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Naked News: We didn’t get live sex demos when we were in college!

Em and Lo — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:00:16 +0000

Northwestern University human sexuality class has live demonstration by a kinky couple (we'd feel better about that if the guy had been naked too and hadn't been wielding a modified power tool).
HuffPo has a DOMA “for Dummies” rundown.
Egads: half of US men have HPV!

TRUE GRIT

Perrin Drumm — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:13:47 +0000

I can't speak to whether the Coen brothers' TRUE GRIT is as faithful to the book as they claim, but if it is I'd be interested to see how author Charles Portis handles a grueling revenge story brought to a not so thrilling end followed by an abrupt 25-year flash forward and a less than satisfying conclusion. Despite great performances from the five lead actors and the efforts of two of the best filmmakers working today, this version of TRUE GRIT lacks the heart at the core of the 1969 film adaptation, not to mention the gratification an audience is due when the object of a burning revenge is shot dead.

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

Perrin Drumm — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:07:42 +0000

Anthony Hopkins as Alfie, with his PYT

After 2008's VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA and 2009's WHATEVER WORKS, Woody Allen's latest release, YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER marks a return to the classic tragicomic films about couples in flux that he's best known for. You know the ones I'm talking about. Like HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986) or CELEBRITY (1998), YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER is a story about a man who seeks refuge from his lifeless marriage in an exciting stranger. Sally (Naomi Watts) is married to Roy (Josh Brolin), a struggling, some might say failed writer who spends his days gazing out his bedroom window at his gorgeous new neighbor, Dia (Freida Pinto). Sally is too absorbed with her new boss, Greg (Antonio Banderas), to notice her husband's wavering attentions. Their bickering is frequently interrupted by Helena, Sally's mother, who drops by to impart the wisdom gained from her weekly psychic readings, her only source of comfort after her husband Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) divorced her after 40 years and married Charmaine (Lucy Punch), a blonde, gum-smacking actress/call girl.

Woody Allen Meets A Tall Dark Stranger

Kultur Kritik — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:58:11 +0000

Woody Allen Talks About His Latest Film Photo Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Woody Allen’s latest film “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,” starring an ensemble that includes Gemma Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, and Josh Brolin, opens in U.S. theaters tomorrow, September 22nd. On September 8th, Kultur Kritic excitedly attended a press screening [...]

Festival Updates Spotlight: The People Speak

Sundance Channel — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:32:35 +0000

Robert Redford, Marissa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson and more read excerpts from Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History of the United States for the forthcoming documentary THE PEOPLE SPEAK.