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Mike Leigh and His Affinity for Writing Brilliant Female Characters

by Matt Mazur

[18.Feb.09] :. The director of Happy-Go-Lucky tells PopMatters: “…Each of us is the center of his or her universe. Everybody is as valid as everybody else.”

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Leigh’s Artistry Accents this ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ Lark

by Bill Gibron

[30.Jan.09] :. Poppy is what you would call “self-contained”. She exists within her own unique little universe, content to be a free thinking, free spirited 30 year old independent. She doesn’t...

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No Girl So Sweet and ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’

by Matt Mazur

[26.Jan.09] :. At first fearing a British Amelie, Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky surprisingly became Mazur’s favorite film of 2008.

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The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

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Tough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible.

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Sally Hawkins was in denial as Mike Leigh’s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ lead

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[23.Oct.08] :. NEW YORK - “I suppose I’m quite smiley,” says Sally Hawkins, emitting a little laugh, as if to prove the point. Although not quite as smiley, she concedes, as the character she...

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Irrational Exuberance

by Chris Barsanti

[10.Oct.08] :. Watching Mike Leigh’s sublimely fresh Happy-Go-Lucky, you could be forgiven for wondering what the rest of humanity is so depressed about, anyway.

 

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

 

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is in big demand

by Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)]

[31.Jan.08] :. Ewan McGregor’s been busy. He’s got a handful of films coming out, starting with Woody Allen’s latest, “Cassandra’s Dream,” starring McGregor and Colin Farrell as...

 

Cassandra’s Dream

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jan.08] :. The first few minutes of Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream are not bad.

 

Colin Farrell plays against type in new Woody Allen movie

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[14.Jan.08] :. For an actor of just 31, Colin Farrell has squeezed an awful lot of “bad boy” into his brief career. Two-fisted movie roles in films such as “Intermission,”...

 

Layer Cake (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Oct.05] :. Daniel Craig ensures that you see XXXX's mind wheels turning as he confronts each new impasse.

 

Layer Cake (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.05] :. The hero of Layer Cake has no name. This matters less than you might think.