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MOVIES: I, Robot feels retro; The Inheritance redefines grim; Garden State makes Jersey seem cool...
...lead in NBC's hit hospital sitcom Scrubs had the cockiness to write and star in his directorial debut, Garden State (which opens July 28). The film is a love song to suburban New Jersey that is so smart and touching, Bruce Springsteen might be able to retire soon. "I kind of wanted it to suck. I wanted it to be a big, noble failure," says Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, who will have Braff, 29, direct some episodes this season. "I was extremely jealous. I might have to put myself on the show as an actor to even the playing...
...preparation, Braff had Portman watch one of his favorite films, Harold and Maude. Like that movie, Garden State quickly establishes an off-kilter tone, using odd pacing and such surrealistic touches as the giant pet cemetery in Portman's character's backyard to create a marijuana-like haze between the main character and his surroundings. "I love stuff that's totally realistic, then dips across the line," he says. "Sometimes I crossed the line...
...approximately 9:50 a.m. yesterday, HUPD officers responded to a call from a witness alerting officers to an individual offering rides in his car near the intersection of Garden Street and Appian...
...route, one of the officers was flagged down by a woman standing in the middle of Garden Street...