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...also stars Kate Beckinsale. The move is something of a stretch for an actor who prides himself primarily on the cult films of his earlier career. “Sometimes people say, ‘Why don’t you do more stuff like ‘The Tenenbaums?? and ‘Bottle Rocket’ as opposed to ‘Charlie’s Angels?’” he says. “I wish I was Sean Penn and could do whatever I wanted, but that’s just...
...attend “The Wedding Date” high, just so that they can snicker loudly at Debra Messing or talk about boxed wine with a suppressed mirth so powerful that scientists have yet to fully understand its magnitude. Online discussion forums about “The Royal Tenenbaums?? are full of these people.However dryly hilarious these individuals may be, we must not conflate them with the true ironists on campus—members of final clubs.Many people consider members of final clubs to be fully honest in their matching ties and manly cavorting. This...
Luke Wilson, reprising his aw-shucks persona, is equally ineffective as Mulroney’s brother, Ben Stone. Supposedly the most bohemian of his clan, he is also the most boring. In films like “The Royal Tenenbaums?? and “Old School” Wilson has always been, in my mind, the weakest link. That trend continues throughout this film...
...similar, the two films diverge greatly in style: Baumbach substitutes nouvelle vague grittiness for Anderson’s zany magical realism. As a result, “Squid” explores the darker elements of family crisis—despair, resentment, and resignation—where “Tenenbaums?? was prevented from plumbing too deeply into these emotions by ensemble comedy conventions. This is not to suggest that “Squid” isn’t a tremendously funny film. But its humor is rooted in the intractable narcissism and brutal selfishness of its protagonists...
...must have been the Nazi backup plan after the whole Holy Grail debacle in Alexandretta. Constantine’s ride, the Angel City cab, even uses the transportation-name-as-witty-commentary trick of A Streetcar Named Desire, or more recently, The Royal Tenenbaums?? Gypsy Cabs. Then the exorcism—wait, was that Sigourney Weaver from Ghostbusters lying possessed on the bed? No, just some other actress who has captured that grotesque, demonic, yet unsettlingly sexual demeanor that adds a little extra pizzazz to any exorcism scene. It’s all wholesale theft...