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You know you’re in the hands of a director who won’t be making familiar, obvious choices from the opening moments of this remarkable movie. A high school band is attempting halfheartedly to rehearse a Peter Gabriel song while marching in choreographed formation and failing comically at both. The band’s director, Mr. Chervenick, is played by Tom Noonan, an actor best remembered for his harrowing portrayal of the serial killer in 1988’s Manhunter (the picture that introduced the character of Hannibal Lecter to the world).... Read more

Last summer, Transformers proved that if you make a movie about giant robots smashing each other and aim it squarely at 11-year-olds, millions of adults will come along for the ride. Given that precedent, it’s a pleasant surprise to see Iron Man, a comic-book-derived movie about giant robots smashing each other that’s not dumb.... Read more

Not many people can claim to have single-handedly originated an entire movie genre, but Lorne Michaels has done exactly that. Over his decades of producing “Saturday Night Live,” Michaels has been responsible for spinning off countless popular characters on the big screen, in the process creating a generally reviled film form known as “The Extended SNL Sketch.” Shining examples include Coneheads, It’s Pat!, A Night at the Roxbury and The Ladies Man.... Read more

If the title Deception sounds painfully generic, perhaps that’s because it was the name of a Bette Davis vehicle in 1946, and a German arthouse film in 1975. More to the point, there’s virtually no film noir that’s not about deception in one form or another.... Read more

If you thought the nerdy-white-guy-rapping movement began and ended with the “Lazy Sunday” video, maybe it’s time to check out Nerdcore Rising, a documentary screening at the Palace Cinema 9 at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, as a benefit for the Vermont International Film Festival. Burlington filmmaker Bill Simmon caught the premiere of the film last month at the South by Southwest film fest in Austin, Texas.... Read more

A few weeks ago, kung-fu adventure The Forbidden Kingdom, scripted by Morristown’s John Fusco, conquered the opening-weekend box office and gave moviegoers an early taste of summer fun fare. Now comes Marvel Studios’ Iron Man, which ushers in the new season of warm-weather action with a huge coast-to-coast release this Thursday evening.... Read more

Actor Dan Butler is on the phone with presidential advisor Karl Rove, a fan of his irascible Bulldog character on “Frasier.” “I agree, the testosterone level of ‘Frasier’ really went down when I left the show,” says the veteran supporting player, straight-faced. Pause. “I didn’t watch it much either after that.” Pause. “I think you’re sexy, too.”... Read more

At this point, Judd Apatow isn’t so much a writer, director or producer as a brand. Regardless of his role in a project, you pretty much know what you’re going to get: a trademark mix of the raunchy and romantic, in which a rotation of supporting regulars does at least as much comic lifting as the leads.... Read more

Once upon a time, Mick Jagger was considered a dangerous man. For proof, check out the 1970 documentary Gimme Shelter, where brothers Albert and David Maysles captured the notorious Altamont concert, including the murder of a spectator by a security guard. In her review of the movie, Pauline Kael suggested that violence at a Stones concert was no coincidence: “Mick Jagger’s performing style is a form of aggression not just against the straight world but against his own young audience,” she wrote.... Read more

If you haven’t heard of “nerdcore,” you’re not alone. And chances are, you’re not a nerd. But the movement has seen a notable increase in popularity of late, largely thanks to the man widely considered to the hip-hop sub-genre’s progenitor, MC Frontalot. The pocket-protector-clad rapper is the subject of a new documentary film entitled Nerdcore Rising that has set the geekiest corners of the Internet abuzz.... Read more