked, and pouts adorably when she's mad at her daddy.