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Strangers In A Strange Land: Screengrab’s Favorite Fish-Out-Of-Water Stories (Part Two)

2 DAYS IN PARIS (2007)

I've been an Adam Goldberg enthusiast since Dazed and Confused, but if you don't appreciate the actor's neurotic, hyperarticulate humor, then 2 Days In Paris may not be your cup of Pernod. On the other hand, even Hebrew Hammer haters may find themselves charmed by Julie Delpy's performance (in a movie she wrote and directed) as the distaff half of a bi-national couple facing relationship meltdown during the titular 48-hour period. After all the France-bashing during the (still not over yet!) Bush administration, it's interesting to see Delpy's warts-and-all depiction of The City of Lights, while her lived-in, heartfelt insights into love and family breathe fresh life into the ill-used romantic comedy genre. But Goldberg is the fish-out-of-water focus here, in a performance for anyone who’s ever been sick and disoriented on vacation while desperately wishing for the comforts of home.

DVD Digest for May 20, 2008

This week: a crush of Blu-Rays from Paramount overwhelms the new crop of regular DVD releases, which is good news for you Blu-Ray fans, not so much for the rest of us. Time to trade up, I guess…

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Celebrating "Black History Mumf" With Odienator

Since 1976, Black History Month has become a fixture in American schools every February. Most people young enough to have been in school during this time can probably recite the broad outlines of the curriculum — one-dimensional lessons on noble Dr. King and scary Malcolm X, time devoted to the Underground Railroad and the freeing of the slaves, a handful of African-American inventors and scientists, Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat, and the requisite screening of Roots when we were old enough. Yes, as educational as Black History Month has been, it often feels like it's been taught from a pre-approved syllabus that's been forced on the teachers.