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Dinner for Schmucks Review Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 1:18PMIs 'Dinner for Schmucks' an 'edgy' comedy film or just a mean-spirited, uncomfortable attempt at laughs? Read our review and find out.
Movie Review: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:54AMby KYW’s Bill Wine Talk about a putrid pet project. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is a silly, sorry, soggy sequel to the slapsticky, profitable 2001 kiddie comedy, Cats & Dogs. Young and tiny viewers deserve better. Like its predecessor, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is family fare that [...]
Jane Krakowski's ‘free and easy, breezy good time’ Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:12PMLive album includes Rubber Duckie as well as tributes to women singers who inspired the performer
O'Callaghan Talks Coyote Falls Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:39PMMatt O'Callaghan tells us about directing the newest Road Runner and Coyote theatrical short.
Operation: Endgame Blu-ray Review Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:43PMAn all-star cast highlights this amusing assassin thriller-comedy.
Dinner For Schmucks (2010) Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:57PMIn Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) calls childhood mate Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) "especially not a genius" in reference to his derivative cowboy novels. Shocked by this assessment, Eli asks, "How can you say that someone is especially not a genius?" As I looked over the career of director Jay Roach, it struck me that he is especially not a genius. He works with the ...
Review: 'Who? Maid? Who?' keeps the laughter moving Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:04PMWritten by David Lassig, "Who? Maid? Who?" won last year's Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest. It's receiving its world premiere through Aug. 8 at the theater.
Funny or Die Videos: New Form of Comedy Attracts Celebs Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:00PMFunny or Die: How the Web Is Changing Comedy
Reigning cats? Put on the dogs! Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:16AMIt's been nine years -- or ruff-ly 63 dog years -- since "Cats & Dogs" came out to mixed reviews. About time for a sequel, the filmmakers apparently thought (maybe because a whole new generation of filmgoers has been born in the interim). The result, "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of...
Review: A few yuks from 'Dinner for Schmucks' Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMAmericans seem to have a hate-love relationship with awkward moments.
Mastiii Can Leave Behind 9XM: Media Professionals VerdictMastiii Can Leave Behind 9XM: Media Professionals Verdict Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:21PMJuly 29, 2010 : Sri Adhikari Brothers launched its music and entertainment channel 'Mastiii' in July first week with a variety of entertainment packages. The leading channel in this genre now is 9XM, which is facing a close competition from this newly launched channel.
Steve Carell and Paul Rudd team up for unlikely friendship in comedy "Dinner With Schmucks" Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:20PMBarry (no relation) is an auto-taxi -- short for autodidact taxidermist -- which has nothing to do with motor vehicles. It means he taught himself how to stuff dead animals.
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore: About as inviting as week-old kitty litter Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:17PMThe cat’s whiskers? More like a dog’s dinner
Film Review: Dinner for Schmucks Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:34PMAny film scholar looking to write a paper exploring the differences between French and American screen comedy couldn’t ask for a better case study than the 1998 Gallic feature Le Diner de Cons ( The Dinner Game ) and its 2010 Hollywood remake Dinner for Schmucks . The new film follows the same basic premise as its predecessor—a businessman (Paul Rudd) is invited to a dinner party where he’s ...
DeGeneres is out; is J-Lo in? Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:52PMTV COLUMN | Talk-show host is leaving "American Idol" after one season as a judge; Jennifer Lopez may be show's new Paula Abdul. Simon Cowell - American Idol - Fox Broadcasting Company - Talent show - Ellen DeGeneres
Send in the clowns – literally Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:49PMIt’s generally not a good idea to be a class clown, especially at an institute of higher education. But for one week in August, clowning in class will be encouraged.
Review: 'Dinner for Schmucks' is a plate of cold leftovers Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:06PMA Hollywood remake of a French comedy amounts to a souffle without much air in it.
Jesse Stone: No Remorse Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:20PMHighly Recommended "Jesse Stone...we never talk about what we're talking about." Another solid entry in the Jesse Stone series. Sony has released Jesse Stone: No Remorse , the sixth Jesse Stone made-for-TV movie starring Tom Selleck as the embittered, alcoholic police chief created by crime novelist Robert B. Parker (the movie is dedicated to Parker, who passed this year). Fans of this series ...
Football: Thursday's Football Transfer Gossip Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:16PMHammers fury as Spurs tap Parker, Reds eye Petrov, Stoke want Santa Cruz, United keen on Danish keeper and big hearted Arry saves parasailing donkey!?
Business Diary: Bad blood fuels Tomkins row Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:09PMThe row at Tomkins rages on, with shareholder Standard Life furious that the company's chairman David Newlands is recommending a takeover offer from Canadian private equity concerns at a price it regards as too low. The fact that Mr Newlands is a former Standard Life executive gives the argument extra spice. And now we hear that during his time at the insurer, there wasn't much love lost between ...
Surfer Sculpture Gags Through the Years Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 1:58PMThe bronze statue has been the target of many jokes. Sculpture - Bronze sculpture - Visual Arts - Art - Shopping
Colbert caps BP spill coverage with a game-related gag Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:54AMDuring the opening monologue on The Colbert Report last night, political comedian Stephen Colbert offered his own guess on the mysterious Samaritan who played an instrumental role in helping plug the BP oil leak. Here's a clue -- he's a video game character.
Wilmington on DVD: Clash of the Titans, The Secret of the Grain, Yasujiro Ozu, The Art of the Steal, Repo Men, Fanboys Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:06AMThe Kraken, Medusa, Pegasus and the lobster monsters are smashing successes in director Louis Leterrier's lavish remake of Clash of the Titans -- the 1981 Ray Harryhausen mythological epic. But the people and the gods could use a little more work. That's a typical story for a big-studio fantasy blockbuster: great CGI, great effects and action, but obvious characters spouting, in this case ...
Dinner for Schmucks: American Idiot Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:40AMSteve Carell has some nice gags at this meal. Maybe the best part of Dinner for Schmucks is the opening credit sequence.
Giving up the chase Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:06AMRealising their trademark ambush was no longer working, The Chaser boys change tack.
Redknapp signs Russian donkey Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:14AMSPURS boss Harry has agreed to give a home to tormented beach donkey Anapka
The A-Team Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:34AMWatching Mr T on TV flogging chocolate from a tank and helicopter left some of us with a hunger; not for peanuts and caramel, but to see the man himself having a career rebirth and returning to the big time.
Events: Theatre - Stop.Rewind Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:44AMAn engaging play about the public and private divide between 7 office co-workers, Stop.Rewind launches Red Stitch Theatre’s Season 2 and is the latest theatrical work to emerge from the Red Stitch Writers In Residence program.
Pigs & Pancakes Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:53AMLaura (Branda Lock, left) and Felicia the Pig (Holly Twyford) take a break to tap in Adventure Theatre's "If You Give a Pig a Pancake."
GM off menu as Prince of Wales meets Caroline Spelman Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 1:03AMThe Prince of Wales has met Caroline Spelman, the new Environment Secretary, but GM crops were not on the agenda.
Lady Gaga -- Bikini Fights and Makeout Sessions Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:36PMFiled under: Lady Gaga , Paparazzi Photo , Hot Bodies , Stars In Heat , Summer , Photo Galleries Lady Gaga took time out from touring to suck face with her boyfriend Luc Carl , tan her porcelain skin and even indulge in a game of chicken fights while at a hotel pool in Texas on Monday. Underneath all the hair dye, makeup, vinyl, leather, hoods,… Read more
Shark removed from surfer statue Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:55PMThe “Cardiff Kook” was rescued Tuesday morning. The Encinitas Public Works Department removed a 15-foot tall papier-mache shark whose jaws had engulfed the city’s oft-maligned beachfront surfer statue since early Saturday.
Precious Nonsense at Circle Bar B Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:03PMGilbert and Sullivan send-up delivers the laughs, runs through September 25.
A Fan's Notes: Being A Non-Spoilery Nonreview Of The 'Scott Pilgrim' Movie Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:48PMIn which our comics blogger, who worried about how the Scott Pilgrim books would translate to screen, breathes a sigh of relief.
Auditions for "Moon Over Buffalo" Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:22PMGALESBURG — There will be auditions this week for the Prairie Players Civic Theatre Production of "Moon Over Buffalo." This backstage farce, written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Josh Damewood, is filled with misunderstandings on top of misadventures, comic invention and running gags.
Some Modest Advice for Taffety Punk Theatre Company Re: Its “Bootleg Shakespeare” Stagings Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:17PMLast night, Taffety Punk Theatre Company performed William Shakespeare and John Fletcher ’s The Two Noble Kinsmen . But the 36 actors on stage—37 if you count the paper bag that played the part of Emilia’s Second Woman—began learning their lines about a month ago, but didn’t rehearse together until yesterday morning.
Shrek Forever After movie review Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:02AMShrek Forever After is a movie filled with many wonderful moments, such as when he falls in love with his wife Fiona all over again.
"Shark" Eating Cardiff Surfer Statute is Removed Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:02AMEncinitas city workers remove a shark addition from the controversial statue.
Marshall Fine: Movie review: Dinner for Schmucks Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:59AMI kept waiting for Jay Roach's Dinner for Schmucks to run out of steam or jokes. But it rarely did. Not that the laughs built...
Happy hooker Tony gags on royal blue Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:05PMOpposition Leader once compared Prince Charles to title character in pornographic film Deep Throat .
Why is Gillard’s past off-limits, but Abbott’s not? Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 4:13PMBriefly ignoring Julia Gillard command to “move forward”, Channel 7 - with Labor’s help - delves back to
Behind the Video: Judgement Day's Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:08AMA top story from this week. Fans of Bright Eyes will probably know the name Anton Patzner, he's also been making a viral name for himself lately with his other band Judgement Day which rocks hard with stringed instruments. Their video for their song "Cobra Strike" and its Violin Hero theme has captured our attention so we asked Anton to take us Behind the Video.
Ramona and Beezus [2010] [G] - 2.2.1 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:39AMBased on the Beverly Cleary novel: a nine-year-old (Joey King) dreams up inventive ways to help her family after her father (John Corbett) loses his job.
Fourth Friday details upcoming University Series Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 2:05AMStephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts Information Director Sylvia Bierschenk presented the "50th Anniversary of the University Series" when she spoke Friday at the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce's monthly Fourth Friday Luncheon at Hotel Fredonia.
Masand: 'Khatta Meetha' is a schizophrenic film Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1:40AMDisguised as a comedy, Khatta Meetha is in fact a drama about the deep-rooted corruption in our system.
Movie Review: Khatta Meetha Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:24AMFirst things first. This is not, repeat not, a comedy. Not by any yardstick. For those expecting a typical Priyadarshan-Akshay Kumar comedy Khatta Meetha is not your cup of tee-hee.
DVD review: Clash of the Titans | The Bounty Hunter Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:04PMClash of the Titans Warner Bros, £19.99 The Bounty Hunter Sony, £19.99
Tere Bin Laden, high on wit, low on budget! Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:31AMHear this. A small-time Pakistani reporter dreams of a bite from Big Apple. So what does he do? He sends George Bush a tape with an Osama lookalike threatening mayhem in the US.
Weekend TV Best Bets Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:44AMDoctor Who, 9 p.m., BBC America on Saturday and Leverage, 9 p.m., TNT on Sunday.
'Tere Bin Laden'- high on wit, but doesn't make the cut Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 4:45AMHear this. A small-time Pakistani reporter dreams of a bite from Big Apple. So what does he do? He sends a tape with an Osama lookalike threatening mayhem in the US.