Bart Got a Room
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Movie Preview: Bart Got a Room
I saw Bart Got a Room at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and totally enjoyed it — if you'd like, you can read my review (without getting spoiled). Now there's a trailer for it and it's apparently "coming soon." I highly recommend putting this one on the to-see list for some time when you need a pretty light, easy movie that isn't too taxing, isn't too substantial and leaves you feeling good in the end.
Tribeca Review: Bart Got a Room
Bart Got a Room isn't high art and it's not fall-down funny, but it's easily the sweetest of all the Tribeca films I caught and the one movie I would wholeheartedly recommend. It's silly and goofy and fun, all the while washed in bright hypercolor Florida shades of pink and turquoise. It trots along quickly to swinging, squealing Big Band tunes, which is a funny juxtaposition of the old timers' Florida retirement community with the painfully hilarious adolescent experience at the center of the plot.
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- Vulture wonders which of this summer's superhero movies might suck.
- When MTV Movies Blog caught up with Seth Green recently, he shot down all the rumors of an Austin Powers 4.
- TV Squad has a look at some Saturday Night Live players who made it big.
- Cinematical wonders: Who's more uncomfortable with onscreen nudity, men or women?
- Want to see what Liz Lemon looked like in 1992? Give Me My Remote has the horrifying video.
- Meanwhile, the TV Addict takes a look at Janeane Garofalo and Cherry Jones in the first photo from 24's seventh season.
- Popwatch has a sneak peek at the Tribeca movie I recently told you about, Bart Got A Room.
- Stereogum has heard all of the Evil Urges album, the latest from My Morning Jacket, and they have a lot to say about it.
Tribeca Preview: Bart Got A Room
Sure, maybe we don't need another coming-of-age comedy with awkward geeky boys, but I'll still watch one. Especially one with William H. Macy who was funny/pathetic in his Sundance comedy The Deal (not to be confused with Deal, which should not be confused with 21 — or Rounders, as Brittfish pointed out), along with Cheryl Hines and Alia Shawkat (who is pretty busy these days).
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Gossip Girl Rundown: Episode 13, "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?"
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Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- I can't tell you how much fun I had at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. In addition to making new friends, I saw some terrific (if quirky) movies, like The Wackness, Trucker, and Bart Got a Room. I also gave a word of warning for the bleak and disturbing Savage Grace which still makes me feel kinda icky.
- I saw The Life Before Our Eyes, a movie adapted from my April book club selection and I found the movie to be visually gorgeous but also puzzling.
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