

But he's an actor and a performance artist, and maybe none of this is real-is he crying human tears or actor tears, is his laugh authentic or art? We're guessing LaBeouf, if he were talking, would say it is too real-his career is flashing before his eyes, and everyone is watching it happen to him. LaBeouf has laughed, cried, yawned, slept, scratched his beard, shoved his mouth in a bag of popcorn, smiled, stared ahead. The small camera (which is not distracting to those inside the theater, only represented by a small green light) is fixed on LaBeouf's face, which has delivered a range of emotions and reactions throughout the past couple of days. The livestream of the #AllMyMovies performance art piece is a bit more compelling. He is now forever part of the Shia LaBeouf sideshow. This guy in the screenshot below stuck it out for many hours, awkwardly leaning over the entire time to get his face in the shot, trying to pal around with the actor. The theater he is in is open to the public, and while the first 24 hours saw more manageable crowds (only a handful when we dropped by late on the first day), many more have turned up and seem determined to watch Shia LaBeouf's movies in a dark theater with Shia LaBeouf. Shia LaBeouf is inside, where he has been since Tuesday afternoon, watching every one of his movies in reverse chronological order. Here's last night's line at for Shia LaBeouf's #allmymovies /YldMdUID0Y At least one person is said to have paid $125 to cut to the front. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.The phone at the Angelika Film Center is busy. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. And after all the Fourth of July picnic cupcakes we all just digested, we know how hard it can be to recover from a lethal dose of treacle.īRAND: Mark Jordan Legan is a writer living in Los Angeles.Ĭopyright © 2007 NPR. The San Francisco Chronicle moans: there is bad, there's awful, there's horrible and then somewhere beyond that is "License to Wed." And the Los Angeles Times sighs: tortured slapstick, groan- inducing dialogue, and a lethal dose of treacle. WILLIAMS: (As Reverend Frank) Starts with coveting, ends with the clap. MANDY MOORE (Actor): (As Laurie) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. ROBIN WILLIAMS (Actor): (As Reverend Frank) Laurie, bring it, girl. Only Robin Williams is the reverend, and John Krasinski and Mandy Moore are the young nuptials-to-be. And the New York Times calls "Introducing the Dwights" a funny, sad, icky-sweet comedy.Īnd like the last hotdog at the Fourth of July barbecue that no one really wants is the comedy "License to Wed." A young engaged couple must pass Reverend Frank's full-proof marriage prep course.
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LEGAN: The film critics, after checking with their own mothers and getting their permission, mostly enjoyed this Australian comedy, even though the Village Voice snarls: full of broad, toothless humor and hand-fisted fits of melodrama.

KHAN CHITTENDEN (Actor): (As character) It's Tim. Unidentified Man (Actor): (As character): Hi. BRENDA BLETHYN (Actress): (As character) Hi. (Soundbite of movie, "Introducing the Dwights") Brenda Blethyn stars in "Introducing the Dwights," a comedy about an overbearing mother who can't stop controlling her grown children. Maybe after spending the Fourth with your relatives, you'd like to see this limited release about a family even more dysfunctional than yours. But the New York Daily News warns: interested in plot and character development? Move along. The Washington Post cheers a wonderfully playful experience with some of the best action sequences you'll see all summer. LEGAN: Some of the nation's critics say way cool, and some say oh please. SHIA LaBEOUF (Actor): (As Sam Witwicky) Gentlemen, I want to introduce you to my friend, Optimus Prime. And well, find your inner teenage boy and go. The popular '80s cartoon and toy line is now a summer action flick.
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And what better way to celebrate our nation's freedom from tyranny than a movie about large metal robots trying to control the world? Yes, it's "Transformers," the movie. MARK JORDAN LEGAN (Slate): As I recover from my annual sparkler burns - I hope everyone had a nice and safe Independence Day.

Here he is with Slate's Summary Judgment. And here's Mark Jordan Legan to tell us whether critics think they're sparklers or bombs. Back now with DAY TO DAY, the big Fourth of July movies have been in theaters most of this week.
