Zooey Deschanel

‘The Good Girl’ (2002) illustrates danger of obsession with one person

“The Good Girl” was my No. 1 movie of 2002 because I admired how writer Mike White and director Miguel Arteta captured how depressing the

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‘Elf’ (2003) is worth taking off the shelf every Christmas

I like watching great movies and TV, but it so happens that a lot of today’s great movies and TV are murder-mysteries and pitch-black comedies.

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‘The Happening’ (2008) an accidental pandemic parable

“The Happening” (2008) can be goofy at times, and it ultimately doesn’t stick the landing. But because M. Night Shyamalan – even in weaker films

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‘The Driftless Area’ eschews linear storytelling, and it’s as weird as you’d expect (Movie review)

With his recent unfortunate death at age 27 in a vehicle accident, Anton Yelchin takes a spot in film history similar to Heath Ledger, where

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Who’s that girl? It’s Jess; and ‘New Girl’ is getting better (TV commentary)

The idea of getting a weekly dose of the girl from “(500) Days of Summer” was irresistible when “New Girl” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on Fox) debuted

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First episode impressions: ‘New Girl’ (TV review)

With Zooey Deschanel in the title role, I expect “New Girl” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays starting Sept. 20 on Fox, but the first episode is already

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In ‘Our Idiot Brother,’ the idiot is the smart one, and so is this refreshing comedy (Movie review)

In a scene from “Our Idiot Brother,” title character Ned (Paul Rudd) is counting his cash on the subway and he hands it to a stranger to

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She & Him: The best grammatically incorrect duo in recent memory (Music review)

Like 99 percent of She & Him listeners, I discovered Zooey Deschanel’s singing talents through her film work. Many were hooked when she sang a short song

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Oh, how I love/hate ‘(500) Days of Summer’ (Movie review)

“(500) Days of Summer,” the would-be-romantic, too-sad-to-be-a-comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, starts with a narrated warning that this is not a love story. It’s

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