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Musical Theatre Guild's "Disaster!' delivers camp, chaos and catchy hooks
4+ hour, 11+ min 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
3+ week, 4+ 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
2+ mon, 1+ day 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
2+ mon, 2+ 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 Mc Cay
4+ mon, 1+ 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 Mc Cay." It's hard to understand how Ella Mc Cay," the first original feature from writer-director Brooks in…...
In "Splitsville," a screwball comedy of infidelity with some cinematic verve
8+ mon, 53+ min 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…...
Larry David teams with the Obamas for HBO U. S. history sketch show for the nation's 250th
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (417+ words) LOS ANGELES " Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U. S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show, the network announced Thursday. The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator and "Seinfeld" co-creator will act as executive…...
Bowen Yang leads a heartfelt dramedy about found families in "The Wedding Banquet
1+ year, 4+ day ago (553+ words) Two gay couples decide to embark on one fake straight marriage to get what they need in Andrew Ahn's modern update of "The Wedding Banquet." Min (Han Gi-Chan), a young artist from an extremely wealthy. .....