Articles tagged "billy bob thornton"

Music Review

The Boxmasters: The Boxmasters

by Charles A. Hohman

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

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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.

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DVD Film Review

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.

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Film Review

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.

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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'.

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DVD Film Review

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Bandits (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

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

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.

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.