Entertainment 18-02-2005 who: Bill Murray what: Stars in "brilliantly eccentric tragicomedy" when: This weekend snippet: Wes Anderson`s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou gets mixed reviews but critics agree it has moments of brilliance amid the quirkiness. The Guardian calls Murray`s character "a weird mixture of Jacques Cousteau, Captain Kirk and Captain Bligh"; The Independent says Anderson`s film is "a magpie stash of cool cultural ephemera"; The Sun`s Johnny Vaughan admits "some laughs don`t hit their intended targets" but concludes "it`s dead-pan funny and Wes Anderson creates the perfect climate for Murray`s genius to flourish". Also released in the UK this weekend: In Good Company, a comedy drama about a middle-aged ad executive (Dennis Quaid) who finds himself demoted in favour of a 26 year-old; Head-On, a downbeat tale of a suicidal Turk exiled to the most squalid flat in Hamburg; Are We There Yet? a feelgood teen comedy starring Ice cube; Moog, a documentary about the inventor of the popular synthesizer; Criminal, a tale of two conmen co-starring John C Reilly and Diego Luna; and Shall We Dance, a fatuous re-make of a Japanese romantic comedy, starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. [... more]

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