Coming soon to Lake Elmo’s old fire station in the Old Village: Tap & Ladder, a self-pour taphouse and casual-dining restaurant with approximately 150 seats. But that’s not all. Lake Elmo’s former ...
Imagine you’ve been assigned to write a song for a movie. Only you can’t quite get into the flick’s characters or themes. John Parr found himself in that very same situation when he was called upon to ...
Side-by-side photo of Bishop the dog. (Courtesy Humane Rescue Alliance) Bishop’s face tells his story before he even speaks: a little gray around the muzzle, the kindest eyes and a wise, gentle ...
“This Is Spinal Tap,” a parody music documentary that lampooned rock-star grandiosity, rankled some bands when it came out in 1984. Viewers were certain that the movie was targeting Black Sabbath or ...
The scene and Styles' moves have been critiqued over the years, but Washington does not agree Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty;Michael Tackett/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock ...
We meet three members of an aging band named Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). Reiner’s inquisitive character, Martin DiBergi, ...
More than 40 years ago, Rob Reiner made his feature directorial debut with ‘This is Spinal Tap,’ a faux documentary – or a mockumentary – about the final American tour of an aging, dysfunctional, and ...
Spinal Tap II (which arrives in theaters on September 12) also concerns itself with last things. As the movie (again directed by Reiner) begins, Spinal Tap the band—ultra-English, ultra-deluded as to ...
Fourty one years after This Is Spinal Tap, the band is back together. The parody rock band made up of Christopher Guest’s Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean’s David St. Hubbins and Harry Shearer’s Derek ...
Rob Reiner returns behind the camera and in front of it, as Marty Di Bergi, making yet another documentary about the English rock band in a fans-only sequel. If you’re not already keen on “This Is ...
It might be best to think of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues as a low-stakes extended coda to its classic 1984 predecessor. Unlike the original This is Spinal Tap movie, this long-awaited sequel is ...