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...easy and effective, the movies are funny (in a witty way that is both naïve and worldly at the same time), and the formula has worked for him thus far. His latest film, “Observe and Report,” however, is like the evil twin of all his other feel-good movies. Rest assured, it has all these elements and more, but it takes them to an unexpectedly darker, more disturbing, or simply more obnoxious level than moviegoers may be expecting. “Observe and Report” follows shopping mall cop Ronnie Barnhardt...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Observe And Report | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...written some excellent characters and gotten his actors to give them quirky life: Michael Pena as a lisping dude who seems to be Ronnie's firmest supporter on the security detail; John and Matt Yuan as twin mall-cop layabouts; Ray Liotta as a police detective who sneers away Ronnie's ambition to join the force; and especially Celia Weston as Ronnie's mother, who loves her son and her booze with equal, pathetic intensity. Weston and Rogen's scenes together have the sad, sloppy sweetness of two losers who care for each other because they're stuck together. After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Observe and Report: Travis Bickle, Mall Cop | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...first place. (Many researchers believe it's the latter.) There's anecdotal evidence that more young workers are staying home in the south than before. Border-patrol arrests are down 24% this year on the U.S.-Mexico border. But for those who are in the U.S., the twin pressures - increased enforcement and a worsening economy - have actually made it harder for them to return home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Backlash, Illegal Immigrants Stay Put | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...Down” marks the other high point of the record. With its jaunty tone and insolent chorus of “Hey, shut the fuck up boy / You’re starting to piss me off,” it acts as the stylistic twin to “Nothing to Worry About.” But just when you’re starting to join in on the rollicking angry energy, the song ends, and “Stay This Way” drags the whole mess down into plaintive misdirection as Morén sings...

Author: By Spencer Burke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peter Bjorn & John | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...Drake began trying for baby No. 3. She tried for three years, with no luck. At 30, she was diagnosed with premature menopause and, in an odd twist of fate, had to undergo fertility treatment to have her third child. It struck her as particularly curious, since her identical twin sister never had any fertility problems. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Egg Donations Mount, So Do Health Concerns | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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