The Artists Formerly Known as The Dixie Chicks’ career nearly died due to an off-handed quip. Jack Black of Tenacious D learned the right and wrong lessons from their experience.
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In the latest round-up of movies I’ve written about for my upcoming book The Fractured Mirror explores The Amateurs, Be Kind Rewind, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, Big Fat Liar and The Muse.
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It took me a solid week of furious effort and three viewings of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, but I have written what I think is the definitive 5000 word manifesto about the Citizen Kane of “Weird Al” Yankovic-themed parody biopics.
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Michel Gondry’s wonderful Be Kind Rewind was a joyful blast of nostalgia when it came out. It’s damn near nostalgia porn, however, at this point.
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Like so many great directors, Harold Ramis’ career got off to a terrific start, with the classic 1980 comedy Caddyshack but ended bleakly, with the dire broad comedy Year One.
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Bob Odenkirk made a winning directorial debut with the artsy 2003 theatrical adaptation Melvin Goes to Dinner.
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Finally, a movie where Danny DeVito and Dwayne Johnson play the same character! It’s like Twins, but not!
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One of you kind souls paid me to see the 2006 show-biz satire Danny Roane: First Time Director, where first-time director Andy Dick plays a troubled fuck-up EXACTLY like Andy Dick.
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The hottest kid’s show of 2009 is me and my family’s current obsession.
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One of you kind souls slipped me a cool C-note to revisit Ben Stiller’s 2008 epic show-business satire.
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