Articles tagged "john c. reilly"

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Woolf at the Door

by Jennifer Makowsky

[1.Mar.09] :. Both Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunningham's The Hours offer an illuminating look at the choices we make, the roles we play, and the hours that hinge our lives together.

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Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by 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.

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Step Brothers

by Jesse Hassenger

[7.Dec.08] :. They're hostile, irritable, and unemployable; it's hilarious but also unsettling.

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The Promotion (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[31.Aug.08] :. Someone once said that all men live lives of quiet desperation. For those in middle management, said anxiety can be anything but silent. It’s never the big picture issues - the purpose of their...

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Step Brothers

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Jul.08] :. In Step Brothers, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) is the ideal audience, the girl who can't fathom the anti-nuances of masculine ritual.

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These ‘Brothers’ Offer Offensive Delights

by Bill Gibron

[25.Jul.08] :. Embarrassing as it may seem, we’ve all been there - laughing when the fat man splits his pants, fighting off hysterics after an old lady farts. Even the most erudite among us can’t deny...

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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

by Evan Sawdey

[9.Apr.08] :. Whatever flaws this Apatow-produced genre parody may carry, it's all forgotten when you're presented with a DVD overstuffed with extras that are almost as funny as the movie itself.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.07] :. How hilarious, you can imagine someone pitching, the word "Cox," repeated over and over, makes for all sorts of double entendres.

John C. Reilly walks a new path as `Dewey Cox’

by Carla Meyer [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[20.Dec.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO—Dozens of films. Oscar and Tony nominations. A reputation as one of the finest supporting actors in the business. All of it led 42-year-old John C. Reilly to “Walk Hard:...

Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

by PopMatters Staff

[22.Jun.07] :. That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.

Year of the Dog (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.May.07] :. Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Michael Buening

[16.Oct.06] :. That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Aug.06] :. As much as Ricky Bobby's racing career is about going fast, it's even more cogently about products, lots of 'em.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[9.Jun.06] :. A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jun.06] :. You might call A Prairie Home Companion an unlikely Lindsay Lohan movie. You could also call it the best work she's done, the best work she's likely to do, or the best chance she's had to do good work.

Dark Water: Unrated Widescreen Edition (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Jan.06] :. 'I'm attracted by the unknown, by the unexplainable,' says director Walter Salles.

Dark Water (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jul.05] :. The more anxious Dahlia becomes, the more the dark, soppy, unruly apartment resembles her state of mind.

The Aviator (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. The Aviator portrays Hughes as a rebel and a genius, a dashing young man with ambition, hope, and nerve.

The Hours (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jul.03] :. 'What I learned seeing the movie is that yes, you do lose that ability to go into people's minds, but you gain Meryl Streep's ability to separate an egg, in a way that tells you everything you need to know about who that person is at that point.'"

Anger Management (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Apr.03] :. Dave (Adam Sandler) grumbles okay, to everything, his face reorganized into a permanent twist.

The Hours (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Jan.03] :. The women are also functions of a coherent narrative, made comprehensible as embodiments of historical patterns.

Chicago (2002)

by Lesley Smith

[26.Dec.02] :. Watching Chicago is rather like watching a shot-for-TV music video by a neophyte director projected without thought or re-cutting straight to a movie screen.

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 Good Girl (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.02] :. Into Justine's black hole of a routine walks Holden glowering, self-consciously poetic, urgent.

The Anniversary Party (2001)

by Kirsten Markson

...plays like a Hollywood version of 'The Real World', neatly edited and set in a striking but sterile home, but with few surprises.