Sep 30, 2008 -
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, the Oscar-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side is also now available on DVD.
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Apr 28, 2008 -
It's always exciting when a comedy that's genuinely funny does well with audiences, and that was the case this weekend with the female buddy comedy Baby Mama starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
The ladies won the top spot with an estimated $18.3 million, handily beating out the other comedy opening over the weekend, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. EW reports that while this wasn't the best movie opening for either Fey or Poehler, their film did much better than many box office watchers predicted.
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Apr 21, 2008 -
Forbidden Kingdom gave kung fu fans the match up of their dreams, pairing up martial arts screen giants Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time. Together the two stars proved to be a formidable force at the box office, earning the top spot over the weekend with an estimated $20.9 million. Forgetting Sarah Marshall came in second place, earning $17 million.
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Apr 18, 2008 -
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.
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Apr 10, 2008 -
- TV Squad is all ga-ga over the packaging of the Mad Men DVD set — and for good reason!
- So, according to Vulture, maybe David Archuleta didn't have such a tough time deciding to sing "Angels," after all.
- Someone on Pushing Daisies is gay, and if you want to know who, head to AfterElton.
- After watching another schlubby guy-hot girl movie (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Cinematical asks, where are the movies where unattractive women score hot guys?
- Hey, it's Give Me My Remote's first Office Thursday in months!
- Cute alert! The Paste Magazine blog alerts me to the fact that Shel Silverstein's books and albums are being reissued.
- Sure, Lifetime's gaining Project Runway — but, as Popwatch points out, that might not offset its loss of The Golden Girls reruns to the Hallmark Channel.
- This week's Hump Day Hottie on FilmExperience was Dennis Quaid, which I find totally awesome.
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Mar 25, 2008 -
- FitSugar wants to know: What are your thoughts on these billboards promoting Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
- Popwatch asks about the shows you meant to watch, but never got to see before they were yanked (like the recently canned Jezebel James).
- Speaking of which, TV Filter wonders: What killed Jezebel James — the time slot, the concept, something else?
- Vulture has the — good? bad? baffling?
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Mar 25, 2008 -
Hollywood, like any industry, has become increasingly creative in promoting its products, including the use of sneaky/innovative guerrilla and viral marketing tactics. For example, political advertisements for Harvey Dent have popped up on billboards in several cities (with a website that was live long before that) as part of the marketing campaign for The Dark Knight (Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two-Face will be played by Aaron Eckhart).
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Mar 13, 2008 -
This is some of the most endearing movie news I've heard in a long time: Jason Segel (star of Freaks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother and the upcoming comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will collaborate with director Nick Stoller on a new Muppets movie. Here's the cute part, though: He got the idea from his Forgetting Sarah Marshall character. Variety has more:
In Sarah Marshall Segel's character writes a Dracula musical performed by puppets.
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Dec 31, 2007 -
I said it back in May, and it's still true as the year winds down: Judd Apatow is everywhere. The man whom the Los Angeles Times named "the mayor of comedy" had two of the Summer movie season's biggest hits, signed on for several more highly anticipated projects, had a New York Times Magazine cover story all about him, and generally became a household name — not bad for a self-described schlub in an unglamorous polo shirt. Want to reminisce about Apatow's big year?
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Dec 20, 2007 -
What with the names Kristen Bell, Jason Segel and Judd Apatow all attached, I've been looking forward to the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall for quite some time so today's trailer is a welcome sight. Jason Segel (previously of Freaks and Geeks, now on How I Met Your Mother) wrote the script and Apatow produced the film which, from the trailer, seems a little tame. It's not altogether un-funny, but it doesn't look like it'll be joining the ranks of Apatow's greatest hits.
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