The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
" "Extract": Mike Judge comedy starring Jason Bateman as the owner of a flavor-extract factory who is about to retire when a freak workplace accident sets a series of disasters into motion. "Gamer": Futuristic action thriller set at a time when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a horrifying hybrid. Humans control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online games as people play people for keeps. Gerard Butler stars. "Carriers": Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo and Emily... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In the Loop: Stinging Strangelovean Satire Jul 26, 2009
" the American asks the British lord, who replies, "Just leave it out in the rain and tend it lovingly for a thousand years. " As with lawns, so with language: the Brits are simply better at caressing and spanking the English language, because they've had so much more practice. The latest proof of their verbal dexterity comes in a crackerjack comedy, In the Loop, which takes the Anglo-American ramp-up to the invasion of Iraq and replays the tragedy as farce. Politics aside, which they never are... (Time.com)
In the Loop: The Best Political Satire in Ages Jul 25, 2009
Simon and his recently hired young aide, Tobey (Chris Addison), travel to Washington, D.C., to attend a meeting of the top-secret "Future Planning Committee," the euphemism for a pro-war committee created by Linton Barwick (David Rasche), a Rumsfeldian bigwig at the State Department. Though Simon's been advised that he's only "meat in the room," sent to rubber-stamp the committee's rush toward war, he keeps opening his mouth and cramming his foot in it. (Slate)
War is hellishly, relentlessly witty in 'In the Loop' Jul 24, 2009
On the British side, there's Toby Wright (Chris Addison), who enters the vipers' nest and adapts quickly, trying to shut out Simon's longtime communications director Judy Malloy (Gina McKee). Crossing the pond, he has a rendezvous with ambitious intern Liza Weld (Anna Chlumsky) that results in critical media leaks. (USA Today -- Life)
As a satire of war and politics, ‘In the Loop’ is a bloody riot Jul 24, 2009
A young British press adviser (Chris Addison) tries to game his American opposite (Anna Chlumsky) in the diplomat s office, with results that lead to casual sex and maximum chagrin ... Starring: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Anna Chlumsky, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison. (Boston Globe)
Loopy Brits In War Games Jul 24, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009 Last Update: 05:40 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
"In the Loop" Jul 24, 2009
Peter Capaldi and Chris Addison in "In the Loop." ... There are also two exceedingly young and ambitious aides (played by Chris Addison on the English side, and Anna Chlumsky on the American) who wield more power than they should. (Salon)
In the Loop hits its satiric target dead on Jul 21, 2009
Inexperienced and pasty young Toby Wright (Chris Addison), whos just started his new job as a political adviser in Simons office, tags along with him on his trip to Washington. He becomes surprisingly useful when it turns out he knows an aide in Karens office, old college friend Liza Weld (Anna Chlumsky), whos written a supposedly explosive anti-war briefing paper. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Baron Cohen, Kutcher want to make you laugh Jun 30, 2009
Starring: Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Paul Higgins Director: Armando Iannucci Story: In this satirical comedy, when British government official Simon Foster (Hollander) accidentally says that a war in the Middle East is unforeseeable, his boss (Capaldi) explodes. But not everyone is unhappy. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Boys basketball: March 4 playoff boxscores Mar 5, 2009
Josh Brock 0 0-0 0, Brandon Craft 0 1-5 1, Dylan DeBusk 1 0-0 3, Tim Brock 6 3-6 16, Dray DeBusk 0 0-2 0, Chris Addison 4 0-0 10, Johnathan Lira 1 4-5 6, Jeffrey Barrientes 4 2-3 10, Chris Gonzales 12 2-8 26, Jaaron Bell 3 2-6 8 ... 3-Point goals - Van Horn 3 (Alex Virdell 1, Rutesh Bhakta 2), Plains 4 (Chris Addison 2, Dylan DeBusk 1, Tim Brock 1). (Odessa American, TX)
