Posts Tagged ‘Steve Carell’
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
I laughed when I first saw the trailer for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. I laughed more than once and I knew that I would see it as soon as I could. Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) is a famous stage magician, who has worked for a number of years as a headline act in Las Vegas [...]
April 19th, 2013 | Film Reviews | Read More
Hope Springs (2012)
The devil who wore Prada and the man in Black go for marriage counselling in the romantic comedy Hope Springs. Steve Carrell plays it straight as the relationship ‘guru’ trying to reconcile prudish housewife Kay (Meryl Streep) and grumpy old Arnold’s (Tommy Lee Jones) 31 year old marriage....
September 17th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
You could be forgiven for assuming that Steve Carrell has a somewhat successful career, 40 Year Old Virgin was a break out performance and he has proved his acting chops in Little Miss Sunshine. But take a look again through his filmography; Get Smart was a particularly bad career choice, Dinner for...
July 9th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) has been married to his high school sweetheart for 25 years. His world falls apart and he jumps out of a moving vehicle after his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) suddenly announces that she wants a divorce and confesses that she slept with another man. Meanwhile, good-looking ladies...
January 30th, 2012 | DVD Reviews | Read More
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
A romantic comedy with a nice, off-kilter take on the whole situation, this movie should please a lot of people as much as it pleased me. It’s not for everyone however – some folks claimed it was misogynistic nonsense while others claimed it had a new overcoat but was still the same old wardrobe....
September 26th, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Very often, the romantic comedy survives on formula and inevitability. Not that that necessarily makes it less successful – it’s worked well for many a good movie. Nonetheless, it’s admirable to see Crazy, Stupid, Love trying something more ambitious with the genre. Rather than the...
September 19th, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
Date Night (2010)
Steve Carell and Tina Fey star in this comedy all about a normal, married couple who find themselves being pursued by dangerous men with guns, all because they pretended to be someone else so that they could get a table in a busy, trendy restaurant. There’s nothing new or unpredictable here but Carell...
May 3rd, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Is Bruce Almighty the best Jim Carrey film ever? I’ll answer that with a resounding no. The manic comic has been responsible for some of the funniest films of the last 20 years (Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Liar Liar), and has handed in some of the sharpest dramatic turns of any recent Hollywood superstar...
November 13th, 2010 | Film Reviews | Read More
Despicable Me (2010)
For a film so primed with obvious comedic talent, Despicable Me is a movie oddly short on laughs. The animated caper musters a few notable chuckles on route to its deliberately overblown climax, but given the strength of those involved it’s odd that the guffaws don’t flow a little more freely. Things...
November 3rd, 2010 | Film Reviews | Read More
Despicable Me (2010)
I’m definitely over this ridiculous fad for 3D. I’m also over the Pixar-induced infatuation Hollywood seems to have with animated ‘kidult” movies: predictably enough, even as the digital wizardry has continually popped eyes, story lines have proved ever more derivative, and great...
October 11th, 2010 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
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John Chard: We are lucky to have you watching such crap so we don't have to!...
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Chris Bale: Sad to say I couldn't see the humour Craig, but glad you found some to enjoy. As a huge 'Evil Dead' fan I think the fran... -
Kevin Matthews: I guess I'd sort of agree with that quote, Chris. As for the video, I will look for a clip of it available here in the U...
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Chris Knipp: People have been talking about a famous 1975 Saturday Night Live skit, "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise," t...
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Chris Knipp: Anthony Lane of 'The New Yorker', calls this "A great, thundering cudgel of a movie, set to stun." I guess you'd agree,...
