I went on a little nostalgia trip this week, as IFC was playing House Party, the Kid N’ Play epic about… well, you know… a house party. Aside from the side characters (especially the neighbor yelling out the window played by John Witherspoon), the funniest thing about the movie is how hilariously bad the...
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So this weekend, we got a bit of a break in the summer action avalanche as the two big releases were the lukewarmly reviewed comedies, The Zookeeper and Horrible Bosses. I didn’t see either (maybe Horrible Bosses on video, but no desire whatsoever to see The Zookeeper), but did get around to seeing Larry Crowne, the affable...
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If you missed my Jan. 6 feature detailing 11 films I can’t wait to see in 2011, here’s what I said about Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation of his own excellent novel: Perks of Being a Wallflower : Talk about pressure: In 1999, author Stephen Chbosky published his only novel, Perks of Being a Wallflower, which...
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