A series finds common threads in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies and those that inspired him.
John C. Reilly
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Kind Of… Off
Into the Bizarre with Tim and Eric
In Tim and Eric’s world, everything is kind of off.
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Living In a Gamer’s Paradise
Man, Wreck-It Ralph Would’ve Been a Great Videogame
Man, Wreck-It Ralph would’ve been a great videogame.
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Srs Bsns!
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Uh, No, We Don’t
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Uh, no, we don’t.
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Great Job!
A Serious Look at Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie: a serious film by serious filmmakers.
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Parents Behaving Badly
Polanski’s Carnage Pits Parent Against Parent
A schoolyard brawl pits parent against parent in Roman Polanski’s Carnage.
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Boys Don’t Cry
Terri Stops Short of Sentiment
Terri is an unsentimental coming-of-age story.
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Modesty Blasé
The Milquetoast Humility of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids: Can anyone else smell the comedic desperation coming off of Ed Helms?
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Talked Up
Cyrus: Mumblecore’s Polite Foray into Legitimacy
The Duplass brothers make a restrained foray into legitimate cinema with Cyrus.
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Dracula Lite
Vampire’s Assistant: Bloodsuckers Used to Be Cool
Vampires used to be awesome. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s
Assistant would like to change that.
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Super Bad
Scraping the Bottom of the Apatow Barrel with Step Brothers
Step Brothers: New brothers. Same old bullshit.