Aug 24 2009 'Vampire's Assistant' Poster Could Use More John C. Reilly
I was going to comment on how this looks like the cover to some ridiculous young adult book, but then I remembered this film is based on some kind of ridiculous young adult book. So, uh, never mind, I guess. Good job helping me so vividly recollect what a Scholastic book order form looks like.
Aug 6 2009 'Vampire's Assistant' Trailer: More Young Adult Vampire Literature-Turned-Film
Alright, Twilight fans, time to learn that not all vampires are young, svelte, big-haired dreamboats: sometimes they're John C. Reilly. Behold the trailer for Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, a film that, through inspired, Paul Thomas Anderson-like casting, places the doughy, curly-haired everydope in the role of a mentor dracula:
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Dec 24 2008 '9' Feature Film Makes '9' Short So Much More Marketable to Key Demos
Shane Acker's dialogue-free 2005 film, 9, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short (hey, here it is). Hollywood couldn't help but notice how charming and marketable the post-apocalyptic ragdoll stars were, and was like, "Alright, Shane, how about you make this into a feature film? One thing though: maybe to 'punch it up' a bit, add dialogue, and have that dialogue be read by notable celebrities. And make the lead character a puppy that wears sunglasses."
Here's the trailer:
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Jul 22 2008 'Step Brothers' Clip: Ferrell and Reilly Act Wacky!
Funny or Die has a new clip from Step Brothers in which, as you'd expect, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly act retarded for a few minutes. This time the man-child assault comes in the form of job interviews, in which the duo go together, wear tuxedos, and say stupid things. If your name isn't implicit in the phrase "the guys who brought you Talladega Nights," you will probably drift off through the white noise of your own groaning.
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Jul 3 2008 First Look at 'Cirque Du Freak'
Empire has the first official look at Cirque Du Freak, starring John C. Reilly as a vampire in a traveling freak show who takes on a 14-year-old boy apprentice. Apparently this lesbian couple is also involved.
May 28 2008 R-Rated 'Step Brothers' Trailer Includes Effin', Jeffin'
As is becoming the trend with raunchy comedies, there's a new R-rated trailer for Step Brothers. It's still just Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly pretending they're retarded, but now with F-words and camel penis references. Speaking as someone who has completely abandoned "Will Ferrell wacky stuff!" genre, I admit with some shame that I may have chuckled at a couple points. That's the closest I'm willing to come to an endorsement.
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Feb 28 2008 'Step Brothers' Trailer Brings Back the Idiot-Man-Child Genre
The trailer to Step Brothers has arrived, with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly effectively reinventing the strange partnership of two semi-retarded man-children that keeps you half-watching Dumb and Dumber when it's on cable (assuming that replacing fart jokes with shirtless jokes counts as reinvention). Surprisingly, and despite Ferrell again hamming it up with the usual shtick--this time marrying the childish naiveté of Elf and the assholeishness of Anchorman--it looks reasonably amusing. Probably worth watching once it replaces Dumb and Dumber on cable. Thanks for the tip, Kyle.
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Feb 21 2008 'Step Brothers' Poster Would Have Once Been Exciting
Does this image make anyone else feel as empty as it does me? As much as I genuinely like Ferrell, Reilly, and writer/director Adam McKay, I just can't force any enthusiasm for this thing. It's like staring at a Happy Meal: I know at one point I'd have been really excited for what awaited me, but now all I can see is blandness, uniformity, and what appears to be pubic hair.
'Step Brothers' Poster Premiere! [Cinematical]
Jan 8 2008 'Step Brothers' Pose at Sears Portrait Studio
Step Brothers takes the Adam McKay/Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly grouping of Talladega Nights and asks, What if we made fun of the affluent and spoiled, rather than the poor and trashy, with two competing stepbrothers? I'll try to reserve the necessary comparisons to Dumb and Dumber and pubic hair until the trailer.
Step Brothers Image [IGN]
Dec 12 2007 See The Beatles in 'Walk Hard'
Regardless of how funny Walk Hard ends up being, this scene with The Beatles, as played by Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, Justin Long, and Paul Rudd, should go down with I'm Not There as one of worst yet funniest group impressions in history.
Dec 10 2007 Watch First 10 Minutes of 'Walk Hard', or Don't
Unsure if Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story will be a hilarious laugh-em-up or just an obnoxious string of penis-euphemism-as-a-name jokes? Then either enjoy or despise this ten-minute preview, depending on how it pans out for you.
Personally, I'm going to avoid viewing the beginning until the theater. Sure, watching could give you a peek at things to come, and let you know if you really want to commit to two-hours of the same, but there's something not right about it. Like accidentally choosing a disgusting beer at the bar, or stupidly admitting you were available the day an acquaintance had to move, I feel starting to watch a bad movie is a mistake that should still be seen to its completion, however painful.
But do as you please, philistine.
First Ten Minutes of 'Walk Hard' [Rock Like Cox]
Nov 28 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Walk Hard' For Your Consideration, Again
The Walk Hard Oscar campaign has made a smooth transition from the first Variety ad, a middle finger in the face laced with dick jokes, to this new one, the belligerent shouting of a crazed braggart. It seems the series is following the theme of a night out drinking with me. Keeping with this pattern, the next ad should either be inappropriate amorousness or something about being passed out and naked in a Shell station toilet.
For Your Consideration [Defamer]
Nov 20 2007 'Walk Hard' Trailer Better With Chimp Hatred
There's probably never been a better case to be made for red-band, unrated trailers than in this one for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Until this, I had complete disinterest in watching John C. Reilly pretend to be Will Ferrell as he sings through a series of cock jokes. But throw in a shot of him cutting his young brother in half with a machete and yelling "f*** you" at a chimp and this is suddenly looking like a much better movie.
So maybe it's actually less a case for red-band trailers, more support for the destruction of children and chimps.
Thanks for the tip, Kyle. Trailer under the cut.
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Nov 15 2007 John C. Reilly Will Drink Your Blood
With all the hoopla surrounding films like Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, and Bridge to Terabithia--putting kids in fantastic, off-the-wall situations--it's about time someone made a smaller, more down-to-earth story, something any child could relate too. Like visiting an illegal freak show, meeting a vampire and a giant spider, and being forced into vampire servitude. You know, like when you were a kid.
Thankfully, About a Boy's Paul Weitz is making just such a thing, adapting Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak book series, and has cast John C. Reilly as the vampire. Why has it taken us this long to think of a curly-haired, kind of chubby vampire? I don't know. But at least we got there.
PS: I'm going on a short vacation, so there will be no new posts tomorrow. I'll be back Monday, refreshed and with a renewed enthusiasm in romantic-comedy trailers and Rambo posters.
Reilly gets his 'Freak' on with Uni [Hollywood Reporter]
Nov 9 2007 'Walk Hard' Oscar Ad References Genitals!
To Judd Apatow: I'm not sure how involved you are with the promotion of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, but this needs to stop. When your title already contains two dick jokes, it is completely excessive, and definitely not funny, to cram a third in.
Also, the name Cox is not, in itself, that funny. It may have once been funny; probably when either the first person was named Cox or the first time "cocks" was used to describe plural penises (whichever came last). But, as anyone with the Cox surname will surely tell you, it's gotten a bit tired. And as far as phallic names are concerned, NASCAR's Dick Trickle has an infinitely funnier name than Dewey Cox, mostly because it's somehow real.
Please discontinue this line of ads, lest I may be forced to reconsider your god-like comedy status.
Judd's 'Walk Hard' Gives Oscar the Finger [Deadline Hollywood]
Oct 2 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Walk Hard' and the Double Entendre
Fact: College kids love idiotic posters of Scarface, busty girls wearing shirts that ask "Got Milk?", Radiohead (for the pseudo-intellectuals), Jim Morrison (for the pseudo-intellectual stoners), and raunchy comedies.
So what's going to happen when the last two on that list merge, such as in this poster to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, particularly with so many dick jokes (at least three) involved? Will this become the ultimate dorm room poster, or is the inclusion of so many classical elements dooming it to the realm of "trying too hard"? Would your answer change if it also contained a quote from Swingers? We're truly living in a great time for scientific discovery.
'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' Poster [Cinematical]
Aug 16 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Trailer
With Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, writer/producer Judd Apatow and star John C. Reilly have somehow made both an intentional parody of Walk the Line and an unintentional parody of Will Ferrell, and it sadly doesn't even look that funny outside of the cameos. But with an amazing cast that has too many great people to mention (just look here), hopefully it's one of those things where the trailer makes it look bad but it's actually better, like the dirty trailer of a poor person who ends up having whatever positive trait poor people have.
