Word: offbeats
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Also around will be Pumpkin, in which Christina Ricci plays a sorority girl who falls for a handicapped boy; Igby Goes Down, which follows a rich-yet-dysfunctional family and which features such offbeat greats as Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon; and CQ, a film by Francis Ford Coppola’s son Roman, concerning a 1960s film director helming a sci-fi movie...
...Adams House students over time liked their reputation for being somewhat different and offbeat,” Kiely says. “It was almost always a place where a lot of actors and actresses convened...
Come Away with Me is mostly an album of warm, languid pop songs. There are touches of jazz--a stand-up bass here, an offbeat drum there--but Jones' voice doesn't have the rogue spirit required for improvisation or the range for sudden emotional bursts. Her singing is beautiful, but her pacing and delivery owe a greater debt to pop artists like James Taylor and Carole King than to Billie Holiday or Nina Simone. Of course, that could change. Jones is so new to her career that her recent influences leave fresh imprints. "I'm into country...
...open for indie-rock stalwarts Sebadoh. Mittleman had just signed a “crazy guy,” in Lord’s words, who was playing weekly shows at a New Hampshire flea market. Although Lord was shocked by Mittleman’s audacity in signing the offbeat singer/songwriter, she was so impressed with the executive’s musical instincts that Lord signed with her as well...
...best original screenplays are Memento, whose innovative screenplay has figured in nearly every set of awards this year, and Gosford Park, whose script has also won recognition from many organizations. Both of these films, as well as the others that I’m predicting in this category, are offbeat critical darlings, a type of film which usually makes its best showing in the screenplay categories. Outside possibilities for nods include the scripts for Moulin Rouge, Monsters Ball, and The Others...