Sundance 2012 Review: ’2 Days in New York’ Is a Mostly Fun and Frisky Family Farce
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on January 29, 2012 | Be the First To CommentPicking up a few years where her 2 Days in Paris left off, Julie Delpy‘s 2 Days in New York has moved the sometimes-messy life of Marion (Delpy) to Gotham. Marion has now taken up with Mingus (Chris Rock, playing a pitch-perfect straight man), a former co-worker who offered dry humor and personal understanding when her previous relationship crumbled. The pair now live together in a cozy and artistic apartment, joined by Marion’s young son Lulu (Owen Shipman) and Mingus’ daughter Willow (Talen Ruth Riley). As calm and lovely as their life together seems, everything is about to be tested over a two-day period, marked by the arrival of Marion’s insane family, the opening of an important gallery exhibition of Marion’s photos, and the unspoken pressure that one of Marion’s other artistic endeavors is putting her under.
Culture Warrior: Ricky Gervais and the Future of Awards Show Hosting
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on January 18, 2011 | Comments (17)Quite a fuss has been made of Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony. Not the actual awards mind you – everything was safe and predictable in that arena. Not even the obvious drunkenness or awkward attempts at humor with varying degrees of success by the night’s celebrity award winners and presenters are the primary subject of the conversation (De Niro’s bizarre acceptance speech, Robert Downey Jr’s creepy framing of the Best Actress category). All discourse has been centered on the performance by the show’s host, Ricky Gervais. Gervais’s acerbic monologue was met with audible surprise and even aghast by his elite audience. His introductions to awards presenters ranged from tongue-in-cheek playfulness to blatant comic criticism. He later disappeared for more than an hour, prompting speculation on Twitter (the only place where aside observations can immediately morph into conspiracy theory) that he was taken off the show, only to emerge later, without his jacket and appearing vexed, to give quite the backhanded introduction to Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, which all-in-all does suggest at least a firm backstage talking-to. With strangely perfect timing, Gervais ended the show with the line, “And thank you to God for making me an atheist” before the generic end credits music surged. The Buñuelean echo of these final words was a rather appropriate summation of Gervais’s brilliant absurdity and anarchic irreverence peppered throughout this masturbatory rich-ual (get it?). It was, in short, hilarious and the best thing about the show. Here’s his monologue:
Coach Buzzer (Blake Clark), an influential Junior High Basketball coach, has died. His championship team of 1978 gets together for the first time in a long time to reconnect and celebrate the life of a great man at the same lake house where they celebrated victory 30 years before. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is an important Hollywood agent whose wife Roxanne (Salma Hayek Pinault) is a clothing designer. Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James) is a furniture store manager with a wife (Maria Bello) who still breast feeds their 4-year old son. Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a house husband who loves cooking shows and getting generally shit on by his wife Deanne (Maya Rudolph). Marcus Higgins (David Spade) is still single and still obsessed with sex. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a new age mess who’s married to a woman twice his age named Gloria (Joyce Van Patten).
Kevin and Neil meet up again in the Magical Studio in the Sky to talk about their lackluster thoughts on this week’s new movies… and boobs. They also contemplate why movies aren’t making as much money this summer and what are the best sandwiches they have ever had.
How They Got Here: A Career Timeline of The ‘Grown Ups’
Cinematic Listology By Cole Abaius on June 24, 2010 | Comments (2)I find myself shaking my head and wondering how the titans of my youth (and Kevin James) could end up here. I have to assume that, in some small or large degree, they’re asking themselves the same question. Sandler got his start making funny noises, Rock was a cultural icon with a lot of funny things to say about racial relations, Schneider annoyed everyone by the copy machine, and Spade annoyed everyone while they got off a plane, but all of these men created phrases that were repeated ad nauseam around the water cooler. Kevin James has always based his comedy around being large (like a non-threatening Chris Farley), so his trajectory to this point seems less confusing, but for the others, it’s almost like seeing the neutering of sharp comedic minds come to fruition. And they’re all doing it in one convenient movie.
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card: April 16, 2010
Features By Kevin Carr on April 16, 2010 | Comments (3)
Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 160 – Kick Fat at a Funeral
Features By Kevin Carr on April 16, 2010 | Be the First To CommentKevin and Neil invite you to experience a milestone in Fat Guy history… both Fat Guys have seen the new films this weekend, and they pretty much agree. Get your fire-and-bimstone umbrellas ready!
It’s a funny thing about remakes. For the most part, they are done for the wrong reasons and done with a lack of creativity. It’s something that concerns every movie fan when they hear the word. However, when you do it right, you deserve some praise. And this movie deserves some praise.
Death at a Funeral Trailer: Could Be Ok, But It’s Not the Same
Movie News By Neil Miller on December 5, 2009 | Comments (9)There’s something to be said about remakes, I know. And over the course of the nearly 4-year existence of Film School Rejects, we’ve said a lot about them. And with this one, there seems to be a lot to say…
Grown Ups Trailer: Sandler, Rock, Spade Go Back to the Well
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 12, 2009 | Comments (3)As is the case with most stock studio comedies, it takes more than just big names to make a comedy worth watching. Except for the fact that your trailer should also be funny. Which this is not.
Chris Rock Will Be Your Black Friend
Movie News By Bethany Perryman on October 5, 2009 | Be the First To CommentIn November 2008, Devin Friedman wrote a GQ article about trying to make friends with black people. Did he succeed? We don’t know, we can’t read. But we also can’t wait for the movie.
Biggest Comedic Talent of 1994 to Appear in Film Together
In Development By Cole Abaius on February 11, 2009 | Comments (12)Adam Sandler. Chris Rock. Kevin James. Rob Schneider. David Spade. After not making a movie for fourteen years, these comedy kings are back and joining forces for the first time.
Unnecessary Remake: Chris Rock Brings ‘Death at a Funeral’ To America
In Development By Rob Hunter on November 8, 2008 | Comments (33)Chris Rock is writing and starring in a remake of the 2007 British comedy, Death at a Funeral. A film that came out just last year, was directed by an American (Frank Oz), had pretty good exposure here in the US, and is already in English.
Review: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Movie Review By Brian C. Gibson on November 7, 2008 | Comments (8)I can’t say that I was particularly excited for this one, and when I heard the “I like to move it” song…I thought I’d be in for the same movie. However, as the film pushed along, I ended up being pleasantly surprised.
Movie Drinking Games: Madagascar – Escape 2 Africa
Drinking Games By Kevin Carr on November 7, 2008 | Be the First To CommentOkay, we all know this is a kids’ movie, but who’s to say that you can’t enjoy a Madagascar movie if you’re a grown up? With that said, don’t go crazy with this game.
Covert Penguins Return in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
First Look By Neil Miller on June 4, 2008 | Comments (2)All of the other animals are going to make their return as well, but they will not quite be as entertaining.
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