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Articles tagged "tropic thunder" NewsThis year’s Supporting Actor?by Rafer Guzman [Newsday (MCT)][19.Feb.09] :. When it comes to the best supporting actor Oscar, the winning hand could be held by The Joker. That, of course, is the late Heath Ledger, whose eye-popping turn as The Joker in “The Dark...  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by 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. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureIconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008by 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. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 News‘Tropic Thunder,’ ‘The Universe’ top list of latest Blu-ray titlesby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][17.Nov.08] :. A marvelously zany comedy, “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, 2008, $39.99), and a dazzling documentary series, “The Universe: Season One” (A&E, 2007, $79.95), lead this...  Column: The ScreenerAre We Not Funny? Laugh, Damn You!by Chris Barsanti[5.Sep.08] :. The problem with the (inexplicably popular) Tropic Thunder may be that Ben Stiller is just not a funny filmmaker. Not even remotely. NewsGroups criticize ‘Tropic Thunder’ for attitude toward intellectual disabilitiesby Rex W. Huppke [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][14.Aug.08] :. The way some people are griping about the jokes in that hilarious new Ben Stiller movie “Tropic Thunder” is totally retarded. What? That sentence offended you? C’mon, it’s a... Jack Black talks ‘Tropic Thunder’ and how he got the girlby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][14.Aug.08] :. They teach it in Interviewing 101: find common ground with your subject. But when your subject is rich, famous, plump and happy Jack Black, that might be tricky. Do your homework and there, in the... Tropic Thunderby Cynthia Fuchs[13.Aug.08] :. Tropic Thunder tells you that race and masculinity and class identity issues make men in this business mean and juvenile. And then it tells you again. ‘Tropic’ Blunderby Bill Gibron[13.Aug.08] :. We hear it all the time, that comedy cop out meant to assuage the offender of all implied guilt: “It’s just a joke.” Be it a race under attack or a particular person getting the... Danny O.D.: Too Much McBride?by Bill Gibron[12.Aug.08] :. That’s it. I’ve had it. I am officially at my character actor capacity. Nothing personal on the man in question, but after a summer where it seems like he shows up in every movie made, I... The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008by Bill Gibron[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined. |
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