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...watched 22 minutes of this show, and didn’t laugh. Once. Unfortunately, I have TiVo. Because the commercials would have been an improvement. Jason Lee is apparently playing a Southern Character—we know this because he has a moustache. But he has no discernible accent, so the mustache may tell us something else: Perhaps Earl is really a member of a throwback Mariachi band. Or perhaps this show was originally a starring vehicle for Saddam Hussein!Look, here’s what makes the demise of NBC’s Comedy department so tragic: They actually...
...find you on a Saturday night: Doing a power hour with my roomies or chilling/rocking out at the Spee. First thing you notice about a girl: Her smile. Your best pick-up line: “Excuse me, can I get you a drink” in an English accent usually works. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: In order to get my staggering phone bill reduced, I once told Cingular that I was a 3rd year student at Harvard Law and that I knew far more about contract laws than they ever would. Something you?...
Charming British accent? Check. Tuxedo-ready shoulders? Check. Minimal prior blockbuster experience? Check. Liverpudlian DANIEL CRAIG, 37, possessed all the prerequisites to collect the next license to kill from the producers of the James Bond films last week. He also brings one novel quality to the $4 billion franchise: a blond pate--less obvious here, thanks to hair gel and lighting. The naming of Craig, best known for his roles in last year's gangster caper Layer Cake and as Paul Newman's son in 2002's Road to Perdition, ends the papal-succession-like speculation about who will play...
...than just weakening the knees of 13-year-old girls; here, they convey a lot of subtle emotion. He can do many variants of caged and restrained, but nothing for exuberance. Dunst can be endearing, but often becomes annoying (and needs to figure out her character’s accent). There are some moments of real tenderness between the two; but the true life of the movie exists not within, but rather around its central characters, in the supporting cast, strong soundtrack, and underlying messages. The minor characters are superb, including the idiosyncratic corporate executive Phil (Alec Baldwin), Drew?...
...short answer: by resembling a muscular (read: troglodytic) piece of drift-wood in board shorts. Walker’s performance is as awkward as when the shy kid in AP English is forced to read Shakespeare in a loud, overly-dramatic British accent...