Maybe it’s a sign that healthcare issues have become a prominent part of the general American consciousness: I went to see two quite different Hollywood comedies and each featured a character who was a pharma rep. In Little Fockers (the most recent instalment in the Stiller and De Niro comedy series which began with Meet [...]
Justin Theroux, most famous for starring in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Dr” and Mary Harron’s “American Psycho” is set to direct his second feature, “Chief Ron,” for Universal, according to First Showing. After directing Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson, and Billy Crudup in the indie drama “Dedication” in 2007, Theroux co-wrote, with Ben Stiller, the mega-hit comedy, [...]
Allow me to begin with a question. Imagine you’ve been commissioned to write a comedy involving French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. What’s the first thing that comes to mind? Short jokes, right? This is the problem. You’d think famed luminaries of world history like General Custer, Teddy Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Ivan the Terrible, and Napoleon would [...]
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