Articles tagged "amy poehler"

Film Review

Baby Mama

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Apr.08] :. If he's not precisely magical in Baby Mama, Oscar (Romany Malco) does function as wise advisor for white women who should know better.

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Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Mar.08] :. All the conventional plotting in Horton Hears a Who! needn't overwhelm the more important point, that "a person's a person, no matter how small."

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Southland Tales

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Nov.07] :. The very incoherence of Southland Tales is something like an argument, its many pieces and pronouncements a deconstructive challenge to world order.

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Upright Citizens Brigade: Season One

by Marisa LaScala

[10.Oct.07] :. Upright Citizens Brigade claimed to be about a quartet of extra-government individuals seeking to create chaos in ordinary situations. In reality, it was a series of loosely associated sketches with outlandish but hilarious premises.

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Mr. Woodcock

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Sep.07] :. You could call Mr. Woodcock the latest version of The Billy Bob Thornton Movie.

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Blades of Glory

by Jesse Hassenger

[10.Sep.07] :. It takes genuine pros to make the mock-sport movie look like a worthwhile competition. A brisk, disposable amusement.

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The Ex (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.May.07] :. Zach Braff just gets more annoying by the minute. Braff brings what he always does -- a basic mopey charm, some sarcasm, even a rudimentary self-awareness.

Envy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Apr.04] :. Scheduled to open a year ago, Envy is as dopey, uninventive, and smug as you'd expect from a movie that's 'all from shit'.