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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sleep” was written in multiple languages, and the resulting disjointed character exchange only complemented the overall blurred boundaries of reality. Here, Gondry’s attempts at natural American speech are rough around the edges, and there are more than a handful of back-and-forths that stray wildly from the lexicon of Passaic, N.J., where the movie is set.The biggest flaw in a film like this isn’t where it goes but where it fails to go. The script makes several half-hearted attempts at social commentary, from exploring the dynamics of a racially mixed...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Be Kind Rewind | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...They gather at a surprise going-away party for young Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David): his gal pal Lily (Jessica Lucas), his would-be girlfriend Beth (Odette Yustman), his best bud Hud (T.J. Miller) and a pretty stray named Marlena Diamond (Lizzy Caplan). Early on, Hud is given the job of documenting the event with a video camera. The movie spends its first 20 mins. introducing you to a bunch of people, most of whom will be dead by min. 30. All you have to know: Rob had a brief affair with Beth and wants to get back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corliss on Cloverfield: The Blair Witch Reject | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

...Cloverfield, when it fact it was referred to as U.S. 447. The character of Beth was described as the "on-and-off" girlfriend of the character Rob, when she is more accurately described as his "would-be girlfriend." And the story incorrectly stated that one character was "a pretty stray named Lizzy (Marlene Diamond)." In fact, the character's name is Marlena Diamond, and the actress who played her is named Lizzy Caplan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corliss on Cloverfield: The Blair Witch Reject | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

...McCain tried to lock one up one of those undecided McBamas at the town hall in Exeter. In responding to the voter asking about Iraq, McCain didn't stray from his usual answers on the topics of bin Laden and Iraq. He will "follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell." As for Iraq being hell-on-earth...America will stay there, he said, for as long as it takes, even if - as he put it later - "that's one hundred years, one thousand years, ten thousand years or until the earth collapses under global climate change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wooing New Hampshire's Undeclared | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

...recent snowy Saturday, Francess Reda, her two children and one of their friends arrived at the Boulder, Colorado, shelter to put the matching test to the test. They'd already spotted Mariah, a four-month-old stray tortoise-shell kitten, online. And when they filled out the Feline-ality form, they discovered that their needs and expectations matched Mariah's. Not really a "Leader of the Band" or "Personal Assistant," Mariah checked out more like a "Sidekick" - "I like attention, and I also like my solitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Personality Test for Pets | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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