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Helen Hunt in the Director's Chairnew
After laboring for years both as costar and a producer of Mad About You, she has had a sporadic, post-tube life on the big screen, with 1997's As Good as It Gets the obvious highlight. And almost since then she has been trying to turn Then She Found Me into a movie.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Have Movie Stereotypes Returned?new
Officially, stereotypes don't exist in Hollywood, only archetypes -- representative characters based on real people. To complain about movie stereotypes is to risk being labeled a humorless, P.C. crank.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
04-25-2008 |
Movies
'Harold and Kumar' Star John Cho on the Stoned Sequelnew
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay's politics are as muddled as the baked-out minds that will appreciate it best. But the very existence of a new lowbrow comedy focusing on the U.S. government's racist persecution of innocent people should give the Republicans more fright than Obamamania.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
04-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Moviesnew
Taking aim at the critics who write with their thumbs.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-24-2008 |
Movies
'Standard Operating Procedure' Profiles Abu Ghraib Torturersnew
Errol Morris is more interested in political posturing and special effects than exposing a military disgrace.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
Boys Will Be Boysnew
The adventures of a fascist (My Brother Is an Only Child) and a professional poker player (Deal). Choose the fascist.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
04-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: crime, poker, Drama, Deal, Angela Finocchiaro, Anna Bonaiuto, Bret Harrison, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Daniele Luchetti, Elio Germano, facists, Gary Grubbs, Gil Cates Jr., Italy, Jennifer Tilly, Luca Zingaretti, Maria Mason, Massimo Popolizio, My Brother is an Only Child, Riccardo Scamarcio, Shannon Elizabeth
Love Him or Hate Him, D.K. Holm Needs Your Helpnew
Recently, film critic Holm was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, for which he has begun chemotherapy and is scheduled for surgery.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
04-23-2008 |
Movies
'Baby Mama' is the Latest Installment of Estro-Comedynew
Michael McCullers doesn't have writer Tina Fey's deft hand. While he does see something significant in the almost entirely sci-fi female-generated pregnancy where men are barely in the picture, his social commentary is only skin deep.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
04-23-2008 |
Reviews
'An Elementary Education' Takes On School Choicenew
The new documentary asks, "Is the need for school choice greater than the need for community?"
Boulder Weekly |
Dana Logan |
04-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Expelled': Another Expression of the Right Wing's Victim Complexnew
The film claims not to be about atheism vs. religion or Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design, but rather about academic freedom. I'll agree with the first half of that: Among the reasons this film was made, religion is second and science (at best) third. But the No. 1 agenda has much less to do with academic freedom than with political ideology.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
04-21-2008 |
Reviews
The Spurlock Doctrinenew
As comedy, sure! As journalism, not so much.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
The Harold & Kumar Fellas Talk Politics and False Ladypartsnew
Neil Patrick Harris included!
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
In 'Sarah Marshall,' Jason Segel Doesn't Forget the Sex Scenesnew
Segel isn't your standard movie star: He's goofy and tall and built not particularly well. But in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, he has multiple sex scenes with multiple partners, including Kristin Bell and Mila Kunis. Maybe that's because Segel, in his first leading role, also wrote the screenplay.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Talking 'Blueberry Nights' with Wong Kar-Wainew
Directors rarely indulge in wholesale revision of their work; so-called director's cuts going back to a baggier version of what's in the theaters, yes, but a wholesale rethinking, no. But Wong Kar-Wai seems to have done it on almost every project he's tackled.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai
Measuring the Impact of Media Violencenew
A debate about the impact of media violence has raged for decades. In spite of a large body of research, the causal link between media violence and behavior has often been questioned.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
04-14-2008 |
Movies
