Archive for May 21st, 2010

MacGruber!  The Saturday Night Live character becomes a major movie star.  MacGruber!  I was hoping it would be really funny but it’s only kind of so-so.  MacGruber!   My review is posted at Film Journal.  MacGruber!

After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United
Directed by Christopher Browne
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One of the television highlights of the past year has been ESPN’s ambitious series 30 for 30, 30 documentaries covering 30 significant events in the past 30 years of sports history. The great thing about the series is that it doesn’t demand any familiarity with, or even a great affinity for, professional and/or collegiate athletics. Instead, almost every installment uses its specific subject as a jumping off point to explore larger, distinctly non-sports related issues.

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