Cast: Christina Applegate (Charity Hope Valentine), Denis O'Hare (Oscar Lindquist)
For complete cast, see IBDb's Sweet Charity page.
I'm very happy I got to see this before it left Broadway. I've always liked Christina Applegate and I had never seen her perform live. I was also excited to see Denis O'Hare again (I've been a fan since we saw him in Take Me Out in 2003. Although I was disappointed when I learned that I'd gotten seats in the first row of the orchestra (Note: Never forget to check your tickets before leaving the TKTS window), the seats turned out to be okay for a show like Sweet Charity, since there weren't a lot of elaborate sets. For something like Wicked, it would have been murder on our necks.
Dad (who currently lives in downtown Manhattan) and I were both very impressed with the entire cast. I had never seen Sweet Charity; it's a very sweet musical (as most were in the 60's). Dad thought this revival did a good job, which is impressive, since he'd already seen the show and told me a few times before we saw this version that he just couldn't picture Christina Applegate in any roll other than her Married... with Children roll (Kelly). By the end of the show, he admitted that Christina Applegate was a great actress and belonged on Broadway. I had never heard Christina Applegate sing before and she really did a great job. Having not seen Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza, I can't say whether Christina Applegate deserved the Tony award or not, but she definitely deserved the nomination she got. After seeing her performance, I'm very happy that the theatre community seems to be taking her seriously. :-) Denis O'Hare was amazing! The rest of the supporting cast was really wonderful and will surely be brightening stages for years to come.
One thing I really liked about Sweet Charity is that it didn't have the typical fairy tale ending. I thought it was great in the end Charity had learned a lot, but didn't get the perfect life she thought she had to have in the beginning of the show. I was surprised by such a refreshing ending in a show that's almost 40 years old. It seems that most shows on the great white way have to go for the happy ending. I definitely recommend seeing Sweet Charity on tour or the next time they do a revival. It's a fun & light-hearted show.
Grade: B
Labels: 2005, Broadway, Christina Applegate, comedy, dancing, Denis O'Hare, drama, musical, original, revival, romance
Reviewed by Kat at the 8:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Will Ferrell (Ron Burgundy), Christina Applegate (Veronica Corningstone), Paul Rudd (Brian Fantana), Steve Carell (Brick Tamland)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy page.
I'm glad we got to see this in a free preview, since it's always more fun to see a movie before you see too many previews for it. As big fans of almost everyone in this cast, we were excited about seeing Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The fact that it was based in San Diego made it even more entertaining.
I highly recommend this movie. It's hilarious!
Grade: A-
Labels: 2004, Christina Applegate, comedy, movie, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow (Donna Jensen), Christina Applegate (Christine Montgomery), Mark Ruffalo (Ted Stewart), Candice Bergen (Sally Weston)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's View from the Top page.
Normally when a movie gets pushed back a year or more from its original release date, it's not a good sign. In spite of 9/11 being the first thing to push back the release of View from the Top, the movie was much the same as other movies that get pushed back a couple years.
For a movie about a small-town girl who dreams of being a flight attendant and traveling the world, View from the Top isn't bad. Of course, when you look at who's in the movie (Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, ...), you expect it to be better than the plot implies and that's not the case.
It's an okay comedy, but nothing special here.
Grade: C+
Labels: 2003, Candice Bergen, Christina Applegate, comedy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, movie, romance
Reviewed by Kat at the 2:10 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Cameron Diaz (Christina Walters), Christina Applegate (Courtney Rockcliffe), Selma Blair (Jane Burns)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's The Sweetest Thing page.
Another example of great preview editing. The previews made my husband and I think this would be really funny. It had some really funny moments, but as a whole this wasn't a very good movie.
Not a bad rental if you have nothing else to do, but I'd put it pretty close to the bottom of the list. Be aware that it's a totally mindless movie that sometimes goes over the top to get a laugh they might have gotten if they didn't go so far...
Grade: C+
Labels: 2002, Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, comedy, movie, romance, Selma Blair
Reviewed by Kat at the 6:50 PM show | 0 screams