Word: screens
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...said ‘no, he’s going to run it four times in a row. I know he is. Doggonnit,’” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Throw the football. And they run a fake jailbreak screen. The tight end comes out and goes up the sideline, and there’s nobody within 30 yards of him, touchdown. Unbelievable call, and the game’s over…We went straight up. A hundred football players and coaches went straight up.” Harvard, Brown, and Penn...
...growth, ethnic solidarity, the meeting of true hearts - that Mad 2, like virtually all animated films, feels compelled to teach. Maybe that's salutary for the wee ones, but I'll bet they, and their elders, prefer the subsidiary creatures, who in the movie's better moments crowd the screen and take over, like the Preston Sturges rep company in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero - or like Scrat the Sisyphusian squirrel in the Ice Age pictures. In Mad 2 we get some penguins and a lemur, all balm to the comic spirit...
...Here's what you have to ask about scene stealers: Are they funnier than the star characters because they're not on screen as long? Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman all have the heavy lifting of story lines; Julien and the penguins (and a couple of cranky monkeys who serve as the movie's Statler and Waldorf) have only to shake their shtick, deliver their bright lines and get off. (Also, they're smaller in stature, hence cuter.) Liberated from the burden of consciences or backstories or any recognizable feelings; they have no obligation to audiences other than to make...
...that all white people be referred to as “Ben Affleck.” Wain worked on a number of television comedies, including “Mad TV” and “Stella,” and he successfully adapts his banter for the big screen. Ultimately, “Role Models” ends on a high note, with an exciting climax that ties together all of the film’s major elements with a hint of poignancy. The movie may not be a comedic masterpiece, but its simple message, plentiful laughs, and likable...
...There’s always been—not a love/hate relationship—but a push-and-pull between Hollywood and Boston,” says Paul Sherman, author of the book “Big Screen Boston.” “There are obvious reasons that have made Boston not necessarily one of Hollywood’s favorite locations...