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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Sep 15 2008 'Four Christmases' Trailer is Pukable
In the grand tradition of Meet the Fockers, The In-Laws, Monster-in-Law, et al, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, and Jon Voight join the ranks of aging celebrities exploited as wacky in-laws in Four Christmases, a movie you'll probably be forced to watch with your family this Christmas. In this grating ensemble comedy, Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn play a couple forced, for reasons not entirely explained, to consecutively visit each of their zany divorced parents over the holidays. Like the presence of the word "disaster" in the title of Disaster Movie, I feel the decision to include an "I'm going to puke" scene in Four Christmases will be a regrettable one that makes the inevitably lackluster reviews almost too easy to write.
Sep 21 2007 'Fred Claus' Poster May Be Offensive
I know that Fred Claus is about Santa Claus's brother coming to visit and annoy him for the holidays, but I think there are two ways this could play out.
The bad way: Like Houseguest, starring Sinbad, or Uncle Buck, we're meant to find it amusing that they've created a terribly obnoxious character that we're forced to endure for two hours.
The good way: Like What's Eating Gilbert Grape, we see how even the most giving man on Earth cracks under the pressure of dealing with his screaming, retarded brother.
Originally I would have assumed the first option, but this poster has me thinking we've still got a shot at the good one.
EXCLUSIVE POSTER: 'Fred Claus' [Cinematical]
Jul 10 2007 Fred Claus Teaser Trailer
Every time Vince Vaughn grows an undereye bag, an angel gets its wings.
Watching the Fred Claus trailer, it's hard for me not to do a balancing act, like some sort of well-hung Lady Justice with 20/20 vision (thanks, LASIK). On one side you've got Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, the director of Wedding Crashers, and an apparent lack of Tim Allen. On the other, you've got... a Christmas movie. With elves. And people falling down in the trailer.
To bash it or not to bash it, which way will the scale swing? At tough times like these, I always turn to Onanism, my only true friend.
May 15 2007 Vaughn and Wilson Say No to 'Outsourced', Fat Chicks
"I think I speak for both of us when I say, 'Go f*** yourself, Hank Azaria.'"
Hank Azaria (of Simpson's fame) is reporting that Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have dropped out of Outsourced, a project developed specifically for them that Azaria is directing.
"The Simpsons" voice actor has put his acting career on hold to shoot "Outsourced," a comedy that marks Azaria’s directorial debut. "It’s about these two guys who work at a factory in Southern California," Azaria said. "Their jobs get outsourced to Mexico, and they decide 'Well, we like Mexico. Let’s go down there and work down there'. And they become like the Norma Raes of Mexico."
Asked for comment, Vaughn and Wilson allegedly responded, "Wait, so you do the voice of an Indian guy on a cartoon, and based on that you decide to direct a movie called Outsourced, but it's set in Mexico? Weird."
Okay, so no Vaughn and Owen Wilson. How 'bout Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson? Will Farrell and William H. Macy? Vin Diesel and Ice Cube? I'm sure he'll figure it out.
In the meantime, Daddy'll be drinkin'.
