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Articles tagged "jonathan pryce" 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  Film ReviewBedtime Storiesby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Dec.08] :. Bedtime Stories lumbers, repeating plot points and jokes, meandering from scene to scene and seeming to forget where it was headed.  Short Ends and LeaderLeatherheads (2008)by Bill Gibron[20.Sep.08] :. The media just loves to fawn over George Clooney. With his combination of classic Hollywood charisma and contemporary self-effacing nerve, he tends to enhance, and sometimes overwhelm, the projects...  The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: December 2008by Bill Gibron[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview  NewsGeorge Clooney picked ‘Leatherheads’ for the fun factorby Rich Copley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Apr.08] :. In 2005, between his Oscar-nominated directing turn with “Good Night, and Good Luck” and his Oscar-winning performance in “Syriana,” George Clooney became known as a...  Film ReviewLeatherheadsby Cynthia Fuchs[4.Apr.08] :. Pleasant and clever, Leatherheads is not built for surprises. Part 4: Challenging Conventionby PopMatters Staff[21.Jun.07] :. As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork. Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fictionby Bill Gibron[29.May.07] :. The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. Renaissance (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Sep.06] :. Illusion is frequently the threat in noir (the dark alley hides a killer, the femme is fatale), but the SF angle in Renaissance tweaks the possibilities. The Brothers Grimm (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Jan.06] :. 'This is why I love DVDs,' says Terry Gilliam. 'I can completely destroy the illusion of my film.'" The Brothers Grimm (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Aug.05] :. Will worries out loud, 'Nothing makes sense here, it's like being inside Jake's head.'" De-Lovely (2004)by Jesse Hassenger[26.Jan.05] :. As legendary songwriter Porter, Kevin Kline's deft, unshowy performance contributes to the film's charm. De-Lovely (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Jul.04] :. At times, Irwin Winkler's movie achieves a strange grace, complicated and cunning as Porter's own art and experience. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Dec.03] :. Johnny Depp spent time learning to swordfight, so that Captain Jack Sparrow could be poised and everready -- in a word, the Muhammad Ali of swordfighters. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Jul.03] :. Ingenious and mesmerizing, Johnny Depp embodies the film's essential fantasy, that a pirate's life is exciting and unfettered. What a Girl Wants (2003)by Robert Rue[11.Apr.03] :. Daphne is cooler, thinner, and just plain hotter than her secretly envious rivals. Bride of the Wind (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[In 'Bride of the Wind',] Alma agrees to marry Mahler even when he demands that she give up her own piddly composing and adopt his music as 'our music.' This suggests he's a jealous, possessive, and petty fellow, but that is for us to surmise and for her to deal with in later scenes. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)by F.L. CarrIt really sucks to be poor and of no social consequence, especially once you have had a taste of nobility and luxury. |
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