Comedy

Review: Price Check

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A bored but content office drone for a supermarket chain finds his life shaken up with the arrival of a new boss, a high-strung, filter-free L.A. transplant. When she insists upon his participation in a new marketing plan to...

Review: Silver Linings Playbook

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Against doctor’s orders, Pat (Bradley Cooper) a former high school teacher who was committed after a violent incident with his estranged wife, is bailed out the mental hospital by his mother Dolores (Jacki Weaver). She brings him home to...

Adam McKay dives into the details and musical numbers for Anchorman 2

Posted 14 years ago

There was a small celebration in the online community when the news came that ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES was finally moving forward. After a series of ups and downs, Adam McKay was finally given the greenlight to continue on with...

The trailer for 21 and Over is here; Rejoice if you must

Posted 14 years ago

Call me a crusty old curmudgeon, but the new trailer for 21 AND OVER looks so washed over and played out that it may actually be HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, PROJECT X, and all the AMERICAN PIE...

Poster for the ensemble comedy Movie 43 exposes itself

Posted 14 years ago

I just don’t know what to make of MOVIE 43, the ensemble comedy starring just about everyone. The red-band trailer(s) we’ve seen certainly have some funny bits, but something feels off about the whole thing.  Let’s face it, you may...

Director Todd Phillips releases some curious behind the scenes photos for The Hangover Part III

Posted 14 years ago

It looks as though director Todd Phillips has decided to get a jump on raising awareness about a little movie you may have heard of – THE HANGOVER PART III.  The project has been more or less completely dark thus...

Black Swan scribe nets Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader for his script The Skeleton Twins

Posted 14 years ago

I’ve found Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader to be comedic gold just about any time they work together. Even if they barely interact in a movie (as with PAUL, for example), something about their combined energy manages to carry the...

Release date shuffle: Untitled Peanuts Project, Silver Linings Playbook, and B.O.O.

Posted 14 years ago

Now here’s something I don’t see ever day – three movies have all had their release dates adjusted… by being moved up so that they can be seen sooner, rather than being delayed. It’s weird.  Perhaps there’s something otherworldly going...

Review: Nature Calls

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Hoping to earn the respect of his father and his scout troop, a mild-mannered scout leader hijacks his brother’s sons’ sleepover. Taking the children on a camping trip without the parent’s permission takes on some serious consequence when his...

Paul Thomas Anderson wants to make a comedy in the vein of Cheech & Chong, Ted, and Airplane!

Posted 14 years ago

Paul Thomas Anderson has always had comedic elements in his films going all the way back to HARD EIGHT. But, those moments of levity were generally there to offset the heavy dramatic nature of the material. But, I never expected...

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