When did you first realize that the Fresh Prince could legitimately act? Like, in the big leagues? For once in my…
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1. How was there ever a time that we considered Tim Burton weird? He certainly isn't weird now—give this guy a…
Bobcat Goldthwait, in almost every possible fashion, belongs on the list of those creatures who could only have come…
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Somewhere in the world, maybe in a dusty old rotting liberal-arts faculty lounge, maybe in the office where they…
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There is a moment, I think, when an actor's persona becomes so chiseled and locked-in that it's impossible to accept…
1. There are several long stretches in which The Five-Year Engagement is the polar opposite of what anyone would…
It's the fear of any successful creative person, anyone who started their career as a young buck with fire in the…
1. An old joke: "Why do women not like The Three Stooges? Because they're not funny." The appeal of The Three…
It always seems like the summer movie season begins earlier every year, but it doesn't, not really. The unofficial…
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American Reunion comes out today, and I'll confess to liking it a bit more than Grierson does. I agree that these…
On April 10, 1998, my sister came to visit me in Los Angeles. That was her 18th birthday, and while she was…
From the very first scene of Slap Shot, the classic hockey film makes its stance clear: The way everybody talks…
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1. Everyone looks so bored in Wrath of the Titans that I honestly felt bad for them. Sure, this sequel is an obvious…
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About three minutes into 4:44 Last Day on Earth, an extremely indulgent and stupid movie that opens tomorrow and…
1. I feel I need to say this out front about The Hunger Games, since I'd never read the young adult book and wasn't…
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We have reached the point where the release of a new Nicolas Cage movie is less fodder for humor than it is an…
1. It's surprising that it took this long for someone to mix the peanut butter of Apatowian bromance comedies with…
1. I know that the main reason John Carter exists right now is because the technology is available to produce it,…