Articles tagged "denis leary"

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

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Fast chat with ‘Rescue Me’ star Denis Leary

by Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)]

[6.Apr.09] :. NEW YORK - OK, so some things about producer-comedian-actor Denis Leary are controversial - his misguided crack about autism in his 2008 book, “Why We Suck”; the byline “Dr. Denis...

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Film DVD Review

The Best Of Dr. Katz

by Marc Calderaro

[15.Jan.09] :. There aren’t many DVDs that can offer such a variety of established comics doing what they do best.

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TV Review

Recount

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.May.08] :. Recount doesn't quite argue that the system remains infinitely gameable for those who know it, those in power who wish to remain in power.

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Film DVD Review

Ice Age: Super Cool Edition (2002)

by Bill Gibron

[13.Mar.06] :. While studios have often been accused of meddling in the creative end of moviemaking, the new DVD presentation of this 2002 blockbuster, illustrates how readily Fox pandered to the movie-going public -- and how eager the filmmakers were to follow the audience's test scoring lead.

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TV DVD Review

The Job: The Complete Series

by Erik Leijon

[29.Jul.05] :. Denis Leary and Peter Tolan's desire to rehabilitate the sitcom not only meant changing the way characters interact with each other, but also the show's structure.

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Rescue Me

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jun.05] :. Rescue Me's rhythms are uneven, its tone sometimes spastic, its humor bleak, and its insights into masculine melodramatic pain as acute as any show on TV.

 

The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)

by Elbert Ventura

[14.Aug.03] :. Eschewing the loopy romanticism of his past efforts, Alan Rudolph displays admirable restraint in representing domestic drudgery.

 

The Job

by Dan French

PULL.

 

True Crime (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Steve Everett is an old-school newspaper reporter, the kind who has improbable hunches that turn out to be right, who gives investigative reporters a good name, who's relegated to fiction these days. He's also more complicated than that, a self-styled macho boozer and womanizer, but recently slipped into another state, feeling confused and a little pathetic.

 

Jesus’ Son (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The elegance of Maclean's film, however, lies i

 

Company Man (2001)

by Tobias Peterson

Coming on the heels of Thirteen Days, Company Man is the latest look at the troubled relationship between the United States and Cuba. Whereas trailers for Thirteen Days showcase...