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Articles tagged "emily mortimer" Film ReviewTranssiberianby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.08] :. Transsiberian makes provocative connections between external and internal states, the ways that composition can reveal character.  NewsIn ‘Lars,’ Emily Mortimer preaches, and practices, acceptanceby Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][1.Nov.07] :. In “Lars and the Real Girl,” English actress Emily Mortimer ("Match Point,” “The Pink Panther") plays the title character’s pregnant sister-in-law. When he introduces...  Film ReviewLars and the Real Girlby Cynthia Fuchs[16.Oct.07] :. This is the reductive conceit of Lars and the Real Girl, Lars' representative incongruity: he's so unlike everyone else that he becomes their cause and sign of sanity.  Film ReviewMatch Point (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Jan.06] :. Chris is fond of Enrico Caruso, whose voice 'expresses everything that's tragic about life,' one of these Allenish aphorisms that's probably true but just sounds trite.  Film ReviewDear Frankie (2005)by Lesley Smith[4.Mar.05] :. Dear Frankie uses humor to acknowledge and, temporarily, transcend the fragility of human survival.  Film ReviewBright Young Things (2004)by Dan Devine[15.Oct.04] :. Stephen Fry can't throw us any curveballs because he's got to stick close to Waugh, so he subjects us to formulaic depravity for three-quarters of the film, with minor variations. Young Adam (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Sep.04] :. 'Joe's abandonment is like a political act and a political philosophy, he's a libertine and a libertarian,' says Tilda Swinton. Young Adam (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Apr.04] :. Joe's trajectory through post-war Glasgow and Edinburgh takes on a sort of dread inevitability. Formula 51 (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Oct.02] :. In Ronny Yu's mostly formulaic Formula 51, Samuel L. Jackson plays Elmo McElroy, a chemical whiz busted for smoking reefer. Lovely & Amazing (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.02] :. Even as the girls in Holofcener's world have their own problems, they provide acutely recognizable reflections. Disney’s The Kid (2000)by Cynthia FuchsBruce Willis has a good eye for little boy screen partners. Where last year’s The Sixth Sense granted the erstwhile action star precious quality screentime with the eerily talented Haley... |
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