Articles tagged "reese witherspoon"

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‘Monsters’ voice role a first for Reese Witherspoon

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. Animation offers a world of different challenges for actors. Tools like body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures are no longer available to sell a scene. At the same time, animation...

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‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ tops weekend box office

by MarketWatch [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[30.Mar.09] :. The 3-D animated film “Monsters vs. Aliens” was easily the top draw at U.S. movie theaters this weekend, bringing in some $58.2 million through Sunday morning, according to studio...

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Film Review

Monsters vs. Aliens

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[27.Mar.09] :. Monsters vs. Aliens is both a spoof and celebration of mid-century creature features, offering positive, if well-worn, "messages for the kids."

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

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Film Review

Four Christmases

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Nov.08] :. Motherhood, Four Christmases submits, is all Kate needs to be happy. The husband, he's incidental.

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Short Ends and Leader

Four Christmases

by Bill Gibron

[26.Nov.08] :. So this is what five Oscar winners gets you? This is the result of the combined Academy caliber efforts of Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter),...

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Penelope

by B.J. Carter

[19.Sep.08] :. Penelope’s Otherness marginalizes her at the same time that it makes her a more exotic possession.

 

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

 

Walk the Line

by Mike Schiller

[12.May.08] :. There are so many positive aspects to this film that the empty feeling left when the it ends is utterly shocking.

 

Penelope

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Mar.08] :. Lemon's disillusionment and efforts to reclaim his reporter's cred grant Penelope something like a topical theme.

 

Today’s foreign wars are Hollywood hell

by Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)]

[9.Nov.07] :. This is not your grandfather’s war. This war is unpopular and controversial, seemingly endless. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from releasing a series of films about Iraq and its evil...

 

Hollywood becomes an unlikely - but effective - teacher

by John Crewdson [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[25.Oct.07] :. A young woman goes to see “Blood Diamond” because she admires Leonardo DiCaprio. Later, she and her fiance stop by a jewelry store to pick out their engagement rings. “No blood...

 

Rendition

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Oct.07] :. Rendition is worried about torture. Specifically, it's worried about Americans torturing other people while saying they're not.

 

Walk the Line (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Nov.05] :. John R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) is a hard-drinking, drug-abusing, soul-searching, all-black-wearing, June-Carter-loving man.

 

Just Like Heaven (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Sep.05] :. Because Elizabeth inhabits a romantic comedy, her frantic pace and lonely life cannot continue.

 

Legally Blonde: Platinum Collection (2001/2003)

by Brian James

[15.Nov.04] :. The audio commentary featuring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Luketic demonstrates the leading lady to be much more thoughtful and subdued than her typical roles might suggest.

 

Vanity Fair (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Sep.04] :. Ah, to be young, bright, and scheming in 19th-century Britain!"

 

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jul.03] :. The first time around, Elle's chirpy charm seemed fresh and campy; now it's formula.

 

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

by Renée Scolaro Mora

[26.Sep.02] :. I won't tell you how it ends, but note the film's title is 'not' 'New York State of Mind.'"

 

Legally Blonde (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

If you pay money to see it, 'Legally Blonde' presumes, you get the joke: all this foofiness is really just a way to sugar-coat Elle's steely resolve, admirable ingenuity, and fabulous moral fiber, and -- more importantly -- to indict the entrenched gender/class/race systems that put her in her place (on top, sort of).

 

Election (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

High school sucks. While this is currently a headlines-worthy observation, movies about high school have been underscoring it for years. From Blackboard Jungle, Carrie, Jawbreaker, and Heathers, to Cooley High, Scream, The Ice Storm, and Never Been Kissed, the point is the same: in high school, you spend way too much time worrying about cliques, grades, popularity, and sex.

 

American Psycho (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

WARNING: The following review contains spoilers. Confessions of a Serial Killer Much like Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel of the same name, writer-director Mary Harron’s...