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Danger: 'f, monday' May Result in Cubicle Moshingnew

If Colourmusic's new album were a movie, it'd be a subversive Stanley Kubrick remake of the hippie musical Hair, staring Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett

Tucson Weekly | James Hudson | 12-04-2008 | Reviews

Tags: venus, february, Oklahoma, Orange, Colourmusic, f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13, 1 or 13, f, lunatic, monday

Grandpa of Arabianew

Maurice and Ian live out a fitful shuffle from cafe to hospital to the evening's performance, with plenty of quips and morbid humor sustaining them in between.

Style Weekly | Wayne Melton | 03-01-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Leslie Phillips, Peter O’Toole, Roger Michell, venus

Peter O'Toole's still got it -- his performance as a "dirty old man" in Venus is a sly reminder of the obvious yet overlooked point that many a distaste may be defeated with a helping of the highly tasteful.

Sacramento News & Review | Jonathan Kiefer | 02-15-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Roger Michell, venus

Lion in Winternew

Venus works in large part because O'Toole's mere presence helps you relate to Maurice's history and battles with old age -- it's not just a random old man getting a prostate exam, it's Lawrence of Arabia being jellyfingered.

INDY Week | Zack Smith | 02-08-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Roger Michell, venus, O'Toole, Oscar, Peter, Redgrave, Vanessa

The Lion in WInternew

Peter O'Toole, in an Oscar-caliber and -nominated performance, pulls off this tricky May-December relationship with colossal panache and sublime craft.

Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov | 02-01-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Roger Michell, venus