The, um, boys are back, 41 years later, with a sequel to the mockumentary (mockurockumentary?) that made the genre go to 11 – “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” gets the band back together for a ...

A still from Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Back in 1984, Rob Reiner gifted the film and music world This is Spinal Tap, the king of mockumentaries that burned its band, their antics, and almost ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Four decades after "This Is Spinal Tap" hit theaters, the band is coming back together for one final concert and a sequel, "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues." Marty DiBergi chronicled ...

With Spinal Tap, the joke never gets old, even if the hilarious-as-ever heavy metal trio is now bordering on geriatric. Well into their 70s, hall-of-fame improv talents Michael McKean and Christopher ...

Rob Reiner’s directorial debut, the cult classic 1984 comedy This Is Spinal Tap, succeeded because the fake British band of the title — singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), guitarist Nigel ...

In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don’t know ...

This Is Spinal Tap is one of the most quotable films in cinema history and defined the genre of film known today as the ...

A24's Charli XCX mockumentary 'The Moment' premieres at the Sundance Film Festival this week, following the legacy of the ...

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Rob Reiner's 1984 directorial debut popularized the mockumentary genre, which has influenced countless movies, including the ...

More than 40 years ago, Rob Reiner made his feature directorial debut with ‘This is Spinal Tap,’ a faux documentary – or a mockumentary – about the final American tour of an aging, dysfunctional, and ...