Articles tagged "steve martin"

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Steve Martin reunites with his old stand-up partner , the banjo , for serious music

by Steve Johnson [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[23.Oct.09] :. Steve Martin understands that the path has been made difficult for movie stars who would moonlight as musicians. “I think I know the kind of thing you’re talking about,” he...

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

Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Mar.09] :. Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Film Review

The Pink Panther 2

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[6.Feb.09] :. Much of the “comedy” in The Pink Panther 2 is a rehashing of the jokes from the first film.

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Column: Torch & Twang

Happy-Go-Plucking

by Juli Thanki

[12.Jan.09] :. Steve Martin, Sufjan Stevens, and Kermit the Frog all know it and you should, too: the banjo is hands-down the coolest instrument out there.

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Film Review

Baby Mama

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Apr.08] :. If he's not precisely magical in Baby Mama, Oscar (Romany Malco) does function as wise advisor for white women who should know better.

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Books Review

Comedy at the Edge by Richard Zoglin

by Jenny Carlson

[7.Mar.08] :. Zoglin frames stand-up comedians who achieved artistic maturity during the ‘70s as the “forgotten heroes” of the cultural revolution that rocked the country from Vietnam until the Reagan era.

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Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin

by Levi Asher [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[29.Jan.08] :. Offers a fascinating glimpse of an odd brain doing its work, as well as an enjoyable sweep through America's pop culture past.

 

The Steve Martin Triple Feature Collection

by Dan MacIntosh

[16.Jan.08] :. Steve Martin: From wild and crazy guy, to merely a mild mannered man.

 

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Michael Palin

by Michael Merschel [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[14.Dec.07] :. No laughing matter: Comics' memoirs reveal seriously hard work, conflict behind success.

 

Shopgirl (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.06] :. Director Anand Tucker insists his film is not about the glitzy L.A. It is, instead, about an L.A. populated with 'ordinary people just like you and me, getting on with their lives.'"

 

The Pink Panther

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Feb.06] :. Jean Reno gets the prize for infinite patience, as he maintains an admirable serenity amid the frenzy, perhaps especially when clobbering Clouseau.

 

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.05] :. Andy Shankman's poorly structured, unevenly paced, uninspired movie is set in summertime, which means its release is off season.

 

Shopgirl (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Oct.05] :. For all its seeming delicacy, its view of Mirabelle as perfect, precious object is decidedly limited.

 

Father of the Bride: 15th Anniversary Edition (1991)

by Nikki Tranter

[12.Jul.05] :. Maybe it's asking too much for a lighthearted comedy to raise any significant questions. But it can't be asking too much to expect the film to make sense.

 

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jan.04] :. The actors are left with little to do but hustle from scene to scene: pratfall, pathos, hug, repeat.

 

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[20.Nov.03] :. I doubt there are many other youngish actors who could keep up with Daffy Duck as skillfully as Brendan Fraser.

 

Bringing Down the House (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Mar.03] :. It's like an episode of Bewitched, only longer, and with a feisty black woman instead of a white witch.

 

The Downer Channel

by Dan French

'The Downer Channel' is the type of stuff high school videos are made of.

 

Novocaine (2001)

by Mike Ward

Novocaine's biggest concern seems to be with the act of lying, and Frank is far from the only guilty party.

 

Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Joe Gould (Ian Holm) is what they used to call a 'character.' You see him early in Stanley Tucci's film, scuttling into a diner where New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell (Tucci) is having coffee.