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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ review: Paul Reubens’ documentary is a must-see for ‘Playhouse’ fans
On its surface, Pee-wee as Himself is a loving two-part documentary looking at the life of the late Paul Reubens, the brilliant comic mind behind the iconic Pee-wee Herman. However, even from the film’s opening moments, the battle is clear between subject and director. Reubens sits before a camera, looking straight down the lens, and…
Don’t think of Better Man as a music biopic — it’s a must-see fantasy spectacle
For American audiences, at least, the movie musical Better Man is a fairly hard sell. It’s an odd-sounding project — a music biopic with the leading man replaced by a CG chimp, built around the career of an international superstar and former boy-band member who’s never really broken through in the States. Americans don’t share…