Articles tagged "hugh laurie"

TV DVD Review

Jeeves and Wooster

by Christel Loar

[27.May.09] :. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are a perfect pair as the beloved and hilarious Jeeves & Wooster in this eight disc, complete series set.

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‘Monsters’ voice role a first for Reese Witherspoon

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. Animation offers a world of different challenges for actors. Tools like body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures are no longer available to sell a scene. At the same time, animation...

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‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ tops weekend box office

by MarketWatch [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. The 3-D animated film “Monsters vs. Aliens” was easily the top draw at U.S. movie theaters this weekend, bringing in some $58.2 million through Sunday morning, according to studio...

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Film Review

Monsters vs. Aliens

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[27.Mar.09] :. Monsters vs. Aliens is both a spoof and celebration of mid-century creature features, offering positive, if well-worn, "messages for the kids."

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Performing Arts Feature

The Secret Policeman’s Balls

by Emma Simmonds

[11.Mar.09] :. The seemingly smutty and initially baffling title is the collective moniker for a series of Amnesty International benefit concerts, held in London.

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Viewers tend to stick with the predictable

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[23.Feb.09] :. On the surface, Gregory House and Patrick Jane have little in common. One is a pill-popping, emotionally crippled doctor with the worst bedside manner since Typhoid Mary. The other is a sly,...

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House: 100th Episode

by Marisa LaScala

[2.Feb.09] :. Dr. Miller's decision to choose selfish fulfillment over the greater good somehow instigates small epiphanies for the rest of House's team.

Alfresco

by Emma Simmonds

[8.Oct.08] :. The inconsistent early '80s British comedy sketch show, while not quite an embarrassment to all concerned, is of interest only to fans of the actors or '80s comedy completists.

House, M.D.: Season Four

by Jesse McLean

[30.Sep.08] :. How much change is enough? Elementary, my dear Wilson.

House

by Brendon Bouzard

[16.Sep.08] :. House has proven an unusually zeitgeisty phenomenon: in an era of milky American evangelism, it is unquestioningly anti-religious.

Should Stephen Fry move his ‘Bones’ to ‘House’?

by Kate O'hare [Zap2it.com (MCT)]

[14.May.08] :. British actors, comedians and writers Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry have been friends and colleagues for many years. As the comedy team of Fry and Laurie, they appeared in the British TV shows “A...

Street Kings

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Apr.08] :. In Street Kings, Tom (Keanu Reeves) is puffy and surly, Neo if he hadn't met Trinity, Neo unsaved.

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

House

by Roger Holland

[25.Sep.07] :. Hugh Laurie's outstandingly charismatic Dr. Greg House doth bestride the increasingly narrow-minded world of network television like a contemporary Colossus.

House, M.D. - Season Three

by Kate Spatola

[24.Aug.07] :. Through clever writing, first rate acting, and an unrelenting subversive humor House, M.D. remains one of the finest hours on network television.

British actors are finding a home across the sea

by Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[22.Aug.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—This coming season on network television, the sun will never set on what remains of the British empire. While English, Irish, Scottish and Australian actors working in...

A fixer-upper for ‘House’

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[27.Jul.07] :. Changes are afoot at “House.” (Spoiler alert: Don’t read on if you don’t want a few clues about the upcoming season of “House.”) For one thing, Dr. House...

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.

House

by Roger Holland

[4.Oct.05] :. If you're not already watching Fox's House, you should be.

Valiant (2005)

by Roger Holland

[26.Aug.05] :. Though Valiant is cheerful enough, its actors, animators, and audience have all been let down by its lack of ambition.

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Feb.05] :. Much like John Moore's Behind Enemy Lines, Phoenix splices together traditional and current action movie clichés and rhythms.

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Dec.04] :. Most remarkably, after what looks like weeks in the desert sun, no one ever gets a sunburn.

House

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Nov.04] :. The invasive camera stands in, weirdly, for the doctor who's overseeing the weekly inquiries, one Dr. Gregory House.

Stuart Little 2 (2002)

by Tracy McLoone

[18.Jul.02] :. With all the incessant action, 'SL2' feels like it's trying to be bigger than it is.

Maybe Baby (2000)

by Nikki Tranter

Maybe Baby's sight gags are sometimes hilarious and the story is often engrossing. But the execution falls flat.