Oct 16 2009 'Serious Moonlight' Trailer: More Middle-Aged Marriage Rekindling!

You may have seen Meg Ryan find love by way of radio show, AOL emails, Einstein, and probably hundreds of other ways, but there's one method of Ryanlove still unexplored: Meg Ryan finds love by way of Stockholm Syndrome. Until now! From director Larry David's Fictional Wife, it's Serious Moonlight:

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Aug 19 2009 'When in Rome' Trailer: 'Sex and the City' with Fewer Ladies, More Supernatural

What happens when you mix the torturous I'm-a-Manhattan-lady-looking-for-love voice-over of Sex and the City; advertisements for the music of Jason Mraz, The Academy Is, and a group that chose to name themselves 3OH!3; the unfortunate, image-tarnishing presence of Will Arnett; chromakey that somehow looks far, far worse than your local weatherman standing in front of the StormTracker screen; and magic? Let me show you:

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Jul 1 2009 'Couples Retreat' Trailer: Marriage! You Know What I'm Sayin'?

I can still remember my friend, the one with the "Vegas, Baby, Vegas!" poster positioned proudly above his bed, rushing into my dorm room some time in 2001 to announce the existence of Jon Favreau's Made: "Dude, it's like Swingers, but with gangster shit!" Though the film would later prove itself less mind-blowing that I'd hoped, the idea of any sort of Swingers continuation was pretty great at that point in my life. It wasn't a Star Wars prequel, but it was something.

So today, let me be your college friend announcing the next somewhat disappointing pseudo-sequel to Swingers, Couples Retreat: Dudes, it's like Swingers! Except now they're middle-aged and in depressing, loveless marriages filled with countless infidelities! And they're friends with Jason Bateman:

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Apr 16 2009 Kristen Bell Says, 'You Again'; I Say, 'Yep, Just Me."

You aren't the only one getting constant, unwanted Facebook quizzes from idiots you knew in high school. To harbor so much latent teenage resentment, the guy who wrote this film must get like twice as many:

Kristen Bell has signed to star in "You Again," the Disney comedy that Andy Fickman is directing.

Written by Moe Jelline, the story follows a young woman (Bell) who finds out her brother is marrying the girl who made her high school years a living hell. She tries to find a way to show her brother the fiancee's true colors.

Let's see... The would-be groom is Bell's brother, so those two can't end up together. So... she must instead carry out a series of backfiring attacks on the fiancee until, at the climax, one finally succeeds; instead of feeling victorious, she comes to the realization she is now the bully in the relationship, and that people change. Just a guess.

Kristen Bell wedded to 'You Again' [THR]

Jan 22 2009 Dakota Fanning's Overwhelming Paleness Joining Robert Pattinson's Overwhelming Paleness?

E! Online is reporting that Dakota Fanning is in negotiations to star alongside Robert Pattinson (vampire) and Kristen Stewart (human) in New Moon (that's the Twilight sequel, for those of you who don't READ teen girl vampire romance):

I can exclusively report that the 14-year-old child star—she turns 15 on Feb. 23—is in talks to play Jane opposite Robert Pattinson & Co. in New Moon, the upcoming sequel to box office megahit Twilight.

“There were no auditions,” a source reveals. “They just offered it to her outright, and now they’re in negotiations. They’ve been going back and forth.”

Jane is a member of Italy’s Volturi, the most deadly group of bloodsucking killers in author Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling series.

In the casting notice we got our hands on earlier this month, Jane is described as a petite blonde with a “Botticelli angel-like face…[and] crimson irises.” While fellow Volturi guards Demetri & Felix “are three times the size of her, they are terrified of her,” the casting notice reads.

I don't know anything about Twilight aside from how often the vampire guy menacingly stares, but I thought a large part of the reason the studio was loving this series was that its fan base is so insane that they can cast whoever they want, regardless of notoriety or talent, and everyone will still see it, giving the films a huge profit margin. It seems pointless to cast a pricey, acclaimed actress when dubbing a voice over a drawing of Dracula with eyelashes would bring in the same box office numbers. And won't the weight of prosthetic fangs added to her head make her neck vertebrae telescope? Anyone more informed about Twilight/physics have some thoughts on this?

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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