May 5 2008 'Iron Man' Was Seen by Many, Many People This Weekend

1. Iron Man - Apparently some people saw this iron character movie, and it made something like $100.8 million. Go figure.

2. Made of Honor - Maid $15.5 million this weekend. See what I did there? Used a nonsensical pun.

3. Baby Mama - $10.3 million, and it turns out the title has nothing to do with the ABC sitcom Dinosaurs and its hit Baby catchphrase, "Not the mama!"

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $6.1 million, meaning at least one more week for that Sarah Marshall in your office to continue with her stories of how she has to keep telling people she's not that Sarah Marshall, adding that she could be, though, because she's "driven over more than a few hearts along the road to middle age."

5. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $6 million, down nearly 60% since it was revealed that neither Harold or Kumar build a high-tech iron suit to fight their way out of Guantanamo Bay.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Apr 28 2008 'Baby Mama' is Weekend Box Office Daddy?

1. Baby Mama - A first place $18.3 million gross proves Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have finally put an end to the boys club of surrogate pregnancy movies. Take that,

2. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - With audiences giving $14.6 million to the sequel this weekend, it would seem some guys actually fulfilled their stoned promise to "get totally baked and see that shit, then get like a case of Sliders on the way home, man."

3. The Forbidden Kingdom - $11.2 million, so apparently I'm the only one who keeps thinking it's an unwatchable NBC mini-series every time I see the name.

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $11 million, making this the highest-grossing Alzheimer's-based romantic-comedy ever.

5. Nim's Island - Still here, with $4.5 million.

Dec 13 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Harold and Kumar 2' Understands Homonyms

See, in the first one, they were smoking joints. When it say they're running from the "joint", this time it's referring to prison, slangily referred to as "the joint" in some cultures. I knew there was inherent comedy lying within homonyms, but it took the Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay poster to prove it.

But I have to wonder, why not a shot of them in the airplane scene, with the tagline, "They've never been higher"? Or maybe "After torture, it's time to turn over a new leaf"? Is a word balloon saying "Weed rather not be waterboarded" too much?

Harold and Kumar 2 Poster [Worst Previews]

Dec 5 2007 R-Rated 'Harold and Kumar 2' Trailer Surprisingly Funny, Mutant-Filled

I like that in the first scene of the trailer, apparently picking up nearly immediately after the conclusion of the first film (a la Halloween 2), there are already two instances of "continuity porn." HA! They DID eat 30 burgers and four orders of fries at the end of the first movie! Ha-HA! Kumar WAS unusually preoccupied with the grooming of one's pubes! Those H&K fans do enjoy their call-backs!

Thank God they're building off the trend started by Walk Hard and taking full advantage of the particular freedoms of the "red band" trailer. "F***"s abound, both spoken and typeset! Plus, the debut of Missi Pyle's cycloptic, should-have-been-aborted offspring! Inbreeding enthusiasts, rejoice!

And, as terrible as the likeness may be, George W. Bush pawing the air, stoned and giggling, "'Cock-meat sandwich!' That's my favorite!" is a surprisingly humorous example of this sequel's apparent ambitions to top the original in scope while still continuing the story and rehashing beloved bits. What started as a stoner movie about eating cheeseburgers has now evolved into a diatribe on the American government.

And the ballsy title had better not change. It just might pave the way for Dude, Where's My Enlisted Son's Corpse?

Red Band Harold and Kumar 2: Escape from Guantanamo Bay Trailer [First Showing]

Nov 29 2007 'Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay' Shots

Lingerie-clad babes and flannel hunting shirts?! Is there any wacky (mis)adventure Harold and Kumar won't go through in their endless pursuit for small, square meat patties? Clearly not.

More images here.

Oct 23 2007 'Harold & Kumar 2' Poster Asks 'WWNPHD?'

So few films these days, let alone in their posters, have a clear, inspiring message to deliver unto the legions of fans of the world's youngest medical doctor, Doogie Howser.

Thankfully, salvation has come in the unlikely form of the Harold & Kumar 2 one-sheet--a promotional item that will surely pull in the film's core stoner audience before they even realize what it's for--by asking the simple question, What Would NPH Do? (That's Neil Patrick Harris, for those who haven't tolerated his multi-season explanation of how he met your mother).

And the answer to such a profound query? Ride a unicorn down from the heavens, then probably record the incident in primitive word-processing software.

At least now we know.

Harold & Kumar 2 Poster [IGN]

Aug 17 2007 Harold And Kumar 2 Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for Harold and Kumar 2 is online, and the plot outline is that they're running from authorities who suspect them of being terrorists after they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam. Sound stupid? Of course. But who cares, because Doogie Howser is back and reprising his role as, well, Doogie Howser. If they can somehow work in Scott Baio playing Scott Baio, this thing will win all sorts of Academy Awards. Wait, they have a category for "Best Use Of TV Actors Who Used To Be Famous But Now Aren't Famous" right?