Session 9: I didn’t know this until IMDB filled me in a few hours ago, but I have seen all of Brad Anderson’s films. In fact I have enjoyed everything he has done. Despite being little more than romantic comedies, Happy Accidents and Next Stop Wonderland escape the suck on the merit of its actors [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rushmore’
Movie review: Bill Murray is God
Posted in film, tagged Bill Murray, john goodman, lost in translation, Rushmore, scarlett johannson, sofia coppola, virgin suicides, wes anderson, william macy on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Murray, William H Macy, John Goodman, Mickey Rourke and Michael Madsen – so reads the list of my favourite actors of all time. They are neither method actors nor have they showed any sort of affinity for Shakespearean shenanigans. With more wrinkles on their face than on the Queen Mother’s ass, these actors have [...]
Movie review: Young monsters, goddam imposters and Bill Murray
Posted in film, tagged comedy, frankenstein, kung fu hustle, Rushmore, steve zissou on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breathless gags, spoofs on societies, taboos ripped apart with sharp-tongued punch lines – all of these I find to be perfectly acceptable in films that don’t take themselves too seriously. I enjoy comedies more than my mind can fathom, and here a few films, which have made me laugh louder than I can possibly remember.
Young [...]
The man, the Murray
Posted in film, tagged Bill Murray, Norton, Robbins, Rushmore, Zissou on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Murray is one of my favourite actors, alongside William H Macy, Edward Norton and Tim Robbins. He is infatuated with deadpan comedy as we are to the quirky traits of his characters. His earlier portrays of forlorn middle-aged men with the penchant for the dire and the wry have been magnificently captured in films [...]
