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Articles tagged "pierce brosnan" 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 DVD ReviewMamma Mia!by Barbara Herman[12.Jan.09] :. The kind of movie whose campiness you just have to give into if you want to enjoy it -- and then you'll have a blast.  Short Ends and LeaderMamma Mia!: 2-Disc Special Editionby Bill Gibron[14.Dec.08] :. Sometimes, the cinema can be a lot like oil and water. Certain facets of a film can struggle to stay together, eventually separating like the fabled proverbial liquids. While it’s possible to...  Film DVD ReviewMarried Lifeby Jesse Hassenger[24.Sep.08] :. Moving slowly and accompanied by a hushed Pierce Brosnan narration, the movie is buttoned-up to a fault, never closer than tongue-near-cheek.  Film ReviewMamma Mia!by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.08] :. Meryl Streep scampers and writhes with something like abandon in her tomboyish overalls, her glowing tan and perfectly arranged "wild" blond hair indicating Donna's stanch independence.  News‘Mamma Mia!‘s’ Amanda Seyfried talks about the price of fameby Howard Gensler [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][17.Jul.08] :. Amanda Seyfried (pronounced SIGH-frid) says that her big eyes make her look a bit like a frog. But the Amanda sitting across a small table last month in a suite at New York’s Ritz-Carlton... ‘Mamma’ Mangledby Bill Gibron[17.Jul.08] :. When it arrives in theaters tomorrow (18 July), Mamma Mia! will probably go down as one of the biggest hits of Summer 2008. It has all the elements that make for a bold box office champion -... The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008by Bill Gibron[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming. Mrs. Doubtfireby Lana Cooper[16.Apr.08] :. This film about a charmingly warped, desperate, and divorced dad in drag has held up well 15 years after its original release. Dark comic turn in ‘Married Life’ marks a departure for Chris Cooperby Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][21.Mar.08] :. The strong cheekbones, the deliberative, world-weary line delivery: Almost everything about Chris Cooper suggests a damaged sense of decency. Which makes him the perfect actor to get away with... Fast chat with ‘Married Life’ star Patricia Clarksonby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][13.Mar.08] :. The next time anyone mentions the alleged lack of roles for actresses of a certain age, say this name like a mantra: Patricia Clarkson. The 48-year-old New Orleans native has been working steadily... Married Lifeby Cynthia Fuchs[6.Mar.08] :. Richard's narration is exceptionally insidious, which makes Married Life at once fascinating and routine. Shatteredby Jake Meaney[28.Feb.08] :. Come for the Brash Young Ad Exec getting his come-uppance from Mysterious Sinister Stranger, but stay for the extras. You Know His Name: A History of James Bondby Jack Patrick Rodgers[27.Apr.07] :. James Bond was the perfect hero for Great Britain of the 1950s, still licking its post-war wounds and eager for a champion who defended old-fashioned values like upper-class snobbery. The Matador (2006)by Kevin Wong[20.Jan.06] :. While the next Bond film is stuck in pre-production as producers search for an A-List Bond girl, Pierce Brosnan is having the last laugh with his new film. The Laws of Attraction (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Aug.04] :. All this back-and-forth is tedious, in part because it means that Audrey and Daniel spend a lot of time together. The Laws of Attraction (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Apr.04] :. Daniel inhabits a universe where his judgments, his desires, and his insights (no matter how obnoxious, self-serving, or willfully blind) are always right. The World Is Not Enough (1999)by Beth ArmitageI can't help it; whenever I hear that opening theme music to a James Bond film, I get a tingle. I can't help but to hope for the best. This time out, my hopes were raised by a great opening sequence to The World Is Not Enough, which involves a thrilling highspeed boat chase. What's more, TWINE gives us the premise for a most excellent villain. The Tailor of Panama (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs'The Tailor of Panama' [is] an international spy movie with a little more on its mind than the usual Bondian gizmos and girls -- yes, please note the cute nod, in Brosnan's casting as a chic and arrogant operative, to his most famous role, and it's not Remington Steele. |
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