The Quarantine Stream: 'The Foot Fist Way' Is Like 'Cobra Kai' For Sociopaths
Over at Amazon and Hulu you can watch The Foot Fist Way, the beginning of a beautiful collaborative relationship between Jody Hill and Danny McBride.
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Danny McBride To Star In Jody Hill's L.A.P.I.
Now that Danny McBride and Jody Hill ostensibly have the keys to the kingdom by way of their new production company, Rough House Pictures, the world of comedy better watch its stagnant ass. Hill is attached to direct, and McBride to star as a "beaten down, hardboiled private investigator," in a new action-comedy called L.A.P.I.…
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Jody Hill's The American Budget Shopping Network With Andrew Daly And Collette Wolfe
Viral videos have popped up this week under the guise of scratchy infomercials for something horrendously called The American Budget Shopping Network. A few readers have emailed in to ask if these are previews for the upcoming season of Eastbound & Down, which is understandable since they are hosted by Andrew Daly, aka Principle "I've…
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The Jody Hill Interview Part 2: Observe & Report, The "Sex Scene Controversy," Mall Hate, Parents, The Foot Fist Way, And A "Southern Godfather"
This past April saw the release of writer/director Jody Hill's first official Hollywood feature entitled Observe & Report. The film is an uncompromised portrait of a young mall-cop riding the peaks and valleys of bi-polar disorder like a vigilante daydream set to Queen's Flash Gordon theme. In the lead, Seth Rogen gave his most memorable…
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The Jody Hill Interview Part 1: Eastbound & Down, Kenny Powers's Mullet, "Stevie's Dark Secret," And Race, Drugs, And Religion In The American South
With only two feature films and one TV show to his name, writer/director Jody Hill, is now synonymous with ignoring the boundaries and "genre rules" of modern comedy and creating anti-heroes that laughably burble with nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot-air egos. But there is also an internal depth to these macho doofuses played…
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Hunter Stephenson's Movie Review: Observe And Report (A Contender For Best Film Of 2009). Essay: The Genius Of Jody Hill
Weekend Update: Due to the amazing bitch-session in the comments: the following article is a combination free-form essay/review on the genius, relevance, and influences of writer/director Jody Hill and his works including The Foot Fist Way, Eastbound & Down, and his latest, Observe and Report. It also deals with the growing trend of incredibly dark…
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Jody Hill Has An Idea For A Foot Fist Way Prequel/Spin-Off?
While doing interviews for his new movie Observe & Report, director Jody Hill revealed that he has toyed around with doing a prequel/spin-off of The Foot Fist Way, the indie comedy that caught Hollywood's attention and made Danny McBride a star. Hill wants to return and tell the story of Chuck "The Truck" Wallace (Ben…
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Exclusive Set Visit! HBO's Eastbound And Down With Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, And Ben Best. (Cameo By Gina Gershon)
Pulling into the suburbanish neighborhood of Marsh Oaks in Wilmington, North Carolina, one would not expect this quiet enclave to be ground zero for an American Comedy Valhalla, but surprise, surprise. On the sunny backyard patio of an upscale home, a camera is rolling as Pineapple Express director, David Gordon Green, casually pitches one-liners to…
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Fred Simmons On Conan O' Brien; The Foot Fist Way Red Band Movie Trailer
Who is Fred Simmons? Why is he The King of the Demo? And what does "King of the Demo" even mean? I'm not quite sure... On February 26th, Danny R. McBride appeared as Simmons on the Conan O' Brien show in a fake promo to promote the upcoming Paramount Vantage comedy The Foot Fist Way.…
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