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Articles tagged "kal penn" Film ReviewHarold and Kumar Escape From Guantánamo Bayby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Apr.08] :. As before, the adventures of Harold and Kumar are essentially an illogical, sometimes funny, and most often dead-on tour of U.S. race relations.  News‘Harold & Kumar’ make an encore appearance, at… Guantanamo Bayby Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][18.Apr.08] :. John Cho and Kal Penn, who portray the troublemaking twosome at the heart of the 2004 cult hit “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” admit they were just a little jumpy about the...  Film DVD ReviewThe Namesakeby Josh Timmermann[28.Nov.07] :. Whatever else you get out of this movie -- a give-take equation that depends largely on your willingness to follow Nair’s lead -- it’s worth watching for Tabu’s superlative turn alone, which would earn her an Oscar if there were any justice in the First World.  Film DVD ReviewEpic Movie (2007)by Matthew A. Stern[25.May.07] :. It's possible that in its brazen stupidity, Epic Movie might be able to tell us something about our cultural landscape that encourages us to get excited about the images with which we're inundated, regardless of their artistic merit.  Film FeatureUnbridled with Life: Interview with Mira Nairby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Mar.07] :. With The Namesake, based on Jhumpa Lahiri's popular novel, Mira Nair has found an ideal subject -- a family full of complex characters who spend their lives traversing traditions and expectations. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewThe Namesake (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Mar.07] :. Attentive to surfaces as well as nuances, Mira Nair's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, The Namesake, is about legacies and responsibilities, ambitions and dislocations. A Lot Like Love (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Aug.05] :. The Ashton Kutcher vehicle tries to make use of its stars' appeals, structuring a regular romantic comedy out of charmingly imperfect, well-performed moments. A Lot Like Love (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Apr.05] :. Any movie that engineers a comic hijinksy highlight around Amanda Peet smacking herself into a glass door is not thinking too far beyond surfaces. Son of the Mask (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Feb.05] :. The baby is endowed with awesome powers to shape-shift and abuse every living creature that comes within reach of his chubby little hands. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)by Oliver Wang[30.Jul.04] :. Harold and Kumar isn't pushing a political polemic, yet it still manages to be an odd achievement. |
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