Category: Movie Comedies (Page 187 of 195)

The only good things that ever came out of the high school experience

September 8, 2006 /

EW Popwatch has assembled their list of the 50 best high school movies of all time, and they pretty much nailed it. Everybody from James Dean to the Ramones is here, with slashers and wizards mixed in as well. I am especially pleased to see that “Brick” (currently sitting at #1 on my Movies of 2006) placed as high as it did, and Buffybot will be pleased to see “Can’t Buy Me Love” earned a spot as well. No one, however, will be able to successfully convince me that “Sixteen Candles” deserved to be ranked 49th overall. Wrongheaded revisionist history, that’s all it is.

One movie that didn’t make the cut that I always had a soft spot for: The Last American Virgin.

LAV

A classic? Hardly. But one of the few at the time that dared to take a more dramatic approach to the teenage experience. I crushed on Diane Franklin big time, even more so when she was in…

Holy shit. “Better Off Dead” didn’t make the cut, either. Are you kidding me? Forget everything I said. This list sucks. What say you, Tracy?

Tracy Flick
“You know what they say about the early bird, Mr. M.”

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Freaking sweet.

September 8, 2006 /

Props to Mike Connolly for placing me in the loop on this video.

The back story, at least according to the site hosting it, is that when Edgar Bronfman, Jr., gained ownership of Universal Studios, he got into some odd marketing campaign practices, one of which is this rare employee orientation video that enlightened people about how things were going to change under new management. It was commissioned to be written and directed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, but Bronfman didn’t like it, so they scrapped it.

Apparently, Bronfman doesn’t know comedy. This thing is HILARIOUS…and it’s got more cameos than you can shake a stick at, none of which I want to spoil for you, except to say that they’re major names. Seriously. There’s also a running gag about the studio’s new connection with Seagram’s Wine Coolers that’s really funny.

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“Idiocracy” not completely dead in the water

August 25, 2006 /

Though, of course, it might as well be.

According to the Austin Chronicle (via Ain’t It Cool News), “The good news is that Austin fans will finally get to see Mike Judge’s futuristic comedy, ‘Idiocracy,’ on the big screen. The bad news is that people in most other areas of the country likely won’t. ‘Idiocracy’ opens in limited – and very quiet, judging by the lack of a trailer and short notice – release on Sept. 1 in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.”

I admit, it’s possible this could just be another “Run Ronnie Run” (a.k.a. the “Mr. Show” movie), where excitement runs high but turns out to be woefully misplaced. But given all the positive script reviews I’ve seen, I just have to believe it’s more likely a case where a studio just doesn’t know how to promote the film, so they’re just dumping it and leaving it for dead.

Does no-one remember how “Office Space” flopped in theaters before freaking exploding on home video…? Man, I hope this backfires in the studio’s face BIG TIME.

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The guiltiest pleasure of all guilty pleasures

August 14, 2006 /

After seeing the trailer for Joe Carnahan’s new action/comedy feature, “Smokin’ Aces,” I’m officially intriqued. What looks to be a mix between “Kill Bill,” “True Romance” and “Rounders” also boasts one of the coolest casts to date, including Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds and Jeremy Piven.

Check out the trailer now.

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Off with the Shue, on with the Symone

July 12, 2006 /

Proving once again that Hollywood incorrectly believes itself to be utterly bereft of original ideas, Disney has decided to unnecessarily remake the just-barely-classic ’80s film, “Adventures in Babysitting.”

The original starred Elizabeth Shue, who would later go on to depress the hell out of us in “Leaving Las Vegas,” but the new version will find Shue’s shoes (c’mon, you saw it coming, surely) filled by former “Cosby” kid Raven-Symone. You know, I don’t really have any problem with Symone in the role; I just think it’s obnoxious that Hollywood is taking movies that aren’t even 20 years old yet and are trying to remake them.

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