What was originally pitched as a "Saturday Night Live" sketch about MacGyver's stepbrother who diffuses bombs using pieces of poop and pubic hair is now a feature-length movie titled "MacGruber." Read more...
Photo: Jorma Taccone, John Solomon and Will Forte co-wrote the 2010 comedy, “MacGruber,” which will be released in theaters on Friday.
Amid thoughts and worries about finals and looming paper deadlines, students who are fans of the television show "Lost" are passionately meditating theories of Egyptian mysteries, biblical illusions and the conflict between science and faith. Read more...
Photo: The cast of “Lost” stands in the jungle for the last time. The show’s finale will air Sunday, concluding six seasons of sweat, symbolism and survival. Before the finale, the pilot will re-air on Saturday, and the entire series will be recapped before the final episode airs.
Leticia Chavez's day begins in the lobby of Hedrick Hall, where she works her way up seven floors, emptying the garbage cans of each lounge and laundry room before the crack of dawn, as students sleep soundly in their bunks. Read more...
Photo: Oscar Dantzler, a staff custodian at the Duke Chapel at Duke University, is featured in the upcoming documentary “The Philosopher Kings.”
Like its main character, "MacGruber" is a petty, idiotic movie, with a vindictive predilection for throat ripping and self-inflicted sexual humiliation. Read more...
When a movie opens with a strong, stand-alone line, it becomes sort of like the film's thesis. A line like this establishes the essence of a film before we know anything about it. In "Slumdog Millionaire" we had "It is written," followed by Jamal Malik fulfilling his destiny. Read more...
Sitting around on the couch Sunday night in a post-"Pretty Wild" stupor, my friends and I surfed channels as we discussed the full-frontal nudity in the episode, the mother's attempt at pole dancing in front of her daughter's date and the hit band Wicker, when something on TeenNick stopped us dead in our tracks. Read more...
Directors have a very complex and intriguing relationship with the films they create. Read more...
Photo: The 2009 film, “The Father of My Children,” won the Special Jury Prize during last year’s Cannes Film Festival and will screen at James Bridges Theater on Thursday.
