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Like pal Tina Fey, ex-‘SNL’-er Amy Poehler gets her own NBC sitcom

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.Apr.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Whenever the writers of “Saturday Night Live” turned out a script that took a jab at Sen. Hillary Clinton, it was Amy Poehler who got the call. She found just the right...

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Hamlet 2 (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Dec.08] :. There is nothing wrong with earnestness. Trying too hard usually validates the effort. But when it comes to comedy, being obvious can often lead to being unbearable. Sometimes, it’s better to...

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“Hamlet’ Rotten for Wrong Reasons

by Bill Gibron

[26.Aug.08] :. There is nothing wrong with earnestness. Trying too hard usually validates the effort. But when it comes to comedy, being obvious can often lead to being unbearable. Sometimes, it’s better to...

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Hamlet 2

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.08] :. Dana's inability to parse the difference between acting and living is put to several tests in Hamlet 2, which is not only the name of his movie but also the title of the audacious play he writes for his students to perform.

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‘Office’ work for Amy Poehler?

by Zap2it.com [(MCT)]

[18.Jul.08] :. “Saturday Night Live” star Amy Poehler may be making a leap to primetime. The “Weekend Update” co-anchor and versatile sketch performer is talking with NBC about starring in...

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview

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.

Doctored by Hollywood: Seuss books have had ups, downs in Tinseltown

by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[14.Mar.08] :. Though Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) was involved with moviemaking during his days with Frank Capra’s Armed Forces Motion Picture unit during World War II, he was wary about the way his work...

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."

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[17.Jan.08] :. PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.

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.

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.

Mr. Woodcock

by Cynthia Fuchs

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

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.

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.

Where there’s a Will, there’s a payday

by David Hinckley [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[2.Apr.07] :. The ice kings pulled in lots of cold cash this weekend. “Blades of Glory,” a goofball figure-skating comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, earned $33 million at the box office,...

Blades of Glory (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Mar.07] :. As pleased with itself as any other Will Ferrell comedy, Blades of Glory targets buddy and sports movie conventions, and -- oh yes -- ponders the profound gayness of figure skating.

Jon Heder takes to the ice in his next biggest thing since ‘Dynamite’

by Brian McTavish [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[29.Mar.07] :. Jon Heder is on the phone from Los Angeles nearing the end of a long string of press interviews for “Blades of Glory,” his comedy with Will Ferrell that hits theaters Friday. Despite the...

Skating comedy gives Ferrell a chance to sparkle

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[29.Mar.07] :. They call it the Paul Newman Syndrome: An actor takes a role, as, say, a race car driver, and then develops a lifelong love for the sport. Will Ferrell, who plays a competitive ice skater in his new...

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

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'.