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but a very reliable source on comedy assures us that "it's the funniest movie ever." While the officials from Kazakhstan may not be happy about how their people are being satirized, it's just the kind of humor that appeals to us young urban professionals. So get your tickets for this weekend early, it's sure to be hugely popular at the cineplex.

It's that time of year again, when the New York Film Society at Lincoln Center and a small group of local film critics selects the entries from new world cinema they feel deserves their erudite stamp o' approval. As this year's pre-screening Festival ID tag points out, their 44 years of discernment includes a pretty elite bunch of films and filmmakers, and this year is no different. The NYFF doesn't set out to be mainstream fare, like the younger Tribeca fest, and they pride themselves on this.

Here we go: it's a huge weekend for year-end Oscar-bait and questions abound. Will audiences flock to see the "forbidden" love of ? (No.) Is it any good? (It's OK.) Will people be turned off by the heavy (and occasionally heavy-handed) allusions to Christian imagery? (Possibly, but we were moved more by Aslan's humiliation and sacrifice than Jesus' in Mel Gibson's biblical slasher film)

We don't often talk about readings on this site because, well, readings are generally kind of boring. Seriously, you can comment all you want about how they're not but we probably won't even read your comments because comments about readings are even more boring. Enter super fast reading series. We're pretty sure the last Ritalin Reading was last June, so we'll give you a refresher. 6 readers, 4 minute readings, 24 minutes of your time and invaluable love advice to last you forevermore (love advice given to you by bloggers and comedians, hmmm.)

Men and women on how long to call. Plus Swingers Rules and Lingo.

One of my favorite commercials is an ad for a Kia Spectra, where the female driver goes through many different boyfriends and phases (hippie boyfriend, hippie clothing; yuppie boyfriend, yuppie clothing), her dog is a puppy in the first scenes, older later on, to further show the passage of time. All the dudes are duds, but the Kia (and the dog) keeps it going on. It's silly and makes it seem like women will subvert their personalities for guys (as far as I know, this does happen, if far being from ideal), but the irony of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" lyrics "I'm in heaven...with my boyfriend" run underneath these moments of the woman realizing these guys are losers nicely undercuts "The Rules"-like nature of it. It's catchy and basically a chick movie in a commercial. Produced by the independent agency, David and Goliath, click here to view by agreeing, choosing Kia, and selecting the "Boyfriend" commercial. Dennis Mahoney at the morning news thinks it's a dumb ad, but he's a dude.