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...cheap lawn-chair and not a log or a bench, a plane roars overhead, bringing home the point that this movie is not afraid of trading in subtlety for loud, obvious humor. In fact, the opening scene couldn’t fit the film itself more perfectly. Like Kirk’s billboard, the film sets audiences up for a promising scene, then pulls back to reveal the seams...

Author: By Devon M. Newhouse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: She’s Out of My League | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...supporting cast also provides humorous lines from time to time, especially Devon, played by Nate Torrence, who supplies the group of Kirk’s friends with naïve, child-like interjections which are so wrong for the situation that one can’t help but laugh. Molly’s friend Patty, played by Krysten Ritter, and Kirk’s friend Stainer (T.J. Miller) also have several comedic—albeit tense—stretches of dialogue...

Author: By Devon M. Newhouse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: She’s Out of My League | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...shave his testicles. The entire film circles around this urge to thrust Kirk into as many awkward situations as possible—which is funny at times, but mostly falls flat. With this goal at its center, the film lacks a cohesiveness which makes the ending seem rather like a hasty attempt to tie things together...

Author: By Devon M. Newhouse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: She’s Out of My League | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...half minutes long, and every one of those minutes is packed with a healthy dose of good old-fashioned crazy. Though it’s meant to be a sequel to the “Paparazzi” video, “Telephone” feels more like a break from that phase of Gaga’s career than a continuation of it. No longer do songs need to play contiguously, videos don’t have to relate in any way to their song’s subject matter, and product placement can be as deliberately unsubtle...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...have no talent, you have no talent. If people like us are ever going to succeed in a profession, we have to find a topic that no body else in the world is willing to study, so you can be the best at it,” Levitt recalled his father telling...

Author: By Juliana L. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Levitt Discusses Unlikely Route to Economics | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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