Anthony Lane tylyttää Brünoa New Yorkerissa – First, it suggests that Baron Cohen, having sneaked his way into a discussion, seldom has the nerve to keep his side of the bargain, preferring to cut things short with a gibe. Second, his comfort zone of comic reference, predicated on the discomfort of others, begins at the waistline and ends at the kneecaps. In his relentless, unmistakably Anglo-Freudian insistence on the genital and the anal, Baron Cohen takes the double entendre and strips it to a single one, placing in full view what used to be a smirking aside. Forget satire; this guy doesn’t want to scorch the earth anymore. He just wants to swing his dick.
The Film Editor -blog – Norman Hollyn is a long-time film, television and music editor (HEATHERS, THE COTTON CLUB, and Oliver Stone’s WILD PALMS) who is an Associate Professor and Head of the Editing Track in the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Small Penis -lyhäri – haastis: http://fastcheapmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/2009/07/stian-hafstad-on-small-penis.html
Harvoinpa näkee Kubrickia näin railakkaasti dissaavia kirjoituksia – If you aren't on 2001's wavelength, the thing's tedium is staggering. The nearest thing to a dramatic situation in 148 minutes is the astronauts' contest with HAL the computer for control of the Jupiter probe. With one mildly clever exception—HAL's ability to read lips—the duel between man and machine isn't worked out with much ingenuity. Not that you've got reason to expect any from a script whose idea of smart exposition has been to have the astronauts watch an endless TV report about their own mission.
Kymmenen pippelihetkeä elokuvista (Salon) – To mark the release of "Brüno," we've assembled our list of the best moments in male full-frontal nudity — ranked in terms of cultural significance and our, well, personal appreciation.
