Subject: John Cleese

• Valley of the Dull

  Trash-novel queen Jacqueline Susann is turned into pulp in Isn’t She Great.

  January 27, 2000

• Cut Rate

  Ice Cube's Barbershop could style more laughs.

  September 12, 2002

• Your New Friends?

  NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans

  January 30, 2003

• Not a Gas

  A mediocre Wind bags only a few charming laughs.

  April 17, 2003

• Encore

  August 4, 2005

• Encore

  August 11, 2005

• Now Playing

  August 30, 2007

• Now Playing

  September 13, 2007

• Now Playing

  Brief reviews of current shows

  September 6, 2007

• Mini Reviews

  July 17, 2008

• Musical Strains

  Fond memories of the sound of Music Man fade away.

  August 15, 2002

• All in the Timing

  These six one-acts have a lot to say.

  August 23, 2007

• Our top DVD picks for the week of April 24

  April 26, 2007

• Crazy for You

  All Gershwin, all the time.

  November 23, 2006

• Lewis Blows His Top

  October 5, 2006

• Cork House

  And they drank happily every after…

  November 17, 2005

• Store Wars

  Crime may not pay, but the movie is Perfecto.

  September 22, 2005

• Bird Droppings

  Disney's Valiant effort never leaves the hangar.

  August 18, 2005

• No Will Power

  Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Twelfth Night isn't right.

  July 28, 2005

• Off-the-Cuff Stuff

  Impulse Theater walks the improv tightrope with grace.

  June 3, 2004

• Blessed Are the Cheesemakers

  Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation.

  May 20, 2004

• Nice Puss

  A killer cat steals a wonderful movie.

  May 20, 2004

• Fallen Angels

  Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass -- but not the sequel syndrome.

  June 26, 2003

• Oh, Nose!

  Miramax sabotages Pinocchio with a lousy dub.

  January 2, 2003

• Dots Right

  Trouble Clef gets points for reviving the ambitious Sunday in the Park.

  March 14, 2002

• Have at You!

  The Pythons' classic Holy Grail returns, all tarted up and ready for action.

  September 13, 2001

• Lipstick Traces

  Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved, and is that so wrong?

  February 1, 2001

• The Final Cut

  DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

  May 4, 2000

• No Magic Wanda

  January 30, 1997

• TROWER OF POWER

  November 30, 1994

• PREDICTABLE NONSENSE

  October 19, 1994

• Don't It Make That White Hair Gray

  April 8, 1999