Movie Comedies

'Funny People' Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler, Together at Last

Spooner is Hidden Gem at Newport Beach Film Fest

Herman (Matthew Lillard) and Rose (Nora Zehetner) get a jump on their relationship in "Spooner."This post is based on one of life's happy accidents. Folks at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs through Thursday, asked weeks ago if I wanted to write about a film called Spooner, which was dire ... More >>

'Role Models' Is Smarter and Bawdier Than Your Average Boys-to-Men Movie

Herman (Matthew Lillard) and Rose (Nora Zehetner) get a jump on their relationship in "Spooner."This post is based on one of life's happy accidents. Folks at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs through Thursday, asked weeks ago if I wanted to write about a film called Spooner, which was dire ... More >>

Kevin Smith Blows His Wad With 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

Herman (Matthew Lillard) and Rose (Nora Zehetner) get a jump on their relationship in "Spooner."This post is based on one of life's happy accidents. Folks at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs through Thursday, asked weeks ago if I wanted to write about a film called Spooner, which was dire ... More >>

Zack and Miri Lose a Title

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

The True Bromance of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogan's 'Pineapple Express'

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Steve Carell's 'Get Smart' Redux Is a Rare Device: A TV Remake for the Big Screen That Works

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

'Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay' Is a Forced Act Two

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Neither Tina Fey Nor Amy Poehler Seem Invested in 'Baby Mama,' Their Surrogate-Mommy Comedy

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

In the Judd Apatow-Produced 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' Jason Segel Uses His Balls to Great Effect

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

'Leatherheads,' George Clooney's Ode to Screwball Comedies of Yore Is Sooooo Close. But Yet . . .

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Owen Wilson Is a Bad Fit for an Ass-Kicking Bodyguard in 'Drillbit Taylor'

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Teen Comedy Charlie Bartlett Could Use a Dose of Mean

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Absolutely, Positively See Definitely, Maybe

You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>

Oscar Nominations are announced

And yes, I'm up prior to the crack of dawn to get them to you. The biggest surprise, if you can call it that, is the strong showing by MICHAEL CLAYTON, with six nominations. Not so surprisingly, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN each have eight. Via CNN, because it announced even befor ... More >>

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Pause & Rewind: The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Hock the Line

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox

LYT's Film Pick(s) of the Weekend 12-7-07

If you're a horror fan, see TIMBER FALLS this weekend. If you aren't, it won't be the one that wins you over. Call it The West Virginia Switchblade-Sickle Massacre. When a young couple (Edward Burns wannabe Josh Randall and Brittany Murphy wannabe Brianna Brown) go on a hike in a state park, they ta ... More >>

LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 8-17-07

I don't have one. The Invasion is being called the worst of the four Body Snatcher movies (and it's troubled history of reshoots and director-firings help me to believe that), Death at a Funeral's a dud, and Superbad? Well, everyone swears up and down it's super-awesome, but none of the clips I've ... More >>

Nerd Love

Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

Great Alpha Male

The Offices David Denman finds a character to root for in Shrew

Evan Can Wait

Why in Gods name did Steve Carell take the Almighty paycheck?

Fluff Done Right

Life and art meet sweet in breezy French comedy Avenue Montaigne

Old World Charm

Ken Davitian makes laughter for benefit grateful moviegoers of America

On the Road

Sacha Baron Cohens howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America

Borat Loves Orange County!

Next week, the pinche hilarious Borat Sagdiyev graces American screens with his Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The Weekly sponsored a screening yesterday at The Block at Orange, and weren't we all surpised when the Virgin Megastore there played a ... More >>

Eclectic Boogaloo

Baxter actor Theroux on David Lynch and the art of deadpan

Sex and the Pocket Protector

The 40-Year-Old Virgin goes deep

Please Release Me . . .

The special joy of the bad-movie press release

Through With Love

Drowning in an ocean of sickly sweet emotion

A Not-So-Fine Romance

When Lopez met McConaughey