Print shirts with polyester suits... bad hair... jazz flute... misogyny. Plenty of reasons to dislike the 1970s, and a lot of reasons to enjoy the spoofs in this extremely light comedy. Christina Applegate is suprisingly fun to watch as the brave anchorwoman who battles the male-dominated newsroom in her climb up the career ladder.
Newspaper article from: Literature-Film Quarterly; 4/1/2006; Deitchman, Elizabeth A. ; 4338+ words...Maura Tierney) and Joe "Mac" McBeth (James LeGros), along with Mac's friend Anthony "Banko" Banconi (KevinCorrigan), work for Norman Duncan (James Rebhorn) in his fast food restaurant, Duncan's Cafe. Whereas Shakespeare...
Newspaper article from: Literature-Film Quarterly; 4/1/2006; Hoefer, Anthony D., Jr. ; 4272+ words...further complicated when their paranoia drives Mac to murder his friend and fry cook, Anthony "Banko" Banconi (KevinCorrigan). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to Linda Hutcheon, parody does not have to make fun or be critical of the...
Newspaper article from: Film Comment; 3/1/2005; Smith, Gavin ; 1367+ words...sack cinema: its reprise of Midwestern interpersonal disconnect is a little tired, but then anything featuring KevinCorrigan and Mark Boone Junior can't be all bad. That said, I can't honestly say that Buscemi's film adds anything...