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Gulliver's Travels Review

As an adult, it's difficult to see the 3D, big-screen adaptation of __Gulliver's Travels__ as anything other than a denigration of the source material. The wit of Jonathan Swift is replaced by Jack Black getting a Lilliputian stuck in his butt crack and putting out a fire by peeing on the king.  read more

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Release Date: April 30 Director/Writer: Nicole Holofcener Cinematographer: Yaron Orbach Starring: Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sarah Steele Studio/Run Time: Sony Pictures Classics, 90 mins. Whining and Pining in New York Nicole Holofcener’s fourth film begins with some of the saddest breasts ever committed to film, as a radiology technician (Rebecca Hall) administers a series of mammograms. It’s the film’s cleverest sequence, a comic desexualizing of human flesh. It’s also a feint, as Holofcener is not interested in any of the boob’s symbolic virtues. Her story is about that most tedious of subjects: white, liberal,...  read more

Amanda Peet Joins Gulliver's Travels

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amanda Peet is reuniting with Saving Silverman co-star Jack Black and joining the cast of Gulliver's Travels. ...  read more