This Friday, the loudest rock band in history returns to the big screen with “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.” A sequel to the 1984 classic mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap,” “Spinal Tap II” ...

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 ...

Let's say it's 1984, and you've made a perfect movie. It's a new kind of documentary — a "mockumentary," you cleverly call it — and it takes aim at the twin idiocies of the rock-music business and the ...

With a new Spinal Tap reunion hitting theaters, it’s time to once again re-examine the legendary output and failed comeback of an enduring but frustrating artist. No, not Spinal Tap itself, a ...

This Is Spinal Tap shines a light on the self-contained universe of the titular metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, ...

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 image released by Bleecker Street shows,back row from left, Chris Addison and Kerry Godliman, front row from left, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer in a scene from "Spinal Tap ...