KNIVES OUT FOR COOGAN'S MOVIE
Steve Coogan's Hollywood debut has received a critical mauling - though his acting escaped the worst vitriol.
Around The World In 80 Days, in which he plays Phileas Fogg, has been branded 'dumbed-down', a 'moronic farce' and 'an exceedingly lame vehicle for Jackie Chan', the martial arts star who plays Passepartout.
USA Today said: "Coogan's renowned dialect skills can't make the movie any more interesting".
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And the Winnipeg Sun said: "Coogan plays his role with dry wit and sarcasm that gives the movie a little flavour and some life between the punchouts."
The sternest criticism was in the New York Post, which called the $100million Disney film 'disgraceful' and said: "Coogan [is] a painfully unfunny British TV comedian whose "acting" is limited to endlessly widening his eyes and arching an eyebrow."
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Lorne Michaels, who created sketch show Saturday Night Live, has won the esteemed Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Lee Evans will be giving a webchat on his official home page www.offthekerb.co.uk - from 2pm to 5pm this Friday to promote his new movie, Freeze Frame.
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