Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the little-known standup comedian into a high demand A-lister. THR reports that he is currently in talks, among other things, to voice the Humpty Dumpty character in a “Shrek” spinoff [...]
When I learned that my favorite childhood book, Judi Barrett’s “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” would be made into a film I was overcome by a very strange and unexpected defense instinct, as if a substandard adaptation of an illustrated, 32 page book I last read 20 years ago would somehow sour my romanticized [...]
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