Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:25AM - By Andrew Payne
It’s a bit of a nerd Nirvana on DVD this week as three different sci-fi/fantasy/comic book parodies all arrive at once with the releases of Paul, Your Highness, and Super. So get your condescending laughs ready.
For those not looking for the geek-parody genre in order to fulfill their home entertainment desire, there are even more feature films hitting shelves this week, plus another that suffered the sad fate of having its premiere in stores.
Check it all out below…
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Monday, April 11, 2011 10:34AM - By Laura Aguirre
No charming millionaire or genius teen assassin was able to bring Hop down from its No. 1 spot. Last weekend the kid film surprised us all with its high gross ($38 million); despite grossing a lot less ($21.6 million) than last weekend, newcomers Arthur and Hanna were no match for Hop. A surprise to us was how poorly the highly anticipated comedy Your Highness did at the box office. It seems like audiences didn’t care to see a James Franco/Danny McBride reunion, nor Natalie Portman shooting arrows. The biopic Soul Surfer had more tickets sales, and landed at No. 4. Shocked? Us too.
Take a look at this weekend’s surprising numbers…
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 6:30PM - By Damon Houx
Though the title suggests a stoner comedy along the lines of The Pineapple Express, Your Highness is more of a goof on the fantasy and Sword and Sorcery movies that took over cinema in the early 1980′s, films that ranged from the studio financed Conan the Barbarian and Clash of the Titans, to the Italian and American rip-offs like Yor, the Hunter from the Future and Barbarian Queen. If you’ve got a soft spot for The Beastmaster, but also recognie that it’s kinda goofy, this movie is for you. Otherwise…
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 5:13PM - By Scott Schachter
Last weekend Hop did much better than expected at the box office. With the opening of the Arthur remake on April 8, this weekend Russell Brand will be fighting against himself for the top spot. Meanwhile, a slew of new releases battle for box office supremacy with James Franco‘s stoner comedy Your Highness up against the action thriller Hanna, the teen drama Soul Surfer and Russell Brand’s Arthur. It will be a busy busy weekend at the box office.
And now for our predictions:
Thursday, April 7, 2011 11:00AM - By Damon Houx
David Gordon Green began his career as a serious artist, with his first film entering the Criterion Collection. But he’s always been a funny man, and he was the first director to put Danny McBride in a movie. showcases that he’s always had a sense of humor.Recently he’s transition into bug budget studio comedies, and Your Highness is his most out there. It stars McBride and James Franco as brothers on a quest to rescue Zooey Deschanel from Justin Theroux evil wizard. Along the way they met up with Natalie Portman and come across some strange medieval magicians and magical creatures. Green has a sense of humor about his work, and his transition into mainstream cinema.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 9:00AM - By Damon Houx
James Franco and Danny McBride play unlikely brothers in David Gordon Green’s Your Highness -, but they play well off each other. McBride finally has a straight man, and Franco gives the character the gravitas to the film’s silliness. It’s a good working relationship– though the two worked together before in Green’s The Pineapple Express. In Your Highness they’re joined by Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel as their love interests and Justin Theroux as an evil wizard. It’s a movie that loving plays on the tropes of early eighties sword and sorcery movies, which McBride co-wrote. The two also made for a fun interview. Check it out.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 9:04PM - By Damon Houx
Justin Theroux first got attention when he was one of the characters in David Lynch’s Mullholand Dr. But though he worked successfully since then, his collaboration on the script for Tropic Thunder brought him new life as a screenwriter (he got sole credit on Iron Man 2). He’s currently co-starring in David Gordon Green‘s Your Highness - with Danny McBride, Natalie Portman and James Franco – as the evil wizard Leezar who has an evil plan for Franco’s fiancée (Zooey Deschanel). Check out our talk.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:12PM - By Damon Houx
As we get closer to the the April 8 release of Your Highness, we’re seeing the marketing for the film kick in to high gear (no pun intended). Recently we’ve seen new posters, a tie-in prequel comic book, and screenings and junkets start shortly for the film. And to keep interest up, Universal has released a new Red Band Trailer for the film, which stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel and is directed by David Gordon Green. Take a look…
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:44PM - By Damon Houx
Star Danny McBride has always talked about Your Highness (which opens April 8)as his version of Krull or Yor, or any of the other weird fantasy films to emerge in the early 1980′s. It should then be no surprise that he’s written a tie-in comic book that functions as a prequel, which Dark Horse Publishing has released and offers an on-line preview.
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