Archive for July 8th, 2011

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Fri 8 Jul 2011

Like A Boss

Posted by Ethan under Film Review, TWoP
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A review of the new comedy Horrible Bosses kicks off this week’s round-up of TWoP content.  Follow the links below to read each story.

Horrible Bosses: Ad-Libbing 9 to 5, What a Way to Make a Living
Horrible Bosses: The Cast’s Most Horrible Jobs
Going to (Robert) California: James Spader’s Creepiest Performances Before The Office
Zookeeper: 5 Other Blue Collar Roles Kevin James Should Play
I Want My DVD
TV on DVD

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Fri 8 Jul 2011

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Posted by Ethan under Film Journal International, Film Review
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Project Nim, James Marsh’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire, is another well-told account of a lost slice of ’70s social history–this one about the chimpanzee Nim Chimpskee, who was at the center of a research project to determine whether a chimp could be raised to communicate like a human.  As the movie illustrates, neither the case study, nor Nim’s life, had a happy ending.  Read my review over at Film Journal.

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