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Movie Review: In ‘72 Hours,’ the bachelor party has an unlikely plus-one
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (317+ words) As a movie about getting older and still having to cater to younger demographics, the Kevin Hart comedy “72 Hours” has a meta synergy to it. Hart plays a successful New York ad executive named Joe whose campaign ideas have turned…...
Annual Hobnob show gives the Bard’s script a local spin in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona, PA’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (526+ words) Hobnob Theatre Company is tying traditional William Shakespeare into modern life for the audience in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” for Shakespeare in the Park, bringing the characters, originally from Verona, Italy, to Verona, Pennsylvania. “So, I have a long…...
Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (435+ words) NEW YORK — The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone. Earlier this year, Judd Apatow titled his retrospective documentary on him: “Mel Brooks: The…...
Comedy trailblazer Tom Dreesen, Sinatra’s longtime opening act, dies at 86
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (471+ words) LOS ANGELES — Tom Dreesen, who along with partner Tim Reid formed one of America’s first interracial stand-up comedy duos and later spent years as Frank Sinatra’s opening act, died Wednesday. He was 86. Dreesen died at his home in Los Angeles,…...
Musical Theatre Guild’s ‘Disaster!’ delivers camp, chaos and catchy hooks
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (643+ words) Theatergoers of a certain age will recognize the DNA of “Disaster! A Musical,” the gleefully absurd jukebox musical spoof by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick. Drawing inspiration from the all-star catastrophe films of the 1970s — like “The Towering Inferno,” “Earthquake” and…...
Vince Vaughn, James Marsden lead quirky action-comedy ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (658+ words) Butler Eagle - News Local News News By Location Government Education Crime & Courts Police Reports Butler County's Most Wanted Health Business News Agriculture Real Estate Transfers Tax Sales Jobless Figures Business Matters Beyond Butler County Pennsylvania News National News International News…...
‘How to Make a Killing’ is a new riff on an Ealing black comedy classic
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (520+ words) “How to Make a Killing,” starring Glen Powell as a working-class man who sets out to murderously reclaim his inheritance, has a clear inspiration: the great Ealing black comedy “Kind Hearts and Coronets.” In that sublimely wicked 1949 film, Alec Guinness…...
‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ is a sweeping tribute to a comic genius
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (624+ words) It’s not often we get to pay tribute, in full, to our giants while they’re still with us. But in “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Judd Apatow dutifully and affectionately celebrates the laugh-filled life of a comedy legend who’s…...
Emma Mackey battles political scandal and wooden script in ‘Ella McCay’
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (642+ words) “I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” It’s hard to understand how “Ella McCay,” the first original feature from writer-director Brooks in 15 years,…...
In ‘Splitsville,’ a screwball comedy of infidelity with some cinematic verve
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) You can say this: Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin know how to start a movie. Their 2020 breakout film, “The Climb,” begins with two best friends on a bike ride just before Kyle (Marvin) is to be wed. Mid-climb, Mike…...