“Pixels,” the buzz-generating Internet short that hit the web earlier this year is coming to the big screen via Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison prods and Columbia, reports THR. Tapped to script the web to silverscreen adaptation is longtime Adam Sandler collaborator Tim Herlihy, who worked with Sandler on Saturday Night Live, and many of his [...]
A sprawling, childish, overlong, unfocused, self-indulgent mess, “Funny People, ” is director Judd Apatow’s third effort at the helm. Funny thing is, in this particular case I’m not so sure all of those are bad things. Having ascended the ranks like a rocket without plans for reentry, comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandler), once a respected [...]
Judd Apatow’s latest venture into the world of comedy, “Funny People,” starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen goes under the TMA microscope. Is it a sign of maturation for the director? Or just a lot of penis jokes and sophomoric fare? Also, Scott and I discuss the impact and influence of 1980s teenage-flick auteur, John [...]
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