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Articles tagged "jim broadbent" The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: July 2009by Bill Gibron[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)by PopMatters Staff[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Film ReviewInkheartby Lesley Smith[26.Jan.09] :. The screenplay follows a listless episodic structure, in which one barely connected segment follows another without cumulatively charging the overarching story.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20! PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureCelulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008by PopMatters Staff[13.Jan.09] :. Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs FeatureCinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3by PopMatters Staff[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of. Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actressby Matt Mazur[29.Aug.08] :. Whether it was through silence, grotesquerie, fury or intelligence (or, at times, lack of intelligence), Cartlidge was not afraid to upturn the dark corners of the women she portrayed. When Did You Last See Your Father?by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jun.08] :. Even as it explores familiar deceits and self-delusions, When Did You Last See Your Father? feels, in the end, as if it's entangled in them. ‘Indiana Jones’ will open strong, but will it stay hot?by Russ Britt [MarketWatch (MCT)][23.May.08] :. LOS ANGELES - It’s been nearly two decades since Indiana Jones graced the silver screen and while times have changed, the initial box-office draw of the aging adventurer is expected to be as... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullby Cynthia Fuchs[21.May.08] :. It is a little surprising to see the silliness that leads to Crystal Skull's gargantuan climax, a series of antics simultaneously hyper and enervated. Indiana Jones paved the road for dumb box-office thrill ridesby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][20.May.08] :. Largely by cracking jokes and his bullwhip, Indiana Jones snared American hearts in the 1980s. Ever since, the indefatigable finder of incomparable objects in improbable places has continued to... Harrison Ford returns to the real ‘let’s-pretend’ job that propelled his careerby Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][19.May.08] :. When Harrison Ford attended Wisconsin’s Ripon College, he drifted over to the theater department from the philosophy department and stuffed a pillow under his shirt to play Mr. Antrobus in... Karen Allen is back where she belongs: in an Indiana Jones movieby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][19.May.08] :. The eyes still have that twinkle, though they twinkle behind wrinkles these days. The freckled girl-next-door grin is still infectious, the voice and laugh as plucky as we remember them. Karen Allen... After 20 years, Harrison Ford returns to his signature role: Indiana Jonesby Gene Seymour [Newsday (MCT)][19.May.08] :. With most of our action movie icons, there are easily identifiable trademarks: John Wayne’s pigeon-toed swagger and slow-rolling drawl; Humphrey Bogart’s facial twitches and muted... The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008by Bill Gibron[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season. Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007by PopMatters Staff[25.Jan.08] :. It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year. A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Maleby PopMatters Staff[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007. Longford: Next to Godlinessby Boyd Williamson[31.Jul.07] :. If Longford were just the story of a flawless saint, it wouldn’t be very interesting. Instead, we see a nuanced portrait of a complicated and imperfect man. ‘Bad Boys’ influenced the British makers of ‘Hot Fuzz’by Joshua Klein [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][28.Jul.07] :. The British comedy “Hot Fuzz,” out this week on DVD, plays like a compendium of every action movie and cop thriller cliche ever made. The brilliance of creators Simon Pegg and Edgar... Hot Fuzz (2007)by Daynah Burnett[24.Apr.07] :. Hot Fuzz is all about the guys. And who needs girls when you have guns? ‘Hot Fuzz’: Filmakers approve the use of deadly farceby Phoebe Flowers [South Florida Sun-Sentinel][20.Apr.07] :. "The one word that we bristle at is 'spoof.'" ‘Hot Fuzz’: An Over-the-top Brit-riffby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][20.Apr.07] :. Simon Pegg is the silliest David Caruso since the real one in Hot Fuzz, an over-the-top Brit-riff on cop movies, cop shows and the CSI age we live in. All that’s missing are the... Taking aim at cop movies with ‘Hot Fuzz’by Jeff Strickler [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][19.Apr.07] :. Most filmmakers hate the city-a-day promotion tours that inevitably end up producing a lot more sitting around—in airports, airplanes, taxis, hotel rooms and restaurants—than promoting.... The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Previewby Bill Gibron[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring. The Street - The Complete First Seasonby Kate Williams[24.Jan.07] :. What distinguishes The Street from the vast majority of shows on television today is its quiet attention to naturalistic, fully textured, and thoroughly complicated characters. Art School Confidential (2006)by Matt Mazur[10.Oct.06] :. While director Terry Zwigoff seemed to have held the patent on this sort of offbeat tone in his past work, his kooky rudeness is his undoing, here Art School Confidential (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.May.06] :. As much as Jerome's harsh appraisals of his peers and teachers appear to be warranted, Art School Confidential doesn't exactly endorse his aspirations. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Dec.05] :. The scariest scene in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes at the start. The Good Father (1985)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jul.05] :. Within minutes of its start, Mike Newell's The Good Father has thus established Bill's rage. Robots (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Mar.05] :. Valiant and righteous, the old-fashioned robots fight back against the slick, wealthy, huge machine. Bridget Jones’s Diary: Collector’s Edition (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Nov.04] :. Speaking of her star, Renée Zellweger, Maguire is appropriately besotted: 'You can see what she brought to Bridget. She's got this fantastic warmth and this permanent confusion on her face.'" Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Nov.04] :. This time the bloom is quite off. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Nov.04] :. 'Actually,' Frank Coraci begins his commentary for Around the World in 80 Days, 'I never wanted to do a director's commentary.'" Bright 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. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jun.04] :. The absolutely scariest scene in Around the World in 80 Days features Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gangs of New York (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Dec.02] :. Daniel Day-Lewis wears a tall stovepipe hat in Martin Scorsese's long-awaited Gangs of New York. The Gathering Stormby Tracy McLoone[7.May.02] :. The point in 'The Gathering Storm' is that Churchill is 'human', that he has faults. Topsy Turvy (1999)by Josh JonesBritish director Mike Leigh has turned out a string of critically lauded short and feature length films, as well as a number of television films for the BBC. He is perhaps best known on this side of... Moulin Rouge (2001)by Todd R. RamlowI imagine that at the 'real' Moulin Rouge, the thrill wasn't just a bit of nipple and a flash of panties, but the whole entertainment package, which no doubt included exuberant 'daring' new music intended to shock and titillate the sensitivity of the bourgeoisie -- kind of like rock-and-roll or punk in our times. Moulin Rouge (2001)by Cynthia FuchsShe's the perfect drag queen, embodying the ruthless paradox of entertainment. She is the show that must go on and cannot. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)by Renee Scolaro RathkeWe stop short of congratulating Bridget Jones with a hearty 'you've come a long way, baby.' After all, 'Bridget Jones's Diary', like 'Pride and Prejudice', is preoccupied with marriage. |
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