Making a comedy about cancer is risky business. Making a comedy about a young, attractive person with cancer is self-sabotage. People don’t go to mainstream movies to be bummed out, or to be offended by the trivializing of something that should bum them out. Director Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness”) has a simple solution to this [...]
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the cheeky Brits who brought us “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead,” put their heads together once again to give us their signature fanboy take on the alien encounter movie. “Paul” has enough “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” references to delight the geekiest of geeks, and more four-letter punchlines [...]
Universal has just debuted the first teaser trailer for Greg Mottola’s “Paul,” a sci-fi comedy that sees the reunion of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (“Shaun of the Dead”). Two British comic book nerds who, after a road trip to Comic-Con, happen upon an alien escapee from Area 51. Seth Rogen voices the computer-animated alien.
Nicolas Cage has stepped out of his villainous role in Michel Gondry’s revitalization of the classic property, “The Green Hornet.” The Heat Vision Blog reports that Cage was slated to play the villain in Columbia’s action blockbuster, but the star and studio failed to agree on the terms of the deal. Columbia is now thought [...]
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 [...]
Nicolas Cage, most recently of “Knowing” and “G-Force” is in talks to play the gangster villain in “The Green Hornet.” Variety reports that Cameron Diaz, of “My Sister’s Keeper” and “What Happens in Vegas,” is also in early negotiations to star in the film. She’s being considered as a reporter and prominent love interest in [...]
Excitement has reached a fever pitch in some circles with talented director Michel Gondry (“The Science of Sleep,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and prominent funnyman Seth Rogen both on Board to make a “Green Hornet” feature film. But it appears that the role of the Hornet’s trusty driver and Martial Arts expert sidekick, [...]
Observe and Report is an often hilarious satire of the traditional underdog story that simultaneously works and fails on a variety of levels. Jody Hill, writer and director of the low-budget Sundance hit, “The Foot Fist Way,” and co-creator of the HBO series, “Eastbound & Down,” crafts a dark, biting comedy that poses an interesting [...]
Can Dreamworks’ “Monsters vs. Aliens,” reach the heights of Pixar? We discuss the flick along with some interesting movie news.
If Jeffrey Katzenburg is still wondering why Pixar Animation consistently outperforms his DreamWorks Animation critically and at the box-office, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” should give him a clue. While expertly animated, and laced with positive themes of self-image and female empowerment, a lack of literary fortitude ultimately vitiates what might have marked a major evolutionary step in [...]
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