Articles tagged "ellen page"![]() Music ReviewJuno (Deluxe): Music From the Motion Pictureby Chris Conaton[1.Dec.08] :. How to capitalize on one of the few successful movie soundtracks of the past decade? Re-release it a year later with some "b-sides!" ![]() The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview FeatureThe Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008by Bill Gibron[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season. The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview ![]() Film DVD ReviewJunoby Jarrett Berman[14.Apr.08] :. Teens have their precious catchphrases and secret languages, but they're nervous, fumbling creatures. They don’t come equipped with Chaucer-like witticisms, or razor-sharp retorts. ![]() Film ReviewSmart Peopleby Cynthia Fuchs[11.Apr.08] :. Smart People is determined to showcase familial quirk in multiple dimensions. NewsChatting with first-time nominees Ellen Page, Ruby Dee and Marjane Satrapiby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][21.Feb.08] :. You’ve seen that look before, the one “Juno” star Ellen Page and other first-time Oscar nominees sport when on TV or gracing magazine covers, chatting about “the... ![]() News‘Juno’ grows and growsby Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Jan.08] :. For a low-budget movie with no major names in its cast, “Juno” has become a force to be reckoned with. Last weekend the indie comedy about a pregnant teen took third place at the box... A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Femaleby PopMatters Staff[9.Jan.08] :. From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar. Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comediesby Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][20.Dec.07] :. In “Juno,” the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she’s been knocked up. “I was thinking I’d just nip it in the... Diablo Cody, from stripper to The Screenwriterby Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][10.Dec.07] :. Diablo Cody’s Cinderella moment had arrived. Her film “Juno” was less than four hours from its Hollywood premiere. As the Centerpiece Gala presentation of the annual American Film... Junoby Daynah Burnett[5.Dec.07] :. A movie about a 16-year-old girl's unplanned pregnancy, Juno manages to avoid any significant emotional depths, despite its plainly complex subject. It Felt Fluid and Rhythmic: An Interview with Diablo Cody and Ellen Pageby Tricia Olszewski[5.Dec.07] :. The story in Juno is unpredictable and touching. But Cody's dialogue is exceptional, a flurry of hip, witty words that snap and dissipate before you can accuse them of being too stylized. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.May.06] :. It's a superhero movie, so all these choices involve massive destruction -- buildings disintegrating, fireballs flying, bodies detonating. Hard Candy (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Apr.06] :. David Slade's film is discomforting, pressing at collective nerves exposed by any number of recent 'investigative reports' on child predators. |
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