Articles tagged "matt damon"

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FBI agent’s story comes to the big screen in ‘The Informant!’

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Sep.09] :. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There’s reality. And then there’s Hollywood reality. The difference was only too clear to FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon as he settled into his seat at an Olathe,...

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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 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

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 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

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Matt Damon likes to mix his art with politics

by Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Jan.09] :. Matt Damon enters the Coconut Grove recording studio with a smile of obvious relief, notwithstanding the fact that in moments he will have to pronounce words like Kangerdlugssuaq. (You know, the...

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Youth Without Youth

by Matt Mazur

[5.Jun.08] :. "You learn more quickly, more profoundly in dreams" -- the audience becomes a part of the hallucinations.

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Still larger than life, Francis Ford Coppola now thinks smaller

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[25.Jan.08] :. It’s been 10 years since the great Francis Ford Coppola made a movie, 10 years since we’ve read stories about him battling the elements, the studios, the banks, his actors and himself as...

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A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by 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.

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Boyd Williamson

[7.Jan.08] :. The Bourne Ultimatum is one of the most enjoyable documents of cultural paranoia and political alienation you’ll see this year.

Lightning strikes Francis Ford Coppola again

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[20.Dec.07] :. Francis Ford Coppola, director of classics, blockbusters, oddities and misfires, has returned to the screen with a metaphysical mystery. Weary of the cumbersome machinery of American feature films,...

Youth Without Youth

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.07] :. Based on the writings of Mircea Eliade, Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years is goofy, contrived, and self-absorbed.

Lights, camera, ACTION: Matt Damon’s back as Bourne

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[5.Aug.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lunch at the legendary Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills has to end precisely at 1 p.m. because Matt Damon has a date. His 13-month-old daughter Isabella is asleep in an upstairs...

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Bill Gibron

[4.Aug.07] :. The Bourne Ultimatum lives and dies by its car chases and fisticuffs, and it has to be said that some of the best examples in the genre exist in this electrifying film.

A People’s Historian

by Chris Robé

[9.Jul.07] :. Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train serves as an important reminder to anyone academia-minded that professional advancement and the goals of education do not always converge.

Jerry Weintraub is the ‘heart and soul’ of the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[8.Jun.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Frank Sinatra lived two doors down. Cary Grant dropped by regularly. Tom Cruise just bought the house next door. George Clooney sits by the pool. Brad and Angelina have...

Oceans Thirteen (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jun.07] :. Every time George Clooney or Bernie Mac admits to the lameness of Number Two, the third film in the franchise can't help but promise improvement.

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

The Good Shepherd (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.06] :. For Edward, the CIA forms a circular logic: members define the mission and vice versa.

The Departed (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Oct.06] :. The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

Syriana (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Jun.06] :. If you come away with nothing else from Syriana, it's that this concept -- winning -- is an illusion, at least in any sort of long run.

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.'"

Syriana (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Nov.05] :. This Middle Eastern spy thriller is complex and earnest, a film that repays close attention.

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.'"

Project Greenlight 3

by Michael Buening

[28.Mar.05] :. The drama that erupts when these high-profile overachievers are put in the same room is far more entertaining than the movies they produce.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.04] :. Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.

Stuck on You (2003)

by Bill Gibron

[7.Jun.04] :. While the initial twins material is weak, the Hollywood lampoon barely gets off the ground, and the love story is so lightweight, it practically floats.

Stuck on You (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[18.Dec.03] :. Draggy as its comedy can be, Stuck on You's humanity is always sprightly and engaging.

Project Greenlight

by Frances Katz

[14.Jul.03] :. The new directors press on and are, by turns, stupid, silly, arrogant, conciliatory, and astonishingly clever.

Gerry (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. By turns daunting and absorbing, the film is about movement that seems hopeless, that takes you nowhere, that's increasingly slowed but also increasingly urgent.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jun.02] :. The CIA here is an intensely low-down, sinister, and duplicitous organization.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

by Tracy McLoone

[23.May.02] :. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is about preserving rugged individualism and protecting the homeland.

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Dec.01] :. The background surf, unbuttoned shirt, and look away from the camera -- all this demonstrates just how movie-starness is done. The plot, like I say, is beside the point.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

by jserpico

midst all the hoopla shouting of the probable Oscar proliferation showering upon The Talented Mr. Ripley; the ongoing comparisons (of the original series of novels by Patricia, the French film Purple Noon, and Anthony Minghella's creation); and glowing appreciation for Minghella's assembly of the most fashionable young and beautiful, there lie hidden a few very nasty notions regarding homosexuality.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On first hearing this voice-over at the beginning of Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley, you might think you're going to see a film about regret or guilt, or perhaps a refined kind of melancholy. But it's not long before you realize that for the speaker, Tom Ripley, such emotion - any emotion - is a performance.

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The image of lanky, boyishly handsome Will Smith sauntering through the misty dark toward the camera is no doubt a lovely one, but it bodes all kinds of ill for director Robert Redford’s new...

Dogma (1999)

by Todd R. Ramlow

Kevin Smith's recent offering, Dogma, is truly the cinematic equivalent of Michael Stipe's over-burdened generational angst and swollen lyrics.

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'All the Pretty Horses'... offers Penelope Cruz as the repeatedly slow-motioned, flowing-haired object of desire for would-be riders. As Alejandra, Cruz is less a character than an irresistible image, the Marlboro Man's wet dream -- she rides horses, swims naked, and pouts adorably when she's mad at her daddy.