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Fri 08 Aug 2007Year of the dogMike White, the writer of Chuck & Buck, School of Rock and Nacho Libre, is unquestionably a talented fellow, and there are some decent moments in his directorial debut.But within 10 minutes of the credits rolling I found my fingers itching to get themselves around the picture's virtual neck and throttle it to a painful death.