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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.

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‘Juno’ soundtrack star Kimya Dawson is now an alpha female

by Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)]

[9.Apr.08] :. Since nine of her songs were featured in the hit 2007 movie “Juno” (which racked up four Academy Award nominations, winning for best screenplay) and made up the bulk of the film’s...

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Moldy Peaches’ Kimya Dawson rides ‘Juno’ success

by Kevin Amorim [Newsday (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. Kimya Dawson is talking, but you know her eyes are surveying the road ahead. “We’re on a mission to find a playground,” the star of the chart-topping “Juno” soundtrack...

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‘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...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

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.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

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.

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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.