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Articles tagged "jeffrey jones" Books ReviewSatire TV by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey Jones, Ethan Thompsonby Patrick W. Gallagher[14.May.09] :. More than just a category of TV comedy, satire is now “its own genre, and a thriving one at that.”  Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)by PopMatters Staff[26.Mar.09] :. Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Books ReviewThe Unaffordable Nation by Jeffrey Jonesby George Hild[11.Dec.07] :. Prada or Peanut Butter: The Sandwich Generation’s Decision in the Land of Silk or Honey.  Film DVD ReviewKenny Rogers: Legend of the Gambler (1980, 1983, 1987)by Bryan Byun[1.May.06] :. The movies echo the original tune, an odd combination of existential weariness and jaunty bravado, via buddy-movie heroics and a surprisingly hard-edged family melodrama.  Film DVD ReviewFerris Bueller’s Day Off: Bueller Bueller Edition (1986)by John G. Nettles[16.Feb.06] :. Call us the Breakfast Club Generation. We are all Molly Ringwald.  Film ReviewSleepy Hollow (1999)by P. Nelson ReinschWhen the Burgomaster (played by still great Horror film legend Christopher Lee) sends Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) to Sleepy Hollow, you may suspect that Ichabod is being sent to the land of Hammer Horror, or perhaps the woods of Horror Movies Past. Heartbreakers (2001)by Cynthia FuchsLongtime 'Simpsons' writer and executive producer David Mirkin's predilection for wickedly witty cartoonishness is only slightly tempered in his live-action movies. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)by Cynthia FuchsEarly in Dr. Dolittle 2, the good doctor (Eddie Murphy) appears on TV. Apparently, after the first movie, where he was outed as a freak who can talk to animals, he’s now capitalizing on... Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)by Ben VarkentineThe last 'Dolittle' film was a successful commercial film. The trouble is, the sequel is a far less noble beast. Many of the beats (and beasts) from the first film are here too, but despite being written by Larry Levinson, one of the co-authors of the first script, it just doesn't work as well. |
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