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Jason Segel is The Consummate Everyday Man in 'The Five-Year Engagement'

While some comedies take themselves too seriously or not serious enough to highlight both comedic and dramatic moments, Jason Segel’s writing straddles both worlds and settles for realism, instead.

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The Meaning of Mundane: 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home'

The Duplass brother's first foray into mainstream film asks us if there really is a connectivity to the mundane minutes of each day. Unfortunately, they give up the answer far too easily.

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I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man is a buddy flick worked out as a chick flick, complete with makeovers, bonding montages, a break-up and make-up.

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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.

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Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Three-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition)

A better than average romantic comedy, despite a plot with few surprises, this owes a great deal of its success to Segal and the sincerity he brings to his character.

Jessica Suarez

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Rachel is initially uninterested in Peter's story. It is, after all, the same story, again.

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Part 3 - The New Networks

It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.

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How I Met Your Mother: Season One

This is no static workplace comedy or rinse-repeat tale of funny family life. As the narration from the future reminds us, life as the characters know it is destined to end.

Samantha Bornemann

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Slackers (2002)

Some movies just don't need to be made. And some movies work extra hard to educe comments just like that one, making the extra effort to gross you out, to annoy, alarm, or titillate you.

Cynthia Fuchs

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Jason Segel is The Consummate Everyday Man in 'The Five-Year Engagement'

While some comedies take themselves too seriously or not serious enough to highlight both comedic and dramatic moments, Jason Segel’s writing straddles both worlds and settles for realism, instead.

The Meaning of Mundane: 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home'

The Duplass brother's first foray into mainstream film asks us if there really is a connectivity to the mundane minutes of each day. Unfortunately, they give up the answer far too easily.

'Man' Made Out of the Same Old...Stuff

I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man is a buddy flick worked out as a chick flick, complete with makeovers, bonding montages, a break-up and make-up.

The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Three-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition)

A better than average romantic comedy, despite a plot with few surprises, this owes a great deal of its success to Segal and the sincerity he brings to his character.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Rachel is initially uninterested in Peter's story. It is, after all, the same story, again.

Part 3 - The New Networks

It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.

How I Met Your Mother: Season One

This is no static workplace comedy or rinse-repeat tale of funny family life. As the narration from the future reminds us, life as the characters know it is destined to end.

Slackers (2002)

Some movies just don't need to be made. And some movies work extra hard to educe comments just like that one, making the extra effort to gross you out, to annoy, alarm, or titillate you.

Wond'ring Aloud: A Reflection on Jethro Tull

'Call the Comet' and the Magic Realism of Johnny Marr

So, Why Does Anyone Like David Sedaris?

Mikey Wax Celebrates Simplicity With "Big Little Life" (premiere)

Moira Smiley's "Dressed in Yellow" Is a Triumph of Love, Understanding, and Emotional Strength (premiere)

The Slocan Ramblers' "Just to Know" Brings Gritty Bluegrass to the Table (premiere)

Mikey Wax Celebrates Simplicity With "Big Little Life" (premiere)

Scott Danbom's Static Diary Gently Rises with "UFO" (premiere)

Oldermost's "Same to Me" Touches on One of Love's Inevitable Moments (premiere)

Stringer Searches for "Ghosts" in New York City (premiere)

Low Swans Debut Melodic and Richly Layered Electronic Track "No One Was Supposed to Know" (premiere)

Ed Vallance Soars in 'Midair' (album stream)

Joanna Teters Heads 'Back to Brooklyn' (album stream)