Adam Scott is an unlikely romantic lead. He is slight in stature, with a mop of puffy brown hair that always seems to have a runaway cowlick and a sardonic sneer that he uses convey a comedic level of disbelief. These qualities …
A Pair of Fish Tales: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The snappy dialogue tops the drama in Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Meanwhile a documentary about perhaps the world’s greatest sushi chef is hunger-inducing.
Silent House, Shrieking Heroine
Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman trapped in a house full of strange noises and dark secrets. She gets so scared she throws up; we almost joined in.
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Programming Note: Tuned In Goes to SXSW
Two related notes: First, I’m going to the South By Southwest film/interactive festival for a few days starting Friday, so blogging may be light or nonexistent here through Tuesday, between travel and my navigating the massive event for the first time ever. Adjust your calendars accordingly.
Second: I’m going to South By Southwest! …
John Carter: Andrew Stanton’s Martian Mission Impossible
From the director of Finding Nemo and WALL·E comes an ambitious, wayward version of a century-old story that plays like a pallid remake of Avatar
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Was All-American Muslim Too Controversial, Too Boring, or Too Good to Survive?
All-American Muslim will not be back for a second season, The Detroit Free Press first reported yesterday and its network, TLC, confirmed. The report cited the show’s ratings, which dropped considerably from the show’s highly …
Friends with Kids: A Potty-Mouthed Mom Rom Com
In writer-director Jennifer Westfeldt’s new film, two friends imagine they can have a child together yet remain completely platonic. Good luck with that.
And the Name of the New Fiona Apple Album Is…
…The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do.
Incredibly, it’s not even her longest album title—not by far. That honor belongs to the 1999 release …
Are Germans Ready to Laugh at a Film About Nazis from Space?
Spartacus: Behind the Scenes Photos From a Stanley Kubrick Classic
SimCity Returns: Maxis Calls PC Game ‘Rebirth of Franchise’
SimCity! It’s back! Or wait, did it ever really leave?
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The Morning After: I Fought the Law
Quick spoilers for last night’s Justified below:
I don’t feel as if this season of Justified, so far, is coming together quite on the level that last year’s grand story of Mags Bennett did. Neal McDonough has been coolly …
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CNN Poaches Palin From Fox (For a Few Minutes)
CNN deployed its resources across the country for yesterday’s Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, as far as the vast state of Alaska, to which it sent a single camera crew. And of all Alaska’s cities and towns from which to cover Alaska’s Republican caucus, it happened to pick Wasilla, because of—oh, no particular reason, right? As …