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...writer read several of his poems, including “The Great Tree” and “A Gentleman Compares his Virtue to a Piece of Jade,” and parts of his 2007 prose novel, Divisadero...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet, Novelist Delivers Speech | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Aside from a superb soundtrack, the film’s other strength is its wonderful cast of character actors. Hoffman remains at his brashest and bawdiest as an American DJ, a stark opposite from Nighy’s prim, if slightly spaced-out, British gentleman. Unquestionably, though, the funniest performance comes from Kenneth Branagh as a viciously polite British official intent on destroying Radio Rock. His outraged caricature is particularly evident during a scene in which he casually threatens to outlaw one of his subordinate’s haircuts. Nick Frost’s (“Shaun...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pirate Radio | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Civility is so 20th century. In today's Congress, the propriety of a gentleman and $5 will get you lots of committee work and a ham sandwich. Embrace the new media landscape, however, and you can break out in the national media fun house as an Internet and cable-news populist. Fame and campaign cash await...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Fun House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

This involves substituting many of the charmingly quirky aspects of “Napoleon Dynamite” for things that are downright bizarre or simply gross. “Gentleman Broncos” contains a very healthy dose of bathroom humor; if projectile vomiting as a key plot point sounds like an excellent idea, this is probably the movie for you. This sense of humor is exemplified in a typical exchange between mother and child, as Benjamin protests to having to sell his mom’s popcorn “country balls?...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gentlement Broncos | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...daughter are murdered in front of him, is transformed into an evil genius, terrorizing assistant D.A. Jamie Foxx and the rest of Philadelphia with murders of a scheming, Saw-like sadism. Saddled with a scathing 16% score from the "top critics" monitored on Rotten Tomatoes (Wild Things nabbed a gentleman's 68%), Citizen won audiences on star quality and the movie marketplace's lack of other adult-themed melodrama - read: crap for grownups. Younger viewers in search of shivers had already lined up for Paranormal Activity, which now stands a fair chance of breaking out from cult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: A Winner with Wild Things | 10/18/2009 | See Source »

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