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Life is Grand: THE MUPPETS Film Review
By Allison at November 24, 2011 | 12:03 am | 1 Comments
5 / 5 stars One good way to entertain your family during the holidays is to take them to see The Muppets, the latest (and long-awaited) film to feature that familiar gang of puppets, starring Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), who co-wrote the script with Nick Stoller (Sarah Marshall director and fellow collaborator from the Judd Apatow camp). I cannot, for the more...
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Thai-ing One On: R-rated THE HANGOVER PART II Sets Record
By Norm Schrager at May 31, 2011 | 6:29 am | 0 Comment
Any studio head will tell you (if you can get one on the phone) that a PG-13 rating for a blockbuster release is always better than an R. The latter carries restrictions with it -- thus, the R for "Restricted" -- where some theaters will do their just duty and turn away unaccompanied youngsters. Not so with PG-13 movies, allowing big-noise high-octane stuff like more...
Movie For Suckers: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS DVD Review
By Norm Schrager at January 25, 2011 | 12:08 am | 7 Comments
2 / 5 stars by Norm Schrager, Meet In the Lobby If you've seen the trailer, the French original, or even just the title, watching the comedy Dinner For Schmucks feels like a ripoff. All the right pieces are in the right places -- Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, director Jay Roach -- but they're contributing to a movie with a structure that lets them and us more...
New Trailer, Poster: IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
By Norm Schrager at July 29, 2010 | 11:10 pm | 1 Comments
If writing-directing partners Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden put a story to film, we wanna see it. No questions asked. With their features Half Nelson and Sugar, the pair shows a quiet intelligence, spending time on character development and narrative with an unassuming style that respects the viewer. Now that's rare. Fleck and Boden's newest is It's Kind of a Funny Story, more...
