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> <channel><title>California Literary Review &#187; Humor</title> <atom:link href="http://calitreview.com/category/topics/humor/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://calitreview.com</link> <description>An arts and culture magazine.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Who&#8217;s Laughing Now? &#8211; Film and TV Comedy in 2011</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22845</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22845#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:05:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Archer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it's always sunny in philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[louie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sitcoms 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[television 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tv shows 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wilfred]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22845</guid> <description><![CDATA[And so the clock has run out on 2011. We had some major comedy misfires on the big screen, and relied a lot more than usual on television for laughs. What's going on here?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22845/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ross Noble and Friends, Cranleigh Arts Centre, England</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22498</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22498#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:53:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ross Noble]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stand-up comedy]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22498</guid> <description><![CDATA[It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over each other to get out and the revelling in how foolish he may look to an audience. And of course The Voice.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22498/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle Is Rated NC-17</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22021</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22021#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bernardo Bertolucci]]></category> <category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dark comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Cronenberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie rating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie ratings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies adult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies romance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mpaa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mpaa rating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MPAA ratings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NC-17]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NC-17 rating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NC17]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Greenaway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[X rating]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22021</guid> <description><![CDATA[Censors save the NC-17 rating for extra special cases, and in practice it feels like much less artificial than, say, PG-13. Something about these films transcended the extremely liberal boundaries of the R rating, and in most cases the reasons are still apparent.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22021/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Some Movies Are About Things</title><link>http://calitreview.com/20783</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/20783#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Carpenter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies foreign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Redford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Them]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=20783</guid> <description><![CDATA[At last, the long-rumored prequel/remake of John Carpenter&#8217;s 1982 masterpiece The Thing infects theaters across the country. And I mean that in a good way, because I still hope it will be entertaining, despite persistent pangs of common sense. The trailer, at least, sold it as a pretty faithful re-shooting of the original, though no [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/20783/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: The Art Of The Heist</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19191</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19191#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:02:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coen Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime capers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dog Day Afternoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heist films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Mann]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies crime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raising Arizona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sidney Lumet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thief]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19191</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, I join forces with Brett Davinger to chronicle some of the best heists, rip-offs, and holdups ever put on screen. So just sit quietly and keep your hands away from the phone, where we can see them. This won’t take long.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19191/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Trailer Watch: Brett Ratner&#8217;s Tower Heist</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18971</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18971#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alan alda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ben stiller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[casey affleck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime capers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eddie Murphy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gabourey sidibe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tower heist]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18971</guid> <description><![CDATA[How does <em>Tower Heist</em> look to all you out there? Will it be in-your-face fun from the director of <em>Rush Hour</em> or on-the-nose crud from the director of <em>X-Men: The Last Stand</em>?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18971/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18804</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18804#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18804</guid> <description><![CDATA[An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives amongst people for whom money has dissolved away the real world, and takes her revenge by smashing their heads in with the poker which she carries wrapped in a yoga mat.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18804/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I Am NOT An Animal! (But I Play One In The Movies)</title><link>http://calitreview.com/16953</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/16953#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 20:42:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies sci fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mr. Popper's Penguins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planet Of The Apes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zookeeper]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=16953</guid> <description><![CDATA[Putting animal antics into movies is a perennially popular way to cobble up a goofball family comedy on short notice. This is a distinctly separate practice than merely animating creatures from scratch, which has produced its own wonderful results in the past. Nowadays, however, the line between the two is blurring at an alarming rate, so much so that it scarcely seems worth the trouble of getting real animals to be in live-action movies at all. The increasing intrusion of computer generated animal behavior is really beginning to mar the magic.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/16953/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Three Rings Of Circus Movie Mayhem!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/15577</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/15577#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historical Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christoph Walz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[circus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freaks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lon Chaney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reese Witherspoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Greatest Show On Earth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tod Browning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water For Elephants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[X-Files]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=15577</guid> <description><![CDATA[The circus is a complicated enterprise, and its symbolic value in storytelling has many faces. It may tell of freedom and the charm of living as a nomad and artist. It may speak to the weariness of the road, and the ability of a lifestyle to trap those who do not know how to break free. It may celebrate the solidarity of those cast out from society. Or in the end, it may simply deal with the hideous antics of clowns. In any form, the circus plays upon the most fundamental feelings of wonder and fear, and makes children of us all once again.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/15577/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Fallout, Chapter Two: Love Most Peculiar in My Dog Tulip</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14182</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14182#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[J. R. Ackerley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies independent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[My Dog Tulip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Yorker Films]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14182</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is difficult to describe the feeling that <em>My Dog Tulip</em> leaves in one's heart once the lights come up. The best answer is that you will probably feel several, which may contradict one another. That, and not really the questionable content, is what makes it a love story for grown-ups.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14182/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: No, We CAN&#8217;T Feel The Love Tonight!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14049</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14049#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animated musicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dr. seuss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elton john]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnomeo and juliet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mary poppins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies musical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the muppets]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14049</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, Julia Rhodes and I (Dan Fields) recall a bygone era, when entertainment for kids - specifically the musical accompaniment - got as much attention and thought as anything produced for an adult audience. It's not meant strictly to pick on Elton John, but he seems an appropriate figurehead for the rather bland trends in children's movie music today. This is not your typical twentysomething anti-Disney rant. It is a cry of nostalgic woe, and includes a number of selections from pre-downhill-slide Disney. Please enjoy, and remember some songs you might like to track down and show your own kids.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14049/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13701</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13701#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:32:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historical Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13701</guid> <description><![CDATA[This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with <em>The Way Back</em>, a tale of daring escape by prisoners of war. In due fashion this week's Listicle salutes the soldier in film. From comedy to adventure to stark, sobering drama, soldiers have faced a great deal on the movie screen.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13701/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Parties For A New Year</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13410</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13410#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alfred hitchcock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new year's eve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the godfather]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13410</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the spirit of celebration, we take a moment to remember some of our favorite movie parties. In some cases the party itself is one the audience might very much like to attend. In others it is a complete catastrophe, but still very entertaining to watch. So strap on your party hat and join me (Dan Fields) and William Bibbiani around the punch bowl.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13410/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Worlds Of Fancy And Other Wondrous Places</title><link>http://calitreview.com/12731</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/12731#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:20:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chronicles of Narnia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fairy Tales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fantasy world]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fringe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hayao Miyazaki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies sci fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Science Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pan's Labyrinth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Studio Ghibli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terry Gilliam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Empire Strikes Back]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tim Burton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triplets of Belleville]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=12731</guid> <description><![CDATA[A cleverly rendered fantasy world has the power to make us believe astounding things, and to transport us to places we may never have imagined ourselves. In the history of film there have been countless attempts to take real-world places and performers outside the realm of what has been seen before, and into far-off lands where the amazing, the terrifying, and the marvelous lurk around every corner. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/12731/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Movie Time Nostalgia, Part 4: We Are All Children Of Paradise</title><link>http://calitreview.com/12538</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/12538#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[France]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children Of Paradise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic French film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[French film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jacques Prevert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marcel Carne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies french]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies nostalgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pantomime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=12538</guid> <description><![CDATA[A movie can do a lot of things to an audience. It may move them, amuse them, disgust them, terrify them, or in all too many cases bore them. One thing only a handful of films can do is inspire wonder. Every once in a while, a winning combination of writer, director, designers, composers and cast meet in perfect harmony. Such, I feel, is the case of Marcel Carné's 1945 epic romance, <em>Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)</em>.
]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/12538/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Movie Time Nostalga, Part 3: Raising the Stakes with Raising Arizona</title><link>http://calitreview.com/12149</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/12149#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coen Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie nostalgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies cult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raising Arizona]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=12149</guid> <description><![CDATA[ My appreciation of <em>Raising Arizona</em> is as much sentimental as aesthetic. But don't be fooled. It is a great, great piece of work.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/12149/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk</title><link>http://calitreview.com/10608</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/10608#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:45:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Van Cleave</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chuck Palahniuk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lillian Hellman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunset Boulevard]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=10608</guid> <description><![CDATA[<em>Tell-All</em> follows the general plotline of the movie <em>Sunset Boulevard</em>, which pairs a down-and-out young writer with an aging actress seeking to reclaim her former glory. If you're going to base a novel off of a movie, this 1950 noir classic is a terrific place to start.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/10608/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Frederick Burr Opper&#8217;s Happy Hooligan</title><link>http://calitreview.com/2363</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/2363#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Elinor Teele</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frederick Burr Opper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Happy Hooligan]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=2363</guid> <description><![CDATA[Viewed in retrospect, post-Depression, however, he acquires a special poignancy. Here was a man who was only ever trying to help, never asking for favors, loved by children, and here was a society intent on beating him down. The line between comedy and tragedy is a fine one, and Hooligan’s lines were pretty fine. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/2363/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Girl Factory by Jim Krusoe</title><link>http://calitreview.com/605</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/605#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:36:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Matthew Fox</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/topics/humor/605/</guid> <description><![CDATA[And, in true Krusoeian fashion, the oddities are delightful. Jonathan, the adult narrator with a childlike perspective who has a penchant for endangered animals, attempts to free a genetically modified dog named Buck who might or might not be recreating Boris Spassky’s game against Anatoly Karpov during the 1973 Soviet Chess Championship. That’s before Jonathan discovers women cryogenically frozen in yogurt (would that be yogurgenically frozen?) in a basement. It’s the acidophilus in the yogurt that makes things work, apparently—using the type of wink, wink logic that would make slavish devotees to realism queasy.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/605/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hocus POTUS by Malcolm MacPherson</title><link>http://calitreview.com/511</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/511#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:25:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John G. Rodwan, Jr.</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/topics/humor/511/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Satire, of course, does not depend on subtlety. However, there are more effective ways to wield it than like a hammer bludgeoning readers. Imagining a more plausible premise also would have helped.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/511/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett</title><link>http://calitreview.com/282</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/282#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:43:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Garan Holcombe</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alan Bennett]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/2007/11/12/the-uncommon-reader-by-alan-bennett/</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is also something conversational about the way he writes, a straightforwardness, and a beguiling, gentle rhythm. And of course, there is that dry wit. Bennett has a genius for the sardonic one-liner, his timing is immaculate.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/282/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Noogie&#8217;s Time To Shine by Jim Knipfel</title><link>http://calitreview.com/262</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/262#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:11:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Garan Holcombe</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/2007/10/01/noogies-time-to-shine-by-jim-knipfel/</guid> <description><![CDATA[One day, a young boy scares Noogie when he is the middle of restocking a machine in Fast Eddie’s Drug Hut by shouting ‘bang’. Noogie drops four thousand dollars in twenties all over the floor, screams at the kid and then gathers the notes up. It is only when he has loaded them all into the ATM that he finds a stray twenty under his shoe. It is then that the idea for the ‘perfect slow-motion heist’ occurs to him.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/262/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris</title><link>http://calitreview.com/259</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/259#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:47:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Garan Holcombe</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/2007/09/17/then-we-came-to-the-end-by-joshua-ferris/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The childishness, the pettiness, the jealously, the nitpicking, the backstabbing, the politicking, of all this is delicious, authentic, accurate and brilliantly realised. Ferris’s office is one of pranks and games; sushi rolls find their way behind people’s bookshelves, things go missing from desks, and chairs are mysteriously swapped. There are the customary shifts and swings of popularity and power; endless arguments about who deserves to go, and who deserves to stay; and regular colloquies about some of the more unusual behaviour of the staff. But Ferris’s novel is as much about the way we act when thrown together with strangers, as it is office life.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/259/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
