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Writer-director Woody Allen’s misfiring 1997 comedy explores the trouble with Harry Block, a nerdy, neurotic New York writer, with more than his fair share of troubles in his creative and erotic life. He has three ex-wives […]
Director Gore Verbinski’s intriguing but all too moderate 2001 thriller stars Brad Pitt as hapless, clumsy small-time crook Jerry Welbach, who is forced by his mob boss to retrieve a priceless pistol called The Mexican back […]
Another amusing ‘mockumentary’ from Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, who gave us the hysterical This Is Spinal Tap back in 1984. This time in 2003 they’re sending up the folk music scene, starring […]
Funnymen Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) and Eugene Levy are the screen-writers for his amusing, good-natured 1996 ensemble comedy about a small Missouri town (Blaine) staging a pageant to celebrate its […]
Co-writer/director Christopher Guest’s 2000 satirical comedy about dog-crazy folk taking their pets to a top pedigree show in Philadelphia is blunt and silly but still it has its funny moments. The subject’s a good one […]
Co-writer/director Terry Zwigoff’s 2001 movie stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two weird American teenagers Enid and Rebecca, who scoff at the world of losers, Satanists and freaks they see around them, providing them […]
Writer-director Wes Anderson’s supremely quirky and lusty comic tale of the adventures of legendary hotel concierge Gustave H and his trusted lobby boy friend Zero Moustafa is incredibly stylish and eye-catching. Wow, it looks great! In […]