daily stream: a doggone-good modern classic comedy
2000’s Best in Show is new on Hulu in the US; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.
Michael McKean
memo to Christopher Guest: Please take on Sarah Palin. Please
I’ll help you write it, Mr. Guest. Or I’ll just stand aside in gape in awe as you work. Pretty please?
Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman movies review: guest star
Christopher Guest’s Best in Show is another hilarious and poignant mockumentary that, in the vein of his Waiting for Guffman, pokes gentle fun at its fictional subjects as well its audience.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (review)
As everyone who loves Planes, Trains and Automobiles knows: Wrong. One of the few movies set around Thanksgiving, it was bound to become a perennial favorite — and the fact that this is probably 80’s teen-movie king John Hughes’s most adult movie certainly helped it become an instant classic. It’s the pathos under the boisterous, noisy comedy that helps fuel its continuing popularity today.
