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Everything, from the houses to the city streets to even the playing cards used by Oliver, is authentic to the time period. The costume design, done by Starski’s collaborator on the latter two films, is equally beautiful. Unlike the over-the-top designs that seem to be employed in films about the mid-19th century like “Gangs of New York,” the costumes in Oliver Twist seem like the genuine articles: the poor and rich appear authentically...
...every potential pitfall, Carell and Director Judd Apatow have an answer. Cliché humor like a white man speaking ghetto? Carell’s delivery assures new amusement, fo’ sho. An over-the-top portrait of the graying virgin? The movie portrays an awkward individual you might actually see walking down the street. Creating a stream of jokes about sex that are only there for shock value? Carell and Apatow have co-written a continuously raunchy comedy that pushes more buttons than “Bad Santa” and is consistently side-splitting...
...What we call ourselves is the bible for young single women who want to live large and love large. The reader wants candid sexual advice and relationship advice, and that's part of our trademark. But she also loves the over-the-top quality. So if Jay Leno isn't mocking it, or doing a spoof on it, or reading our coverlines - if he's not doing that regularly, maybe I've pulled back too much...
...Cruise Acts Out Your article on Tom Cruise and his over-the-top profession of passion for actress Katie Holmes on the Oprah TV show was right on the money [June 6]. Cruise certainly didn't need to jump up and down on a sofa to prove he's an imbecile. And who is he to criticize Brooke Shields or any other woman who seeks medical help for postpartum depression? Is Cruise really against prescription drugs, or does the idea of a strong woman taking charge of her health frighten him? Cruise's opinions belong in the Dark Ages...
...terrorist attack and a retaliation, but let's at least be honest about it. Both are - and should be called - atrocities. We should let Amnesty International alone. To attack its work is truly immoral. Simon Hytten Rome Cruise Acts Out Your article on tom cruise and his over-the-top profession of passion for actress Katie Holmes on the Oprah TV show was right on the money [June 6]. Cruise certainly didn't need to jump up and down on a sofa to prove he's an imbecile. And who is he to criticize Brooke Shields or any other woman...