Comments on: Juno

By: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World » Movie Monster

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World » Movie Monster — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:36:45 +0000

[...] later, Pac-Man and Zelda’s names were both conspicuously dropped. I sensed the presence of Diablo Cody loitering behind the scenes. But, I was happy to discover, the video-game references are [...]

By: Howl » Movie Monster

Howl » Movie Monster — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:37:33 +0000

[...] hated on (sometimes naïvely, others more presciently) those darn “rebel consumers”—the Junoids who “[adopt] the rhetoric but not the politics of the counterculture.” My own grousing aside, [...]

By: Greenberg » Movie Monster

Greenberg » Movie Monster — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:54:07 +0000

[...] like Richard Linklater’s early work or Reality Bites, a post-grunge, pre-Youtube proto-Juno (though not so methodically phony) that Stiller directed in 1994. He also played a yuppie, and [...]

By: Up in the Air » Movie Monster

Up in the Air » Movie Monster — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:25:41 +0000

[...] plastic people made flesh, but, in the past, he’s been closer to Dr. Frankenstein than Pygmalion. Juno was supposedly about a sensitive girl who hides her emotions; in reality, it presented a sitcom [...]

By: Be Kind Rewind » Movie Monster

Be Kind Rewind » Movie Monster — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:42:26 +0000

[...] Kind Rewind here, I feel a little like a bully beating up the asthmatic kid who really means well: Juno grossed as much on Be Kind Rewind’s opening weekend as Be Kind Rewind did. But the way that [...]

By: The Brothers Bloom » Movie Monster

The Brothers Bloom » Movie Monster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:16:27 +0000

[...] forced eccentricity and manipulation and snarky cant that are sold in indie-crossover products like Juno. But, whereas Juno was labeled “hip sentimentality,” Bloom could be described as “hip [...]

By: There Will Be Blood » Movie Monster

There Will Be Blood » Movie Monster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:51:15 +0000

[...] No matter; they’re both wonderfully solid and yet graciously democratic works. If dingbat Juno beats There Will Be Blood out for Best Picture, well, there will be blood. « [...]

By: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist » Movie Monster

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist » Movie Monster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:49:58 +0000

[...] parking is plentiful, and the City is like one big small town. While not nearly as cloying as Juno, Nick and Norah is also a square attempt to sell “counterculture” chic with any trace of [...]

By: Pages tagged "lackadaisical"

Pages tagged "lackadaisical" — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:10:31 +0000

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