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George Clooney's Football Folliesnew

With its speak-easies and patina of easy Roaring Twenties corruption, its bungling cops and daring hijinks, romantic rivalry and slinky moments of seduction, Leatherheads delivers two solid hours of old-fashioned entertainment.

Shepherd Express | David Luhrssen | 04-18-2008 | Reviews

Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads, football, comedy, romance, Dan John Miller, Ezra Buzzington, John Krasinski, John Vance, Jonathan Pryce, Renée Zellweger, sports, Stephen Root

Screenwriter Daniel Taplitz Makes Screwball Comedy Less Screwynew

Working outside of mainstream chick flicks (You've Got Mail), hipster flicks (Before Sunrise) and chump flicks (Knocked Up), Taplitz has pursued questions of attraction and commitment through personal language and neurotic obsession.

New York Press | Armond White | 04-17-2008 | Reviews

Tags: comedy, romance, Drama, Chaos Theory, Daniel Taplitz, Emily Mortimer, Marcos Siega, Milo Ventimiglia, Ryan Reynolds, Stuart Townsend

Sorry, Haters: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is Funnynew

I didn't really start wholeheartedly imbibing the Apatow Kool-Aid until Knocked Up, but now, having taken in the Apatow-produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I don't expect to find myself having second thoughts about trying anything these guys put out for quite some time.

San Antonio Current | Brian Villalobos | 04-16-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Judd Apatow, comedy, romance, Bill Hader, Jack McBrayer, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Nick Stoller, Paul Rudd, Russell Brand

Isn't It Funny When 'Smart People' Do Stupid Things?new

On the surface of their new film, first-time filmmakers Mark Poirier and Noam Murro are in danger of stepping into all the cliche pitfalls of the genre. Fortunately, an intelligent script and a fine cast conspire to make this a sharper-than-average slice of indie satire.

Weekly Alibi | Devin D. O'Leary | 04-15-2008 | Reviews

Tags: comedy, romance, Drama, Ashton Holmes, Christine Lahti, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Noam Murro, Sarah Jessica Parker, Smart People, Thomas Haden Church

'Smart People' is All Brains, No Heartnew

Smart People is about what can happen when the mind is divorced from the heart and spirit.

Shepherd Express | David Luhrssen | 04-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: comedy, romance, Drama, Ashton Holmes, Christine Lahti, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Noam Murro, Sarah Jessica Parker, Smart People, Thomas Haden Church

Solid Acting Helps 'Smart People'new

The cast is understated in painting a portrait of an unhappy, too-clever family in suburban Pittsburgh, writer/director Noam Murro hits several choice moments of sweet, sharp, and melancholy humor.

The Portland Mercury | Erik Henriksen | 04-10-2008 | Reviews