Here’s the first poster for Judd Apatow’s This is 40, the upcoming sorta sequel to Knocked Up.
In addition to Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprising their roles from Knocked Up, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, Lena Dunham (Girls rules), and Melissa McCarthy also star.
It’s my #5 most anticipated film and the trailer did nothing to change that. Roll on December 21st.
It’s been ages since I posted anything, but a pretty cool poster for the intriguing looking A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg will spur me into action.
April 15th is when I find out if the very positive reviews about Girls that came out of SXSW was warranted.
I’m really hoping it was because I’m pretty damn excited for this show.
Here’s the second poster for the Todd Phillips produced Project X, a film I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. It opens on March 2nd.
Here’s what they’re calling the first trailer for Will Ferrell’s upcoming comedy Casa de mi Padre. To be honest, a lot of this was in the video that came out months ago, which I thought was the trailer.
This film has been super high on my most anticipated list since I learnt about it.
Ned (Paul Rudd) lives a happy life growing organic vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn) and his dog named Willie Nelson, until an unadvised incident with marijuana at a farmer’s market lands him in jail. When he gets out of jail, he is forced to live with his sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) and Miranda (Elizabeth Banks).
Look at that cast. You add in Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Steve Coogan, and T.J. Miller and this film basically becomes one of my wet dreams.
So again, it’s an indie comedy, something that’s right up my alley, and it features a group containing some of my favourite actors and actresses.
Beyond that it’s simply a funny and somewhat touching story about a likeable good-natured guy with three messed up, self-absorbed sisters, who he’s able to positively affect when he stays with them against their wishes. Not much more to it than that.
It’s hard to put into words why I like Cedar Rapids so much. It’s a pretty quiet, understated, indie comedy featuring comedic juggernauts Ed Helms and John C. Reilly.
The film tells the story of Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), an insurance salesman who goes to a convention in Cedar Rapids in place of the office star (Thomas Lennon) after he dies. There he meets fellow salesmen/women Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly), Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr) and Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche).
In essence I guess the film is a fish out of water story, but a description of that nature doesn’t really seem to do the film justice.
Cedar Rapids is interspersed with these quiet romantic moments between Tim and Joan, and for me they are the highlight of the film. That’s not to say the rest of it isn’t wonderful, I just found these scenes to be a distinct change of pace for a comedy. The highlight is the pool scene with Tim, Dean and Joan. There’s a moment in there which is shot in such a beautiful way I find myself waiting for it every time I watch the film.
Not much more to say other than watch this film. It’s all kinds of awesome.
