Comedies

Have you ever rewatched The Hangover and thought, man, these guys are just too fresh-faced and inexperienced to properly party? In the off chance that has ever happened, you're in luck with the trailer for Last Vegas, in which aging stars Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, and Robert De Niro star as four friends who head to Sin City for one of their bachelor parties. Once there, they are ready to "party like it's 1959," and the Lipitor jokes start flowing like wine.

All told, the preview is pretty cute, mostly because the actors are so beloved and really seem to be having a good time. If anything, it's worth it to watch Freeman discover vodka Red Bull cocktails and the obvious post-vodka Red Bull dancing. Last Vegas comes out Nov. 1, and you can watch the trailer after the jump.

Like with many horror franchises, it seems as if Scary Movie films keep getting made no matter how bad they get. The latest installment, which is the fifth in the series, takes aim at Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, and Inception, just to name a few. This time around, Ashley Tisdale is in the starring role, while Molly Shannon, Simon Rex, and Heather Locklear also make appearances. But let's face it: the only real reason to watch this trailer to see Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen in bed together in their brief cameo.

Not only is the trailer unfunny, but also, most of the movie references seem pretty dated. I think it's high time for the Scary Movies to finally die, but it's not happening yet, so watch the trailer when you read more

This Is 40, Judd Apatow's latest directorial effort, warns audiences about the dangers of blinking, meaning if you close your eyes you risk waking up decades later, wondering how you got to be so darn old. In a more literal sense, I did blink while watching the film. In fact, I full-on closed my eyes at the sight of Paul Rudd spread eagle with nothing but a strategically place hand mirror covering his man parts; I cringed while Pete (Rudd) and his wife, Debbie (Leslie Mann), screamed at each other for the umpteenth time; I yawned, I scoffed, but as with most of Apatow's projects, I also laughed and related to the conflicted characters.

This movie is billed as the "sort-of sequel" to Knocked Up, but it's more like a spin-off, centering completely on Pete and Debbie's clan five years later. The kids (played by Apatow and Mann's real-life children, Maude and Iris Apatow), are growing up and acting out — if watching unhealthy amounts of Lost qualifies as acting out — and the whole family is hitting a palpable rough patch. The film's unflinching honesty about shifting family dynamics is one of its strengths, but it's also undoubtedly uncomfortable to watch as resentment curdles and touches every aspect of the characters' lives. To find out what else I thought, just keep reading.

If you're thinking you could use a little bit of magic in your life, the trailer for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone might be just the cure. Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi star as Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton, an old-fashioned magician team who have lost their magic touch, so to speak, with the Las Vegas crowds. It might be their goofy hair that's driving audiences away, but it's probably the hip new guy in town, a Criss Angel-type (Jim Carrey) stuntman whose tricks include sleeping on hot coals overnight. Olivia Wilde also stars as a magician's assistant.

Despite The Incredible Burt Wonderstone's semidazzling tricks, I'm not that enthusiastic about this movie. I like Carell and Carrey (who starred together in Bruce Almighty), but there's something in the trailer that's lacking a little pizzazz. However, I am looking forward to Alan Arkin as the sage magician. The movie opens March 15, and you can watch the trailer when you read more.

We've seen the buddy cop movie done a million times over, but the female buddy cop angle feels fresh in the trailer for The Heat. In the comedy, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy play an FBI agent and detective, respectively, who get paired up for a drug case, and thus, a classic unlikely partnership is born. Bullock, as Katerina, is the by-the-book agent, while McCarthy's Detective Nelson is the live wire who causes as much trouble as she cleans up.

Though McCarthy is essentially playing the same character she did in Bridesmaids (but as a police officer), her delivery is still spot-on as she exacts withering threats. However, it's Bullock that made me laugh more in this preview — it feels like it's been too long since we've seen her in a straight-up comedy, and her chemistry with McCarthy looks fantastic. While The Heat may not be a groundbreaking movie, the trailer is silly and fun, and boasts other comedic strengths, like Bridesmaids director Paul Feig and appearances by Tony Hale, Kaitlin Olson, and SNL's Taran Killam. The movie comes out June 28, but you can watch the trailer now after the jump.

You know how you love Tina Fey, and you also love Paul Rudd? What if someone were to magically put them together on the screen for your viewing pleasure? Guess what — someone did! The trailer for Admission has Fey as Portia, an admissions administrator at Princeton in line for a promotion. One day, she gets a call from John (Rudd) asking her to come on a recruiting trip to check out some of his students. Little does she know, it's a ploy to get her to meet Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), who John believes may be the son Portia gave up in college. Twist!

Though the trailer for Admission provides plenty of jokes, there's an underlying seriousness that we don't always see from these actors. I love Fey, but we've seen her play the driven single female character into the ground. It's refreshing to see that there's more to Portia than a determination to rewrite the rules for middle-aged women. Look forward to Admission's release on March 8, and until then, watch the trailer after the jump.

Take The Hangover, mix in one part Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and one part Superbad, and you've got the trailer for 21 & Over. Miles Teller (Footloose) and Skylar Astin star as old high school buddies intent on getting their fellow best friend (Twilight's Justin Chon) drunk on the night of his 21st birthday. Though he's initially resistant because his intimidating father reminds him of an important exam the next day, he eventually gives in and winds up dancing in women's underwear on top of a car. You know, the usual hijinks.

Does the world need another one-crazy-night movie? Maybe not. But did this trailer make me laugh out loud? Sure did. I'm not a fan of slow-motion vomit, but the "getting down on top of the car" part is hilarious. It should come as no surprise that 21 & Over comes from the writers of The Hangover, so we might be in able hands. Also, Astin was really cute in Pitch Perfect, and I'm excited to see him get some more screen time. The movie opens on March 1, and you can see the trailer after the jump.

Do you miss movie trailer voice-over guy? Good news, he's back in full form in the cheesetastic trailer for Miley Cyrus's So Undercover. Cyrus plays fast-talking Molly Morris, a young private investigator recruited by an FBI agent (Jeremy Piven) to keep an eye on a college student. Molly undergoes a Miss Congeniality-style makeover and gets transformed into a beauty worthy of the Greek system. Once undercover, she meets cute college student Nicholas (Revenge's Joshua Bowman) and has a series of comical misunderstandings while protecting her mark.

After a number of years at the helm of her own Disney show, Cyrus has got some pretty consistent comic timing, but even her bubbly quips can't really save this trailer. If I were 14, I would be so running to the theater to watch Cyrus kick some ass at a frat party, but I'm not. The movie doesn't have a US release date yet, but you can watch the trailer after the jump.

Seth Rogen is no stranger to the buddy-comedy genre, but this Christmas he's trading in his bros for . . . Barbra Streisand? In The Guilt Trip, Rogen plays a guy who comes home to visit his mom and decides to invite her along on his cross-country car ride. Along the way, they encounter hitchhikers, the Grand Canyon, and strip clubs (obviously).

There's not much that feels new or fresh in this trailer, except for the fact that we rarely see Rogen playing the polite, buttoned-up guy. Streisand is believable as the mother that mortifies him, but the odd-couple road-trip-from-hell premise has been done before. The film opens Dec. 25, and you can watch the trailer when you read more

Though Colin Firth usually has the Midas touch when it comes to picking projects, I'm not sure that applies to Gambit, which looks like a wacky mashup of heist movie elements. He stars as Harry Deane, an employee who's grown tired of his filthy-rich boss (played by Alan Rickman), so he schemes against him, attempting to fool him into buying a fake Monet. For this he needs the help of rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz) to get his hands on the painting, and predictably, everything seems to go wrong, especially since PJ is looking out for herself (a girl's gotta keep herself in sparkly Western wear, after all).

I can't say that Gambit looks that great from the trailer — Cameron Diaz's Southern accent had me instantly cringing — but that's not to say it doesn't look fun. Firth walks around in his underwear while Rickman swans around his office in pretty much nothing at all, but despite those mildly funny bits (and the fact that it was written by the Coen brothers), the movie still comes off as a generic caper film full of clichés we've seen before. Gambit comes out Nov. 21, but you can watch the trailer and judge for yourself after the jump.