Youth in Revolt is a cut above the usual teen comedy, but then again the teen comedy bar of quality isn’t exactly one I’d want to try to limbo underneath. It’s fine when it’s being funny, but most of the best bits are in one or another of the trailers and it doesn’t have enough going on otherwise to keep it from fizzling out by the end.
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The restricted trailer for comedy YOUTH IN REVOLT starring Michael Cera.
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Instead of Nine getting bumped into next year as had been widely speculated amid the much talked about Weinstein money troubles, it looks like the victim is Youth in Revolt. The Michael Cera starring comedy which made it’s North American debut to positive reviews at Toronto is being pushed back from October 30 to January [...]
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A look at Toronto reviews of Youth in Revolt starring Michael Cera, Atom Egoyan’s Chloe starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried and Get Low starring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray
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I never ran the original poster for this because frankly I’ve grown a bit weary of Michael Cera’s shtick, but after catching the trailer for Youth in Revolt before Inglourious Basterds, I’m kind of sold. It’s still Cera, but there’s a twist.
I never read C.D. Payne’s novel, but the trailer entertained. Check it out post [...]
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LiC revisits the rumors of a possible Arrested Development movie.
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Michael Cera and Kat Dennings in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Happy Monday everyone and welcome to LiC’s weekly look at how you the beloved reader spent your movie weekend. Consider it an open thread with a movie-centric focus. Talk about what you’ve seen lately or anything else that’s on your mind. You can even talk [...]
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The wide releases are a mixed bag this week so let’s cut through the crap and lead off with a couple of movies that are only playing in limited release but have received the coveted LiC stamp of approval.
Ballast Stark, minimalist and naturalistic, Ballast may not be the feel-good movie of the fall, but it’s a [...]
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For this batch of Toronto reviews, I’m mostly dispensing with plot synopses because I already recently summarized these movies in the fall forecast. If you enjoy your LiC regurgitated story blurbs, let me know and perhaps they’ll return with the next round.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Variety’s John Anderson liked it a little but called [...]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton in
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York
Moving right along with the Fall Forecast. Here’s what’s coming up in October. Once again, all dates are subject to change based on studio whim. LiC’s picks are starred.
October 3
An American Carol. I love Airplane! as much as anyone, but David Zucker’s name hasn’t been attached [...]
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