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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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