Dear god I love this man. And I love the Cable Car Cinema for bringing “The Trip to Italy” to town. Coogan’s recent hilarious “Alan Partridge” never got here, so you should rent that now. And if you haven’t seen the British television series “Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge” and “I am Alan […]
There is a dismal comedy formula hardening in the studios of Hollywood whereby directors who are happy to cash a paycheck suddenly realize that they must somehow breathe life into an imbecilic script using an over-paid comedy hack. How to polish the turd? Go shopping for talent in Britain! It doesn’t work of course, the
Finally, a comedy without any of those guys. Hamlet 2 is for Steve Coogan fans like me. The New York Times did not care for it. I did. But I’m happy just looking at his face. A passing familiarity with Hamlet 1 is helpful but not necessary. It’s only 1 hour and 32 minutes, so