Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens), the iconic and later infamous nerd who rose to prominence in the 1980s with his popular children’s television show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has teamed up with Comedy guru, Judd Apatow on an untitled Pee-wee Herman feature for Universal. Variety reports that Reubens is hard at work on the script along with actor/comedian/writer [...]
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 [...]
Reboot is the new remake. It seems Hollywood is finally owning up to its sins and making contrition for all the refuse they’ve created over the years by redoing entire franchises, sometimes immediately after the release of the originals–think, “The Hulk” or “Fantastic Four.” That’s fine when they’re fixing movies that needed to be fixed, [...]
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