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.

Apr 22 2008 'Forbidden Kingdom' Not Forbidden from Winning Weekend Box Office, Because It Did

The Forbidden Kingdom - After taking in $21.4 million, I'd say this Jet Li/Jackie Chan team-up really jump-kicked the competition, alluding to their martial arts skills.

2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $17.7 million, hinting that the close friends and co-workers of the talented Judd Apatow may also have talent of their own?

3. Prom Night - $8.7 million, helped in part by me going with a big group of friends. I mean, I definitely could have gone to Prom Night with a date, but I just thought I'd have more fun without all the pressure. It's not because I couldn't get a girl to go with me. Because I could have.

4. 88 Minutes - $7 million, which is pretty good for something that is, by all accounts, terrible.

Nim's Island - I was thinking, the whole fantasies-becoming-reality-on-an-island would be great as an entirely inappropriate softcore porn, but what would it be called? All I could come up with was Nip's Island. I'm sure there's a better option. Anyway, it made $5.7 million.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Apr 10 2008 Infant Sorrow Asks That We 'Do Something'

In the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall, our puppet-loving hero Peter's celebrity girlfriend dumps him for the lead singer of the tragically-titled band Infant Sorrow, Alduous Snow. So obviously we want to hate that guy. Thanks to a brilliant marketing move, that's become easy, as you can now indulge in two of Snow's dreadful, pseudo-meaningful music videos online. Sorrow's "We've Gotta Do Something" gives a vague, conflicting message of saving the planet, while the sensual epic "Inside of You" paints a lurid picture of sexual desire. Both are at once laughably ridiculous and sadly, frighteningly believable.

Watch them both, B the C (below the cut).

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Feb 5 2008 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Dirty Stuff Trailer

I'm not a Judd-Apatow-as-Possible-Comedy-God believer, but as I've said before, Forgetting Sarah Marshall looks really good, and this R-rated trailer makes it look even better in that special way only athletic intercourse and ass-shots can.

Watch it here, but only away from bosses and the elderly.

Dec 20 2007 More Apatow Funny With 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Trailer

Dare I say, Judd Apatow has done it again? In the tradition of Knocked Up and Superbad, Apatow and his crew look to have created yet another comedy full of goofy situations and characters that still remain true-to-life enough to stay believable and absolutely relatable. With both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Pineapple Express coming in the next year, it's nearly forgivable that he's also involved in the Zohan thing. At least until I'm exposed to it again.

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