Jeff Schaffer

Fun-loving filmmakers invite audience along for ‘EuroTrip’ (2004)

As comedies disappeared from theaters during the PC era of the past 10-15 years, some throwaways from the period before that gained stature. A prime

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 10 is prettay, prettay good

It’s been three years since the previous season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO), so Larry David and his writers had plenty of absurdities from the

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In ‘The Dictator,’ Sacha Baron Cohen makes another awful person rather likable (in the context of the film, at least) (Movie review)

“The Dictator” is one of those comedies where you like a despicable main character simply because he’s the main character. This works only in the movie

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‘Bruno’ is brilliant, but it’ll bring you down (Movie review)

Continuing gay week here at my blog, I saw “Bruno” last night. Here’s my conclusion: Sacha Baron Cohen is a brilliant performance artist. And don’t see this

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