Articles tagged "renée zellweger"

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New in Town

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[30.Jan.09] :. New in Town subjects Lucy (Renée Zellweger) to a series of life-changing revelations, most stemming from a reductive big city/small town dichotomy.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

by 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!

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Serious Flaw Threatens ‘Appaloosa’s’ Excellence

by Bill Gibron

[2.Oct.08] :. When the Western died, it did so because of two distinct reasons. First, the media had so saturated the audience with as many warmed over oaters as possible that even fervent devotees screamed...

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Appaloosa

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Oct.08] :. Men are weathered in Appaloosa, a one-saloon town in 1882's New Mexico Territory.

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Leatherheads (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Sep.08] :. The media just loves to fawn over George Clooney. With his combination of classic Hollywood charisma and contemporary self-effacing nerve, he tends to enhance, and sometimes overwhelm, the projects...

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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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George Clooney picked ‘Leatherheads’ for the fun factor

by Rich Copley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. In 2005, between his Oscar-nominated directing turn with “Good Night, and Good Luck” and his Oscar-winning performance in “Syriana,” George Clooney became known as a...

 

Leatherheads

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.08] :. Pleasant and clever, Leatherheads is not built for surprises.

 

Bee Movie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Nov.07] :. A possible trans-species romance turns instead into a strangely balanced relationship comprised of financial and legal accord -- with a bit of ecological crisis and subsequent alignment to boot.

 

Miss Potter (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jan.07] :. Chris Noonan's next-film-after-Babe doesn't engage this alternative realm except as whimsy. Beatrix is eccentric. Her "friends" are cute.

 

Cinderella Man

by Cynthia Fuchs

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

 

Bridget Jones’s Diary: Collector’s Edition (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Nov.04] :. Speaking of her star, Renée Zellweger, Maguire is appropriately besotted: 'You can see what she brought to Bridget. She's got this fantastic warmth and this permanent confusion on her face.'"

 

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Nov.04] :. This time the bloom is quite off.

 

Shark Tale (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Oct.04] :. Oscar aspires to fame, wealth, and dates with beautiful women-fish.

 

Cold Mountain: Collector’s Edition (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.04] :. Anthony Minghella's image of the birds in snow articulates Cold Mountain's aesthetic and themes, its interest in collision and reverie, in nostalgia and resistance.

 

Cold Mountain (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.03] :. The first scene in Cold Mountain is sensational and sickening, an apt introduction to what will be a Civil War saga.

 

Down With Love (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Oct.03] :. He's mixing drinks in his bachelor pad, equipped with, as director Peyton Reed calls it, a 'really bitchin' television set.'"

 

The Whole Wide World (1996)

by John G. Nettles

[4.Aug.03] :. Filmed with all the trappings of a pastoral love story -- truly breathtaking Texas vistas and a lovely score -- 'The Whole Wide World' is, ultimately, anything but.

 

Down With Love (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.May.03] :. At its best, Down With Love celebrates this fictional elegance with a corresponding airiness.

 

White Oleander (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Oct.02] :. Seems stuck in first gear, grinding through a series of very "safe" clichés.