Created for MTV in 1990, the ...

Created for MTV in 1990, the sharply observed, pop-conscious Ben Stiller Show - featuring its star's lacerating impersonations of Bono, Tom Cruise, and Eddie Munster, among others - subsequently moved to Fox TV and copped an Emmy for writing.
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 Manohla Dargis

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The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it’s a bad thing, but Marc Webb makes a romantic comedy and he gets ‘Spider-Man.’ Are you kidding me? You cannot win.
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Paprika is evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American counterparts remain stuck in the kiddie sandbox.
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 Manohla Dargis
The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.
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 Manohla Dargis
An acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its wretched world is wonderful.
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The weave of the personal and the political finally proves as irresistible as it is moving, partly because it has been drawn from extraordinary life.
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 Manohla Dargis