"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
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Films like "Adam" present autism-spectrum characters as real people. Cool! But do the movies have to be so lame?
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 29, 2009
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Sigourney Weaver plays a woman with autism in this sad little film. Let the awards roll in.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 27, 2007
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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
April 5, 2007
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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
November 1, 2003
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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
October 1, 2003
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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
April 18, 2003
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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
April 4, 2003
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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
July 24, 2002
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To what do we owe this fixation in the media on ripening women?
By Carina Chocano
August 6, 2001
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Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 18, 2001
By Joyce Millman
July 18, 2001
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Don't call Ridley Scott a hack. Who else can make a cat hiss on cue the way he can?
By Max Garrone
April 2, 2001
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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
March 28, 2001
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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.
March 28, 2001
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A sexpot farce starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt hits just the right note between naughty and raunchy.
By Charles Taylor
March 23, 2001
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Icky babies, Ripley reborn and bombastic special effects, but the extras here are strictly commercial.
By Max Garrone
March 22, 2001
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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
March 21, 2001
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Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 20, 2001
By Joyce Millman
March 20, 2001
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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
March 9, 2001
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The maternal instinct meets the Vietnam War. Plus: How to make your own face-hugging space creatures.
By Max Garrone
February 14, 2001
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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
February 9, 2001
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The Oscar-winning actor, Tina Brown, Sigourney Weaver and others share the Election Night suspense with Salon.
By Amy Reiter
November 8, 2000
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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
February 3, 2000
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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
January 14, 2000
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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
January 12, 2000