The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Muppets are returning to the big-screen this Thanksgiving. Only problem is, it’s been a generation since the Muppets were this big. Rashida Jones’ character hits the fuzzballs with the bad news. But do you think that’s going to stop Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang? Heck no. When Walter, the …
How can a good rumor become solid conventional wisdom in a hot minute? When the math looks right, for one thing. The Academy Awards suffered this year from the decision to cast an odd couple as hosts in Anne Hathway (overly excited to be there) and James Franco (appeared to …
The folks supporting the new movie, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (opening Sept. 2, 2011, in a cinema near you!), are conducting a special promotional Web tour with their favorite sites, and it’s now The Comic’s Comic’s turn. Written by Alex Gregory and Peter Hucyk (writers for David Letterman, Larry Sanders …
30 Minutes or Less (in cinemas Aug. 12, 2011) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Official site for 30 Minutes or Less
Feels like forever since Nick Swardson said he was going to star in a movie for Adam Sandler’s production company as a guy whose life changes when he finds out that his parents once were porn stars. Well, now we have an official movie trailer. This is Bucky Larson: Born …
Kevin Hart has been taking his stand-up to the next level in the past year, embarking on a 90-city tour that brought in more than $15 million in ticket sales. The result is Laugh at My Pain, a concert movie/documentary that presents Hart's show and follows him to his Philadelphia …
For his role in the independent feature film, Stags, Jesse Joyce plays a brooding, alcoholic stand-up comedian. A real stretch, right? As Joyce readily tells his comedy club audiences, he no longer drinks. But he still can act drunk in the movies! Stags has its world premiere tonight at the …
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, the documentary film that followed Conan and Team Coco as they launched a North American theater tour last spring and summer, opens in cinemas across the country on June 24. I saw it in March with a packed house in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW festival. …
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!
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, …
