— by JESSIKA OWENS — Anybody who has ever had an office job can probably safely say they have fantasized about letting loose and just destroying the office in a drunken rage whilst watching co-workers act like bumbling fools. Perhaps I’m speaking for myself, but it sounds fun in my[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jason Bateman’
Trailer: Disconnect
— by ADAM POYNTER — The fact that you are reading this means that you are relying on technology — either by Smartphone, computer or tablet, you are dependent on the internet for information or social connections. Whether you want to admit it or not, the internet has changed the way[...]
Identity Thief: Review
— by ADAM DALE — When you take two comedians such as Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman — each with a fine-tuned style that works for them and audiences don’t mind seeing again and again – and put them in a movie together, it would be pretty funny, would it not? Well, unfortuna[...]
Trailer: Identity Thief
— by ADAM POYNTER — Jason Bateman is back and he is re-teaming with his “Horrible Bosses” director Seth Gordon on a new film called “Identity Thief.” Bateman plays a straight-laced, conservative Denver resident named Sandy Bigelow Patterson. Sandy finds out he has had his identit[...]
Netflix Grabs Rights to New ‘Arrested Development’ Episodes
— by ALEXA MILAN — Practically ever since “Arrested Development” ended its three-season run on FOX in 2006, the cast and crew have kept the rumor mill churning about a possible big screen continuation. Now after more than five years, fans finally have some concrete news that [...]
Get Ready for More ‘Arrested Development’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Is the long-in-the-works “Arrested Development” movie finally about to come to fruition? Or is it another one of Gob’s illusions? According to creator Mitchell Hurwitz, fans may be about to get their movie and then some. Sunday at the New Yorker Festi[...]
Under Review: ‘The Change-Up’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Yes, there is a new body-switching comedy out and even though it shares the same concept as movies like “Freaky Friday,” it is by far the furthest departure from the typical PG-rated genre as this is a raunchy, raucous and in your face movie that earns its R ratin[...]
Review: Horrible Bosses
— by ADAM POYNTER — In my opinion, some of the best recent comedies are those that have a few key ingredients: clever writing, an original idea and also a talented ensemble cast of actors that are allowed to do their own thing. Just let them improvise and run wild with ridiculous concept[...]
Six Clips from ‘Horrible Bosses’
— by ADAM POYNTER — We have all had them, a boss that is either mean or verbally abusive. I’ve had managers that have given me their work to do and I did it happily thinking I was helping them out and gaining experience, and then they took credit for it. Either way, every single [&hell[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Horrible Bosses’
— by ADAM POYNTER — On a night out, three friends — Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman), Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) and Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) — realize that their lives will never get any better if they continue to work fervently under their mean, duplicitous and underhanded[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Change-Up’ (Red-Band Trailer)
— by ADAM POYNTER — Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were the best of friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, and Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-ch[...]
Trailer Talk: MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’
— by SEAN GERSKI — When I first heard MTV was making a TV show based on the Michael J. Fox “Teen Wolf” movie, it wasn’t news that thrilled me. Like many, I enjoyed the heck out the first one when I was younger. However, after seeing the show, I now realize I had absolut[...]
Five Clips from ‘Paul’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Spaced,” “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz.” You would be hard-pressed to find a bromance as strong as that of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. After a few solo projects, Britain’s best comedy duo is reuniting onscreen in the sci-fi co[...]
Test Screening Review of Paul
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Since the entertaining 30-minute presentation of “Paul” at this year’s Comic-Con, I’ve been anticipating the film’s arrival in theaters. The panel at Geek mecha was comprised of Greg Mottola, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Seth Rogen, Jeffrey T[...]