Articles tagged "molly shannon"

TV Review

Kath and Kim

by Kirsten Markson

[9.Oct.08] :. Kath and Kim revolves around the banal suburban lives of the title characters, a clueless mother and daughter possessed of prodigious vanity and stupidity.

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Molly Shannon and Selma Blair talk about ‘Kath & Kim’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.Oct.08] :. LOS ANGELES—Add “Kath & Kim” to the list of American network television shows based on programs created abroad. It follows the likes of “The Office,”...

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Film Review

Igor

by Lesley Smith

[19.Sep.08] :. Igor fences Eva into a very old-fashioned position: literally a man’s creation, she helps to "civilize" the all-male society.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

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Film DVD Review

Gray Matters (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[16.Jul.07] :. Gray Matters is a fantasy in search of a fantasizer.

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Film Review

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.

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

by Jake Meaney

[19.Apr.07] :. Marie Antoinette's veneer is so impregnably varnished, so buffed to such an imposing sheen, that any attempt at critical ingress either bounces off of or slides down its glossy façade.

 

Gray Matters (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Mar.07] :. The doctor says, "I think you need to let the idea of sharing your life with someone other than your brother enter your consciousness." No kidding.

 
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Marie Antoinette (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Oct.06] :. A girl made queen by the peculiar forces of 18th-century statecraft, Marie is by turns amused, alarmed, and pissed off, mercurial and imperious as only a teenager can be.

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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.

 

My Boss’s Daughter (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Aug.03] :. Bring on the vile humor and mindless embarrassment.

 

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

by Stephen Tropiano

As both a parody and a 'straight' summer camp comedy, 'Wet Hot American Summer' has little to offer even the most die-hard crude comedy fans.

 

Serendipity (2001)

by Tracy McLoone

'Serendipity' offers absolutely no surprises -- and therefore, no unpleasant ones.

 

Osmosis Jones (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Who would have guessed it? Living inside inveterate white guy Frank (Bill Murray) is a company of black folks.

 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

Early in Ron Howard’s much anticipated live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, while all of Who-ville is a-bustle with holiday shopping fever, Little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor...