Pages tagged “steve coogan”

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The Trip Review

Two British actor/comedians playing versions of themselves travel the beautiful and bleak north England countryside, stopping to eat at various upscale restaurants, but mostly just talking. And talking and talking. And doing impressions of Michael Caine, Woody Allen, and Liam Neeson, as well as British personalities an American audience might not recognize. But mostly just talking, with overlapping affection and competition. Sound like a good idea for a film? It absolutely is.  read more

British Comics Take On Chekhov's One-Acts

Celebrated Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov would be 150 years old this year, and Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder) wants to celebrate, reports The Independent. The British actor/comedian and a troupe of BBC favorites like Johnny Vegas (Ideal), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Mat Horne (Gavin & Stacey) will appear in made-for-television versions of a series of Checkov’s one-act plays....  read more

In the Loop

In the Loop begins with the British Secretary of State...  read more

Salute Your Shorts: Coffee and Cigarettes

Writing about Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes in this space is cheating a little bit...  read more