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Brick

[2006, Movie]

Brick: Review

High School Confidential: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Matthew O'Leary

The ghost of Dashiell Hammett haunts the corridors of a nondescript suburban high school in this odd but engagingly off-kilter thriller. Mercilessly intelligent loner Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has been in a deeper-than-usual funk ever since his girlfriend, Emily (Emilie de Ravin), left him for insecure, Mohawked druggie Dode (Noah Segan). She calls months later, her voice vibrating with suppressed hysteria. Brendan is ready to leap to her aid, but when they meet up a lit... read more

Brick: TV Guide News

The Junk in Penelope Cruz's Trunk, and More... | Ask FlickChick | 12/14/2006
Question: My friend and I just saw Volver, and I hope you can settle an argument: I say Penelope Cruz was wearing some kind of butt booster under her clothes and he says she wasn't. Who's right? — GregFlickChick: You are. In interviews about Volver, director Pedro Almodóvar has spoken at some length about the way he wanted Penelope Cruz to look for her role as a sexy, put-upon, working-class housewife: He envisioned her character as voluptuous and earthy, like Sophia Loren in her prime. Though Cruz's bosom made the grade — if Almodóvar weren't openly gay, his appreciative remarks about her cleavage would probably be grounds for a sexual harassment suit — her backside did not. So Cruz was padded. The look is exaggerated by the cut of her costumes — they're really, really tight. Question: I recently rented Brick and realized I've seen Lukas Haas in a music video. But I can't remember what it was. Do you have any idea? — AngelaFlickChick: Former... read more

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