The Big Wedding

Don’t be fooled by the marketing campaign for The Big Wedding. The pastel-hued poster may look as sweet as a wedding cake—it’s even tiered—but the screwball comedy from writer-director Justin Zackham (scribe on The Bucket List) contains unexpected layers of salty language, bitter political incorrectness and pungent sex that your mother may not be aware of when she deems it appropriate for her movie group. It’s not. Seriously, Robert De Niro goes down on Susan Sarandon in the very first scene....  read more

Comedy Bang! Bang! Review: "Seth Rogen Wears a Plaid Shirt & Brown Pants" (Episode 1.05)

So far on Comedy Bang! Bang!, the show has allowed the guests to supply much of the comedy, with Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts there to work their own brands of humor in sparingly amongst all the craziness. For example, with last week’s episode “Michael Cera Wears a Blue Denim Shirt & Red Pants”, most of the major laughs came from the usual awkwardness of Cera and the over-the-top portrayal of the Cake Boss by Paul F. Tompkins. While this week’s episode “Seth Rogen Wears A Plaid Shirt & Brown Pants” doesn’t gain gigantic laughs like last week’s episode did, it’s a welcome change to see Aukerman and Watts bringing a majority of the big humor, even if it doesn’t always work.  read more

The Double

The writing team behind Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma resurrects the Cold War-era espionage thriller with this spy movie that imagines Russian infiltration continued even after the fall of the Berlin wall. Inspired by recent news stories about Russki spies who have been found behind U.S. and British borders, Michael Brandt (who also directs his first film) and Derek Haas have crafted a throwback genre flick, complete with a throwback lead that gives away its double cross early yet maintains enough mystery to keep viewers moderately intrigued....  read more

Adrien Brody and Topher Grace Join Robert Rodriguez' Predators

Adrien Brody has reportedly joined the cast of the Robert Rodriguez produced Predators, and Topher Grace is also in talks to sign on....  read more