The trailer for Michael Cera’s new movie, Youth in Revolt, is finally up online. It looks good. Based on a novel by C.D. Payne, that kind of reads like Confederacy of Dunces meets Gordon Korman’s I Want to Go Home, Youth in Revolt is the story of an awkward precocious pre-teen who meets a girl [...]
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Though remakes of good movies tend to be shitty, the latest addition to the cast of Dinner for Schmucks suggests that the Anglofied version of the 1998 Francis Veber dark comedy has some serious potential. Hollywood’s new unlikely darling Zach Galifianakis is in talks to be in the film, alongside Terminal favourites Steve Carrell and [...]
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Today, two awesome DVDs are unleashed upon the world: Tim and Eric, Season 3, and Flight of the Conchords, Season 2.
Tim and Eric, Season 3 includes guest appearances from Rainn Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Maria Bamford, Will Forte, Pixies frontman Frank Black, She-Devil star Ed Begley, Jr and MTV-2 alter-egos Jim and Derrick. There [...]
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Scott Aukerman’s Comedy Death Ray is being turned into a graphic novel, according to an article posted by Variety. The live show plays host to a number of established as well as up-and-coming comedians on a weekly basis in Los Angeles. So far, the project boasts a long list of impressive names, including Bob Odenkirk, [...]
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So apparently Zach Galifianakis is blowing up. Big time. What with The Hangover being released this week, Zach’s name seems to be twisting the tongues of most anyone talking about comedy these days (“alt” or otherwise). He even seems to be settling nicely into the David Cross/Patton Oswalt (holding?) pattern of popping up in more [...]
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A new, Tyson-centric trailer for Todd Phillips’ (Road Trip, Old School) upcoming comedy The Hangover just dropped all over the internet, courtesy of Myspace. Starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and, apparently, Mike Tyson, The Hangover is scheduled for a North American release June 5th.
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It probably comes no surprise to anyone that reads this blog–does anyone read this blog?–that we reserve a borderline sycophantic reverence for the surreal goofballery of Tim Heidecker and Erich Wareheim. Because come on, the guys are joke yogis. That’s why we were pumped to find out that the comedy duo are currently working on [...]
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