Loading ...Slashfilm recently featured a video that compared Michel Gondry’s new film Be Kind Rewind to The Amanda Show, which aired on Nickelodeon eight years ago. While the concepts are indeed similar, it’s commonplace for these kind of coincidences to happen in entertainment…right?
The Amanda Show clip:
Be Kind Rewind trailer:
Morgan Spurlock, director and star of Super Size Me (2004), is back with his latest documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Harold & Kumar are back.
In theaters today!
Part 1 - 10 minute trailer
Part 2
Look, I understand why people are sick of hearing Judd Apatow’s name every second. Nonetheless, check the record: Knocked Up was almost perfect (too long, and the DVD extended it!), Superbad was a riot for the most part and Walk Hard will at least be a great watch with funny cameos. That’s hardly a reason to bitch. Place your statements about overrated director/producers elsewhere.
Give these guys credit. What other comedy stable lets every player star in a lead role?
Jason Segel is next up to bat with Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which deals with Apatow’s favorite subject: well-meaning emotional dudes that still f*** up once a while (or all the time).
Segel plays your average funny schmuck that gets dumped by his celeb girlfriend. He takes a vacation to Hawaii to “get away,” and ends up finding his ex cuddling up with her new boyfriend, a “rock star” along the lines of Dave Navarro mixed with the Pick-Up Artist for comedic measure.
It could be worse: Dane Cook could be writing his latest atrocity as we speak. Be thankful.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem will be in theaters Christmas Day, December 25.
Summer 2008 can’t come soon enough:
Earlier this evening I was invited to a hush-hush, six-minute teaser of The Dark Knight at AMC Loews Lincoln Center in New York.
Being the nice guy that I am, I’ll break down the not-so-breaking details (the six minutes of Dark Knight glory have been previously shown at various locales throughout the week) of the entire affair.
Spoilers start here:
After an opening shot of Gotham City in the daytime, the pace picks up with clown-masked robbers in the midst of a major bank heist. The Killer Clowns bust through the bank’s doors, creating chaos out of order as they take control of the room, save for one unnamed employee (William Fichtner) keeping his cool, plotting against his newly-made adversaries.
Emerging from his desk Fichtner wields a shotgun, shattering the glass around him and emptying shots on the clowns, who safely duck behind a service area. “Do you really know what you’re getting into?” he says, hinting towards the bank being controlled by the mafia. After he runs out of ammo one clown jumps up and shoots his side, dropping him.
Throughout the hail of bullets in the bank lobby the other clowns in the operation, knee-deep in cash, are double and triple-crossing each other. With loads of money on the line, each clown’s motive is to kill the guy they’re next to, hoping to flee with all the earnings. Read More »
To promote his upcoming film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, actor John C. Reilly will hit the road on a seven-date mini rock tour as his character, Dewey Cox.
Dewey Cox (Reilly) and his backing band, the Hard Walkers, will be playing such unknown hits as….well, there’s no way to tell exactly which songs Cox and Co. will play, but one can assume that select picks from the official soundtrack are expected. Cross your fingers for a scintillating rendition of “Let Me Hold You (Little Man).”
Bonus: every concert will show Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story before the jamming starts. What a night of festivities!
If you plan on purchasing tickets to this extraordinary event, they are being sold to members of the Dewey Cox Fan Club (yeah, I didn’t know it existed either) and given away through radio station promotions.
The tour kicks off at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland (obviously) before walking hard towards such cities as New York, L.A., San Francisco, Austin and Nashville.
If you’ve ever doubted the skills of C. Reilly, you’ll be hard pressed to criticize his gusto to rock as hard as he walks. Walk on, brother.
Be thankful that your T-Day doesn’t turn out anything like Eli Roth’s faux-trailer (unless it does):
White meat, dark meat - all will be carved!
