Articles tagged "paul giamatti"

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Q&A with ‘Duplicity’ director Tony Gilroy

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[22.Mar.09] :. Tony Gilroy is lapping it up. An Oscar nominee for writing and directing “Michael Clayton,” much in demand as a screenwriter thanks to his adapting the Jason Bourne action films,...

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Duplicity

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Mar.09] :. For all its bright banter and flashbacky fanciness, Duplicity boils down to this rudimentary formula: morality and success are functions of beauty.

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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)

by Chris Barsanti

[23.Jun.08] :. Avoiding the powdered-wig iconography of the founding fathers, this film broadens the view of these revolutionary leaders and their tumultuous times.

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Paul Giamatti stars in HBO series about a misunderstood Founding Father

by Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)]

[17.Mar.08] :. They’ve lived their lives a couple of hundred years apart apart, but you could say that John Adams and Paul Giamatti became leading men at about the same time. For Adams, it was the 2001...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[17.Jan.08] :. PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.

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For rapper/actor Ludacris, giving back is a major role

by Kelley L. Carter [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[12.Nov.07] :. CHICAGO—Chris “Ludacris” Bridges can’t stop laughing. A rapper with a powerful vocal delivery, he keeps envisioning his big head on a little person’s body, going...

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Fred Claus

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Nov.07] :. What is Ludacris doing in this movie?

 

Q&A with ‘Shoot ‘Em Up’ co-star Paul Giamatti

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

[7.Sep.07] :. "I would love to not ever have to repeat myself."

 

Shoot Em Up

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Sep.07] :. By the time Shoot 'Em Up is done with all the "phallic mumbo jumbo," it doesn't seem to be saying much that's new.

 

Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in ‘The Nanny Diaries’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[24.Aug.07] :. WANTED: Movie ingenue with great sense of humor, earthy sensuality and Hollywood heat, filled with youthful vigor yet old-fashioned movie virtues, for a comedy of manners set in New York’s...

 

The Nanny Diaries

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. The Nanny Diaries' focus on beleaguered women doesn't lead to any sense of "freedom."

 

The Illusionist (2006)

by Jarrett Berman

[29.Jan.07] :. This charming film occupies a place somewhere between Merchant Ivory and M. Night Shyamalan.

 

The Illusionist (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Aug.06] :. If The Illusionist's allegory isn't subtle, it is timely: those who seem authorities are illusionists, administering by entertainments.

 

Lady in the Water (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.06] :. Story's whiter-than-white skin, bloody cuts, color-shifting hair, and need to keep wet make her a bizarre amalgamation of fantasies, alternately "male" and "childish."

 

Cinderella Man

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.05] :. Whether sad, frustrated, or even thinking about losing his temper, Jim is never less than stalwart.

 

Sideways (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Apr.05] :. Amid the road-tripping and the boy bonding, it is Maya who resonates at last.

 

Sideways (2004)

by Jesse Hassenger

[4.Apr.05] :. On the DVD, the actors gamely compete with self- mocking descriptions of themselves and each other.

 

Robots (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Mar.05] :. Valiant and righteous, the old-fashioned robots fight back against the slick, wealthy, huge machine.

 

Sideways (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Oct.04] :. Always a resourceful, thoughtful performer, Virginia Madsen almost offsets Sideways' overriding, occasionally prosaic interest in the boys' journey.

 

Paycheck (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.May.04] :. 'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'"

 

Paycheck (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jan.04] :. Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid.

 

American Splendor (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.03] :. Is there a finer actor on the planet than Hope Davis?"

 

Confidence (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.03] :. They meet at King's club, where he's auditioning strippers: Dustin Hoffman, big pimping.

 

The Pentagon Papers

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Mar.03] :. Repeatedly underlines, at times subtly and others more plainly, the responsibility of living in a democracy.

 

Storytelling (2001)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

In 'Storytelling', when Vi exclaims that her story 'really happened,' her professor observes, 'Once you start writing, it all becomes fiction.'"

 

Planet of the Apes (2001)

by Josh Jones

As Tim Burton's new version of 'Planet of the Apes' demonstrates in many ways, some subtle, some not so, the recycling of cultural milestones is not simply a marketing device, but a way to rejuvenate cultural mythology, be it science fiction or religious fable.

 

Planet of the Apes (2001)

by Ben Varkentine

Tim Burton should never have been given this assignment. There are no humans in his films, which can impress, but never move us.

 

Duets (2000)

by Amy Sidwar

Duets exposes the frustration of the 'American Dream', when working hard only makes you tired.

 

Big Momma’s House (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

But of course, all this genderfuck is just warm-up for Malcolm/Big Momma's dilemmas when it comes to sex.