Released on: 2003
Rating: 6.10
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Mr Popper's Penguins: just another Carrey On in a suit
Jim Carrey is back as – you guessed it – the workaholic corporate berk who finds redemption and pulls funny faces
Here's some good news: you don't need to watch Mr Popper's Penguins when it comes out. This is because, aside from anomalies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Number 23, Mr Popper's Penguin looks like it'll be identical to every single Jim Carrey movie ever made.
In fact, Mr Popper's Penguins looks like such a perfect crystalisation of all the various devices that Jim Carrey movies fall back on that one day film historians will use its trailer to describe his entire oeuvre scene by scene. Like so:
Scene one: Jim Carrey is a corporate berk
This is the premise of all Jim Carrey films. In Liar Liar he played a corporate lawyer berk. In Fun With Dick and Jane he played a corporate multinational berk. In Bruce Almighty»
- Stuart Heritage
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New 'Riddick' Film Causes Existential Crisis For Vin Diesel
True art requires sacrifice. Ask any artist about the burdens they have carried, both emotionally and financially, to see their vision through and you will learn that this is a universal truth. Vincent van Gogh's missing ear may be the best known example, but for true art, a true artist will bear any burden.
Just ask Vin Diesel.
In a classic good news, bad news scenario, Diesel revealed on his Facebook page today that he is very close to finalizing a deal to film a third "Riddick" movie, but with two major catches: he'll have to accept a pay cut -- and judging by his comments, he'll apparently have to risk his soul as well. What's an artist to do?
Riddick, as most everyone knows, is Diesel's breakout sci-fi badass; appearing first in the film "Pitch Black" and then in the follow-up "The Chronicles of Riddick," Riddick, who has»
- Scott Harris
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