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...really good friends are associated with the theater, and I’m happy to support that.” Susan Orlean, the New Yorker writer and author of the book “The Orchid Thief”—who Streep played in its 2002 screen meta-adaptation, “Adaptation”—serves on the Advisory Panel of the Coolidge.In “Prairie,” Streep delivers another genuine, effortless performance, Midwestern accent and all. Coupled with Altman’s directing style—which many recognize...
...faults, it’s good that “Tristram Shandy” was made. Ambitious meta-movies are rare these days. And this is the only way this convoluted novel could have been adapted to screen...
...judge. That’s why I get my celeb-trash undistilled.To look at the print headlines about the Jolie-Pittians that are sure to appear shortly, you will only see variations on mere announcement and faux intrigue. Never will you see a devastating meta-critique about why news organizations are still pretending the actual relationship between the dynamic duo is still mere speculation. As a favorite digi-rag of mine, Defamer.com, so aptly puts it, “Perhaps they’re waiting for the ‘People’ spread revealing Jolie’s latest...
...accompanied by cheap drums, whiny trumpets, and Ruff Ryder synths. While his new rush-released album, “Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD,” unfortunately maintains this holding pattern of mediocre beats (with the exception of the tribal drum Kanye-esque meta-rap of the title track), it is not as unlistenable as “Struggle”; at times Kweli’s ’97-’98 brilliance shines through. Talib is recuperating here, showing his audience that his career is not restricted to hip-hop-lite...
...they grow up; they may have learned a bit from the J.K. Rowling books and the films. The tone of the first two movies, The Sorcerer?s Stone (2001) and The Chamber of Secrets (2002), may have appealed to a fascination with the capricious machinery of meta-natural laws at Hogwarts school. The movies? spookiness was a Halloween trick (or, if they liked it, treat) - the equivalent of a mischievous uncle shouting Boo! on the other side of the door. Just what you?d expect from director Chris Columbus, whose notion of childhood stretches from funny-scary (he directed Home...