29 July 2010, 7:46 am
Plus: Last weeks Inception review was it just a dream? DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS . Director Jay Roach ( Austin Powers , Meet the Parents ) starts with the premise from the French comedy Le Diner de Cons : Upscale businessmen compete to bring the most mock-worthy schmuck to dinner.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 3:22 am
Austin Melching, 4, of Fenton, plays with other children at the Fenton Montessori Academy Monday afternoon. Austin is an only child.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 3:20 am
There's a lot less bite in "Dinner for Schmucks" than there was in the classic French farce that was its inspiration.... Read More »
29 July 2010, 3:04 am
The technology scene has echoes of the post-dotcom exhaustion of 2002 as we wait for mobiles to catch up Where have all the social networks gone? Of course, this is exactly the right time to be asking this question. Haven't I noticed that Facebook is now claiming 500 million users , in the manner of... Read More »
29 July 2010, 1:32 am
A remake of 1998 French comedy The Dinner Game, Dinner for Schmucks shares the same premise as its predecessor, with director Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents) striving to attain a similar lighthearted gait. But while the original was the fairly singular vision of writer-director Francis V... Read More »
28 July 2010, 9:55 pm
The Austin Greyhounds had plenty of offense, but they couldnt hold off Waseca in a 15-14 loss on the road Wednesday. Waseca took the lead for good with a one-out RBI-single in the bottom of the eighth inning.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 9:30 pm
Cat and dogs (and a pigeon) star in this live-action spoof of James Bond-style action films. (And for all its faults, this talking-animal movie is still funnier than the last Austin Powers film.) Brad Peyton's film is a sequel to 2001's Cats & Dogs, but I don't think foreknowledge matters -- I was a... Read More »
28 July 2010, 4:23 pm
It was a tale of two halves at the 37th annual Kiwanis Senior All-Star Football game, as the North Bay League erased a 7-0 deficit to post a 36-7 victory.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 9:53 am
A Fish Called Wanda or Austin Powers? This Is Spinal Tap or There's Something about Mary - The funniest films of all time battle it out in this definitive list of The 50 Greatest Comedy Films.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 7:51 am
Between wacky cheers and an Austin-Powers themed game, there was rarely a dull moment at the British Soccer Camp. The weeklong camp was held July 12-16 at the Macon County Industrial Park soccer fields.... Read More »