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...early '50s, they owned show business: TV, nightclubs, records, stage shows and, of course, movies. The duo that one mogul called the organ grinder (Dean Martin) and the monkey (Jerry Lewis) created inventive comedy out of a tense and bizarrely intimate palship. This set has the first eight of the 16 movies they made as a team. No masterpieces here, but each film summons up the time when Dean did his sexy crooning and Jer ran splendidly amuck...
...Guffman,” “Show,” “A Mighty Wind,” and this latest outing, and Guest has directed all four. Before production begins, Guest and Levy say they map out the film.Though no traditional script exists, the duo spends around four months preparing an extensively thorough outline—25 pages’ worth of character background, scene-by-scene breakdowns, and original songs.After that, the actors perform the story, and only then does the real spontaneity start.“We give them as much meat on the bone...
...shallow, and forgettable—which is a shame, as Shainberg is a director of such obvious talent, a true visual maestro. “Secretary” cleverly embraced sadomasochism as a personal choice and means to self-affirmation, but “Fur” makes the duo seem obsessed with weirdness—less as a statement of self-identity than as something that is valuable for its own sake. But “weird for weird’s sake” has the side-effect of demonizing the average for the sin of simply being...
...Center Domanick Martin is gone, but dynamic junior guard Eric “In” Flato and steady senior forward Sam Kaplan remain. I’ve always believed a talented inside-outside combo is the key to college basketball success and the Eli have it in that duo. Flato, especially, a 44 percent shooter from behind the arc, could turn out to be the second-best player in the league in 2007. Yale coach James Jones (brother Joe is the Columbia skipper) will push this bunch into the runner-up spot...
...McDonald’s in Maine have lobster,” Rollins says. “I never knew that was abnormal until she told me.”Despite the different upbringings—and disparate happy meal offerings at McDonald’s—the duo has much in common, both on and off the court. “We both have the kind personality that we like to share everything that goes on in our day with one another,” Rollins says, smiling. “If something exciting happens, she?...