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The casting in I Love You, Man is a stroke of relative genius. Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are two of the funniest — and most likable — comedians working in film today, and for all of I Love You‘s vulgarity, these two leads keep the film afloat. The sincerity of their performances translates even [...]
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Every show hits a slump at some point. That is why, for as awful as the cancellations of Arrested Development and Freaks and Geeks may have seemed to fans, such a curse may really have been a blessing in disguise. Weeds is a perfect example: what was once a funny, subversive and witty dramedy is [...]
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I suppose odder things have happened — Burger King’s body spray, for example — but this certainly ranks up there: Star Trek has a new cologne, called Red Shirt. So it’s sorta like Versace’s Blue Jeans, except for people who don’t want to ever get laid. Offered by vendor ThinkGeek, the official product description states: [...]
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In the Loop is an unusually good and funny film from a usually tepid and rather unfunny genre. After enduring an onslaught of mediocre films centered around the war in Iraq, 2009 seems to have finally brought audiences closer to cinematic resolution: first Kathryn Bigelow’s invigorating The Hurt Locker gave us a fresh insight, and [...]
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