The 12 Best Films of SXSW 2011
SXSW has grown into much more than just a music festival. Interactive attendees outnumbered the Music crowd for the first time ever, and Film continues to attract great talent. Here are 10 narrative films that caught our attention this year.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPaul Review
Comedies are funny things. Our response to humor can have as much to do with outside influences—our mood, the response of the crowd, the people we’re with, how drunk we are—as the source material.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsConan O'Brien Movie to Debut at SXSW
South by Southwest 2011 will be the debut location for a Conan O’Brien’s documentary, Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop, which is based on his 32-city tour that took place while the funnyman was under NBC’s legal stipulations that precluded him from appearing on television.... read more
Found in: Movies, News10 Comedies to Look Forward to In 2010
There are few things I enjoy more than a really good comedy, but there are also few things more disappointing than a bad one. That said, I have high hopes for these 10 movies coming out in 2010. Tracy Morgan also has a couple of films we’re looking forward to, and it looks to be another good year for Zach Galifianakis, one of our favorite stand-up comics of the last decade, who had a break-out performance last year in The Hangover.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySeth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader Join Greg Mottola's Paul
Talk about dream casts. Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader have joined Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Paul, the road-trip comedy about a pair of sci-fi geeks who discover an alien in Area 51. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSimon Pegg and Nick Frost reveal details for road-trip comedy
In Sept. 2007, we reported on the first news of the next Simon Pegg/Nick Frost collaboration, to be called Paul. At the time, all we knew about the film was that the Hot Fuzz stars' typical roles would be reversed: Frost would take the lead role and Pegg plays the incompetent sidekick. Or, as Pegg put it in an interview with MTV's movies blog, "It's different actually. I'm the bitch in this one."... read more
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