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Subject: Christopher Guest

  • The 12 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time, Part 2

    "Christmas in Hollis" As promised yesterday, on with the countdown... 6. "Frosty the Snowman," the El Orbits. If you have kids, they'll love the Dazzling Pete Gray's Jimmy Durante impersonation. 5. "Christmas in Hollis," Run-DMC. The boisterous spirit of Queens's most illustrious (and cold illin') rappers retains its title near the top of American yule anthems. 

    December 25, 2008
  • Five Best Strip-Club Movies

    In concluding our tribute to the recently departed Penthouse Club, and as a service to future generations who may never know the joys of spending $9.50 for a Miller Lite or learn what a "bottle charge" is, here are some of the more memorable movies where strip joints serve as the main setting.5. Vamp (1986) You could produce an entire "Where Are They Now" show with the cast of this underappreciated vampire flick, including Chris "Rudy the Rabbit" Makepeace, Robert "The Other Douchebag from Wei

    January 9, 2009
  • Press Picks

    April 3, 1997
  • Spinal Tap Breaking Like the Wind at Jones Hall

    Spinal Tap (and friends), "Big Bottom," Live Earth, Wembley Stadium, London, July 2007 www.unwigged.comLegendary British heavy-metal pioneers Spinal Tap, authors of albums such as Smell the Glove and Shark Sandwich and stars of Rob Reiner's groundbreaking 1984 "rockumentary" This Is Spinal Tap - who bear a remarkable resemblance to American actors Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer - announced yesterday they will reunite for an acoustic tour that sto

    March 3, 2009
  • Worth the Gamble: The Grand

    Forget this movie's poker face. It's the people who are cards.

    April 3, 2008
  • The Princess Bride, Killer of Sheep, Innocence, La Vie en Rose

    November 15, 2007
  • L.A. Story

    Hooray for Christopher Guest's Hollywood, where Purim gets Oscar buzz and Charlie Rose his due

    November 23, 2006
  • Shandy Everybody Wants

    Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of a classic loads on the Bull

    March 9, 2006
  • The Nude Bomb

    Mrs. Henderson shakes up war-torn Britain with an assault of the flesh

    January 12, 2006
  • Call the Cops

    Stick it to The Man and avoid this slipshod, ugly mess

    September 8, 2005
  • Lez Hook Up

    A new mockumentary teaches ladies How to Pick Up Girls

    August 25, 2005
  • The Breeders

    Pooches swarm Reliant Center

    July 17, 2003
  • Fuddy Buddy

    Hollywood Homicide tries to mock cop partner flicks, but the joke's on it

    June 12, 2003
  • Mighty Mediocre

    Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

    May 8, 2003
  • Count Down

    In this Monte Cristo, revenge is a dish best served reheated

    January 31, 2002
  • Shearer Delight

    The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

    April 26, 2001
  • A Holiday Wish

    All he wants for Christmas is to pump iron

    December 21, 2000
  • The Man of Many Face

    Christopher Guest takes his comedy very, very seriously

    October 19, 2000
  • Unwigged & Unplugged

    April 30, 2009
  • In Honor of Michelle Obama and "Shortsgate," the Best Ass Songs of All Time

    In a year when the biggest news stories aren't about war or the environment but a mentally unbalanced woman having a litter of children and the death of a creepy pop singer who hadn't put out a decent album in 25 years, it should come as no surprise that so many people would be up in arms about First Lady Michelle Obama's outrageous decision to wear shorts on Air Force One. On a trip to Arizona. In August. Frankly, we wish more Presidential spouses had gone this route (rumor has it Bes

    August 21, 2009
  • The Week in TV: "I'll Have...A Birthday Cake!"

    ​It was a pretty fun week in TV Land: Most of the fall programs are beginning to settle in, the CW continued its inexplicable existence, and David Letterman hit it with some employees. Insert your Worldwide Pants jokes here, and let's get to it! • I won't go into much here about FlashForward, since I've started blogging it all official-like for the HP. But this show has the potential to be the most epic cheeseball sci-fi show on the air right now. Like when one guy said to another of t

    October 5, 2009