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'Orange is the New Black' Is Imprisoned Between Comedy and Drama

As its characters remain thinly rendered types and the situations predictable, Orange is the New Black veers from melodrama to slapstick.

Matthew Wollin

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Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)

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Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

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Over Her Dead Body

Its humor is, to put it kindly, unsophisticated, and forms the backdrop to a love story that feels like being stuck on an awkward first date.

Barbara Herman

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Wedding Daze

We're left in our own daze, wondering which Michael Ian Black made this movie, and why.

Jesse Hassenger

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Jersey Girl (2003)

Affleck and Smith talk lots about shooting details and feelings about their chosen fields, their mutual esteem and affection audible.

Cynthia Fuchs

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Jersey Girl (2003)

Early in Jersey Girl, Ben Affleck cries. It's a grim and alarming moment.

Cynthia Fuchs

Film

Anything Else (2003)

The idea of Woody Allen teaching high school English is a funny idea, and Anything Else leaves it at that: a funny idea.

Jesse Hassenger

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American Wedding (2003)

Stifler's insufferable self-love is his special gift, of course, and what viewers love most about him.

Cynthia Fuchs

Film

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'Orange is the New Black' Is Imprisoned Between Comedy and Drama

As its characters remain thinly rendered types and the situations predictable, Orange is the New Black veers from melodrama to slapstick.

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

Over Her Dead Body

Its humor is, to put it kindly, unsophisticated, and forms the backdrop to a love story that feels like being stuck on an awkward first date.

Over Her Dead Body

The premise of Over Her Dead Body is Eva Longoria Parker, dead.

Wedding Daze

We're left in our own daze, wondering which Michael Ian Black made this movie, and why.

Jersey Girl (2003)

Affleck and Smith talk lots about shooting details and feelings about their chosen fields, their mutual esteem and affection audible.

Jersey Girl (2003)

Early in Jersey Girl, Ben Affleck cries. It's a grim and alarming moment.

Anything Else (2003)

The idea of Woody Allen teaching high school English is a funny idea, and Anything Else leaves it at that: a funny idea.

American Wedding (2003)

Stifler's insufferable self-love is his special gift, of course, and what viewers love most about him.

M83's Ambitious But Inert 'Digital Shades Vol. 2' Underwhelms

Blues-Cruising Samantha Fish Takes Joy Ride of Her Life on 'Kill or Be Kind' (album premiere + interview)

Liam Gallagher Shows His Vulnerable Side on 'Why Me? Why Not.'

Slayyyter's Love For 'Blackout' Era Britney Spears Informs Her Debut Mixtape

Swoll Reveals Subtle Power via "Shudder to Think" (premiere)

British Electronic Duo Brook Release Debut 'Built You for Thought' (album stream) (premiere)

Norwegian/Welsh Duo Firewoodisland Deliver Exquisite Chamber Pop Positivity on "Hollow Coves" (premiere)

Blues-Cruising Samantha Fish Takes Joy Ride of Her Life on 'Kill or Be Kind' (album premiere + interview)

Costa Rica's Las Robertas Celebrate the "Thunder Rider" (premiere)

HEAZZA Delivers a Soulful, Transformative Performance on "The Dark" (premiere + interview)

Timelost Give Marilyn Manson's "Cryptorchid" a New Lease on Life (premiere + interview)

Justin Wade Tam Goes Outside His Humming House to Reveal "Colors of My Mind" (premiere + interview)

Experimental Ensemble Thor & Friends Share Latest Video "As Above So Below" (premiere)