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Show Your Life MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2005 PAGE 10 Star power can't help The Fockers Ik IU iv'l 1 J T A n ti 1 ti G ^ H Super Bulbs - Super Price • Super Service Life Writer Movie review A joke is only funny the first time you hear it. When I heard they were making a sequel to Meet the Parents, I couldn't have cared less. Sequels to comedies have this bad habit of recycling the same old jokes, and failing to offer anything new. The running Focker jokes in the first movie got real old, real fast, and considering the title of this sequel, it was clear they were going to be a regular occurrence. The premises for Meet the Fockers is essentially the same as Meet the Parents, only it's Greg's (Ben Stiller's) family meeting the future in-laws for the first time. The two families are of course exact opposites. If they weren't, there wouldn't be a movie, Greg's Mom, Roz (Barbra Streisand), is a sex therapist who takes it upon herself to improve things in the bedroom for Jack {Robert De Niro) and his wife Dina (Blythe Danner). Greg's Dad, Bernie (Dustin Hoffman), is the stay-at-home Dad who U2S Souih Stoic St. • Orem, UT 84097-(801)221 TANN DISCOVER YOURSELF Small classes Friendly faculty Individual attention John Christensen Affordable housing World-class recreation Several degrees available Come visit our breathtaking campus and meet the faculty. Van? 3111 North College Way HeberCity,UT 84032 435.654.6482 801.863.6601 www.uvsc.edu/conted Courtesy photo Ben Stiller and Barbra Streisand play mother and son in this less-than-funny sequel. raised Greg, whose overpowering love for his son is a "celebration in mediocrity," according to Jack. The movie proceeds as would be expected. Jack continues with his same retired CIA, secret agent tricks, getting Greg into awkward situations, only this time alongside his family. The formula for the first movie worked, so why should they change it? Uncomfortable family moments occur, funny stuff happens, people get angry, everyone, including Robert De Niro, comes around in the end, and then they gather around as a united family. I mean, did you really need me to tell you? The movie is not, however, without its laugh out loud funny moments, mostly due to Hoffman and Strei- sand (which is weird coming from me, a person who tends to agree with Cartman as far as Streisand is concerned). Those of you who loved the first movie will like this one, and those of you who didn't care one way or the other, well, it might be worth it for you to go see Hoffman and Streisand chew scenery. For a dollar, maybe. THE POGUES If I Should Fall From Grace W i t h God IT BEGINS ON THE STREETS. IT ENDS HERE. r - -v • •"• ;; -;v^ f :-;,,-;.- Courtesy photo Irish folk gods The Pogues are re-releasing some of their best albums Pogues re-release classic material Shawn Mansell SAMUEL L JACKSON llllfflLDK Mifluiin:i|lMS?IKFIlrjl ILL IrLLIM LIliLlI Uuuiii Diniiuiiivuiiiiiuiiinjuuuiiii uiiiuiu DI HI P g - 1 3 | P A R E N T S STRONGLY C A U T I O N E D - ^ — ~ DlGtflfCLnCDBOS HAflffflUUfilAIKMlfil Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13 ^ ^ « ^ u ^ « - * ^ K J I » . . : « - . « ™ TEEN PARTYING & SOME DRUG MATERIAL * • • " I. . . . . l • *y For rating reasons, go to www.filmrfitings.corn SOUNDTRACK ALBUM TEAIIM? NIWMUMCIROM Pogues is short for Pogue Mahone, an Irish phrase meaning, "Kiss my Arse". Pogues is also music speak for a high powered, complex, and uppity sound. Seven albums from the legendary London-Irish band have been re-released complete with additional hard to get tracks. Red Roses For Me, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (named after Winston Churchill's description of his military experience), Peace and Love, If I should Fall From Grace Pogues, from Flogging Molly to the Dropkick Murphys (Pogues front man, Shane Macgowan, had guest vocals on the Murphys' song "Rats"). The first five releases feature the songwriting and vocals of Macgowan, an inventive and more than capable lyricist, who poetically comments on life, love, and politics. The only way to get closer to the point where Irish music met punk rock would be to travel back in time to 1970s London. These eds will have to do. CoachCarterMovie.cpm VIOLENCE, SEXUAL CONTENT, LANGUAGE, ' • • • " • News Editor with God, Hell's Ditch, Pogue Mahone, and Waiting for the Herb represent over a decade's worth of offerings from the masters of trad. Irish/rock fusion. Songs from out-of-print eps, movie soundtracks, and on other artists' albums have fattened each cd's play list. Each cd has four to five additional tracks. The liner notes have also grown in size with additional photos and tidbits of information. This collection is a must get for anyone hoping to claim a credible familiarity with Celtic music. Anything loud and Irish has been influenced by the , ' . ' ; , , , .•'•.. i^^.i. . • • . ' • ; ( • • ' '.'.i • - , • • ' ; ' • ) ' • . , IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE JANUARY 14 COMEDY CAFE eomo of t*» nation's best stand-up comics Wis*auy* Oom*dV Caf* FREE vftwn you • h o w your »iud*r>l I.D. c*id HI ih« ttoor. OEALI COM1NO SOOMI Dave Attel BlfnlB ltdn I a «1K •« N M fv |s^i Br*« t i n t , u £E< I U p m - S I O rizzlv Mlazn • *.••.!• ill f\t |