Oh, white people. Will we ever tire of complaining about the aches and pains of our petty bourgeois existence? Boo hoo hoo, the line at the iPhone store was too long. Boo hoo hoo, the barista got the ratio of... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: MARGOT AT THE WEDDING»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in
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Tags: Jack Black | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Margot At The Wedding | Nicole Kidman | Noah Baumbach
Did you see Year One, the Biblical-times movie starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, this weekend? If so, this is the place to talk about it. Especially because I don't know how it ends because I walked out of the... CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: YEAR ONE»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in
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Tags: David Cross | Harold Ramis | Jack Black | Judd Apatow | Michael Cera | Olivia Wilde | Paul Rudd | The Videogum Movie Club | Year One
You know, The Videogum Movie Club, that thing where we see the same movie on the same weekend and talk about it on Monday? This weekend it's the Michael Cera/Jack Black Biblical comedy Year One. Hopefully we'll all love it... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB REMINDER: YEAR ONE»
Posted on June 19, 2009
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Tags: Christopher Mintz-Plasse | David Cross | Jack Black | Michael Cera | Olivia Wilde | Year One
The MTV Movie Awards promo starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, and host Andy Samberg that they're showing on TV was funny, but this version is even funnier: Is it wrong that I'm actually looking forward to this show a little?... CONTINUE READING UNCENSORED MTV MOVIE AWARDS PROMO CONTAINS THE WORD "PENIS"»
Posted on April 22, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Depeche Mode | Jack Black | Michael Cera | MTV Movie Awards | Penises
There's a new full-length trailer for the Judd Apatow-produced, Harold Ramis-directed prehistoric/Biblical summer comedy Year One starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde from House, and all the Apatow people. I think it looks funny!: But it seems like the... CONTINUE READING WHAT? I THINK YEAR ONE LOOKS FUNNY!»
Posted on March 20, 2009 in
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Tags: Harold Ramis | Jack Black | Judd Apatow | Michael Cera | Olivia Wilde | Year One
Last night's special SuperBowl episode of The Office was typically-for-this-season medium-funny, but the subplot that involved Pam, Jim, and Andy watching a pirated upcoming movie, "Mrs. Albert Hannaday" starring Jack Black, Jessica Alba (barely), and comedy's current favorite old lady... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE: JUST THE MRS. ALBERT HANNADAY PARTS»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Cloris Leachman | Jack Black | Jessica Alba | The Office
Here's the Super Bowl teaser scene from Year One, starring Michael Cera and Jack Black as cavemen who witness history. Like The Ten Commandments meets Forrest Gump. In this two-minute scene, they meet Cain and Abel, played by David Cross... CONTINUE READING JACK BLACK, MICHAEL CERA, DAVID CROSS, AND PAUL RUDD IN YEAR ONE»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in
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Tags: David Cross | Jack Black | Michael Cera | Paul Rudd
Jack Black and John C. Reilly went on Keith Olbermann after the viral success of Prop 8: The Musical, along with the producer Mark Shaiman. Jack and John start talking about civil rights and their idea for Gay: The Musical... CONTINUE READING JACK BLACK AND JOHN C. REILLY TALK ABOUT PROP 8: THE MUSICAL»
Posted on December 8, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Jack Black | John C. Reilly | Neal Patrick Harris | Sonic Youth
Today FunnyOrDie put up it's most star-studded video ever, Prop 8: The Musical. It's almost impossible to make things like this this funny, so it's okay that they took an entire month. It works: Let's see, that was John C.... CONTINUE READING NEAL PATRICK HARRIS AND JACK BLACK IN PROP 8: THE MUSICAL»
Posted on December 3, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Andy Richter | Jack Black | John C. Reilly | Lollapalooza | Margaret Cho | Maya Rudolph | Neil Patrick Harris | Sarah Chalke
Sure, Robert Downey Jr. in black-face is controversial, but let's not forget Steve Martin in Mexican-face. Before there was Tropic Thunder, there was The Three Amigos: a comparison. ... CONTINUE READING HOLLYWOOD MORE OUT OF IDEAS THAN WE THOUGHT»
Posted on August 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Chevy Chase | Coachella | Jack Black | Martin Short | Robert Downey Jr. | The Three Amigos | Tropic Thunder
After disability advocate groups raised issues with Tropic Thunder's repeated use of the word "retard" and other offensive terms to describe a role played by Ben Stiller's character in the movie, DreamWorks has agreed to meet with them. It's almost... CONTINUE READING TROPIC THUNDER'S SIMPLE JACK WEBSITE WENT BYE-BYE»
Posted on August 5, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Simple Jack | Tropic Thunder
After last week's double hit of actually-pretty-good pretend websites for Simple Jack and Tugg Speedman, Tropic Thunder continues to roll out (Get it? "Roll" out?) more viral marketing stuff with a new "official website" for one of the movie's characters.... CONTINUE READING ALRIGHT, TROPIC THUNDER CAN KEEP PUTTING OUT FAKE WEBSITES»
Posted on July 24, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Steve Coogan | Tropic Thunder
The latest in Tropic Thunder's marketing effort to re-create the internet as it would be if the fake movie-within-the-movie actually existed are three new fake websites: Simple Jack and Scorcher, the fake websites of the fake movies Ben Stiller's character... CONTINUE READING IT'S TROPIC THUNDER'S MARKETING WORLD NOW, WE JUST LIVE IN IT»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Tropic Thunder
There probably are still many people out there in America and the world who, if you mentioned Tropic Thunder, the new movie coming out August 22, would say "What's Tropic Thunder?" But everyone else is probably, like me, getting a... CONTINUE READING DEAR TROPIC THUNDER MARKETING TEAM: YOU ARE OVERHYPING YOUR MOVIE»
Posted on July 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Fool's Gold | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Steve Coogan | Tropic Thunder
So, this video with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. played during the MTV Movie Awards last night, which I did not watch because Lindsay and I had a coin toss over who would have to suffer through... CONTINUE READING THIS TROPIC THUNDER VIRAL VIDEO IS AN ASSHOLE»
Posted on June 2, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | MTV Movie Awards | Robert Downey Jr. | Tropic Thunder | War In Iraq
lindsay: there's a new Tropic Thunder super-restricted red band trailer and it's so worth entering your birthday to watch! lindsay: do you have anyone who you just look at them and laugh lindsay: like ben stiller gabe: there is you... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: TROPIC THUNDER: GOOD MOVIE OR BEST MOVIE EVER?»
Posted on May 16, 2008 in
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Tropic Thunder
