WILMER VALDERRAMA UNACCOMPANIED by Brad Balfour Miami-born actor Wilmer Valderrama has come a long way since his days as Fez, the quirky foreign exchange student who was often the butt of jokes on the popular TV series That ‘70s Show. The 26-year-old jovial, handsome charmer – known for gallivanting around with some of Hollywood’s hardest-partying starlets … Continue reading
THE RISE OF KAL PENN by Brad Balfour For Kal Penn, doing Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj – the spin-off of National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (which starred Ryan Reynolds) — keeps him employed and laughing. But this wasn’t what the real Kalpen Suresh Modi was doing when he started out acting. At first he played secondary characters … Continue reading
AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS THE NAKED MILE (2006) Starring John White, Steve Talley, Jessy Schram, Eugene Levy, Candace Kroslak, Angel Lewis, Jordan Medley, Melanie Merkosky, Jon Cor, Mikla Winkler, Jaclyn A. Smith and Christopher McDonald. Screenplay by Erik Lindsay. Directed by Joe Nussbaum. Distributed by Universal Home Video. 102 minutes. Not Rated. The fifth movie of … Continue reading
ACCEPTED (2006) Starring Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Lewis Black, Jonah Hill, Mark Derwin, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, Ann Cusack, Hannah Marks, Robin Taylor, Diora Baird and Travis Van Winkle. Screenplay by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Mark Perez. Directed by Steve Pink. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. On … Continue reading
YOU, ME AND DUPREE (2006) Starring Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Ralph Ting, Keo Knight, Todd Stashwick, Bill Hader, Jason Winer, Suzanne Ford and Lance Armstrong. Screenplay by Michael Le Sieur. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Back in the … Continue reading
Dharma & Greg Season One (1997-1998) (Twentieth Century Fox-2006) Watching the terrific Dharma and Greg reminds us of the time in which it was first broadcast, the late nineties; an era not so far away, yet compared to what was to come, now seems like a million years ago, a tranquil oasis of nice and peaceful. If we miss … Continue reading
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006) Starring Carrie Aizley, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Dooley, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Rachael Harris, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Don Lake, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Larry Miller, Christopher Moynihan, Catherine O’Hara, Jim Piddock, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Deborah Theaker, Fred Willard and Scott Williamson. Screenplay … Continue reading
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer and Parker Posey Consider This by Jay S. Jacobs Working on the outskirts of the Hollywood movie community, actor-writer-director Christopher Guest has put together the most consistently funny troupe in films. Specializing in improvisational movies – many which are hilarious turns on documentaries – Guest has made some of the great comedies of … Continue reading
NACHO LIBRE (2006) Starring Jack Black, Hector Jimenez, Ana de la Reguera, Darius Rose, Moises Arias, Eduardo Gomez, Carlos Maycotte, Richard Montoya, Cesar Gonzalez, Peter Stormare, Rafael Montalvo and Julio Sandoval. Screenplay by Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess and Mike White. Directed by Jared Hess. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Sometimes a … Continue reading
STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006) Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Linda Hunt, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Kristen Chenowith, Christian Stolte and Celeste Pechous. Screenplay by Zach Helm. Directed by Mark Forster. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. Who would have thought? Will Ferrell can actually act. Really, seriously … Continue reading
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