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"We can thank Christopher Guest for pulling her out of obscurity and casting her as a lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show. Or we can just thank her incredible talent for stealing scenes by way of riotous awkward comedy. Either way, this week we should remember to be thankful for Jane Lynch. You may have seen her recently in Role Models as the formerly coke-addicted founder of a mentoring organization. Or maybe you’ve seen her in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights or Guest’s A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration. In most of her roles, she plays opposite the best comedians in the business, yet she still supplies her films w "
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"In a crowded year for Best Actress contention, Anne Hathaway could be the only first-timer to receive an Oscar nomination in the lead category, possibly going up against mainstays such as her Devil Wears Prada costar Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, as well as the less-nominated vets Nicole Kidman and Kristen Scott Thomas. Her main competition for the outsider, dark horse position is Frozen River’s Melissa Leo (who may benefit from her film’s initiatory screener campaign even though River’s theatrical release was early and hardly noticed), and Happy-Go-Lucky’s Sally Hawkins, whose film just debuted to favorable reviews citing her brilliant (as in talented and bright) performance. But Hathaway is sure to be the victor –– even though her performance in Rachel Gettin "
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"Lists of movies within movies are fairly common on the internet, enough that I now realize I need to finally see Bowfinger simply because I’ve counted about a million list makers in love with something titled “Chubby Rain.” And the lists are likely to keep on coming thanks to this week’s hot release, Tropic Thunder, which actually features two movies within (the Vietnam War film “Tropic Thunder” and the festival-winning making-of documentary “Rain of Madness”), as well as the upcoming How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, which has spawned a popular fake movie trailer for an NC-17 film titled “Mother Theresa: The Making of a Saint” (previewed above). Yet until someone makes "
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"Satire can be the hardest genre to work in. Too much tweaking and the result is unintentionally cruel. Not enough and it looks like the writer is trying not to offend. Writer/director/actor Christopher Guest's latest, "For Your Consideration", falls somewhere in the middle: it is a slight indictment against studio bosses who interfere in a production when awards buzz starts, yet it is also terribly depressing when the inevitable happens. One-time movie stars Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) and Victor Allan Miller (Harry Shearer) headline an indie drama called "Home for Purim", a movie which centers on a Jewish holiday. Hack is permanently stuck in her glory days, going as far as to re-watch her films seemingly every day. When an internet spy gets on the set and writes about her chances for an Oscar nomination, she and the production become obsessed with awards. Soon, the drama's name is changed to "Home for Thanksgiving" in an attempt to make it more audience-friendly. Then, the u ... "
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"Trailers for novels aren’t the newest idea in the world, but I still think they’re a neat concept. Unfortunately, they can sometimes actually do harm to a book’s appeal, as in the case of Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper’s Hollywood-set novel Celebutantes, which arrives in stores tomorrow. The book has four dramatized “trailers”, or clips, pulled from its pages, the best of which is viewable above. Yes, I said the best of which. And if you think that one is bad, then check out the three other truly embarrassing clips at the book’s MySpace page. So if they’re so bad, why am I sharing them (and possibly helping to promote the book)? Because I wanted to point out that these are the work of McG, who directed the two Charlie’s Angels
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"I don't know why, I just really, really enjoy Christopher Guest's films, and here he and his usual band of misfits step away from the "mockumentary" style of his previous three films (excluding, of course, Almost Heroes). He is one of filmdom's most underappreciated chameleons, as his looks is VASTLY different from film to film. But most of you probably already know that if you're reading this review or have seen this film, because unfortunately, this film was not as widely received as Best in Show or Waiting for Guffman. As I said, if you liked those films, chances are you'll find this one humorous as well. I did! "
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"By Tricia Olszewski After exposing the silly sides of small-town theater, dog shows, and has-been folkies, Christopher Guest has now targeted Hollywood—which is kind of like a class bully picking on the headgear-wearing kid with asthma. But just because its concept is easy doesn’t mean For Your Consideration isn’t funny. This mockumentary takes place on the set of Home for Purim, a World War II–era piece about a Southern Jewish family getting together to celebrate its dying matriarch’s favorite holiday. After the camera’s been rolling for a few days, word trickles out that somehow, somewhere on “the thing with e-mail” known as the Internet, a gossip site has mentioned that Marilyn Hack (Catherine O’Hara), the actress who plays the sick mother, is turning in an Oscar-worthy performance. (It does take a certain something to deliver lines that include both magnolia similes and such Yiddishisms as “meshuggah.”) And so b ... "
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"Watched this one the other night (probably should have watched it on Sunday, before the oscars, it would have made Nicole Kidman's face all that funnier).Not quite as side splittingly funny as his previous three films. This one abandons the 'mockumentary' format and tries for... well, I suppose 'mockudrama' would be a way to describe it. Interviews are still a big portion of the show, although it is frequently the interviewers who are the focus of the parody a lot of the time.Catherine O'Hara is brilliant as usual, and undergoes the most depressingly familiar transformation, from hard working underappreciated thespian uncomfortable with the 'fame' part of the actor's life, to absolute publicity hag, botoxed and tucked beyond recognition. Fred Willard is cluelessly hilarious as usual, and the usual gang of regulars have their moments (I love all the older characters confusing references to that mysterious thing called the 'internet'). Rick ... "
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