More in Movies Oct 16, 2004
In Taxi, Jimmy Fallon (not quite New York's finest) finds a new 'partner' in Queen Latifah, a speed-demon cabdriver whose wits are as sharp as her corners. New this week. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)
What's on the silver screen near you Oct 15, 2004
Vail Daily News for Vail and Beaver Creek Colorado - Arts and Entertainment. More From Arts and Entertainment. (Vail Daily)
'Shark Tale' nets second No. 1 weekend with $31.7 million Oct 15, 2004
3 million, while the Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon action comedy "Taxi" had a so-so opening weekend of $12 ... Among the new movies, "Friday Night Lights" earned high marks from critics, while reviewers generally trashed "Taxi" and "Raise Your Voice.". (Western Herald Online, MI)
Taxi another dumb buddy-cop movie Oct 14, 2004
Taxi is a standard buddy-cop movie, but one buddy isn't a cop ... The duo pair up when Washburn tries to commandeer Belle's taxi in pursuit of the bank robbers ... Obviously, there are significant flaws in Taxi. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Drive Fast, Laugh Hard (Not Often) With Taxi Oct 13, 2004
It was said once, albeit by someone I can't recall, that if an alien species were to look down at Earth - in particularly New York City - they'd think the planet were populated by city buses and taxi cabs. Similarly if that same alien species were to watch Taxi, they'd think the planet populated by wholly inept cops and witty, loudmouthed cabbies ... Such is the premise of Taxi, the latest Queen Latifah movie, costarring Jimmy Fallon. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Long reign ahead Oct 13, 2004
She hit the big screen again last week with top billing in the action-comedy flick Taxi, co-starring Jimmy Fallon of Saturday Night Live. "It was that combination of critical acclaim of Chicago and this body of work that I brought already to the table and the financial success of Bringing Down the House that at the same time created this little perfect storm of Queen Latifah business," she says. (London Free Press, Canada)
'Taxi' fails to resemble real action movie Oct 12, 2004
Taxi' fails to resemble real action movie ... The first scene sets up the rest of "Taxi" fairly well ... With its bad acting, plot, action and everything else, "Taxi" barely registers as a real movie. (Iowa State Daily, IA)
EDITORIAL: Afghanistan's first step toward liberty Oct 12, 2004
The first scene sets up the rest of "Taxi" fairly well ... With its bad acting, plot, action and everything else, "Taxi" barely registers as a real movie. (Iowa State Daily, IA)
Box office champ 'Shark Tale' has legs Oct 12, 2004
Among the other newcomers, the Queen Latifah-Jimmy Fallon starrer "Taxi," based on a 1998 French film of the same name, opened at No. 4 with a respectable $12 million for 20th Century Fox. The one dark spot was the new Hilary Duff vehicle "Raise Your Voice" from New Line Cinema. (Hollywood Reporter)
'Taxi,' a rickety ride, stalls at box office Oct 11, 2004
Taxi,' a rickety ride, stalls at box office ... Generally, riding in a taxicab is a strange experience ... Fate would have it that the movie Taxi, starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon, is no different. (Daily Nebraskan, NE)
'Shark Tale' Holds On to Box-Office Lead Oct 11, 2004
3 million, while the Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon action comedy "Taxi" had a so-so opening weekend of $12 ... "Ladder 49" is being distributed by Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS) Buena Vista Releasing, while "Taxi" is distributed by the 20th Century Fox unit of Fox Entertainment (FOX), which is a subsidiary of News Corp. (NWS) ... Among the new movies, "Friday Night Lights" earned high marks from critics, while reviewers generally trashed "Taxi" and "Raise Your Voice.". (SmartMoney)
Fallon, Latifah backfire in mindless 'Taxi' Oct 11, 2004
The Michigan Daily -- 113 Years of Editorial Freedom - Fallon, Latifah backfire in mindless 'Taxi ... Fallon, Latifah backfire in mindless 'Taxi ... Though utterly inconsistent and forgettable as a feature film, Barbershop director Tim Story s Taxi may one day serve as a treasure trove of film trivia. (Michigan Daily, MI)
COLUMN- Queen Latifah takes Fallon for a ride Oct 10, 2004
With a surge of new movie releases for this upcoming weekend, theaters prepare for what promises to be a "Taxi"ng time ... Taxi PG-13, 98 min. It seems that Queen Latifah just can't stay away from the camera ... This time she is behind the wheel of the big yellow taxi, and she is willing to take anybody away if they pay for the fare. (Daily Mississippian, MI)
Queen Latifah straddles Hollywood and music -- with a new twist Oct 10, 2004
Now she hits the big screen again in the action-comedy flick "Taxi," costarring Jimmy Fallon from "Saturday Night Live" -- but it's Latifah who gets top billing. "It was that combination of critical acclaim of 'Chicago' and this body of work that I brought already to the table and the financial success of 'Bringing Down the House' that at the same time created this little perfect storm of Queen Latifah business. ... A lot of the roles were actually on their way already, but it just took time. I... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Eye on Entertainment Oct 10, 2004
Queen Latifah plays a cab driver with attitude in "Taxi." ... This weekend rap star Queen Latifah and ex-"SNL" jokemeister Jimmy Fallon team up in the film, "Taxi." The movie tells the story of a clumsy cop (Fallon) who enlists the help of a taxi driver (Latifah) to help him bust up a string of bank robberies ... ""Taxi" opens Friday.On screenBased on H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger's book, "Friday Night Lights" tells the true story of an economically depressed town in Texas and their heroic high school... (CNN)
A new twist for Queen Latifah Oct 10, 2004
Oct 4: Rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah talks about her latest movie "Taxi" with "Today" host Katie Couric ... Top billingNow she hits the big screen again in the action-comedy flick Taxi, costarring Jimmy Fallon from Saturday Night Live but its Latifah who gets top billing. (MSNBC -- News)
The Movie Guide Oct 9, 2004
A remake of a 1998 French film of the same name, Tim Story s "Taxi" is a bland, half-finished film that seems to have been conceived as off-peak cable fodder ... After a few routine car chases, "Taxi" ends abruptly, as if the director Tim Story, of "Barbershop," had simply thrown in the towel without bothering to wait for the tired resolution of the tired plot. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Interview: Jimmy Fallon Oct 9, 2004
Taxi, now playing, is his first film where he is the headliner. IGN FilmForce's Steve Head spoke with Fallon at a roundtable interview in New York about the making his first big screen comedy, Taxi, which opened Wednesday in a few cities, and nationwide Friday ... Q: You get so many great offers, what made you decide to take Taxi. (IGN FilmForce)
Weekend Movies Oct 9, 2004
Billy Bob Thornton stars in the high school football drama Friday Night Lights, Hilary Duff's new flick Raise Your Voice opens, as does Taxi, the new action-comedy starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon ... The Review: Steve Head gives Taxi 2 out of 5 stars ... Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon in Taxi. (IGN FilmForce)
Screen Scene Oct 9, 2004
Also opening in area theaters is "Taxi," which finds Jimmy Fallon as an inept cop who commandeers the vehicle of a cabbie played by Queen Latifah. Together the pair pursues a quartet of supermodel bank robbers. (Lawrence Journal World)
Jimmy Fallon jumps to the big screen Oct 9, 2004
Taxi': Suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride ... "Jimmy's been at the top of everybody's studio list; you could see a star in the making," says Tom Rothman, co-CEO of 20th Century Fox, the studio behind Taxi and Fever Pitch, a Farrelly brothers comedy co-starring Drew Barrymore ... But Fallon took only bit parts in Almost Famous, Anything Else and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, spurning most big roles until Taxi. (USA Today -- Life)
Latifah and Fallon push 'Taxi' with teamwork Oct 9, 2004
But for Taxi, Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon decided to rush the net for laughs ... Taxi, a remake of a popular 1998 French film (and its two sequels), stars Fallon as a fumbling cop whose lack of driving skills and inept style costs him his license, and his standing in the NYPD. ... Taxi' premiere, Oct. 3, New York. (Houston Chronicle)
Pop music: It's good to be the Queen Oct 9, 2004
Latifah stars with Jimmy Fallon in the new action-comedy movie "Taxi." ... Latifah recorded her new album almost exclusively at night, while devoting her days to making "Taxi," her 22nd feature film since debuting with a 1991 cameo in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever." ... "We had about five or six taxis to use, and also a race car at the end of the movie, which I did all of the driving in," said the singer/actress, who owns a Mercedes, a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and a 2004 Aston Martin. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
VIDEO: Review Oct 9, 2004
Oct 8, 2004 4:35 pm US/Central CHICAGO (CBS 2) "Taxi" is not to be confused with "Taxi Driver," the Robert De Niro classic, or "Taxi," the old TV show with Judd Hirsch and Andy Kaufman ... This movie is about as much fun as a ride in a Chicago taxi on a 90-degree day with a near-sighted, cell-phone gabbing, deodorant-avoiding cabbie who doesn't know where he's going and doesn't believe in air conditioning ... That's Jimmy Fallon as a cop who's the worst driver in New York City, and Queen Latifah... (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
From Weekend Update to big screen Oct 9, 2004
Fallon's first starring vehicle, "Taxi," a buddy action comedy co-starring Queen Latifah, opened Wednesday in limited release and goes nationwide Friday ... Fallon - like "SNL," a freshly turned 30 - is both apprehensive and optimistic about "Taxi." He stars as an inept New York City cop who enlists fast-driving cabby Latifah to capture a gang of bank robbers, improbably led by supermodel Gisele Bundchen ... " Perhaps that's why Fallon, who lives in a recently expanded co-op in Manhattan's... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Music: Queen Latifah a jazz singer, too Oct 8, 2004
The other night on David Letterman, she showed a clip of her new movie, "Taxi" -- an action comedy with Jimmy Fallon that opened this week -- and then, backed by a small orchestra, sang a number from her new CD, "The Dana Owens Album." ... She's excited about "Taxi," her 23rd film role. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Movie review: Fallon and Latifah gel in 'Taxi' Oct 8, 2004
Movie review: Fallon and Latifah gel in 'Taxi ... "Taxi" is a collision of genres -- a breakneck action movie, a character comedy, a guy movie, a girl movie and a buddy flick all slammed together ... Queen Latifah, left, and Jimmy Fallon in "Taxi" Kerry Hayes. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -- Variety)
Review: Taxi Oct 8, 2004
Taxi' will drive you crazy ... Taxi' will drive you crazy ... Taxi Score: 3 (out of 10) Rating: (PG-13; language, sensuality, brief violence) Cast: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon. (Cincinnati Post -- Entertainment)
The Well-Loved Actress and Rapper Shifts Her Focus to Jazz and Soul Oct 8, 2004
"I can continue to build on it and get more creative with it. I can sing these songs 'tilPLEASE SEE QUEEN, PAGE D5Latifah is always thinking longterm, which may be why she's been able to morph from successful rapper to sitcom star ("Living Single") to talk show host (the ill-fated "Queen Latifah Show") to one of Hollywood's potential superstars -- an Oscarnominated actress with box-office draw ("Chicago," "Bringing Down the House").Now she hits the big screen again in the action-comedy flick... (The Ledger)
Three strike, but 'Shark' mob rules Oct 8, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox's "Taxi" is off to a less-than-auspicious start ... Expanding today to 3,001 theaters, "Taxi" is hoping to gross $10 million-$12 million for the three-day period ... From the Robert Simonds Co., "Taxi" is a remake of a 1998 French film and revolves around a hapless cop (Fallon) who relies heavily on a mouthy taxi driver (Queen Latifah) to help him solve a string of bank robberies. (Hollywood Reporter)
Dale Jr.'s potty mouth Oct 7, 2004
He said that based on the trailer, Taxi, starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, would be the worst movie in the past five years. I, on the other hand, opined that it would be the worst movie ever. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Fumbling Fallon's Taxi is a dull ride Oct 7, 2004
Jimmy Fallon's stumbling performance in the re-treaded Taxi brings to mind Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Will Ferrell, but not for the right reasons ... Taxi is a remake of a Luc Besson's 1998 French comedy of the same name, which made good money at European multiplexes but barely surfaced in North America ... What's really funny is that the original Taxi was inspired by U.S. action movies, making this a parody of a parody, but all cross-cultural commentary is lost on the three writers-for-hire who... (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Fallon Takes 'Taxi' To Hollywood Oct 7, 2004
Fallon as cop Andy Washburn in "Taxi" (Photo: 20TH CENTURY FOX) ... They walk everywhere, so my dad taught me how to drive and he's terrible so I'm like second generation terrible"Jimmy Fallon, on his real-life driving abilities, or lack of same!Fallon and Queen Latifah, who plays wild-dirving cabbie Belle Williams, in another "Taxi" scene (Photo: 20TH CENTURY FOX)(CBS) In the new comedy "Taxi," Jimmy Fallon plays a cop chasing a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers through the streets of... (CBS News -- Early Show)
No right turns in Taxi Oct 6, 2004
This is basically the premise of Queen Latifahs lame road-rage comedy Taxi ... Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah star in the action comedy, Taxi ... That s essentially what the next 80 minutes of Taxi boils down to. (Calgary Sun, Canada)
Interview: Gisele Bundchen Oct 6, 2004
In Taxi, the action comedy starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, B ... Q: You had numerous offers to do movies in the past, why did you choose to do Taxi as your first role ... Queen Latifah cast in the American remake of Luc Besson's Taxi. (IGN FilmForce)
Movie review: 'Taxi' an amusing, fast ride Oct 6, 2004
Colin Covert, Star Tribune October 6, 2004 TAXI1006. Taxi" is a collision of genres -- a breakneck action movie, a character comedy, a guy movie, a girl movie and a buddy flick all slammed together. The film, opening today and starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, is too routinely formulaic to be anything more than a modestly diverting entry in the overcrowded field of cop comedies. But as modest diversions go it cruises along at a brisk pace. Fallon is detective Washburn, an eager New York... (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -- Variety)
FULL STORY Oct 6, 2004
Taxi drives its TV star to his mediocre limits ... Taxi, which is designed to carry Saturday Night Live's Jimmy Fallon from the grind of television to the glamour of a movie career, stalls somewhere in the city limits of mediocrity ... The script is based on the hit French stunt-driving comedy Taxi (1998), which sponsored two sequels, Taxi 2 and Taxi 3, which follow the adventures of an unlucky Marseilles cop and his hot-rodding, taxi-driver friend. (Globe and Mail -- EntertainmentTP)
Let this Taxi pass you by Oct 6, 2004
20Th Century Fox / APJimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah's new film, "Taxi," gets stuck in traffic ... Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallons cop romp Taxi is a cinematic reflection of a cab ride to the airport in rush hour, start-stop traffic: Long periods of immobility punctuated by the occasional lively lurch forward ... Taxi is a seriously disappointing followup for director Tim Story, who made an impressive debut with 2002s Barbershop. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Film review: 'Taxi' Oct 6, 2004
"Taxi" is based not, alas, on the great TV series, but a French film comedy and its two sequels from writer-director Luc Besson (who also produces this film). The original "Taxi" became the highest-grossing film in French cinema, but never made much of a dent in the North American market ... Queen Latifah's Belle is introduced as a daredevil message-service bicyclist in New York who has just graduated to operating her own taxi. (Hollywood Reporter)
Taxi ride lame, bumpy trip Oct 6, 2004
This is basically the premise of Queen Latifah's lame road-rage comedy Taxi ... Washburn hears a robbery is in progress, so he hails Belle's cab and the chase begins, and essentially takes up the next 80 minutes of Taxi ... Latifah's stunt doubles and stunt drivers have almost as much screen time as she does as the taxi winds through the streets of New York pursuing Bundchen's stunt driver. (London Free Press, Canada)
This Week's Movies Oct 5, 2004
Billy Bob Thornton stars in the high school football drama Friday Night Lights, Hilary Duff's new flick Raise Your Voice opens, as does Taxi, the new action-comedy starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. In limited release, there's the heady sci-fi flick Primer, and Around the Bend starring Michael Caine, Christopher Walken and Josh Lucas. (IGN FilmForce)
Eppler: A quick look at fall movies releases Oct 5, 2004
by James Eppler October 05, 2004. Sure, Oct. 5 may seem a little late for a fall movie preview. (University Daily, TX)
Jimmy Fallon Talks Fever Pitch Sep 28, 2004
" Fallon stars with Queen Latifah in the action, buddy comedy Taxi, which opens October 15th, and he's currently in Boston filming Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore. Fever Pitch is directed by the Farrelly brothers (There's Something About Mary) from a script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, which is in turn based on the book by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity). "It's really fun," says Fallon. "I've been in Boston the past two weeks at Fenway and it's unbelievably awesome. I'm just having a blast. (IGN FilmForce)
Planes, trains, sharks, oh my! Sep 23, 2004
Planes, trains, sharks, oh my. Central Michigan LIFE. (Central Michigan LIFE, MI)
Autumn Hot At Box Office Sep 14, 2004
Taxi Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon lighten things up in the comedy "Taxi.". After The Sunset Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek get romantic in "After The Sunset.". (CBS News)
The most-awaited films of fall Sep 9, 2004
"Taxi" represents the first test of Jimmy Fallon's film career. The story centers on Fallon as an NYC cop who loses his driver's license and ends up being driven around by Queen Latifah in a super-cab on the trail of some bank-robbing supermodels. (The Indiana Digital Student, IN)
Lights, camera, reaction Sep 3, 2004
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier Online - Homepage. Thursday, September 02, 2004. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Fall's big screen offerings include Oscar contenders Aug 27, 2004
8) Jimmy Fallon plays an over-excited New York cop who teams up with Queen Latifah, a sassy cabbie, to stop some super sexy bank robbers in her tricked-out taxicab. Latifah s driving skills and Fallon s wit should be a refreshing twist on an otherwise traditional comedy. (Daily Nebraskan, NE)
America shuns movie houses in droves Horrors! 'Alien vs. Predator' is weekend's No. 1. Box office sales off 8 percent. We were all watching Puerto Rico stomp the NBA? Aug 17, 2004
A month later, on Oct. 8, the studio will release Taxi, a vehicle featuring the unlikely pairing of Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah. Before Alien vs. Predator, Twentieth Century Fox s previous five well-received debuts were I, Robot, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Garfield, The Day After Tomorrow and Man on Fire. (Media Life)
IGNFF Mailbag: 7/27/04 Jul 29, 2004
I was just wondering about the status of the Crazy Taxi film ... As far the movie version of Sega's Crazy Taxi game, the last we heard Mindfire Entertainment holds the rights -- they acquired them from Richard Donner in 2002. (IGN FilmForce)
Model behavior seen at friendly Fenway May 26, 2004
But as she prepares for her big-screen debut in "Taxi," starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah, Bundchen is mindful that supermodels -- she prefers the term "model" -- have not always made great movies. (Exhibit A: Cindy Crawford in "Fair Game.") "Then again, Cameron Diaz was a model, Charlize [Theron] was a model, but nobody talks about them," Bundchen said. (Boston Globe -- Living)
100 women who shape our city Apr 25, 2004
While Sacco has redefined nightlife, the real measure of her cool is her enthusiasm for her gritty West Chelsea neighborhood, where she boosts every local artist, taxi dispatcher and restaurateur. ISIS SAPP-GRANT Sapp-Grant knows where trouble is as a teen, she led a notorious Brooklyn girl gang. (New York Daily News, NY)
Howard Stern's Obscenity Fine: Leno's Problem Now? Apr 12, 2004
Jimmy just finished "Taxi" with Queen Latifah and is looking at some new projects as we speak. But he won't be making the English version of the French farce "The Closet." Apparently, writer-director Francis Veber thinks he's too young. (Fox News -- Headlines)
