Articles tagged "lily tomlin"

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Lily Tomlin has had an extraordinary career being ordinary

by Dana Oland [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.Nov.09] :. The most surprising thing about Lily Tomlin is that she’s really not that funny. At least, that’s what she says. “I’m quite in earnest as a person. I could imitate funny...

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Oct.08] :. Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

 

Film DVD Review

The Steve Martin Triple Feature Collection

by Dan MacIntosh

[16.Jan.08] :. Steve Martin: From wild and crazy guy, to merely a mild mannered man.

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The Walker

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Dec.07] :. Like the heroes of several of Paul Schrader's other films -- American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and, to an extent, Auto Focus -- Carter moves among women as if visiting an alien planet.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 3: The Stellar ‘70s

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Jun.07] :. When it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 

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Lily Tomlin: out, and ‘very open’ about it

by Steve Rothaus [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Apr.07] :. MIAMI—Lily Tomlin is equally at home performing on film as she is on television. She prefers the stage, where “it’s more personal. It’s in the moment. There’s a real...

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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.

 

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.

 

9 to 5: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition (1980)

by Leigh H. Edwards (Rating: 8; Extras: 8)

[3.Apr.06] :. Producer and star Jane Fonda nails it: 9 to 5 endures because of its 'historical synchronicity.'"

 

Short Cuts (1993)

by Daniel Mudie Cunningham

[14.Apr.05] :. Death, or that state 'beyond natural color', is Short Cuts' common denominator.

 

I Heart Huckabees: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)

by Bill Gibron

[23.Mar.05] :. The Special Edition is loaded with so much self-referential material and 'oh so clever' concepts that they threaten to make the movie into its own cult object.

 

I Heart Huckabees: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Feb.05] :. As hard as he tries, Albert can't quite keep up with the Jaffes' questions, let alone their answers.

 

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Oct.04] :. Albert is again faced with basic questions: Are we really 'all connected'? How can 'everything be the same even if it's different'?"

 

Orange County (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jan.02] :. More than anything else, 'Orange County' is mundane.

 

Disney’s The Kid (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Bruce Willis has a good eye for little boy screen partners. Where last year’s The Sixth Sense granted the erstwhile action star precious quality screentime with the eerily talented Haley...