By Frank Scheck There are two things that can make any movie better: Steve Coogan and penguins. Loosely based on a memoir by Tom Michell, the film takes place in 1976 in Buenos Aires, where ...

While no one would confuse Reno with Steve Coogan, who plays the protagonist of “The Penguin Lessons,” their characters are both closed off from human feelings. In “My Penguin Friend,” a ...

There are two things that can make any movie better: Steve Coogan and penguins. Fortunately, and not surprisingly considering its title, The Penguin Lessons features both. Well, at least one ...

Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

The second is the comic talent of Steve Coogan playing the grouch in question. And the third, as you will have guessed from the title, is a penguin. Coogan plays Tom Michell (a real person on ...

There are two things that can make any movie better: Steve Coogan and penguins. Fortunately, and not surprisingly considering its title, The Penguin Lessons features both. Well, at least one penguin, ...

On the release of Peter Cattaneo’s “The Penguin Lessons,” let me take a moment to extol the virtues of a comedian and actor, Steve Coogan. Mr. Coogan’s career continues full bore, and he was nominated ...

The film’s version of Tom (Steve Coogan) arrives in the politically tumultuous Buenos Aires of 1976 to begin a job teaching English at a prestigious boarding school. St. George’s College’s ...