Magnolia Pictures has released the new poster for the upcoming Australian sex comedy The Little Death, written and directed by Josh Lawson. The film stars Lawson along with Bojana Novakovic, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Kate Box, Patrick Brammall, Alan Dukes, Lisa McCune,
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2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine was unquestionably immature, but there was also some measure of humanity behind the various humiliations. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 drops the heart and focuses below the belt with an uninspired string of dick jokes and adlibbed insults. Another thing absent this time around is the original’s most marketable performer, John Cusack, whose character only appears in a still photo and is said to be on a “spiritual journey.” The actor was likely on a journey to find a better script. He wouldn’t have to travel far.
Here we have the first trailer for Anne Fletcher‘s (27 Dresses) Hot Pursuit, and before you get all excited about a possible remake of the classic 1987 John Cusack comedy, this is actually a police comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as an officer tasked
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Born out of a fake movie trailer, Justin Simien’s feature debut, Dear White People, is just the right kind of biting satire we need in our current social climate. It’s the type of film that holds a mirror up to its audience and poses a lot of questions about race but doesn’t dare propose any answers.
*EDIT:* It seems as though the trailer has been pulled. We’ll update the embed once a new one becomes available!
Here we have the trailer for Shira Piven‘s Welcome to Me, starring Kristen Wiig as an emotionally fragile woman who wins the lottery
Today, Shout! Factory announced that they have acquired the rights to Brian James O’Connell‘s horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards, which just screened at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival. The film stars Fran Kranz as an apathetic office worker who discovers his new boss is a vampire. The
Universal has released the first trailer for Seth MacFarlane‘s Ted 2, which sees the return of Mark Wahlberg and his lovable, yet disgusting talking teddy bear, voiced by MacFarlane. The film also stars Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman, Dennis Haysbert, Jessica Barth and Liam Neeson.
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Suburban Gothic is the sophomore feature for writer-director Richard Bates Jr., and although the tone is decidedly different than his first film, Excision, the unique visual style is much the same. Favoring comedic antics and funny dialogue over gore, this is a lighter horror film, but still manages to be a fun and entertaining ride and yet another solid entry into Bates’ filmography.
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It’s a common occurrence for a film to explore the objectification of women, usually by featuring stereotypical male protagonists whose only goal in life is to repeatedly get laid by as many nameless women as possible. In Female Pervert, writer-director Jiyoung Lee takes this trope and flips it around, focusing on a woman who objectifies the men in her life. This results in a delightfully awkward romp that, while fun, plays it a little too safe.
A new trailer has been released for director Peter Bogdanovich‘s (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) latest, She’s Funny That Way. This is Bogdanovich’s first narrative feature since 2001’s The Cat’s Meow, and it looks like he’s assembled quite the cast for this
The upcoming comedy Results, written and directed by Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess) has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures ahead of its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovani Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker
It’s not completely uncommon for films to get picked up for distribution before they even have their first screening at the Sundance Film Festival and such is the case with Jared Hess‘ upcoming comedy Don Verdean. Hess previously directed a little indie
Here we have the first trailer and clip from Jiyoung Lee‘s upcoming comedy Female Pervert, which is set to have its premiere at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. The film stars Jennifer Kim as Phoebe, a sexually awkward video game
Jemaine Clement and Taiki Waititi’s hilarious vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows is gearing up for a February release, and it needs your help to make it to more theaters than
Paul Feig‘s (Bridesmaids, The Heat) latest action-comedy Spy has received new green band and red band trailers. The film stars Melissa McCarthy as a CIA analyst who must go into the field after the cover of all the top agents gets blown.
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Celebrity tabloid TV show host Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) have had a successful run with their very popular show “Skylark Tonight.” Skylark has his fans, and detractors, but much to his surprise the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un (Randall Park) is a huge fan. Rapoport reaches out to North Korea to set up an interview with the dictator and is quite stunned when they accept. As the team prepares for its trip, the two receive an unexpected visit from the CIA, which recruits the pair for a very important mission. The CIA wants Skylark to assassinate Kim Jung-un when he meets Kim Jong-un for their interview.
