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Buzz In: What's Your Biggest Movie-going Disaster?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:30:31 -0700

In Utah recently, a movie theater full of parents and kids expecting to watch Disney's family-appropriate High School Musical 3 were instead treated to the beginning of the R-rated flick Sex Drive. Apparently, the opening few minutes of the movie include nudity so parents didn't even have a chance to shield their youngsters. Understandably, folks were horrified:

"I could not carry my little children out before they were exposed to extremely vulgar and sexually explicit material," one parent complained in an e-mail to the Desert News.

That's a pretty big (though kinda amusing) movie-going disaster, I'd say. My disaster stories aren't quite so traumatic, though still entertaining. On the opening weekend of the new Star Wars movie a few years ago (you know, with mega-fans dressed up as characters) the film totally burnt out at a climactic moment toward the end. The audience completely freaked out - l turned around in time to spot a Sith angrily trying to climb into the projection booth. I also once went to a showing of Sin City only to have Million Dollar Baby come onscreen.

What are your movie-going disasters?

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Buzz News Roundup, 10/29

BuzzSugar — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:30:30 -0700

Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Iron Man for the movie The Avengers. - Variety
Lauren Graham will play Adelaide in a Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls. - Playbill
Natalie Portman is set to star in Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. - ComingSoon
The Jonas Bros. will make their feature-film debut by starring in Walter the Farting Dog. - E! Online
NYPD Blue alum Sharon Lawrence will play Megan's mom on Privileged. - Entertainment Weekly
Fox Searchlight has picked up The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, a project based on Tom Wolfe's 1968 book, with Gus Van Sant directing. - The Hollywood Reporter
Vince Vaughn will star in a drama titled Sunny and 68. - Variety
And finally, German police are baffled by a speeding car with a Muppet as its passenger. Seriously, you gotta see this picture. - Nine MSN

Source and Iron Man photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Movie Preview: Sex Drive

BuzzSugar — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:00:58 -0700

I heard about Sex Drive a while ago and then read a review that gave the movie a so-so rating, but now that I've seen the trailer, I'm kinda interested to see it. In some ways it resembles a way weaker version of Superbad, but also more bizarre and - it seems - a little less gross. The plot goes like this: "A horny teenager brings his friends along on a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville to lose his virginity with a girl he met online."

The cast makes me like this movie more than I might otherwise. I don't usually laugh at Seth Green, but I actually did in this case. Also, it stars one of my favorite actors from Greek: Clark Duke (who plays Rusty's conservative Southern roommate Dale on the show), pictured above in the bathrobe. And finally: James Marsden is in it. He's even cute when playing a pretty abhorrent character. Now that's talent.

The movie opens October 10. To check out the trailer, read more.

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