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Articles tagged "woody harrelson"NewsWith ‘Zombieland,’ the undead shuffle into the mainstream with big names, laughsby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Sep.09] :. When Woody Harrelson received a copy of the screenplay for “Zombieland” last year, he stuffed it into his duffel bag of unread scripts and promptly forgot about it. Even after his agent...  The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: May 2009by Bill Gibron[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 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  NewsHollywood, race and the Age of Obamaby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama...  Film ReviewSeven Poundsby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Dec.08] :. Equally afflicted by an old-school weepies affect and new-agey self-righteousness, Seven Pounds is by turns clumsy and overbearing. Exquisite Agonyby Chris Barsanti[18.Dec.08] :. This holiday season, Mickey Rourke (in The Wrestler) and Will Smith (Seven Pounds) suffer for all us sinners. Tearjerker Given a Post-Modern Make-Over in ‘Pounds’by Bill Gibron[18.Dec.08] :. If there is one genre that’s in desperate need of a post-modern make-over, it’s the tearjerker. Comedy gets retrofitted every few years, while the action film scours the globe for as much... Battle in Seattleby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.08] :. Even as various people try to "do their jobs" in Battle in Seattle, they are repeatedly boxed in by lack of information and lack of power. Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008by Bill Gibron[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose. Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by 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. ‘Transsiberian’ Serves Up Old School Suspenseby Bill Gibron[29.Aug.08] :. The little lie begins the deceit. Soon, the lack of truth clouds everything - from love to legality. Within days, loyalties which once seemed firm are tested, while newfound friendships provide the... How to play at being a villain: Bardem, Ledger reignite media interest in craft of actingby Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][14.Aug.08] :. The verdict is nearly unanimous: As the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” Heath Ledger gives a great performance. But what exactly does that mean? As we watch a movie, the mysterious alchemy... Transsiberianby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.08] :. Transsiberian makes provocative connections between external and internal states, the ways that composition can reveal character. Semi-Proby Jesse Hassenger[12.Jun.08] :. It wouldn't hurt to keep Ferrell out of the locker room for a few years or more. The Grandby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Mar.08] :. Werner Herzog plays The German. In another movie, this might be all you need to know. Semi-Proby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Mar.08] :. For viewers who are already tired of the Will Ferrell sports spoof, the new installment is more of the same. For those who love the films, it is also... more of the same. There will be confusion: Deliberately vague films leave critic coldby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Feb.08] :. Walking out of a press screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” in early November, I turned to a fellow critic in the hopes that he might explain a plot point that... Joel and Ethan Coen’s ‘No Country for Old Men’ is favored for the Oscarby John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][22.Feb.08] :. LOS ANGELES - On a Sunday night this past January, as the filmmaking brothers Ethan and Joel Coen were picking up one of several New York Film Critics Circle Awards for “No Country for Old... A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by 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. Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Maleby PopMatters Staff[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007. Nankingby Cynthia Fuchs[12.Dec.07] :. On paper, the film's combination of interviews, readings, and archival footage sounds unwieldy, but on screen, it is exceptionally effective and appropriately jarring. The Walkerby Cynthia Fuchs[10.Dec.07] :. Like the heroes of several of Paul Schrader's other films -- American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, and, to an extent, Auto Focus -- Carter moves among women as if visiting an alien planet. Sex and violence are not always gratuitous, directors sayby Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)][12.Nov.07] :. What has more sex and violence than an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show”? The multiplex. You can pass through any neighborhood in America and not know what goes on behind the closed... Q&A with ‘No Country for Old Men’ makers Joel and Ethan Coenby Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. Joel and Ethan Coen are in almost constant motion. Three days after completing photography in New York City on their upcoming spy comedy “Burn After Reading,” in the lull before beginning... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewNo Country for Old Menby Cynthia Fuchs[9.Nov.07] :. The desolate landscape and moral layout evoke old Westerns, but the film, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel, also reconsiders the genre's conventions, comparing now and "the old times." The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006by 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. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)by Michael Buening[16.Oct.06] :. That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide. Cheers: The Complete Eighth Seasonby Nikki Tranter[26.Jul.06] :. The classic Woody one-liner doesn't further a plot, but it does reaffirm his earnest oddness. A Scanner Darkly (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jul.06] :. Simultaneously strange and familiar, not himself, Bob lives inside an ooky, unsolvable world that mirrors our own ongoing fears, of surveillance, loss, and forgetting. Featured Article Film ReviewA Scanner Darkly (2006)by Chris Barsanti[6.Jul.06] :. The suits make for images so fascinating they feel nearly "addictive," appropriate given that the film is about (among other things), viewing, reality, and addiction. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)by Matt Mazur[9.Jun.06] :. A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Jun.06] :. You might call A Prairie Home Companion an unlikely Lindsay Lohan movie. You could also call it the best work she's done, the best work she's likely to do, or the best chance she's had to do good work. North Country (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Oct.05] :. As the film more or less locks you into Josey's perspective, it appears that even the bleak environment denotes her perpetual exhaustion. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Oct.05] :. Prize Winner goes through odd motions to set Evelyn's taxing context and her admirable survival, its most extraordinary moment turns surreal. This So-Called Disaster (2004)by Samantha Bornemann[17.Jan.05] :. This So-Called Disaster is more impressionistic than comprehensive. This So-Called Disaster (2004)by Michael Healey[13.May.04] :. The real surprise is Sam Shepard's candor when recounting for Michael Almereyda the painful details of his father's deterioration. Anger Management (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Apr.03] :. Dave (Adam Sandler) grumbles okay, to everything, his face reorganized into a permanent twist. Play it To The Bone (2000)by Cynthia FuchsTwo grown men, best friends and romantic rivals, beat the shit out of each other for money. It doesn’t sound like much of a plot. But narrative intricacies have never much interested... |
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