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...summertime and the living is vulgar over at the multiplex. Since Sandler is Click's producer, you have to believe that it is tailored entirely to his demands. So almost before you know it, the movie is offering the mother of all stupid - is there any other kind? - flatulence jokes. And bimbo jokes. And sexual performance jokes. And, especially, horny dog jokes. Eventually, they give up on "writing" and call in the special-effects technicians, who literally inflate Sandler to the point where you want to turn your eyes from the screen. In short, the movie is all about pleasing...
...universal remote in the Beyond section of Bed, Bath and Beyond, which is down a spooky hallway in a shadowy stock room presided over by Christopher Walken's genial, flaky Mort. Michael (Adam Sandler) hopes the device will bring a little order to his chaotic life - one clicker replacing the many that presently operate the TV, the garage door, his kids' toys...
...course. There's no point in denying that the regressive response is always an option when we're under pressure. It has been the basis of a lot of great comedy over the centuries. But, at least potentially, Adam Sandler is capable of better variations on that theme than he allows himself here. In the past, he's shown himself to be at least intermittently capable of a sort of addled sweetness as well those little flashes of meanness that make him recognizably human. He does a bit of innocence here and his nasty side comes out appealingly when...
This week Dwyane Wade, MVP of the 2006 NBA Finals, carried the Miami Heat to its first championship in franchise history. But can he carry an Adam Sandler movie? Wade took a time-out from his frantic post-title schedule - appearances on David Letterman and Live with Regis and Kelly, prepping for the team's victory parade in Miami - to chat with TIME's Adam Pitluk about what he wants to do next...
Which is another way of saying that Black is a guy who's funny in movies rather than a funny guy who happens to be in movies. (Think of the difference between Bill Murray and Adam Sandler.) In Nacho Libre, out June 16, he plays a half-Mexican monk who starts wrestling to earn money for his order's beloved orphans. Because Black wears tights and has a physique like a throw pillow, many people have tabbed Nacho as this summer's Wedding Crashers--an over-the-top comedy poised to do big business. As directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon...