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Article: "Tropic Thunder".(L & E Suburban Life & Entertainment)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 12, 2008 ;     2 words ...Tropic Thunder ???

Article: Hollywood Jungle; 'Tropic Thunder' Scores a Few Hits in Action- Flick Lampoon
The Washington Post;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Wilder through Robert Altman. With "Tropic Thunder," a rude, crude, over-the-top satire...It might be a stretch to compare "Tropic Thunder's" profane, often graphically gross...involving a severed head. Indeed, "Tropic Thunder" establishes its tone immediately...

Article: 'Tropic Thunder' spoofs Hollywood hubris
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  August 14, 2008 ;     526 words ......junk over the past few years, and "Tropic Thunder" feels like an attempt to cleanse these...the Museum" (special-effects slop). "Tropic Thunder" is Stiller's atonement. Not only does...Co-written and directed by Stiller, "Tropic Thunder" is a merciless Hollywood satire, in...

Article: 'Tropic Thunder' sets traps for some of cinema'sbiggest stars
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  August 21, 2008 ;     534 words ......machine-gun fast in Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder," a spoof of pretentious war movies...1 - The Oscar-mongering war movie "Tropic Thunder" is a satire of war movies in general...movie within the movie, also titled "Tropic Thunder," aims to be an operatic Vietnam epic...

Article: Stiller stellar with 'Tropic Thunder'
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  August 12, 2008 ;     489 words ......junk over the past few years, and "Tropic Thunder" feels like an attempt to cleanse these...the Museum" (special-effects slop). "Tropic Thunder" is Stiller's atonement. Not only does...Co-written and directed by Stiller, "Tropic Thunder" is a merciless Hollywood satire in...

Article: FUNNY WHAT A LITTLE CONTEXT CAN DO IN 'TROPIC THUNDER' FLAP.(Capital Region)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 22, 2008 ;     684 words ......eye-rolling that I rise in defense of Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller comedy that has grievously...office last weekend. The rap against Tropic Thunder, which spoofs Hollywood egomania and...like a Noel Coward aristocrat. I saw Tropic Thunder at the Spectrum 8 Theaters in Albany...

Article: COMEDY TROPIC THUNDER HAS SUMMER HIT POTENTIAL; BEN STILLER'S NEW COMEDY HAS A CAST OF STARS BUT WILL THE RAUNCH SELL?(NIGHTLIFE)
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario);  August 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......retards. And the film was not cheap. Tropic Thunder, a 14A-rated movie-industry spoof...Reliance Big Entertainment of India. Of Tropic Thunder, Snider, chief executive of the DreamWorks...Paramount executives declined to discuss Tropic Thunder or their political tussle with the...

Article: 'Tropic Thunder' full of big laughs.(FILM)
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario);  August 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Christy Lemire Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller's extravaganza...cast of the Vietnam War epic Tropic Thunder. Tugg's previous attempt at...playing a slow-witted farm hand; Tropic Thunder may be his last shot at redemption...

Article: The serious game of acting; the movies Three Hollywood stars are sending up their careers in new movie Tropic Thunder. Leading man Ben Stiller tells Rob Driscoll he's not worried about 'biting the hand that feeds him'.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......win Oscars at whatever odds? Watch Tropic Thunder, the movie rapidly being dubbed the...lives. Made for a reported EUR10m, Tropic Thunder is a merciless parody of the industry...wane Tugg Speedman, who is counting on Tropic Thunder - the film-within-the-film - to revive...

Article: 'Tropic Thunder' critics miss the joke
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  August 20, 2008 ;     588 words ......protesters outside of Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder" premiere (groups representing individuals...cuckoo community, but the target of "Tropic Thunder's" satirical humor is squarely aimed...full retard" -- then you'll enjoy "Tropic Thunder." Call me a curmudgeon, not to offend...

Article: 'TROPIC THUNDER' ROARS WITH BIG LAUGHS.(LIFESTYLE)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  August 13, 2008 ;     575 words ......are easily offended, you might think Tropic Thunder makes fun of (in no particular order...subversive Stiller of The Ben Stiller Show. Tropic Thunder, which he stars in, directed and co-wro...the shot. It's very funny stuff, and Tropic Thunder keeps finding new angles and fresh...

Article: Tropic Thunder holds on to top spot for second week
Winnipeg Free Press;  August 25, 2008 ;     262 words ......Germain LOS ANGELES -- The action comedy Tropic Thunder weathered a rush of new movies to remain...its 12-day total to $65.7 million. Tropic Thunder came in just ahead of Sony's campus...back-to-school mode. That opened the door for Tropic Thunder to repeat as the weekend's ...

Article: TROPIC THUNDER
Monterey County Weekly;  August 21, 2008 ;     233 words ...TROPIC THUNDER ** 1/2 Tropic Thunder finds Ben Stiller as star, co-writer and director attempting...miserably. He's leading the ensemble in a Vietnam War drama titled Tropic Thunder, along with costars-including multi-Oscar winner Kirk Lazarus...

Article: 'Tropic Thunder'.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 1, 2008 ;     201 words ...Tropic Thunder fights to stay on top Tropic Thunder, the Viacom Inc. spoof of big-budget Hollywood action...Media By Numbers LLC said today in an e-mailed statement. Tropic Thunder, starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black...