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Cannes 2012 Review: Ben Wheatley's Very Dark Comedy 'Sightseers' First Showing by Alex Billington British caravan campers gone wild. Very wild. And very deadly. Sightseers is the latest film from British filmmaker on-the-rise Ben Wheatley, of the controverisal Kill List and Down Terrace previously, and he's back with something a ... |
Piers Morgan jokes about CNN's 20-year ratings lows Los Angeles Times ... but at least he hasn't lost his sense of humor. On Wednesday, he cracked wise about his record-low ratings on "Piers Morgan Tonight." Interviewing Conan O'Brien at a cable TV industry event in Boston, the British-born host surveyed the roughly ... |
 Yahoo! Canada Shine | Hugh Dancy on Girls of the Victorian Era and of 2012 Wall Street Journal (blog) Let's talk about British comedy versus American comedy. Does British humor penetrate the American way of looking at comedy? I think with American comedians, there's an understanding of Armando Iannucci and Monty Python. There's influence, at least a ... 'Hysteria': Dancy finds pleasure in bawdy story |
 Kansas City Star | REVIEW: British humor keelhauls 'Pirates' SuburbanJournals The same could probably be said about our collective senses of humor. From the dry absurdity of Monty Python to the manic bawdiness of Benny Hill, British comedy (much like their food) is an acquired taste. This is why I worry there is going to be a ... 'Pirates' humor geared toward adults 'Pirates! Band of Misfits': Miss for kids, hit for parents The Pirates! Band of Misfits |
 Hollywood Reporter | Cannes 2012: Ken Loach on 'The Angels' Share' (Q&A) Hollywood Reporter The British auteur has won prizes in Cannes dating back to 1979's Black Jack, and took home the Palme d'Or for 2006's The Wind That Shakes The Barley. In all Loach has negotiated the Croisette's famous red carpet a staggering 10 times. |
 Akron Leader Publications | British comedy offers up laughs at Coach House Akron Leader Publications By David Ritchey WEST AKRON — British comedy seems to be an oxymoron. The British have long been thought of as dour and the masters of the murder mystery. Think of all the characters Agatha Christie killed on stage or in the wings. |
 Hurriyet Daily News (press release) | The Dictator Wilson County News Sasha Baron Cohen, the British comedian famous for pranking unsuspecting Americans in the over-the-top mockumentaries “Brüno” and “Borat,” makes a much more conventional comedy with this satiric rip about a Middle Eastern “mad dog” despot. 'The Dictator': When racist replaces racy The Dictator reigns supreme Madonna's WE is fashionably DOA |
 Digital Media Wire | Kevin Smith added to Hulu's summer season originals Digital Media Wire Hulu also is offering seven shows that are new to US audiences but that have already proved popular in other countries: Rev., a modern British comedy about a vicar who moves from the countryside to an inner-city church; The Yard, an edgy Canadian ... |
MOVIE REVIEW: Timely topic, locale, charm lift "Marigold Hotel" Milpitas Post "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" dances right up to the edge of sickeningly sweet, but never goes over it there's too much dry British humor here for that, and let us be grateful. If you are someone who enjoys movies about people and places, ... |
Riverside Dinner Theatre presents update to 'Odd Couple' GoErie.com Instead of being British, they are Spanish, creating chances for physical and verbal comedy. Maribeth and Ellen McCarthy play these spicy sisters. The poker buddies are played by Justin Moyar, Adam Leute and Leslie Ford. Falkenhagen said a female poker ... |
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