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‘The Big Ask’ an awkward, honest, quirky dramedy about love and sex
The Big Ask Written by Thomas Beatty Directed by Thomas Beatty & Rebecca Fishman USA, 2013 Friendship is all about compromise. Any true bond that lasts and endures relies heavily on the notion that he, she, or they will do almost anything for the good of the relationship. Such a bond is tested in the […] More
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Saturday Shorts: ‘Crush’, starring Gillian Jacobs
Today’s film is the 2013 short Crush. The film is written by Rachel Antonoff, who also co-directs the short with Bianca Giaever, and stars Jack Antonoff, Mae Whitman, Jenny Slate, and Gillian Jacobs. Jacobs rose to prominence in the role of Britta Perry in the NBC series Community, and has also been seen in movies […] More
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‘Walk of Shame’, with Elizabeth Banks, releases a red-band trailer
Over the course of her career, actress Elizabeth Banks has garnered critical and commercial acclaim for her roles in movies such as Wet Hot American Summer, Slither, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and Our Idiot Brother, as well as tv shows such as Scrubs and 30 Rock. Fans of Banks were thus interested to […] More
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Toronto After Dark Pre-Festival Spotlight: ‘Bad Milo’ – laboured and ridiculous, but not altogether unfunny.
In an episode of Community, Britta (played by Gillian Jacobs) once said that an analogy is “a thought with another thought’s hat on.” It may be laboured, clumsy, and teetering on the gobbledygook, but what she said was not altogether incorrect. In fact, that’s pretty much the reason why the scene was funny. Jacob Vaughan’s Bad Milo, in which Jacobs co-stars, deals with a metaphor that, in its execution, feels very much the same way: laboured and ridiculous, but not altogether unfunny. More
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SXSW 2013: ‘Milo’ sets the crazy watermark for toilet humor
Milo Directed by Jacob Vaughan Written by Benjamin Hayes, Jacob Vaughan People usually know what they are getting into when they enter certain movies at SXSW. There are the big headliners ; there are the obscure international films; there are the intimate indie flicks and mumblecore movies; then there are the kind of films like […] More
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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ is, at best, a tolerable though unfunny diversion
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Written by Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley Directed by Don Scardino USA, 2013 A high concept comedy of the kind Will Ferrell has most been associated with in the last decade, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone assembles an appealing cast for its familiar story and character beats, here applied to […] More