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Everybody's a Coppolanew

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and accept Hollywood nepotism.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
03-29-2007 |
Movies
Will Ferrell's Latest Stinks on Icenew
Blades of Glory is basically the same movie he's been making for years, and yet, I found myself laughing many, many times. So who's the idiot here, me or Ferrell?
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Blair Witch Huntnew
Abu Ghraib recalled in The Prisoner.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Conservatives Respond to Claims They Aren't Funny by Proving Itnew
FOX News' The 1/2 Hour News Hour -- there's nothing to laugh at here.
New Haven Advocate |
Casey Miner |
03-27-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Villain Station
Meet the Robinsons proves Disney can still create a bad guy -- and a movie -- without Pixar.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
'Pride' of a City?new
Terrence Howard's new movie is Philly to the core -- but as usual, it wasn't shot here.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
03-26-2007 |
Movies
Love Hangoversnew
If you manage to suspend disbelief and buy that something did in fact inspire them to start drooling "I love you"s all over each other, Flannel Pajamas can be an engrossing train wreck.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Flannel Pajamas, Jeff Lipsky
The Acclaimed Filmmaker Who Can't Afford Toilet Papernew
Robert Banks, the most celebrated filmmaker in Cleveland, isn't living the good life.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-23-2007 |
Movies
Despot, Oil Sheikh, Terroristnew
U.S. author and academic Jack Shaheen's documentary Reel Bad Arabs examines the Hollywood evolution of a stereotype.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
03-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jack Shaheen, Reel Bad Arabs
All the Things That Make Us Laugh and Crynew
Seth McFarlane's success with Family Guy and American Dad might make him a contender to succeed Kurt Vonnegut as America's resident ironic wit -- if it weren't for The Winner.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-22-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The 'Meat' and 'Missile' Mannew
The renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is busier than ever.
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
03-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frederick Wiseman
North Carolina's Film Industry is Booming Againnew
Thanks to a new state incentives package, North Carolina is back in the film game.
Radio on the TVnew
It's Showtime for This American Life.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-22-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Girls Will Be Boysnew
Despite Iranian censorship, Panahi's film shows female discrimination.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
03-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jafar Panahi, Offside
Street Flix: 'My Big Fat Homeless Berkeley Movie'new

Johnny Shaw sleeps in a carport, eats from the trash, and has global distro for his "must-have" documentary -- prepare to redefine "do-it-yourself."
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-22-2007 |
Movies