15 h. ago ‘Go to eleven’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie

Rob Reiner had a secret weapon on the set of “This Is Spinal Tap.” The dialogue in the mockumentary centred around a fictional British heavy metal band was almost entirely improvised. But before they started rolling, director Reiner (who also played documentarian Marty Di Bergi in the film) talked to the art department about funny […]

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61 h. ago «Spinal Tap II: The End Continues»: ça va prendre un douzième batteur!

La suite n’arrive pas à la cheville de l’original, mais les fans sauront apprécier le retour des sympathiques musiciens.

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62 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCarney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

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62 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

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62 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, Druids, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

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63 h. ago 'It's good drama and that's all I care about,' says Spinal Tap II director Marty DiBergi

The new film has DiBergi chronicling the band's reunion after 15 years of estrangement for a final concert in New Orleans

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8 d. ago Adventures in Streaming: Celebrity documentaries rarely give viewers the complete story

On Sept. 10, filmmaker Rob Reiner will première his 40-years-later sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, catching up with the three would-be rock gods who made their hilarious debut in 1985. It is, of course, a fake documentary, what would later be coined “mockumentary,” a simultaneous takedown of showbiz boobs, and the filmmakers who […]

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3 w. ago Trump suspend les travaux d’un projet éolien extraterritorial presque terminé

La Maison-Blanche continue de s’en prendre à l’industrie, jugée cruciale dans la lutte contre le changement climatique.

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