A sprawling, childish, overlong, unfocused, self-indulgent mess, “Funny People, ” is director Judd Apatow’s third effort at the helm. Funny thing is, in this particular case I’m not so sure all of those are bad things. Having ascended the ranks like a rocket without plans for reentry, comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandler), once a respected [...]
Judd Apatow’s latest venture into the world of comedy, “Funny People,” starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen goes under the TMA microscope. Is it a sign of maturation for the director? Or just a lot of penis jokes and sophomoric fare? Also, Scott and I discuss the impact and influence of 1980s teenage-flick auteur, John [...]
Writer-director John Hughes, the man who gave helped give us 1980s teen classics like “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Sixteen Candles” died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 59. Hughes was on a morning walk in Manhattan when the heart attack struck. A Lansing, Mich. native, Hughes began [...]
