Features
Friday, January 16 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
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.
Thursday, May 1 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
Columns
Wednesday, April 13 2011
Jim Carrey's Brilliant Dark Side
The Cable Guy and I Love You Phillip Morris show what Jim Carrey is capable of when no one is watching.
Friday, September 5 2008
Are We Not Funny? Laugh, Damn You!
The problem with the (inexplicably popular) Tropic Thunder may be that Ben Stiller is just not a funny filmmaker. Not even remotely.
Reviews
Sunday, December 14 2008
Tropic Thunder: Unrated Director's Cut
A fun, occasionally brilliant satire of these Hollywood tropes that actually retains its comic punch after multiple viewings.
Wednesday, August 13 2008
Tropic Thunder
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.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Zoolander (2001)
Zoolander's parody of the fashion industry is a pretty pointless endeavor, for the simple fact that ultimately, it parodies itself.
Blogs
Wednesday, August 13 2008
'Tropic' Blunder
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…
Tuesday, August 12 2008
Danny O.D.: Too Much McBride?
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…
News
Thursday, August 14 2008
Jack Black talks 'Tropic Thunder' and how he got the girl
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…
Wednesday, October 3 2007
Ben Stiller: Funny or the heartbreak kid?
Just prior to last year's opening of the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum," the film's screenwriters, Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, were…
Tuesday, December 19 2006
Ben Stiller and some old pros have a make-believe 'Night'
It would have been easy to get the wrong idea on the set of "Night at the Museum." There was star Ben Stiller being chased…
