Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Walk Hard' towards disappointment

Article: Biggest challenge in writing 'Walk Hard' music: ...
AP Worldstream;  December 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Crenshaw's infinitely more subtle Walk Hard finds its humor not as much in ... wrote the Guest classic This Is Spinal Tap (by which all musical biopic ... on top of that, he said. In Walk Hard, as in Spinal Tap, many of the songs are humorous ...

Article: Spinal Tap takes the country road; Hard rock: John ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 18, 2008 ;     683 words ...Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (15) Verdict: This biopic rockswell, the first half does WALK HARD is, at least for its first half, a ... Like most feature-length parodies, Walk Hard goes on for too long, and somesongs ...

Article: 'Walk Hard': Parody That Verges on Pedestrian
The Washington Post;  December 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... denominator, "Walk Hard" traffics in the ... level of "This Is Spinal Tap" or Christopher ... Marshall Crenshaw ("Walk Hard"), Van Dyke ... Andrews.) Like "Spinal Tap" and Guest's ... soundtrack of "Walk Hard" holds up on its ...

Article: REILLY IS COX-SURE STAR OF CLEVER 'WALK ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Cox") because "Walk Hard" writers Jake ... country music. "Walk Hard" will be compared ... movies, "This Is Spinal Tap" and "A Mighty ... brilliance of "Walk Hard" is so ingrained ... fact. (Look at "Spinal Tap.") Would Dewey ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Walking all over 'Walk Hard'
University Wire;  December 6, 2007 ;     683 words ... ... Judd Apatow's repertoire, "Walk Hard" will probably be that overlooked ... potential to be the next This is Spinal Tap. Like Spinal Tap poked fun at the dopey hair metal bands of the time, Walk Hard has fun with the similar storylines ...

Article: Spinal Tap Taps Into the Future; Launches New ...
PR Newswire;  July 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... accidents! The legendary heavy metal band Spinal Tap has launched a search for a new drummer ... now infamous rockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap," on DVD and VHS. Entrants can apply ... in a photo or video of themselves in Spinal Tap regalia. Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls ...

Article: Spinal Tap on the Road to Revival.
PR Newswire;  June 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... With STUDIOCANAL to Re-Release 'This Is Spinal Tap' In Theaters and on Special Edition DVD ... A full-on revival of all things Spinal Tap is beginning this summer. "This is Spinal Tap," the classic rockumentary Newsweek calls ...