New Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer, you guys: This movie just looks endlessly cute, charming, and endearing. I stand helpless before it. Or at least before its trailers. "But, Gabe, don't you think that it's just self-indulgent twee pop that blatantly... CONTINUE READING FANTASTIC MR. FOX CONTINUES TO LOOK (WAIT FOR IT) FANTASTIC»
Posted on September 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Bill Murray | Fantastic Mr. Fox | George Clooney | Jason Schwartzman | Meryl Streep | Owen Wilson | Vampire Weekend | Wes Anderson | Willem Dafoe
Here is a featurette about the making of Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. They dropped their computer in the toilet, too, but on purpose.... CONTINUE READING SPEAKING OF CHILDREN AND MOVIES»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in
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Tags: Bill Murray | Fantastic Mr. Fox | George Clooney | Jason Schwartzman | Meryl Streep | Wes Anderson
They say that art lies in taking something very personal and making it universal. Or whatever. The idea is that in exploring life as you understand it, from your own unique perspective, you actually find a way to relate to... CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: FUNNY PEOPLE»
Posted on August 3, 2009 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Aubrey Plaza | Aziz Ansari | Comedy Nerds | Death | Funny People | Health | Jason Schwartzman | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Seth Rogen
Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer, you guys: Oh, this looks great! It has such a nice homemade feel to it, like Wes Anderson got together with George Clooney and Bill Murray on a rainy Sunday afternoon and they put the whole... CONTINUE READING FANTASTIC MR. FOX LOOKS (WAIT FOR IT) FANTASTIC»
Posted on July 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Bill Murray | Children | Fantastic Mr. Fox | George Clooney | Jason Schwartzman | Meryl Streep | Owen Wilson | Roald Dahl | Wes Anderson
I have to say, Judd Apatow's upcoming Funny People is killing it in the Viral Marketing Department (with the possible exception of that talking Adam Sandler head on a baby's body clip, which was supposed to be awful, and it... CONTINUE READING FUNNY PEOPLE IS TAKING HOLLYWOOD TO VIRAL MARKETING SCHOOL»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Aziz Ansari | Eric Bana | Funny People | Jason Schwartzman | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Leslie Mann | Seth Rogen
There's an unusual (and unusually entertaining) ad for this summer's comedy-that-can't-get-here-soon-enough, Funny People, on the NBC website. It's positioned as a clip from a hit NBC show called Yo, Teach!, but it's one of those shows-within-a-movie type things, like those... CONTINUE READING YO, TEACH!: A FAKE SITCOM BY JUDD APATOW»
Posted on May 28, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Bo Burnham | Funny People | Jason Schwartzman | Judd Apatow | Teachers | Yo Teach!