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MAMMA MIA!
RUNNING TIME 108 minutes
WRITTEN BY Catherine Johnson
DIRECTED BY Phyllida Lloyd
STARRING Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters

Amid the summer junk-movies that are already going down in history as artifacts, some folks will welcome, I suppose, the nauseating cornball music of the Swedish pop group ABBA which pounds its way through the monumentally inconsequential Mamma Mia! To me, the popularity of the jukebox blather of this gang of no-talents is only slightly less understandable than the war in Iraq. And the movie they’ve made of the bafflingly popular tourist attraction still playing on Broadway is only slightly more unbearable than finding myself the real-life star of all the Saw movies rolled into one.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/mamma-meryl-abba-thon-even-defeats-streep#comments Arts & Culture Movies Amanda Seyfried Christine Baranski Colin Firth Julie Walters Mamma Mia Meryl Streep Pierce Brosnan Stellan Skarsgard Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:39:29 -0400 Rex Reed 71869 at http://www.observer.com Don’t Cry for Me, Colin Firth http://www.observer.com/2008/don-t-cry-me-colin-firth

When Did You Last See Your Father?
Running time 92 minutes
Written by Daniel Nichols
Directed by Anand Tucker  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/don-t-cry-me-colin-firth#comments Arts & Culture Movies Claire Skinner Colin Firth Jim Broadbent Juliet Stevenson Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:03:23 -0400 Andrew Sarris 70065 at http://www.observer.com Who's on Firth? Cutie Actor Colin Likes Being Bossed Around by a Lady! Also: Matthew Broderick Recalls Romps with Chimps http://www.observer.com/2008/who-s-firth-cutie-actor-colin-likes-being-bossed-around-lady-also-matthew-broderick-recalls-rom

At the premiere of Helen Hunt’s directorial debut, Then She Found Me, the actor Matthew Broderick smiled recalling the first time he worked on a film with Ms. Hunt: 1987’s Project X, about the military testing radioactivity on chimpanzees.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/who-s-firth-cutie-actor-colin-likes-being-bossed-around-lady-also-matthew-broderick-recalls-rom#comments Real Estate Style Colin Firth Matthew Broderick Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:10 -0400 Matt Townsend 68241 at http://www.observer.com Miss M Returns http://www.observer.com/2008/miss-m-returns

THEN SHE FOUND ME
Running Time 100 minutes
Written and Directed by Helen Hunt  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/miss-m-returns#comments Arts & Culture Movies Colin Firth Helen Hunt Matthew Broderick Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:09:30 -0400 Rex Reed 67873 at http://www.observer.com Literary Whiners: It Takes a Real Man To Love Jane Austen http://www.observer.com/node/46038 It's such a pleasure for me to return for a moment from writing columns about the endless tragedy of  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46038#comments Media British Broadcasting Corporation Colin Firth Jane Austen Northanger Abbey Sun, 26 May 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Ron Rosenbaum 46038 at http://www.observer.com It Ain't Jane Austen, But Bridget Adapted Well http://www.observer.com/node/44322 Sharon Maguire's Bridget Jones's Diary , from a screenplay by Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies and Rich  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44322#comments Arts & Culture Colin Firth Helen Fielding Renee Zellweger Vivien Leigh Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 44322 at http://www.observer.com A Diarist In Distress … Morgan Freeman, Killer Cop http://www.observer.com/node/44278 A Diarist in Distress Renée Zellweger is a huggable human pastry everyone wants to  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44278#comments Arts & Culture Alex Cross Colin Firth Lee Tamahori Morgan Freeman Sun, 15 Apr 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 44278 at http://www.observer.com A Boy's Life in Scotland … This Summer's Scream http://www.observer.com/node/41740 A Boy's Life in ScotlandFrom a 20-hour, six-installment Chinese opera at Lincoln Center, to a stage  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/41740#comments Media Colin Firth Lake Placid Maine Malcolm McDowell Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 41740 at http://www.observer.com