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December/26/09 01:38 AM
Recent
Kennedy Center honoree and one of the premiere
comedic minds of the twentieth century, the Mel
Brooks, gets a high definition tribute to his
career in this nine disk, Blu-ray gift
set. Read
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December/03/09 06:15 PM
For
those who have not been able to visit our
National Mall
and tour the
Smithsonian Institute’s
museums and galleries,
Night at the Museum: Battle of the
Smithsonian
provides a gleeful romp through a few of the more
popular buildings that are our nation’s
“attic.” Read
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October/13/09 12:03 AM
The
Proposal is not quite up there with Bo Goldman’s
1992 screenplay based on the novel by Giovanni
Arpino, it does show that if we don’t like an
unlikeable lead character the movie dies before
the popcorn is gone. Read
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August/25/09 06:25 PM
Adventureland
is a writer’s movie. Creator Greg Mottola
controls his script as director of this colorful,
thoughtfully filmed movie that freshly tackles
what can easily slip into the stale genre of the
coming of age movie. Showing writer and
directorial restraint, Mottola has shaped
Adventureland into much more than just an
angst-ridden teen movie. Read
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August/11/09 10:47 PM
Director
Marty DeBergi's 1984 expose of an aging rock band
on its last tour raised the bar for exploring the
fine line between clever and stupid while giving
the fictional Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and
Derek Smalls a new lease on life.
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June/30/09 12:29 AM
About
the best I can offer about this train wreck of a
film is it reveals the brilliance of Peter
Sellers. What made master comedian Steve Martin
think he could recreate the Inspector Clouseau
magic? Read
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October/03/08 10:07 PM
"The
Women" comes on the heels of "Mamma Mia!" and
"Sex and the City," two films which brazenly
courted female viewers. The film, a remake of the
1939 classic, goes one big step further by
keeping the original's key conceit. It's all
women, all the time. No men show up as co-stars,
supporting players - even extras.
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September/05/08 08:35 PM
Few
comedies draw as many laughs out of pregnant
pauses than "The Office," NBC's hit sitcom about
to enter its fifth season. "Office" drones can
catch up on the show's fourth season with a new
box set hitting DVD stores this week (Sept.
2). Read
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July/06/08 08:25 PM
I
like Owen Wilson. And wanted to really like
Drillbit Taylor. The premise promised 109
minutes, plus bonus features, of diversion
wrapped in a cloak of the oh-so-cool Drillbit
Taylor (Owen Wilson) helping a trio of nerds,
Wade (Nate Hartley), Ryan (Troy Gentile) and
Emmit (David Dorfman) traverse the mean highways
of high school. Read More...
May/29/08 10:27 PM
Now,
it's the reunion women everywhere are waiting for
- "Sex and the City" on the big screen. While the
groundbreaking HBO series was smart, sassy and
bold, the movie version of "Sex" plays it mostly
safe, sanitized and oh, so predictable.
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April/24/08 10:26 PM
Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler clicked behind the faux news
desk on "Saturday Night Live." So it's hardly a
shock to see them reprise that chemistry in the
new comedy "Baby Mama." The title may scream
modern slang, but the story of a professional
woman trying to have it all is hardly new.
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April/20/08 08:33 PM
There
are a few reasons to turn off Walk Hard: The Dew
Cox story. The only reason to not turn off Walk
Hard The Dewey Cox story is the music. The film,
and John C. Riley as Dewey Cox offers some great
parodies of folk, rock, psychadelic, hip-hop,
pop, disco and punk music bridging the five
decades, from the 1950’s through the
1990’s. Read More...
March/24/08 10:04 PM
Has
it really been 20 years since we first met Annie,
Nuke LaLoosh, and the swaggering Crash Davis?
Scary, but true, and with the start of a new
baseball season upon us there's no better time to
catch up with "Bull Durham." It's the baseball
movie women can embrace as readily as the
fellas. Read More...
February/15/08 11:18 PM
That
Robin Williams dude really looked like a lady in
the 1993 smash "Mrs. Doubtfire." Cross dressing
may be a dying art, but Williams gave the genre
juice in the film, being re-released this month
(March 4) in a special "Behind the Seams"
edition. Read
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January/11/08 11:07 PM
Watch
enough bad rom-coms and it seems like Hollywood
can't get the boy-meets-girl formula right
anymore. It's one reason why it's good to catch
up with "When Harry Met Sally …" again.
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