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Feminism is the new funny
"Baby Mama's" Amy Poehler has upended the old stereotypes about women and comedy -- and added a few fart jokes.
By Rebecca Traister Apr 25, 2008
"Snow Cake"
Sigourney Weaver plays a woman with autism in this sad little film. Let the awards roll in.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 27, 2007
Beyond the Multiplex
Verhoeven's "Black Book" is an outrageous tale of vengeance, treachery and sexual desire. Plus: Duchovny and Weaver play for laffs.
By Andrew O'Hehir Apr 5, 2007
The horror, the horror
The new director's cut of "Alien" reminds us the film is a powerful purveyor of existential dread, not just haunted-house thrills.
By Andrew O'Hehir Nov 1, 2003
Desperately seeking Susan
Susan Sarandon, that is. And Sigourney Weaver and Jessica Lange and Debra Winger and the rest of the '80s Hollywood stars who are so much sexier than the bottle-blond Sarahs and Gwyneths and Camerons of today.
By Laura Warrell Oct 1, 2003
"Holes"
Aided by Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight as evil grown-ups, this adaptation of the beloved children's book crackles with un-Harry-like life.
By Laura Miller Apr 18, 2003
"The Guys"
Sigourney Weaver shines as a writer who helps a New York fire captain, played by Anthony LaPaglia, find the words to remember the men he lost on Sept. 11.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 4, 2003
"Tadpole"
A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jul 24, 2002
A bounty of dewlaps and drooping hooters
To what do we owe this fixation in the media on ripening women?
By Carina Chocano Aug 6, 2001
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 18, 2001
By Joyce Millman Jul 18, 2001
"Alien"
Don't call Ridley Scott a hack. Who else can make a cat hiss on cue the way he can?
By Max Garrone Apr 2, 2001
"Alien 3"
David Fincher can't decide if his movie is about survival or death and ends up with a schizophrenic mess. Sigourney Weaver just wanted more money.
By Max Garrone Mar 28, 2001
The week in dirt
A pastor's memo to Britney Spears, the Teletubbies' weight loss program, Jerry Springer vies for a post in the House of Lords and Julia Roberts gets a hand in the men's room.
Mar 28, 2001
"Heartbreakers"
A sexpot farce starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy.
By Charles Taylor Mar 23, 2001
"Alien Resurrection"
Icky babies, Ripley reborn and bombastic special effects, but the extras here are strictly commercial.
By Max Garrone Mar 22, 2001
Streisand: Stallone's mom's butt prints are hot!
Babs thinks there's a movie in Mrs. Rocky's Rumpology; Springer wants a lordship; Bullock says her chest is where it's at; and Sigourney Weaver might sing for her food.
By Amy Reiter Mar 21, 2001
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 20, 2001
By Joyce Millman Mar 20, 2001
"Company Man"
There's nothing worse than a bad farce -- except for this Cuban missile crisis comedy that wastes talent like Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro and Alan Cumming.
By Charles Taylor Mar 9, 2001
"Aliens"
The maternal instinct meets the Vietnam War. Plus: How to make your own face-hugging space creatures.
By Max Garrone Feb 14, 2001
"Sopranos" preview? Fuhgeddaboudit!
John "Artie" Ventimiglia isn't squealing; Trump signs on for some richly repulsive reality TV. Plus: Sigourney Weaver zaps an "Aliens 5" rumor and, oh brother, Clooney isn't seeing Kidman.
By Amy Reiter Feb 9, 2001
Ben Affleck: "I hope Nader can still sleep"
The Oscar-winning actor, Tina Brown, Sigourney Weaver and others share the Election Night suspense with Salon.
By Amy Reiter Nov 8, 2000
Amazon.comrade
Sigourney Weaver spills the beans on the unexpurgated "Galaxy Quest" and explains how her work in Roman Polanski's neglected "Death and the Maiden" fueled her powerhouse acting in "A Map of the World."
By Michael Sragow Feb 3, 2000
Sprout, sprout, let it all out
Winslet denies pernicious vegetable rumor; Kutcher accuses pants of indiscretion; and Ben Stein just wants to say, "Hey, thanks!" to the guys who mugged him.
By Amy Reiter Jan 14, 2000
"Punch" Bradley, "Judy" Gore and the injustice being done John Rocker
How about those Titans? Duchess Hillary sheds crocodile tears; McCain's creepy; Monica acquires rueful thoughtfulness; and you just can't beat that androgynous Hayley Mills in "The Parent Trap."
By Camille Paglia Jan 12, 2000
"Galaxy Quest"
A sweet-spirited and clever film for anyone who's ever been a sci-fi nerd -- or laughed at one.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jan 7, 2000
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