movie-ku #19

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I spent the day with Joaquin Phoenix today: I saw his two new films, Reservation Road and We Own the Night. And I loved them both (though Night more than Road), and I adore Joaquin, think he’s sexy as hell, and yet, it made me wonder… Why are all the tough Films about guys doing … more…

opening wide today: ‘Feel the Noise,’ ‘The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising,’ ‘The Heartbreak Kid,’ ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’

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Feel the Noise It’s a grand epic of the love story of an aspiring rapper and a hottie dancer, spanning the streets of the South Bronx and the nightclubs of Puerto Rico. Not starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. (not screened for critics, and I’m giving it a pass) The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising … more…

The Heartbreak Kid (review)

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Based on the 1972 movie — and Neil Simon’s 1972 screenplay — much in the same way that a breakfast of Pop Tarts and Mountain Dew is based on a petit dejeuner of fresh-baked croissants and cafe au lait.

movie-ku #18

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And now the first of what I hope will be a running motif: haiku incorporating movie titles… When the world gets rough I take refuge in movies Reality bites

Cameron Diaz: hideously old, and ugly too?

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Speaking of hating the Farrelly Brothers… What the fuck? Malin Akerman, the actress who plays Ben Stiller’s crazy girlfriend in The Heartbreak Kid, is a very pretty gal, but she’s absolutely terrifying in one regard: she’s a damn near clone of Cameron Diaz, who, waiiiiit just a second, was Stiller’s costar nine years ago in … more…

best grossouts for people who don’t like grossouts

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Used to be, movies that invited us to titter about poopy and pee-pee and nosepicking were aimed at the demographic that finds that kind of thing hilarious: nursery school attendees. But a decade ago, the Farrelly Brothers, blots on the face of humanity, decided that adults were really just rugrats in disguise, and they brought … more…

new on DVD: ‘1408,’ ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,’ ‘Jericho: Season 1,’ ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Complete Series’

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See it: • 1408 [buy it]. From my review: Sure, this is pretty much an episode of The Twilight Zone, but it’s a really, really good episode of The Twilight Zone, largely because of the magic of Cusack, who shucks his usual irresistible gosh-darn charm for a mellow but muscular intensity that his fans may … more…