As “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” proved, he’s only good in small doses; as “Get Him to the Greek” proved, he’s downright grating in large ones. Taking over Dudley Moore’s iconic, Oscar-nominated title role, Brand seems not to have undergone any great stretch to portray a rich, spoiled, drunken, promiscuous man-child. We’re asked to laugh at his […]
Russell Brand
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Jolene
See it because its lead actress, Jessica Chastain, delivers a knockout performance that earned her roles in several high-profile projects to come. There’s even early Oscar talk surrounding her work in Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” so the star-in-the-making must be the real deal (which she is). Based on a short story by E.L. […]
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Bunny and the Bull
The two entities share director Paul King, here making his feature debut, and a sharp, surrealist approach to comedy. Don’t expect a fairy tale, although the title certainly suggests as much. Stephen (Edward Hogg) is an OCD-inflicted hermit who cannot and will not leave his apartment. Initially, we do not know the reasons, but all […]