It was inevitable. The most shameless actor the U.S. partners with the most shameless actor in the U.K. Ever since Sacha Baron Cohen’s flaky, flowery Frenchman Jean Girard broke the arm – and then kissed – Will Ferrell’s Ricky Bobby, these guys were bound to reunite. Yesterday, Columbia Pictures officially announced Cohen and Ferrell will team up to play Sherlock Holmes […]
July 3rd, 2008
Categories: Comedies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
What’s more uncomfortable than being a 12-year-old? How about being a 12-year-old preparing for a Bar Mitzvah? Wait, it gets worse. Your Bar Mitzvah is the same day as a major event that has the country in its grip. This is Sixty Six, a 2006 production finally getting a U.S. theatrical release August 1 from First Independent. (click […]
June 29th, 2008
Categories: Movie Posters, Trailers, Comedies, Movie Previews, International Cinema . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
Just wanted to catch everyone up on more goodies from the buzz-nutty Coen Brothers’ dark comedy, Burn After Reading. Clooney, Pitt, McDormand, Malkovich, Swinton… Imagine if these hacks could recruit some real quality talent?!
Brad Pitt and his greatest wardrobe accessory, 1990s hair
George Clooney and Frances McDormand at a Fargo screening (not really)
Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich!
The pillows […]
June 26th, 2008
Categories: Trailers, Comedies, Movie Previews, International Cinema . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 1 Comment
In the world of movie marketing, this is definitely bigger than a Happy Meal. To promote Will Smith’s July 4th weekend release, Hancock, Columbia Pictures will pay off one family’s home mortgage.
The hook: The prize, up to $360,000, will go to a “deserving” family that writes a 200-word essay explaining why they should win. If they […]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Contests, Action Movies, Comedies . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 3 Comments
From the hippie-dippy weatherman to Buddy Christ, the late George Carlin reveled in bucking the mainstream and making us consider just how screwed up the world can be.
But when one man can make you crack up that much, with that level of genius, it ain’t all that bad. HBO, who established themselves as a comedy haven thanks […]
June 24th, 2008
Categories: On TV, Comedies . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 2 Comments
We continue to get intriguing goodies from Focus Features for the Coen Brothers’ next movie, Burn After Reading. Today is the film’s first poster, a fun, playful throwback to a bygone era…
In case you wondering, the style is an homage to the great Saul Bass, specifically his poster for Vertigo, as Ryan brilliantly opines on awardsdaily.com.
And to remind you this […]
June 23rd, 2008
Categories: Movie Posters, Comedies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments