The Definitive Guide to Comedy
They're not exactly the Three Musketeers of comedy, but Bill Burr, Robert Kelly and Joe DeRosa did figure out the value of teamwork. By joining forces, they sat down, wrote, produced and directed a short film all on their own, and Cheat will debut this weekend at the 2011 Tribeca …
Here is the first official "red band" (adults only, or mature immature audiences, please) for 30 Minutes or Less, arriving in a cinema near you in August 2011. Starring Aziz Ansari, Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Roll the clip!
Matt Walsh is finishing up work on his first feature film as a director, the highly improvised movie, High Road. So naturally, The Comic's Comic spoke to the UCB comedian about it on 4/20. Or was it just coincidental timing? "It is interesting numerology," Walsh told me. "We're still finishing the …
Remember where you were when you heard that Will Ferrell was making a movie in which he spoke only in Spanish? Here’s the new trailer for Casa de mi Padre, also featuring Gael Garica Bernal, Diego Luna, Nick Offerman. It’s written by Andrew Steele and directed by Matt Piedmont. Thanks, …
A few years ago, beast.Films made a short film starring TJ Miller as a guy named Charlie trying to make a life for himself after spending 10 years in prison. Their 22-minute short, Charlie On Parole, also stars Joe Wengert, Molly Ryman, Mitch Wissick, and Bobby Moynihan. Darren Miller, one of …
American: The Bill Hicks Story, debuted a year ago on the film festival circuit. Starting tonight in New York City, and continuing through the weekend, the visually stunning and compelling documentary of the late, great stand-up comedian gets a new theatrical run — complete with live panels featuring friends and …
You may have seen spoilers and whatnot about the upcoming movie sequel, The Hangover: Part II. Well, here's the official poster, out today, showing how Bangkok and a monkey in a jean jacket seem to have gotten the best of them. Bradley Cooper is laid out on the floor. Ed …
Congrats to comedian/musician Tim Minchin, who provided the narration for The Lost Thing, which just won the Academy Award for Short Film (Animated). The directors gave Minchin a shout-out during their acceptance speech. In this clip, illustrator/co-director Shaun Tan explains why Minchin was the choice to narrate the film adaptation …
In the 1986 hit movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Matthew Broderick made us want to be Ferris, if only for a day. It also made at least one guy want to find out what day game of the Chicago Cubs that Ferris, Cameron and Sloane had attended after skipping school. This …
It's Feb. 2, which means it's Groundhog Day. Which means it's time to remember the instant classic comedy 1993 film, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. This scene, in particular, now in 2011 becomes a perfect TV ad for Microsoft's search engine: Bing! Why hadn't they thought of this before? Roll …