The Herald of Everett, Washington   Weekend to-do list HeraldNet
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conjures a laugh or two    • Steve Carell plays bewigged Vegas
magician Burt Wonderstone in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone."
That's Olivia Wilde as the love interest.      Warner Bros.
Pictures     • The movie gets a jolt of energy whenever Jim
Carrey shows up as a crazed "street" magician.      Warner Bros.
Pictures   It sometimes seems the current Hollywood comedy-
making machine is sifting through a list of wacky occupations --
NASCAR drivers, ice skaters, zookeepers, whatever -- and then
plugging in a member of the comedian stable to play the lead.
Apparently "Las Vegas magician" came up in that process, because
here's "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," for which the names
Steve Carell and Jim Carrey got matched with said occupation
(sorry, Zach Galifianakis and Kevin James). Voila! You've got a
Hollywood comedy. What follows is a movie with recognizable
outlines: plentiful jokes