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SXSW: James Gunn & Rainn Wilson Talk The Dark, Twisted Comedy Of 'Super'
- By Gabe Toro
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- March 14, 2011 2:13 AM
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- 1 Comment
In James Gunn’s “Super” (review here), Rainn Wilson plays a mild-mannered man who reacts to the “evil” in the world by donning a superhero costume and fighting crime. Of course, it’s never that simple when you’re dealing with Gunn and Wilson. As deranged as Gunn’s previous films have been (particularly his early roots at Troma), Wilson is an equally unpredictable mind, crafting an onscreen persona that continually subverts expectations.
SXSW Review: James Gunn's 'Super' With Rainn Wilson & Ellen Page Is Twisted, But Uneven
- By Gabe Toro
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- March 13, 2011 6:41 AM
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- 6 Comments
“Shut up, Crime!” bellows Rainn Wilson in “Super.” Such a random demand is highlighted by the outsized appearance of the speaker, clad in thick red fabrics, stocky and pear-shaped within a makeshift superhero costume. It serves as a power fantasy for him, a power fantasy for us. As seen through the eyes of writer-director James Gunn, a man of notably questionable taste, this is no ordinary fantasy.
New Poster For James Gunn's 'Super'
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- February 25, 2011 6:43 AM
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James Gunn‘s superhero parody, the appropriately titled “Super,” premiered last year at TIFF where it received some strong reviews and landed a distribution deal with IFC. We missed it at the fest but we've liked what we've seen so far and it looks like the first film in a while that will nail a very tricky genre. With its SXSW bow just around the corner, Gunn has debuted a new poster on his site in the style of the folded-up flyers its hero puts up around town.
New Look At James Gunn's 'Super,' Film Hits Theaters On April 1, 2011
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- November 29, 2010 10:39 AM
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April Fools Day just got a kick in the teeth.
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