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Q&A with Paul Rudd and John Hamburg of ‘I Love You, Man’

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[22.Mar.09] :. DALLAS - Paul Rudd and John Hamburg, star and writer/director respectively of the man-crush comedy “I Love You, Man” (opening Friday), are joshing around near the lobby of the...

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‘Man’ Made Out of the Same Old…Stuff

by Bill Gibron

[20.Mar.09] :. Imagine Manhattan with the post-modern existential quips removed and fart jokes added. Visualize an ‘80s or ‘90s sweet as sugar RomCom with all the subtlety sliced out and lots of...

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I Love You, Man

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[20.Mar.09] :. I Love You, Man is a buddy flick worked out as a chick flick, complete with makeovers, bonding montages, a break-up and make-up.

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New in Town

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[30.Jan.09] :. New in Town subjects Lucy (Renée Zellweger) to a series of life-changing revelations, most stemming from a reductive big city/small town dichotomy.

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The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.

Burn After Reading (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[21.Dec.08] :. The Coen Brothers remains the most predicable unpredictable artists in Hollywood. You can be guaranteed that the minute you think you have them pegged - post-modern nostalgists, retro Hollywood...

Being John Malkovich brings many movie roles

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[18.Sep.08] :. TORONTO - John Malkovich is, well, being John Malkovich, although no portals affording entry to his mind seem to be in operation here at the Four Seasons Hotel. The actor, who starred as himself, of...

Burn After Reading

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Sep.08] :. Ozzie (John Malkovich) embodies the problem of the CIA, of the "intelligence community," which is that it reacts to data, then fashions a story about it to comport with the reaction.

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

The Closer

by Leigh H. Edwards

[21.Jul.08] :. In The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick's Brenda Johnson often walks a fine line between complex and irritating.

The Closer: The Complete Third Season

by Jennifer Kelly

[16.Jul.08] :. Johnson is a new breed of television heroine: smart, driven, successful and about three-eighths of an inch away from unlikeable.

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.

Juno

by Jarrett Berman

[14.Apr.08] :. Teens have their precious catchphrases and secret languages, but they're nervous, fumbling creatures. They don’t come equipped with Chaucer-like witticisms, or razor-sharp retorts.

‘Juno’ grows and grows

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[17.Jan.08] :. For a low-budget movie with no major names in its cast, “Juno” has become a force to be reckoned with. Last weekend the indie comedy about a pregnant teen took third place at the box...

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar.

Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comedies

by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[20.Dec.07] :. In “Juno,” the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she’s been knocked up. “I was thinking I’d just nip it in the...

Diablo Cody, from stripper to The Screenwriter

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[10.Dec.07] :. Diablo Cody’s Cinderella moment had arrived. Her film “Juno” was less than four hours from its Hollywood premiere. As the Centerpiece Gala presentation of the annual American Film...

Juno

by Daynah Burnett

[5.Dec.07] :. A movie about a 16-year-old girl's unplanned pregnancy, Juno manages to avoid any significant emotional depths, despite its plainly complex subject.

It Felt Fluid and Rhythmic: An Interview with Diablo Cody and Ellen Page

by Tricia Olszewski

[5.Dec.07] :. The story in Juno is unpredictable and touching. But Cody's dialogue is exceptional, a flurry of hip, witty words that snap and dissipate before you can accuse them of being too stylized.

40something (and up) women are taking over cable TV

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[6.Aug.07] :. Holly Hunter told a story recently about secretly convening seven years ago with other top actresses, including Kyra Sedgwick and Mary-Louise Parker, who hatched a plan to take over cable...

The Closer - The Complete Second Season

by Leigh H. Edwards

[19.Jun.07] :. Deputy Police Chief Brenda Lee Johnson cracks cases because she knows what makes cracked people tick.

The Closer

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jun.07] :. At the office this season, Brenda faces ongoing budget issues that threaten to break up the team she spent two TNT seasons convincing they were a team.

oFirst Snow (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Apr.07] :. Any movie that finds a place for the remarkable Jackie Burroughs begins with bonus points.

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

by Tiffany White

[14.Dec.06] :. Naylor doesn't need a "human" face; we love him the minute he offers us a light.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Mar.06] :. The ironies of Thank You for Smoking are not subtle.

The Closer

by Lesley Smith

[13.Jul.05] :. The premiere of The Closer was a very good moment for women who watch women on the small screen.

Off the Map (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.05] :. The fact that they're sharing such tragedies while Richard Nixon is resigning suggests a certain harmony of the universe.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Dec.04] :. Uncomfortable with his abilities (they have come on him like a virus), Peter repeatedly returns to his central question: Who am I?"

The Ladykillers (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Sep.04] :. Pious, earnest, and broadly drawn, Marva is the first black character in a Coen brothers movie to occupy center stage.

Hidalgo (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.04] :. 'Being out in the middle of the Arabian desert,' says Mortensen, 'you could easily imagine what it must have been like.'"

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Jul.04] :. Though Spider-Man plainly enjoys saving kids from danger and even instructing them ('Hey you guys! No playing in the street'), he also longs for a more regular, selfish life.

Spider-Man: Deluxe Edition (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Jun.04] :. On screen, Spider-Man necessarily becomes more literal, less imaginative.

The Ladykillers (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Mar.04] :. Pious, earnest, and broadly drawn, Marva is the first black character in a Coen brothers movie to occupy center stage. For a minute, anyway.

Hidalgo (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Mar.04] :. Hidalgo is the story of this horse and his man.

Spider-Man (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[2.May.02] :. Spider-Man doesn't get caught up in its own snazzy special effects.

Autumn in New York (2000)

by Anne Daugherty

While watching Autumn in New York, I was struck by its parallel to the Clinton-Lewinsky business. There are superficial similarities, especially in the lead players — a powerful 50-ish...