Controversial Comedic Movies


Updated 08/13/08 4:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 2 comments

Controversial Movie Comedies

Some of the best comedy provocatively pushes the envelope, and when done well, it can allow us to not take life too seriously. But sometimes it can go really wrong, and feel less like a keen observation and more just mean-spirited. There is a thin line that certain comedic movies walk between hilarious and offensive. As Tropic Thunder, with all its controversies, hits the theaters, I was reminded Read more

Separated at Birth: The Chucks of Entertainment


Updated 09/10/07 10:32 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 11 comments

Separated at Birth: The Chucks of Entertainment

Here's a tip for getting a movie or TV show made in Hollywood these days: Name a main character Chuck. Two movies and a series have "Chuck" in their title; three more have Chucks in key roles. Can't tell Chuck Bartowski from Chuck Bass? Check out this guide: Name Chuck Charles Chuck Levine Chuck Bartowski Chuck Darling Chuck Logan Chuck Bass Affiliation "Pushing Daisies" I Now Read more

Box Office: Simpsons Rake In Lots of D'Oh


Updated 07/31/07 4:02 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

Box Office: Simpsons Rake In Lots of D'Oh

Looks like Bart, Homer, Marge and the gang aren't just small-screen superstars anymore. The Simpsons Movie pulled in an estimated $71.8 million — the third-highest opening ever for an animated movie, behind only the two latest installments of the Shrek series — to run away with the weekend box office title. According to the Hollywood Reporter, that's well above the industry's highest Read more

Sugar Bits - Tammy Faye Messner Passes Away


Updated 10/15/07 11:12 AM · Posted by · 59 comments

Sugar Bits - Tammy Faye Messner Passes Away

Tammy Faye Messner passed away on Saturday after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with her friends and family. - Reuters I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry came out of nowhere to steal the #1 spot at the box office away from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Obviously Potter fans couldn't tear themselves away from record-breaking book! - BuzzSugar Country singer Mindy Read more

Chuck & Larry Somehow Take No. 1 Spot at Box Office


Updated 07/23/07 1:34 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 16 comments

Chuck & Larry Somehow Take No. 1 Spot at Box Office

Wow. In my poll last Friday I wondered if the No. 1 movie at the box office this weekend would be Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or Hairspray, and here we are on Monday with I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry smiling at us from the top of the list. The movie was critically panned (and even annoyed Molly), but apparently Adam Sandler has enough fans to float a pretty mediocre-sounding Read more

Jessica Has Hopes For Monster-Like Movies


Updated 07/23/07 7:10 AM · Posted by · 57 comments

Jessica Has Hopes For Monster-Like Movies

Jessica Biel has had a busy week making the rounds to promote I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. She even found time to sneak around with Justin. Thursday she looked bright and summery in white as she was spotted leaving GMA. We've heard a lot about Jessica's sex appeal, but she's ready for a new role where she isn't sitting pretty. Here's more: "I want to do everything," she confessed. "I Read more

I Now Pronounce You Unfunny & Misguided


Updated 09/22/07 4:26 PM · Posted by · 39 comments

I Now Pronounce You Unfunny & Misguided

Note: My buddy Molly wrote this review because I was unable to attend the screening for the movie. Thanks, Molly! I understand what I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry was getting at. I understand that the movie uses things like stereotypes and homophobic language for the purpose of pointing out that this sort of behavior is bad, but it just doesn’t work. The movie can't decide whether it Read more

More Fun With Chuck and Larry


Updated 07/20/07 6:40 AM · Posted by · 66 comments

More Fun With Chuck and Larry

Before Jessica Biel slipped away to rendezvous with JT, she walked the red carpet with Adam and Kevin at the NYC premiere of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Obviously Jessica has had no shortage of male company lately, and she's the object of desire for what we can only assume to be thousands of others. When asked about her sex symbol status, Jessica said, "It's extremely flattering. It's Read more

Do You Think I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Seems Offensive?


Updated 07/19/07 11:05 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 57 comments

Do You Think I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Seems Offensive?

This Friday, Adam Sandler's latest movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry opens nationwide, and I have to say that when I first saw the trailer I had my reservations. It seems like a lot of the laughs in this movie are based in gay stereotypes and in generally making a mockery of homosexuality. Yet the filmmakers claim they did their best to be sensitive to that. We won't know for sure until Read more

Jessica Makes Funny Look Sexy


Updated 07/18/07 9:49 PM · Posted by · 80 comments

Jessica Makes Funny Look Sexy

Jessica Biel may have kept it simple while leaving the TRL studios yesterday, but we're liking this look on her way better than the other dresses she's been choosing lately. Jessica agrees that she's more of the casual type of girl, which is part of the reason she loved the comedic aspect of her role in I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry. She told Parade Magazine, Funny sexy is way more fun Read more