The new issue of Empire Magazine has a few new photos from upcoming fall/winter films. First up is a photo of John C. Reilly as a vampire in Paul Weitz’s Cirque Du Freak. Based on the first three novels by Darren O’Shaughnessy, Cirque Du Freak tells the story of a 14-year-old boy named Darren [...]

Columbia Pictures has released a new red band movie trailer for Adam McKay’s new comedy Step Brothers. Will Ferrell and John C Reilly star as two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched. While I’m usually a huge advocate of red band movie trailers (my argument is that they usually represent [...]

A comedy-drama written and directed by Steve Conrad (The Pursuit of Happyness, The Weather Man, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway), The Promotion gently satirizes the insular world of grocery chains, consumerism, and, of course, the American Dream of success through hard work, hard effort, and fair play. Depending less on the broad, low-brow comedy generally associated with [...]

I know I’m probably going to get slammed for saying this, but, I’m getting sick of Will Ferrell comedies. Don’t get me wrong, I have been a huge fan of Ferrell since before he had this huge mega-following (did anyone even see him in Dick?). And I’m not saying that Will Ferrell isn’t funny, because [...]

John C. Reilly, one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s regulars (also known as the PTA players) recently told the story of how he talked himself out of being in one of the best films of the year - There Will Be Blood.
“Paul and I talked a lot about it. He wrote me a part for the [...]

Earlier this month, Columbia Pictures released a full page advertisement in the Hollywood trade publications as a “For Your Consideration” for the Judd Apatow-produced musical comedy, Walk Hard. The mock advertisement featured John C. Reilly flipping the bird at Academy members.
The studio apparently got such a great response, that they’ve released a new “For You [...]

A new international unrated movie trailer for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story in now online. I know Judd Apatow produced this flick, and he’s on the streak of a lifetime, but so far I’ve had absolutely no interest in seeing this musical comedy, UNTIL NOW. And this is a great example of how a [...]

The last few months of any year, the trade papers are full of “For Your Consideration” advertisements. All the little artsy films being plastered on full page ads by the mini majors in hopes of Oscar gold.
Columbia Pictures has released a clever “For Your Consideration” advertisement for the Judd Apatow-produced musical comedy Walk Hard: The [...]

Cinematical has posted the new poster for the Judd Apatow produced musical biopic comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The theatrical trailer failed to impress me. Actually it looks horrible, and this is coming from a guy who has loved nearly everything that Judd Apatow and star John C Reilly have been involved in [...]

I first saw the trailer for Walk Hard at Comic-Con 2007, and was not impressed. Now you can check out the same trailer and decide for yourself. The movie written by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and director Jake Kasdan (Orange County) is a comic take on musical biographies as Ray, Walk the Line, and Selena. [...]

Sony has moved the Judd Apatow music comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story back to December 21st 2007. The movie written by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and director Jake Kasdan (Orange County) is a comic take on musical biographies as Ray, Walk the Line, and Selena.
Walk Hard follows the up-and-down-and-up-again struggle of legendary musician [...]

 
Judd Apatow is on a roll. 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and SuperBad (which I had a chance to see during Comic-Con. It’s possibly the best teen comedy since American Pie.) And Apartow isn’t wasting any time. He’s striking while the iron is hot and cranking out so many movies, a backlash is bound [...]

I always thought that Renaissance Fairs would be a perfect setting for a comedy. People all dressed up presenting to be in the past - the concept itself is even funny. ScreenDaily reports that Jack Black has been cast in the upcoming romantic comedy Ye Olde Times, a film which is about two Ren competing [...]

As you probably know, Across the Universe is one of the under-the-radar films we’ve been really looking forward to. Universe is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, described as a “romantic musical” told through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. You can watch the theatrical trailer at this link.
Anyway, it [...]

One of the films I really dug at Sundance this year was Year of The Dog, the directorial debut of Mike White.
You probably know White from his quirky screenplays (Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl, School of Rock, Nacho Libre). You might also recognize him as Buck from Chuck and Buck, or the religious security [...]