Click here for my Sundance interview with director Greg Mottola. First things first: Although “Adventureland” is written and directed by Greg Mottola—who directed “Superbad”—it is not the same kind of over-the-top comedy as that movie (which was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg). If you go in expecting “Superbad II,” like most people this […]
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Today’s user-submitted Top 10 comes from Ryan Magnuson, a musician and film student at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS. Ryan proves that there is more than one way to read a film, and sometimes it’s better if it’s not the way it was originally intended. If you’d like to submit your own Top 10, just […]
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I don’t usually post things about online promos for movies, but the new site for the upcoming thriller “Obsessed” may just be the most ingenious web promo ever. Seriously. Especially if you know a lot about a friend of yours who happens to be attached. Someone just sent this to me, and it certainly got […]
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This shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen‘s work, but his newest movie “Bruno,” scheduled for release on July 10, has just received an NC-17 from its the ratings board. It’s not uncommon, actually, for filmmakers to submit a first cut that is way raunchier than anything they actually hope to get a […]
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On the first day of SXSW 2009 at the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, Eric Melin interviews Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger from The Whitest Kids U’ Know on a live sketch comedy tour to promote the Fox Searchlight comedy “Miss March.” Is there a Whitest Kids U’ Know movie on the horizon? […]
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DreamWorks makes a 3D movie with characters that don’t jump off the screen.
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With a clear-cut, no-nonsense title like “Monsters Vs. Aliens,” the new DreamWorks animated spectacle (shown in many theaters in eye-popping 3D) tells you exactly what it’s going to be. Yet so did “Snakes on a Plane,” and somehow that movie managed to disappoint as well. The DreamWorks factory makes fast-paced kids’ films with just enough […]
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In Billy Wilder’s 1960 Best Picture winner “The Apartment,” an ordinary guy falls in love with a lovely woman who is stuck in an affair with a married man. The man keeps making promises to her that he’ll leave his wife and family, but he never does. Wilder had the rare gift of being able […]
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I’ve never seen any of the “Fast and Furious” movies with Paul Walker, but I love seeing what those crazy Brits Addictive TV are going to do next. I posted their last remixes, of “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Iron Man,” so I thought I’d keep up the trend here. Basically, these VJ artists take video and […]
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It’s tough. I still haven’t gotten over it. “Watchmen” was a disappointment. For as many things as it did right (the opening credit sequence, the Dr. Manhattan flashback, the adherence to so much of the book) there are as many things that were just deal-killers (the fetishized violence, the slo-mo “cool” factor, the bland performances). […]
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Director James Gray’s moody drama features a subtle performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a heartsick guy trying to find happiness with a sparkling Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Paul Rudd and Jason Segel star in and carry this very funny if formulaic romantic comedy between a guy who needs a friend and real buddy buddy.
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Eric Melin guest host Whitney Mathews review the new bromance comedy “I Love You, Man,” starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jon Favreau, Jamie Pressly, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, and Andy Samberg. “I Love You, Man” gives Paul Rudd a chance to flex his leading man chops, but does it give him a good character or […]
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This is the fifth and last in a series of reports from the SXSW Film/Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Scene-Stealers hosted the Bacon-Flavored Interactive Afterparty, the Harpoon Happy Hour, and the free SenoReality screening, all of which were held at the coolest bar in town, Red 7. While we were down there, Dustin (our executive […]
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