James L. Brooks' witty Broadcast News is not a film about the news; at least not in the journalistic sense. It takes place amongst newscasters, news writers, and news producers, but it is not about uncovering the truth or exposing...... more »
FilmCritic entries tagged "Holly Hunter"
When asked what their favorite Steven Spielberg movie is, few people, if any, come up with Always, the director's only romance and a remake of a 1944 film. Never mind the airplane flying and the forest fires (the film is...... more »
It's kind of bizarre that The Big White never landed a proper theatrical release. I mean, how many Robin Williams/Holly Hunter/Woody Harrelson movies go straight to video? Well, one that I know of. The Big White's marketing problems almost without...... more »
A well-cast compilation film suffocating on its own self-importance, Nine Lives aims to tie together nine vastly different stories, but ends up telling hardly any of them well. The conceit of writer/director Rodrigo Garcia is to take nine vignettes, each...... more »
It's either sad or interesting or -- something -- when the only man in a movie is Roger Ebert. Rosanna Arquette, tired of hearing that old aphorism that there are no good parts for women in Hollywood, takes up a...... more »
Fall brings us another Pixar film, a cinematic event that's become as predictable as it is highly anticipated. The Incredibles marks a departure from G-rated fare for Pixar, and it's also the studio's first shot at creating an all-'human' cast....... more »
Fall is approaching, and with it comes the next wave of lighthearted romantic comedies that are all that stands between the lonely, desperate women of America and a long, cold winter of depression and self-loathing. First out of the gate...... more »
Do the people who write the back of video boxes and DVD cases watch the movies they profile? Looking at the video box of my old copy of Swing Shift, the 1984 drama about life at home during World War...... more »
It's said that two-thirds of Americans don't even bother to get a passport. While foreigners and Ivy Leaguers snicker over this as evidence of Americans' incuriosity about the world, I've always suspected that something else is at work. Even in...... more »
