The Royal Tenenbaums is a profound examination of the human condition. It’s hard to think about Tenenbaums, which Anderson made as a precious object–he tends to put the actors on the right and fill the left side of the frame with exactly placed sundries, sometimes it’s the carefully placed minutiae, but he usually puts those […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ben Stiller'
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson)
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Alec Baldwin· Ben Stiller· Bill Murray· Danny Glover· Gene Hackman· Luke Wilson· Owen Wilson· Touchstone Pictures· Wes Anderson· ★★★★
Flirting with Disaster (1996, David O. Russell)
February 15th, 2007 · No Comments
The first forty-five minutes of Flirting with Disaster play like Woody Allen mixed with a 1990s Miramax indie, which makes sense, since Flirting is a 1990s Miramax indie. That first half is real strong comedy of errors, then Josh Brolin’s bi (but married to fellow ATF agent Richard Jenkins, who’s phenomenal) old friend starts hitting […]
Tagged: Alan Alda· Ben Stiller· David O. Russell· George Segal· Miramax Films· Patricia Arquette· Richard Jenkins· Téa Leoni· ★★½



