Tasteless

'Hamlet 2' means well, but it's too lightweight to matter (The Wichita Eagle)

28 Aug 2008

There's a clumsily delivered message about free speech and individuality at the heart of "Hamlet 2," a bawdy, rousing, entertaining but ultimately lightweight comedy. The story follows drama teacher Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan, a Brit import most recently seen as the director who meets his demise in "Tropic Thunder"), a failed actor whose resume boasts tasteless TV commercials. He lives in ...

Not funny, Brandy (Daily Telegraph)

28 Aug 2008

FORMER Penrith great Greg Alexander has apologised for a tasteless joke made on air about disgraced Cronulla player Greg Bird.

Creep show (Las Vegas CityLife)

28 Aug 2008

America the Beautiful will undoubtedly creep you out, but probably not in the manner intended. One of this discursive documentary's many ambitions is to be a high-minded indictment of Americans' preoccupation with beauty, slenderness, status, desirability, plastic surgery, etc. -- all such well-rehearsed topics that filmmaker Darryl Roberts's breathless discovery of same earns him this year's No ...