Articles tagged "eric idle"

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[24.Mar.09] :. In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD Feature

Part 2 - Outsider Influences

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Oct.07] :. TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD

News

Acting legend Julie Andrews returns in Shrek the Third

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[18.May.07] :. LOS ANGELES—PUBLICIST: “You’re not going to write that you watched the Kentucky Derby in Julie Andrews’ bedroom, are you?” JOURNALIST: “I wouldn’t do...

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Film Review

Shrek the Third (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.May.07] :. Nothing looks to be ongoing so much as Shrek, except maybe the other sequel machines huffing and puffing this summer.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview

The Personal Best of Monty Pythons Flying Circus

by Sean O’Neal

[26.Sep.06] :. A nostalgia-tinged scrapbook satisfying to only the most ardent of collectors.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus: 16 Ton Megaset Collection

by Bill Gibron

[3.Nov.05] :. In the heavenly hierarchy of humor, Monty Python's Flying Circus is God. Its four-year run on the BBC resulted in 45 stellar examples of superior sketch comedy.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus - Eric Idle’s Personal Best

by Scott Carlson

[20.Sep.05] :. Monty Python pioneered the stream-of-consciousness comedy style, which meant every show was like a conversation that flowed from a start to an end.

Do Not Adjust Your Set

by Scott Carlson

[16.Sep.05] :. Do Not Adjust Your Set was part of a trio of prehistoric Python shows.

The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America by Eric Idle

by Daulton Dickey

[12.Apr.05] :. Idle's humanity, ultimately, saves this book from becoming a run-of-the-mill title that usually clogs the humor section at your local bookstore.

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.04] :. This time around, Life of Brian might be seen for what it is: an icon of irreverent comic brilliance.

Ella Enchanted (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.04] :. It is an updated fairy tale that, for all its charms, can't quite break out of its old-time constraints.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

by Jesse Hassenger

[21.Oct.03] :. The extras in this two-disc set are ample and appropriately Python-y.

Eric Idle: Eric Idle Presents The Rutland Isles

by Brian James

[27.Mar.03] :. Monty Python is like a legendary rock band whose individual members have embarrassed themselves with a series of vain attempts to regain and/or cash in on past glories. Every once in a while, John...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975/2001)

by Susan Glen

The social/political commentaries . . . are still relevant and imaginative, and the inventive physical and verbal humor is still the stuff that bladder accidents are made of.