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'Confetti'
Special to The TimesMockumentaries have become the scourge of low-budget cinema; given a camera and actors who can talk, filmmakers with amusing concepts seem to think they're the next Christopher Guest. The only two really necessary ingredients, of course, are rare:...Tags: Martin Freeman, Death, Jason Watkins, Movies, Weddings
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Movie review: 'The Man'
Tribune staff reporter2 stars (out of four) It's written somewhere in the Male Bonding Handbookprobably on buckskin parchment, scrawled in sweatthat whenever two men share a car, flatulence jokes aren't far behind. Maybe it's the close quarters, the need to mark one's...Tags: Death, John Murphy, John Wayne, Hamburgers, Pulp Fiction (movie)
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Movie review: 'Surviving Eden'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) Reality TV, says one character in Greg Pritikin's "Surviving Eden," makes you stupid and ill. The movie tries hard to prove it. Partly deploying the mockumentary style of a Christopher Guest comedy, it recounts the ludicrous...Tags: Peter Sellers, Television, Death, Cheri Oteri, Jack Nicholson
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Lynch Joins Stiller's CBS Pilot
Zap2It.comFamiliar comic foil Jane Lynch has joined the cast of CBS' untitled comedy project from Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller. The show is loosely based on Taylor's life. The "Brady Bunch Movie" and "Dodgeball" star will play an actress who has made it in...Tags: Cinema Industry, Ben Stiller, Television, Criminal Minds (tv program), CBS Corp.
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Movie review: 'For Your Consideration'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) Having demolished, sweetly, everything from heavy metal ("This Is Spinal Tap," directed by Rob Reiner) to small-town theatrics ("Waiting for Guffman"), dog shows ("Best in Show") and folkies ("A Mighty Wind"), Christopher Guest...Tags: Michael Phillips, Parker Posey, Television, Second City Television (tv program), Rob Reiner
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Gervais Says Farewell to 'Extras'
Zap2It.comEvery so often, the unassuming Ricky Gervais erupts with his trademark laugh, which sounds as one might imagine a hyena on a bender would. Wearing well-worn jeans and a black T-shirt, Gervais, 46, uses his day off from his first star turn in a film,...Tags: Ghost Town (movie), HBO (tv network), Television, Manhattan (New York City), Ricky Gervais
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'The Real Housewives of Orange County'
"Eighty-five percent of the women around here have had breast implants," says Kimberly, matter-of-factly. It's what passes for a census study behind the gates of Coto de Caza, an Orange County, Calif., development for the nouveau riche and the setting of...Tags: Bravo (tv network), HBO (tv network), Trips and Vacations, Television, Los Angeles Times
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Forlani Doctors Up 'CSI: NY'
Zap2It.com"CSI: NY" will add another new face this fall, as actress Claire Forlani is joining the show in a recurring part. Forlani, whose movie credits include "Meet Joe Black," "Boys and Girls" and "Northfork," will play the CSI team's "beautiful and sharp"...Tags: Hill Harper, Gary Sinise, TNT (tv network), Television, CSI (tv program)
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Movie review: 'Never Been Thawed'
Tribune staff reporter2½ stars (out of four) When it comes to mockumentary filmmaking, there's Christopher Guest, and then there's everybody else. The genius behind "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show" and "This is Spinal Tap" is, sadly, nowhere to be seen in this recent...Tags: Bladder, Netflix Inc., Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Gays and Lesbians
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See ya, summer movies!
Could the summer movie season have been any more disappointing? Aside from one stellar popcorn flick ("Mission: Impossible III") and occasional signs of life ("Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," "Strangers with Candy"), nearly everything from "The Da Vinci...Tags: Robert De Niro, Alfonso Cuaron, Jack Nicholson, Rocky Balboa (fictional character), Emma Thompson
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Comic Matchmakers Do Cupid No Favors
Zap2It.comAccording to Shakespeare, the course of true love never did run smooth -- especially for clients of Lovespring International. OK, actually, the Bard never mentioned "Lovespring International," the zippy and largely improvised new half-hour sitcom...Tags: Television, The Brady Bunch (tv program), Pancakes, Tarzana, Arrested Development (tv program)
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'The Princess Bride: Buttercup Edition'
Zap2It.comFor a movie that was not a very big hit in theaters, "The Princess Bride" has enjoyed as long and fruitful a life on video as just about any film of the past 20 years. That might explain why the third DVD version of the movie, based on Oscar-winning...Tags: Television, DVDs and Movies, Cary Elwes, DVDs, PG Rated Movies
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