Articles tagged "sacha baron cohen"

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More than homophobic, ‘Bruno’ offends most everyone

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[15.Jul.09] :. “How do you protect yourself from being attacked by homosexuals?” Sacha Baron Cohen asks in “Bruno,” his latest guerrilla-style, envelope-nuking spoof. But while...

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Bruno’ is an equal opportunity offender

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[7.Jul.09] :. Among the narrowly focused special-interest groups poised to get lathered up over “Bruno” — comic-critic Sacha Baron Cohen’s new exercise in carefully calibrated bad taste...

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Bruno Touted as “Minstrel Show” by Hollywood-Elsewhere

by Matt Mazur

[17.Jun.09] :. Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest comedy, Bruno is already being met with a smack-down by gay rights activists who are calling the character’s stereotypical mannerisms...

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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

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Actors happily reunite to take their ‘Madagascar’ characters home to Africa

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[7.Nov.08] :. LOS ANGELES - In the teeming banquet of humanity, Jada Pinkett Smith is the size of an hors d’oeuvre. Which has not, in defiance of most conventional thinking, made her happy. “I...

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Child Friendly?

by Bill Gibron

[5.Nov.08] :. It’s safe to say that Hollywood has finally figured out the family film. Not in a good way, mind you, but in an instantly profitable paradigm which guarantees coffers of cash either before or...

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.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[2.Apr.08] :. Burton indulges in meticulously designed, deliberately artificial sets, cinematography that makes the world monochromatic, protagonists with pale skin and sunken eyes – but it's that passion coursing beneath the surface that makes this film feel more alive than anything he's done in years.

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

Alan Rickman can be a saint, but sometimes evil becomes him

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Jan.08] :. Alan Rickman isn’t a bad guy. He just often plays one. Bad guys like Gruber in “Die Hard,” Marston in “Quigly Down Under” and the Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin...

Tim Burton knew he was cut out to direct `Sweeney Todd’

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[18.Dec.07] :. You’d think you could get a rise out of Tim Burton by pigeon-holing the guy, telling him that the blood-spattered Stephen Sondheim musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[12.Apr.07] :. Borat is a comedy of errors, in more than one sense, but certainly not one without merit.

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Nov.06] :. Borrowing from Andy Kaufman, John Waters, and Steve-O, Borat delights in irreverence and abuse.

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.

Da Ali G Show

by Terry Sawyer

[3.Jun.03] :. Ali G misses that Americans prefer their humor compartmentalized, prefer the joke to have a beginning and end.