No Means Ho: Debating 'Observe and Report''s Most Controversial Scene
Rape? Or the Reality of Relationships circa 2009? Jody Hill's Observe and Report is being vilified over that very question.
12 Apr 2009
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Observe and Report
Observe and Report proposes that a man who feels worthless is capable of a violent rage. If this sounds edgy, it's not.
Renee Scolaro Mora
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09 Apr 2009
Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008
Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.
12 Jan 2009
The House Bunny
The House Bunny is truly toxic, telling women to hate their bodies and hide their talents.
Brendon Bouzard
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21 Aug 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.
30 Apr 2008
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
This film hovers somewhere between sappy romantic comedy and action movie, falling back on lazy gender-reversal jokes and super hero tropes.
Kelley Schei
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31 Jan 2007
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
This isn't a movie so much as a series of set pieces with a theme of parody in mind, only to quickly devolve into toilet humor of the most literal kind and asinine, gross-out histrionics.
Ron Mashate
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31 Aug 2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Eddie Izzard brings a whole other dimension to My Super Ex-Girlfriend, being wily and subversive rather than flamboyant.
20 Jul 2006
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
The problem is that none of this is surprising. We've seen these jokes on late night television, heard them on the radio or even thought of them ourselves.
Noah Davis
Film
20 Apr 2006
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
While the movie's poetry is often stunning, the DVD docs are decidedly and disappointingly banal.
Cynthia Fuchs
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11 Apr 2006
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
It's Alma's silence that makes Brokeback Mountain feel so serious. Her pain is neither exquisite nor elegiac. It is only hard.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
08 Dec 2005
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation one-ups its peers with better music, prettier shots, and a more charismatic lead, but its racism is all the more insidious for being wrapped in a pleasing package.
Sharon Mizota and Oliver Wang
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22 Feb 2004
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Just when you thought the Scary Movie franchise had run out of ideas, here it comes again -- looking like it's run out of ideas.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
22 Oct 2003
Lost in Translation (2003)
. . . about seeing and not seeing at the same time, a series of incredibly precise, meticulous images of faces and hands and doorframes.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
10 Sep 2003
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