Review: 'Bridesmaids' reinvents the wedding comedy

05/09/11 CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic "Bridesmaids" takes the typically clich?d wedding movie genre and completely upends it and reinvents it into something surprisingly daring and alive. But it also takes the Judd Apatow-style buddy comedy, with its mixture of raunchiness, neurosis and sentimentality, and tailors it to female experiences and sensibilities. That the film achieves both of these ...

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Movie guide: 'Bridesmaids' act badly, 'Fast' still furious, 'Dragons' within

05/14/11 The comedy, "Bridesmaids," is now playing in area theaters. Photo: Contributed Photo / Westport News contributed From veteran comedy producer Judd Apatow ("Superbad," "Knocked Up," "The 40 Year-Old Virgin") and director Paul Feig ("Unaccompanied Minors") comes this crude, female-driven caper that's about as far from the traditional chick-flick or formulaic wedding chronicle as you can get.

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Hollywood A-listers turn out for royal couple in L.A.

07/10/11 WIll and Kate drew the A-list at a downtown L.A. movie palace Saturday night for an event honoring British film. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand as well as CBS head Les Moonves and director Judd Apatow were...

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