Film Review: Sundance hit doc 'American Teen' takes on high school and comes out a winner 'American Teen,' a documentary look at a group of teens in their senior year of high school, did not sound like fascinating viewing to this reviewer. Yet the fact that this was the audience-pleasing surprise hit of this year's Sundance Film Festival Film Review: Stiller and the gang go to war with 'Tropic Thunder' 'Tropic Thunder' is a spoof of war movies, specifically the Vietnam War film, a variety of movie that saw its heyday in the '70s and '80s. It cannot go unmentioned that the spoof genre itself flourished in the decades when Mel Brooks was king. One wi Film Review: Ben Stillerâ??s â?Tropic Thunderâ?? offends some, delights many In the days leading up to the release of â??Tropic Thunder,â? several watchdog organizations have urged a boycott of the film, citing its liberal use of the word â??retardâ? as hurtful and demeaning. I find myself surprised by this reaction. After Film Review: Talented cast saves â??Tropic Thunderâ?? The new comedy â??Tropic Thunderâ? marks Ben Stillerâ??s return as a director, seven years after he helmed the now-classic comedy â??Zoolander.â? Upon first sight of the trailer, I expected â??Tropic Thunderâ? to be a hit-or-miss affair, but I fou Mamma Mia! How Did This ABBA Assault Become a Hit on Screen, Stage and now CD? So I ask you: How did Mamma Mia, with film legend Meryl Streep trilling ABBA songs on screen, become a hit? And how did the director Phyllida Lloyd, who mounted the smash stage production that's still running on Broadway and all stops on the globe, a

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