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 Topics: Movies

Poking Fun At Stereotypes In 'Allah Made Me Funny'
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:25:00 -0400
A new film, Allah Made Me Funny, follows three Muslim men as they perform at comedy clubs around the U.S., chronicling how they make comedy out of sometimes painful experiences in a post-Sept. 11 America. Comedians Azhar Usman, Mo Amer and Preacher Moss discuss what informs their humor.

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'Nick And Norah,' Setting A New York Night To Music
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400
A geek and a smart girl cruise a nighttime New York as romantically supercharged as in any Woody Allen movie — falling for each other, while audiences fall madly for them.

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'Playlist,' 'Chihuahua' Or Alienation?
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Slate.com's film expert takes us through the reviews of the latest releases. This week: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, the story of young love in Manhattan, the comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua starring the voice of Drew Barrymore and How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, the story of a disillusioned intellectual obsessed with celebrity and fame.

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The Real Couple Behind The 'Infinite Playlist'
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0400
The film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, is based on an award-winning book by the same name. Rachel Cohn and David Levithan wrote the book together — almost by accident.

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'Rachel Getting Married': Demme's Masterpiece
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:03:00 -0400
It's not often you hear the word "masterpiece" coming from a film critic. But David Edelstein says it applies to Jonathan Demme's newest film, a marvelously textured thing at once focused and bursting at the seams.

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Windshield Wipers Invented In 'Flash Of Genius'
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:38:00 -0400
In 1967, Robert Kearns received patents for inventing intermittent car windshield wipers. He offered his idea to automakers but was turned away. When Ford and Chrysler started manufacturing cars with wipers without crediting Kearns, he took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. A new film called Flash of Genius tells his story.

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'Rachel Getting Married': Wedding Movie Bliss
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0400
In and out of rehab for a decade, a troubled young woman reunites with her family for her sister's wedding. Jonathan Demme's film dares to mix the bitter with the sweet, and it's suffused with both anxiety and joy.

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'How To Lose Friends' — And Your Own Bearings
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Based on Toby Young's scathing magazine memoir, this big-screen satire pokes fun at modern media's celebrity obsession — though ultimately it succumbs to the pleasures it pretends to scorn.

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