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Paul Rudd and Zach Galifianakis Team Up to Exercise Free Will
Christmas in January! Two of my favorite funnymen, Paul Rudd and Zach Galifianakis, have signed on for promising new comedy Will. In the movie, Rudd plays a man in a world where lives are written by scribes in heaven, and who wakes up one day to find that his scribe (played by Galifianakis) has decided to stop writing his life, thus granting him free will.
Who Is the Best Comedic Actor of 2009?
Sandra Bullock is currently in the lead as your favorite comedic actress of 2009, but now it's time to turn to the guys. This year's funny films had some of the usual suspects, while other dudes showed up on our radar for the first time in a while. It's a tough call, but take your pick — who is the best comedic actor of 2009?
Jack Nicholson to Play Paul Rudd's Dad in Rom-Com
This is fun to imagine: Jack Nicholson is in talks to join the cast of an untitled romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good as It Gets) as the blueblood father of a character played by Paul Rudd. The cast also includes Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson and the story "involves a love triangle, with Rudd playing a white-collar executive vying for Witherspoon's affections, and Wilson portraying a professional baseball pitcher who is also a love interest."
I Love You, Man: Bromance at Its Cutest
I Love You, Man is a sweet, low-key comedy about two guys who find true friendship. As I left the screening a friend said it struck her as a kind of poor man's Judd Apatow movie (meant as a positive thing, BTW) — in the literal sense, it seems lower-budget but it's also just quieter, tamer, and less yucky. There's tons of super awkwardness, similar to the kind we see each week in The Office, and little gross-out humor.
Movie Preview: I Love You, Man
In theory, I think the premise for I Love You, Man is funny and cute: A guy (Paul Rudd) gets engaged to his lady (Rashida Jones — yay for her having more movie roles!) but he doesn't have a best guy friend so he basically goes on a manfriend-hunt to lock down a best man for the wedding.
The trailer features some funny folks (Jason Segel, Andy Samberg, Thomas Lennon) and people I just love seeing pretty much anytime (JK Simmons), and yet, it doesn't really make me laugh. Also (and I'm assuming this is explained in the movie), why doesn't he just ask his brother (Samberg) to be his best man, instead of asking his brother for tips on going on man dates to find some guy he barely knows to be his best man?
Role Models: Setting a Good Example For Comedic Movies
For the second time in recent history, I left an R-rated comedy feeling really happy. First Kevin Smith's crass, dirty film about low-budget porn turns out to be rather sweet, and now Role Models. Though full of crude language and nasty jokes, the movie is really a twisted sort of coming-of-age story — for the adult characters more than the kids — that's ultimately heartwarming.
Movie Preview: Role Models
Does the world need another one of these man-child comedies? Old School, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Drillbit Taylor, Step Brothers . .
Buzz News Roundup, 4/28
- Lori Loughlin is set to play the mother in the CW's 90210 spinoff, TV Guide reports.
- And, says Variety, The CW officially wants Hilary Duff on board to play Loughlin's daughter.
- NME has the scoop on a new free music streaming website for Sony/BMG artists.
- Angela Bassett will check into ER to play a doctor in the drama's final season, Zap2it reports.
- Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty were repeat winners at the GLAAD Media Awards over the weekend, the Associated Press reports.
- Paste reports that the next issue of McSweeney's DVD magazine Wholphin will feature a short film starring Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel and written by Michael Chabon.
- The Coen Bros. film Burn After Reading will open the Venice Film Festival in August before premiering in the U.S. on Sept.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Lots of Laughs, Not a Lot of Heart
For the first half of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I laughed out loud almost nonstop. Deliciously rife with Apatowian elements — bumbling self-deprecating characters, bawdy jokes, "call-'em-like-I-see-'em" bits of social commentary — it's a satisfying parade of sarcasm and sight gags. It even begins with a shamelessly, utterly nude Jason Segel, a move I fully admire.
Two Straight-to-DVD Romances, One Long Night
Sometimes movies go straight to DVD and you can kind of guess why (sidenote: thank you, Molly, for watching Blonde Ambition so I don't have to!). But then there are those sweet-looking films with some big names — Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Sarah Michelle Prinze — that pique my curiosity. What could be so bad about movies like Suburban Girl and I Could Never Be Your Woman that they went straight to DVD?
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