Movie Review: Funny People
July 31, 2009
Comedy is always serious business, whether the joke is on the funnyman with the pie in the kisser or the woman trying, really trying, to fall for the schnook who didn’t use the condom. “Funny People,” the latest from Judd Apatow, the director of the hit comedies “Knocked Up” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and a prolific producer, is being pitched as a bid at gravity, earnestness, adulthood, whatever. It’s an angle that sounds as if it had been cooked up by a studio flack to explain how words like divorce and death got tangled in with all the penis (and thereabouts) jokes. But the only difference is that now Mr. Apatow also seems lethally serious about being Judd Apatow. Read more
New Movies in Theaters July 31, 2009
July 31, 2009
Funny People
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Movie Website: FunnyPeoplemovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow Read more
Movie Trailer: Brothers
July 29, 2009
Brothers
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Genre: Drama, War
MPAA Rating: R
Movie Website: Brothersfilm.com
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Jim Sheridan
Screenwriter: David Benioff
Actors/Actresses: Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham, Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare Read more
Movie Trailer: Alice in Wonderland
July 28, 2009
Alice in Wonderland
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Genre: Family, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
Movie Poster: Large Image Below Trailer
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Linda Woolverton
Movie Website: Disney.com
Actors/Actresses: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Sheen, Matt Lucas, Crispin Glover, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman Read more
Movie Trailer: The Invention of Lying
July 28, 2009
The Invention of Lying
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Movie Poster: Large Image Below Trailer
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Screenwriter: Ricky Gervais, Matt Robinson
Movie Website: The-Invention-of-Lying.com
Actors/Actresses: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Nate Corddry, Patrick Stewart, Jason Bateman Read more
July 28, 2009 DVD Releases
July 28, 2009
Bart Got A Room
Genre: Comedy, Teen
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Plum Pictures
Director: Brian Hecker
Screenwriter: Brian Hecker
Actors/Actresses: William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Steven Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, Ashley Benson Read more
King Kong Prequel To Be Made
July 27, 2009
Variety is reporting that Spirit Pictures is looking to make another King Kong movie and a project initially developed by effects legend Ray Harryhausen.
Producers at the company have picked up the rights to the book “Kong: King of Skull Island,” a prequel to the well-known tale of the big ape. Read more
G-Force Beats ‘Harry Potter’ At The Box Office
July 27, 2009
Disney’s “G-Force,” a 3D mix of family-oriented live action and CGI, debuted at No. 1 during the weekend with an estimated $32.2 million in domestic boxoffice, exceeding even the most bullish projections for the heavily marketed Jerry Bruckheimer-produced pic. Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” finished second after dropping a big 61% from its first Friday-Sunday tally, though $30 million from its sophomore session conjured a magical 12-day cume of $221.8 million. Read more
New Movies in Theaters July 24, 2009
July 24, 2009
G-Force
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Movie Website: disney.go.com/disneypictures/gforce
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
Screenwriters: The Wibberleys, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Tim Firth
Actors/Actresses: Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan Read more
Movie Trailer: Couples Retreat
July 23, 2009
Couples Retreat
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Movie Poster: Large Image Below Trailer
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Peter Billingsley
Screenwriter: Jon Favreau
Movie Website: CouplesRetreatmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love, Kali Hawk, Jean Reno Read more
