Does the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues mark the actual end of England’s loudest band? Maybe, says Michael McKean, who plays David St. Hubbins: “If you only halfway exist, then vanishing ...

Spinal Tap are finally tapping out. The iconic parody band that first headbanged its way into hearts around the world in the 1984 Rob Reiner film This Is Spinal Tap is saying goodbye. Again. Allegedly ...

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Rob Reiner’s rock mockumentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, is coming soon to digital streaming. The sequel to the 1984 comedy ...

The dire, decades-later sequel “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” calls to mind a throwaway gag from the original mockumentary, “This is Spinal Tap,” citing a critic’s two-word review of the fictional ...

I’m pleased to report that “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” is not the incomprehensibly unwatchable hackwork that’s typical of years-later comedy sequels. It holds together and wears its nostalgia ...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues revisits the subjects of 1984's This Is Spinal Tap for a reunion concert. The long-in-the-works sequel reunites director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, ...

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The groundbreaking 1984 mockumentary comedy This Is Spinal Tap chronicles the proverbial death rattle of the eponymous fictional heavy metal band with such keen attention to detail and human behavior ...

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 ...