Sundance Review: ‘Humpday’ is Awkward, Uncomfortable and Absolutely Hysterical
Features By Neil Miller on January 17, 2009 | Comments (2)If there is one thing that we can take away from director Lynn Shelton’s awkward sex comedy Humpday, it is that there is nothing more uncomfortable to watch yet strikingly hilarious than two straight men who set out to have sex on camera.
The movie is half-understated, intimate comedy, while the other half tends to veer into screwball comedy territory. There’s no excuse for Peter Hedges to take a story that should be a character study of what it’s like for a middle-aged man raising three daughters on his own and film it like Meet the Parents mixed with Wedding Crashers.
Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.
Box Office Update: Saw IV Slices Up the Competition
Movie News By John Cairns on October 28, 2007 | Comments (1)Well, it’s about time that we had a big weekend at the box office. Saw IV cleaned up this weekend with a big take of $32 million.
Dan in Real Life is simply a film that doesn’t live up to what its title and slogan promises. As far as the movie feeling like real life goes, this is far from it, despite a few honest and sincere moments. The slogan for the film is “plan to be surprised,†but I found most of it to be formulaic and predictable.
Sexy Starlets: Dan in Real Life’s Emily Blunt
Movie News By Fat Guys at the Movies on October 26, 2007 | Comments (17)This weekend British hottie Emily Blunt will share a few moments of screen time with the classic beauty of French starlet Juliette Binoche. And while it is Binoche who gets the most lines in Dan in Real Life as she plays the love interest to both Steve Carell and Dane Cook, it is Blunt who steals a bit of the show.
Actor Steve Carell and comedian Dane Cook have one distinct thing in common — in the year 2007, they have each made for which they were completely wrong. Thankfully they’ve both found a movie that was absolutely perfect for them — and it just happens to be the same film.
Box Office: Another Blood-Filled Life-and-Death Reject Report
Movie News By John Cairns on October 25, 2007 | Be the First To CommentWelcome to what is shaping up to be a fairly grizzly weekend at THE REJECT REPORT. This week we have two new movies going wide across America — the return of SAW IV, and the return of Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life. And Owen Wilson comes back from the almost-dead.
Stop Dane Cook: A Campaign to Protect Our Children
Movie News By Kevin Carr on October 21, 2007 | Comments (302)There’s a threat facing America, and the world at large. It’s not as high profile as other issues. You don’t see it talked about on the news like you do the Iraq war. You don’t hear the President address it like he does global terrorism. You don’t hear the CDC put out any alerts about it. But it’s out there, it’s a threat to the very fabric of our entertainment sensibilities and it is going unchecked, reaching epidemic levels. The threat, my friends, is Dane Cook.
Trailer: Carrell, Cook take on ‘Real Life’
Movie News By Neil Miller on August 10, 2007 | Be the First To CommentDane Cook is really trying for us. He is attempting to tone down the act and get into some movies where he may eventually become critically acclaimed. Sorry Dane, but I just don’t see this one panning out for you. His latest attempt teams him up with Steve Carrell in DAN IN REAL LIFE. Apple.com has just released the first trailer this afternoon.
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