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...acting is accomplished and although the dialogue clearly attempts to cover its political bases, it is not too heavy handed. The writing tempers the severity of the subject matter with an apt sense of humor. Just hours before his scheduled attack, Khaled anxiously asks his leader what will happen after the mission. “Two angels will pick you up,” he is told. He responds uncertainly, “Are you sure...
...just like back at Harvard, where conservative student monthly The Salient frequently quipped about West’s radical methodology, Princeton has given the professor a fair share of its own detractors. The September 2005 cover of Princeton’s humor magazine The Princeton Tiger, for instance, features a vaguely offensive caricature of Cornel West playing beer pong and wearing a golden dollar sign pennant around his neck...
...despair, resentment, and resignation—where “Tenenbaums” was prevented from plumbing too deeply into these emotions by ensemble comedy conventions. This is not to suggest that “Squid” isn’t a tremendously funny film. But its humor is rooted in the intractable narcissism and brutal selfishness of its protagonists. One laughs during “Squid” not out of delight, but in recognition of human stupidity at its apogee. The worst offender in this respect is household head Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels): he is a novelist...
...film itself might be read as a pie-in-the-face of our culture of celebrity and consumption. But what kind of pie? “The Weather Man” strives to be a pie of substance and succeeds to a certain degree; with its sense of humor and light social commentary, it certainly avoids the vapidity of fast food. Nicolas Cage plays Dave Spritz, an overpaid, oversexed, and unloved Chicago weatherman coming apart at the seams. He’s recently split with his wife, Noreen (Hope Davis), his kids are troubled, and people keep throwing food...