Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:01PM - By Damon Houx
Kenny Powers – the irascible fictional pitcher from Eastbound and Down - has already become an icon, and a favorite in the sports community. Which is funny because creators Jody Hill and Danny McBride never really knew much about the sport before they made the show. and they still don’t know much about it. But after two seasons showing Powers hit rock bottom, he’s now back in America, and ready for the minors. Here’s a teaser for the third season…
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Monday, July 25, 2011 6:09PM - By Damon Houx
Films rarely age like fine wine, so when a film that’s been sitting in a can for a couple of years finally comes out, it’s easy to be wary. The problem is that studios change hands and films can lost in the shuffle. We may yet see some good delayed releases that were simply caught in the mix. Cabin in the Woods, the Red Dawn remake, and Margaret may yet see the light of day in the next year, and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (shot in 2008) – which stars Jason Sudekis, Leslie Bibb, Tyler Labine, Will Forte, and Lucy Punch among others – will finally hit theaters September 2. Check out the trailer…
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 6:00PM - By Damon Houx
Halfway between the “put the camera down and let them riff” style of Judd Apatow productions, and the “tight and visually stylized” Todd Phillips aesthetic, Horrible Bosses takes a high concept premise but then lets its actors play in this dark and funny comedy. The film stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudekis as men tormented by their employers, who drunkenly decide that homicide is justified in their cases. As director Seth Gordon told us, it’s a relate-able premise. Find out more below…
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