Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:49AM - By Damon Houx
Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel are quite the comic duo – at this point they’re making a movie a year together, and are just coming off The Muppets. Their latest is The Five-Year Engagement, and it’s due out April 27, 2012. It’s even more of a reunion as the duo have also made two of their other recent films with Emily Blunt. She shows up in The Muppets, and also appeared with Segel in Gulliver’s Travels. Check out the trailer…
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Monday, November 21, 2011 2:00PM - By Damon Houx
There’s something curious about relaunching a famous brand that has gotten dusty. Sometimes reboots are done out of love, but more often than not it’s just a cashgrab. But don’t worry about 2011′s The Muppets, it was made by the right people for the right reasons. There’s no denying that The Muppets are a beloved group of performers, but between lesser films and TV movies, the gang has fallen from the spotlight – something that was inevitable after the passing of creator Jim Henson. Enter Jason Segel, who obviously helped will the production into existence, and now the muppets are back and as good as they once were. And if the movie mostly serves to push nostalgia buttons, it pushes them well.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
For anyone who saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the idea of Jason Segel and writer/director Nicholas Stoller making a Muppet movie seemed like their greatest dream. That film ended with a muppet musical, and it was obvious everyone involved loved The Muppets. So it’s nice that Disney gave the two the keys to the kingdom, the keys to reboot the beloved franchise. And they pulled it off. Segel and Stoller are old friends, and they have a natural comic rhythm together. Our chat follows, check it out…
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Friday, October 14, 2011 1:29PM - By Damon Houx
With the film coming out November 23, The Muppets is almost upon us, and each trailer brings a warm feeling of nostalgia. With this new trailer, many of the jokes feel like they could have been made in the earlier movies, or on the TV show. It looks like a warm hearted but funny attempt to bring these characters to the fore, and it looks like writer/star Jason Segel delivered. Check it out…
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Monday, October 10, 2011 12:06PM - By Damon Houx
One of the big movies of the winter season is The Muppets, and we’re starting to see advertising for the film gear up (though they’ve had a fun run of movie trailer parodies). Jason Segel and Amy Adams star alongside such familiar felt faces as Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Gonzo in the film that hits theaters November 23. But until then we should be inundated with more creative marketing, like this pre-movie clip for AMC theaters. Check it out…
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:39AM - By Damon Houx
The marketing for The Muppets has been nothing if not creative, and now they’ve moved on to parodying The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer. This doesn’t have the same psyche-out reveal of their earlier trailers, and stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Chris Cooper are front and center, while many of the film’s cameos are now readily apparent. This is a fun trailer and plays to what looks to be the film’s strength: its sense of humor. Check it out…
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 6:00PM - By Damon Houx
Black comedies are tricky, because you are usually following a main character who is a terrible human being. But when they work they become classics – like the more recent Bad Santa. That film seems a direct inspiration for Bad Teacher, which stars Cameron Diaz as a teacher who’s happy to show her students movies every class until she learns she can get money for having them do well on a test. Though not as scathing as Bad Santa, Teacher is an amusing lark, with solid performances by the cast who keep the film moving. Find out more below…
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Monday, June 20, 2011 11:05AM - By Damon Houx
After three psyche-out trailers, The Muppets finally has a non-parody trailer. Of all the reboots and relaunches, The Muppets could not be coming back at a more opportune time – people love the characters, most people in the United States grew up with Kermit and company (if not through the show and the series of movies, then through Sesame Street). The human cast includes Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper, and the trailer is great. Check it out…
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Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:41AM - By Krystal Clark
Last month we posted the first trailer for Cameron Diaz’s upcoming comedy Bad Teacher. It was a red band version and as you might suspect it featured some explicit content. Every curse word under the sun was used, and a scantily clad Diaz was shown washing a car in nothing more than a crop top and daisy dukes. We’re sure that will get guys into the theaters. Over on Yahoo Movies, they’ve released a teaser trailer that’s less gratuitous and more low key. Check it out…
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