Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... satire on celebrity religions, LA and the film industry, Bowfinger is nothing short of brilliant. Christine Baranski and Heather Graham are excellent in the supporting roles. 3 – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene star in this musical about a shy florist who accidentally nurtures a flesh-eating plant monster from outer space. Steve Martin plays Orin Scrivello...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Not for the first time, an American TV network is trying to import the UK's Absolutely Fabulous to the States. Fox is working on an LA twist to the adventures of Jennifer Saunders' Edina and Patsy, netting executive producers Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for Sony Pictures TV, Tantamount, and BBC Worldwide America, along with Saturday Night Live writer Christine Zander teamed...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... her little girl takes flight. Of course, Donna's lifelong friends Rosie (Julie Walters) and Tanya (Christine Baranski) will both be present at the wedding, but unbeknownst to the mother, Sophie has furtively invited three very special guests of her own. When Sophie walks down the aisle on that fateful day, she wants her father to hand her off. The only problem is that Donna has never...
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
So I'm watching the best-of Cybill Shepherd's '95-'98 CBS sitcom Cybill on DVD, and at the end of the final episode, "Ka-Boom," Cybill (Shepherd) and her newly broke best friend Maryann (Christine Baranski, doing Karen Walker before Megan Mullally) are...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Director: Phyllida LloydStars: Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard.MPAA: PG-13BBFC: PGIf you liked this, you’ll like: Hairspray (the 1988 John Waters version!), GreaseFirst, a confession: I am a huge ABBA fan. I know every single word to every single song on every single record. So I was certainly pre-disposed to enjoying Mamma...
Amy's Robot (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... she hasn't been working much, but check this out--she appears to be turning into character actor Christine Baranski (who has been in a million movies including Cruel Intentions and Mamma Mia .) You can really see it in the Humboldt County trailer . Fairuza is also going to be in the Werner Herzog's inscrutable "don't call it a remake" version of Bad Lieutenant . Humboldt County also...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... Skarsgard). Especially when the cast is not, you know, babes in the Maggie G. sense. Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters: Not one of them has been on Maxim's Hot 100 list in – well, ever. And, of course, while shooting and stabbing and throwing punches is serious business, singing and dancing and throwing weddings is fluffy stuff. Never mind that “Dark Knight's” final...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... Chateau Montelena in California. Photo/Peter MountainJulie Walters (from left), Meryl Streep and Christine Baranski frolic in the Mediterranean sun. Photo/Miramax FilmsIf you have a yen for all things grand and British, plan a trip to Castle Howard - also known as the fictional estate in "Brideshead Revisited." Photo/Peter MountainMeryl Streep's character in "Mamma Mia!" (left) gave...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
August Days »Punters flock to Abba and Batman 1/2 Julie Walters, Meryl Streep and Christine Baranski in Mamma Mia!, the exuberant musical with a screenplay assembled from popular Abba songs. The film became so immensely popular that some Irish cinemas showed the "singalong" version with the lyrics on the screen.Irish cinemas attracted remarkably high figures this summer helped by the...
The Seafront Diaries (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
If I were to write and plan a musical film, there are some actors and actresses that I would think of to play the lead roles, and equally there are some that I would not ever dream about putting in a musical. Take Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters - not really well known for their musical ability, or come to that, their dancing prowess, but...
Layman's London (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
A feel-good musical movie pulsating with Abba anthems, Mamma Mia has a top-notch cast and an extraordinarily silly plot. Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters are among the accomplished actors who try in vain to submerge you in a fantastically idyllic world in which there is a song for every occasion and even octogenarian Greek ladies can do a...
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... off, the next arrives with no idea. The only people who know the secret, are his French maid (Christine Baranski) and an old college pal (Mark Rylance).
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... What's worse, Donna (Streep's character) has two partners in crime (played by Julie Walters and Christine Baranski) that make an impossibly obnoxious duo, making the acting much more laughable than the actual jokes. (The "Dancing Queen" number features a Streep shamelessly playing air guitar on a boat deck while European locals boogie in the background.) If you ask me, the best performance...
