I think you see where this is going, and if not, here you go: Paul Rudd is not absolutely hilarious opposite Rashida Jones or Elizabeth Banks in “Our Idiot Brother.” He’s only occasionally funny, but given the man’s potential, that’s a disappointment. None of this is his fault, of course; he’s saddled with a script […]
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The Family Tree / Father of Invention
I mean you, “The Family Tree.” In director Vivi Friedman’s debut, Hope Davis (“Real Steel”) shines — but only because she’s Hope Davis — as Bunnie, the bitchy, spoiled, unfaithful wife to nerdish Jack (Dermot Mulroney, “J. Edgar”) and unloving mother to a Bible-beating, gun-crazy son (Max Thieriot, “My Soul to Take”) and a slutty […]
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The Family Tree / Father of Invention
I mean you, “The Family Tree.” In director Vivi Friedman’s debut, Hope Davis (“Real Steel”) shines — but only because she’s Hope Davis — as Bunnie, the bitchy, spoiled, unfaithful wife to nerdish Jack (Dermot Mulroney, “J. Edgar”) and unloving mother to a Bible-beating, gun-crazy son (Max Thieriot, “My Soul to Take”) and a slutty […]
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The Family Tree / Father of Invention
I mean you, “The Family Tree.” In director Vivi Friedman’s debut, Hope Davis (“Real Steel”) shines — but only because she’s Hope Davis — as Bunnie, the bitchy, spoiled, unfaithful wife to nerdish Jack (Dermot Mulroney, “J. Edgar”) and unloving mother to a Bible-beating, gun-crazy son (Max Thieriot, “My Soul to Take”) and a slutty […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Rio Sex Comedy
But, wait … aren’t Rio de Janeiro and Istanbul separated by some 6,300 miles? Yes, and that kind of lackadaisical looseness is what keeps the movie from building on initial strength. Continuing the year’s apparent trend of Brazilian settings, “Rio Sex Comedy” is less colorful than the animated “Rio” and less slick than “Fast Five,” […]
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Dickensian delight
The Pollard Theatre continues its 25th season with the Tony-winning 1985 musical comedy “Drood: The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Written by musician Rupert Holmes, “Drood” is inspired by Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished, novel. Its conceit is that the production is being mounted by the loony Victorian troupe Music Hall Royale, with all the actors impressively […]
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‘Wham,’ bam!
A vegetable oil-powered bus of visual artists, musicians and comedians is puttering toward Oklahoma at 50 miles per hour, tops. This french fry-scented chaos is a branch of the Baltimore-based Wham City Collective, currently in its sophomore cross-country tour. The Wham City Comedy Tour can’t be distilled to a single descriptor. The two-hour show includes […]