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10 Supporting Characters Who Totally Deserve Their Own Movies
Judd Apatow’s This is 40, out this Friday, is — as its ads carefully note — a “sort-of sequel” to his 2007 hit Knocked Up. It doesn’t concern that film’s leading characters; Se… more →
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Waiting for Guffman
wrote 3 days ago: PLOT (spoiler alert!!!): The film is a parody of community theater set in the fictional small town o … more →
Thumbs up!
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wrote 5 days ago: I had some second thoughts about this morning’s post of Kaja as tech support. Not second thoug … more →
The Mockumentary That Should Have Won an Oscar:"For Your Consideration" (2006)
wrote 6 days ago: Improvisation has always been an essential tool for an actor whether you are in a comedy or a drama. … more →
Getting To The Root Of The Problem With 'Family Tree'
wrote 6 days ago: Before I get to my thoughts on HBO’s newest pilot, Family Tree, I thought I’d give a lit … more →
On Theatre...
wrote 1 week ago: I agree with almost everything Mamet is biting at in his book Theatre, but I’m a contrarian at … more →
AT YOUR SERVICE
wrote 1 week ago: New Work from Christopher Guest I’ve been hearing about the new Guest show for some time, but … more →
HBO’s Family Tree Premieres Tonight
wrote 1 week ago: Having recently lost his job and his girlfriend, 30-year-old Tom Chadwick has a rather unsure sense … more →
'Family Tree' review: Christopher Guest's HBO mockumentary smart despite genre's staleness
wrote 1 week ago: [ew_image url="http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/05/06/family-tree-02.jpg" credit="Suzanne Tenner/HB … more →
Christopher Guest's "Family Tree" Has an Irish Root with Chris O'Dowd
wrote 1 week ago: Okay, it is not Sci Fi, but it does concern a certain actor formerly of the geek-centered UK show, T … more →
Stinson: HBO welcomes a very special Guest
wrote 1 week ago: It has been almost 30 years since the release of This Is Spinal Tap, which should elicit one of two … more →
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Hollywood of FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006) is a place where people are impossibly rude to one an … more →
Pop Forecast for May 6: The Great Gatsby, Rihanna and more
wrote 2 weeks ago: Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” sang Bob Dylan, but th … more →
026 The Jojo Show: Thinking Of A Master Plan
wrote 2 weeks ago: Jojo wants to be rich, so he can be crazy; The guy who feels it’s his job to notify the newly … more →
1984: This is Spinal Tap
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wrote 1 month ago: Forget for a moment that This is Spinal Tap set the groundwork for the Mocumentary genre. Forget tha … more →
This is Spinal Tap
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wrote 1 month ago: Back in my early years in the working world, I worked in Chicago’s “Loop,” which i … more →
Harlan Pepper and Naming Nuts from"Best in Show" (2000) dir. Christopher Guest
wrote 1 month ago: Being surrounded by macadamia nuts this week reminded me of this droll scene from “Best in Sho … more →
Be Our Guest...
wrote 1 month ago: My laptop charger died, and since I don’t like to do any of my novel writing on my work laptop … more →
Beyond Therapy
wrote 2 months ago: If any American director owned the 1970s, it was Robert Altman. Even Woody Allen’s emerging mo … more →
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
wrote 2 months ago: If you have ever lived in a small town (especially in Missouri) you will certainly appreciate this f … more →
