FilmCritic entries tagged "Roger Michell"

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Morning Glory

by Sean O’Connell on Nov 9 2010
DVD Release Date: March 8, 2011
Morning Glory

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Did you know Angela Lansbury, icon of stage and screen, is the second-worst person in the world? She's apparently right behind Kim Jong-il but ahead of Mike Pomeroy, the curmudgeonly news anchor Harrison Ford plays in Morning Glory. So Roger...... more »
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Venus

by Don Willmott on Dec 20 2006
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
Venus

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Not since Harold and Maude has there been an intergenerational love connection as intense as this. In Venus, rapidly deteriorating 75-year-old Maurice (Peter O'Toole) is infatuated by the tough-talking 19-year-old country girl Jessie (Jodie Whittaker), the grand-niece of his best...... more »
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Enduring Love

by Nicholas Schager on Oct 27 2004
DVD Release Date: May 3, 2005
Enduring Love

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Picnicking in a brilliantly green field on the outskirts of London, a couple's afternoon meal is interrupted by the surreal sight of a hot air balloon crashing nearby. The man, a professor and author named Joe (Daniel Craig) who lectures...... more »
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The Mother

by Pete Croatto on Jun 20 2004
DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
The Mother

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I feel as if I've seen The Mother at least five times since 2001. A woman, ranging in age from 40 to 70, discovers that her life, for lack of a better word, sucks. Through some event ranging from the...... more »
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Changing Lanes

by David Levine on Apr 9 2002
DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
Changing Lanes

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After watching the trailer for Changing Lanes, I expected a film similar to Steven Spielberg's road rage drama Duel, where a hatchback and a semi do battle. While Changing Lanes is definitely a clash between two men, much to my...... more »
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Titanic Town

by Christopher Null on Sep 11 2001
DVD Release Date: September 1, 2002

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Oh, hey, it's a movie about the IRA in Belfast! Does nothing take place in Ireland aside from IRA activity? When Billy Elliot's Julie Walters gets fed up of all the bombing, burning busses, gun battles, and home raids, she...... more »
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Notting Hill

by Christopher Null on May 28 1999
DVD Release Date: July 17, 2001
Notting Hill

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Julia Roberts is Julia Roberts - almost - in Notting Hill, a well-crafted romantic comedy from the geniuses behind Four Weddings and a Funeral. The deceptively simple plot begins when uber-famous film star Anna Scott (Roberts) winds up in William's...... more »
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Persuasion

by Christopher Null on Nov 5 1995
DVD Release Date: April 9, 1996

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Whew! Sitting through 112 minutes of Persuasion is a true exercise in persistence. Full of performances that could have been done better by hand puppets, sloppy direction, and a script that's nearly impossible to follow, Persuasion has very little to...... more »

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