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One Night Only: Take A Leak On David Denby [To Do]

· Joyless, dyslexic, elitist fungus of a film critic David Denby discusses his book Snark at the ICM Screening Room. Should be fun! · Man of a Thousand People You'd Find Hanging Out on an NYC Street Corner Danny Hoch brings his show Taking Over to the Kirk Douglas Theatre. · Swedish Yiddimetal band Meshuggah comes to the House of Blues.

Published: 2009-02-05 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do

Sanitized Trailer Scrubs Humor From 'Observe And Report' [Trailers]

newVideoPlayer("/observeandreport.flv", 506, 300,""); We're on the record anticipating Seth Rogen's mall-cop comedy Observe and Report as the moody anti-Blart for thinking adults. But the new green-band trailer has us wondering if Warners has us all fooled. Obvious as it is, there's always room for amazement watching what a few creative edits, realignments and tweaks can do to a story. And the shorter the piece (a two-and-a-half-minute trailer, for example) the more jarring the impact: Slashing a few dirty jokes here and there has diminished first impressions of Observe from those of a ribald, radical dark comedy of insecurity to more of a mopey, emasculated Rogen dramedy. Sure, it withholds some gags you'd probably want saved for the theater. The downside, naturally, is that who's to say this would get you to the theater if you didn't know better? Which of course gets us into the nature of what a trailer should or shouldn't do, etc. etc. Debate that one among yourselves (the original, NSFW red-band trailer is below), but at least give Observe and Report some credit going forward: At least there's no Segway. newVideoPlayer("/observe_report_rb.flv", 506, 276,""); 'Observe and Report' [MySpace]

Published: 2009-02-15 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Trailers, Observe and report, Seth Rogen

Molls Is Cleanin' Out Her Closet [To Do]

newVideoPlayer("/tododmb_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Ever since we turned the nightly To Do's over to Molly McAleer a few months ago, the only thing the loyal Defamer readership has gotten to know better than Molls herself is her apartment. We've spent time in her living room, her bedroom, her kitchen and even her bathtub. Tonight, we gain entrance into a new room in the Casa de Molls — her closet. Behold, her shoe rack! Pay witness to her collection of hangers! Delight in the majesty of her wardrobe! All this and more await you after the jump as we present our To Do's for tonight, August 19. · LA Geek Dinner at Shakey's. · Dave Matthews Band at the Staples Center. · Showgirls at the Arclight. · Curtis People's at the Roxy.

Published: 2008-08-20 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do, Molly McAleer