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J.K. Simmons
Born: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nationality: American
Nationality: American
J.K. Simmons
Filmography Cast Member
(2010) PG-13
(2009) PG-13
(2009) R
(2009) R
(2009) R
(2009) R
(2009) R
(2008) R
(2008) R
(2007) PG
(2007) Unrated
(2007) PG-13
(2007) R
(2007) R
(2007) PG-13
(2006) R
(2005) R
This is the prototypical example of a film's trailer being FAR better than the film itself. In fact, if you've seen the trailer, don't bother watching the movie at all. It deserves no more of a person's time than a cliffs notes, abbreviated recap. The entire running time feels like a failed pilot episode to what would make a bad sit-com. Barely a chuckle in sight, nothing particularly funny or rememberable at all with even Mila Kunis' amazing beauty wasted and held in check. The most unremarkable film of the year that really can't even be labeled as a comedy.
http://braidedthreads.blogspot.com/2008/09/dyou-know.html ...Juno, like a lot of other Independent films of the last 6 or 8 years, has that heavily marketed independent feel. That coming-of-agedness. That whiplash of the ironic and the adorable. These are smart films that unroll predictably before our eyes, winking knowingly at us while also trying to appeal to the pocketbooks of a wider audience. I am thinking of such recent films as Thumbsucker, The Squid and the Whale, and the little movie that could: Little Miss Sunshine. In fact, if you watch the trailers for these films back-to-back, their marketing campaigns will suddenly seem embarassingly derrivative.
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Well-deserving of its Academy Award nominations and best-screenplay win, Juno is more than another indie teen romp. Ellen Page is believable as a teenager who deals with an unplanned pregnancy with very real emotions and actions. There are great performances, especially from Allison Janney as Juno's exasperated but loving stepmother. The soundtrack is great, too.
Should've stopped with Spidey 2, this one takes on way too much and flops miserably compared to rest of series.
DIRECTV Customers to Get a Jolt of Drama with the Addition of Award-winning HBO[R] Series Deadwood[R] and OZ[R], Free on the 101[R] Network Beginning May 31.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 5/8/2009; 1040+ words...including Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, J.K. Simmons, Dean Winters, Terry Kinney, Christopher Meloni and...of guest stars including Method Man, Master P, LL Cool J and Treach. OZ takes viewers inside experimental cell...
Ebiakpo Jituboh and DeKeisha George of Queens, NY Named as the Winners of ESSENCE Magazine's Will You Marry Me? 2009 Contest!
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 3/6/2009; 747+ words...remaining finalists are: Rashad A. Sanders and Andrea J. Hill of Houston (Andrea's father had given his blessing...before he passed away); Anthony D. Lewis and Kirstan K. Simmons of Houston (Anthony popped the question at Houston's...
Going for Matching Statuettes; Twice-Nominated Sedgwick, Newcomer Driver Join 2006, '05, '04 Series Winners.(Special Report: Eye on the Emmys)
Newspaper article from: TelevisionWeek; 8/13/2007; 1239+ wordsByline: Allison J. Waldman Special to TelevisionWeek Six women of distinction are competing...Sedgwick is most appreciative of her supporting cast, including J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, Anthony John Denison and Robert Gossett. "In some...
25 Cable Shows That Stand Out; As Broadcast's Younger Sibling Matures, These Series Are Shaping the Ever-Expanding 500-Channel Universe.(25 Years of TVWeek: Television's Best)
Newspaper article from: TelevisionWeek; 5/21/2007; 4003+ wordsByline: ALLISON J. WALDMAN Behind the Music Aired: VH1, 1997-2004 Star: Jim Forbes...Closer Aired: TNT, 2005-present Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Tenney, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, G.W. Bailey, Anthony Denison, Robert Gossett...
Humphreys, Alf
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 1625+ words...While Justice Sleeps, NBC, 1994. Alan Simmons, Fighting for My Daughter, ABC, 1995...Katts and Dog (also known as Rin Tin Tin: K – 9 Cop ), CTV and The Family...The Series ), syndicated, 1992. O. J. Dockett, "The Sharp Pinch," The Commish...
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