screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Friday, August 22, 2008

The House Bunny

Everyone knows: I likes me the Anna Faris. The House Bunny is overly familiar in every possible way. But it succeeds by perfecting one essential movie-making component – delivery. And that is all thanks to Anna Faris. The Revenge of the Nerds plot with a Sparticus ending is the weak crust that barely holds the gooey confection inside. But when it’s all delivered on a delicate tightrope act balancing between dumb blonde and well-meaning big sister, the situations are funny and the laughs are plentiful. I didn’t grow as a person. But I reinforced my belief in Anna, who I believe has the comic timing of a master. A master of comic timing, I guess. If there is such a thing. Which there isn’t. But if there was

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