Here it is, shown before I Love You, Man in theaters. Jack Black, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, David Cross and McLovin in all their ancient glory. The trailer speaks for itself. Gonna be ridiculously awesome. Opens June 19th.
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So what is this I hear about SciFi changing the name of their channel to SyFy? Entertainment Weekly has an article about it on their website and they quote that the SciFi’s reasoning is to “broad[en] perceptions and embrac[e] a wider and more diverse range of imagination-based entertainment including fantasy, paranormal, reality, mystery, action and adventure, as well as science fiction.” Alright, whatever, you want to “broaden perceptions,” and be able to offer more than just Science Fiction, that’s completely understandable. If you’re going to change though just fuckin’ go for it and change the name all together. Make it something more along the lines of, I don’t know, “The Nancy Drew Network” or some shit. At least SciFi meant something, SyFy on the other hand means nothing besides “We need more viewers but don’t have the money to spend on a decent marketing crew.”
If they start playing bullshit reality shows like all the other stations do I’m going to drive two forks through my skull. SciFi’s original movies, while usually cheesy as hell, are always entertaining and their recent game shows, Chase and Estate of Panic, are brilliant. I’m probably making myself seem a lot more aggravated by this then I actually am which will hopefully drive some of you to become aggravated by this. Just look at it one last time… SyFy.
Every so often you discover a performer that does something original, something you’ve never seen before, but something so incredibly awesome that you wonder why everyone doesn’t do it. Reggie Watts is basically the role model of the hypothetical outline I just presented. The first time I saw him was about 1 year ago, I was at a comedy show hosted by Michael Showalter (the reason I was there) with sets by various comedians. Most of them we’re okay at best, but then Showalter finished his final introduction bit and Watts walked out on stage and blew my fucking mind to smithereens. With his set plastered into my memory I made it a mission to attend another show of his as soon as possible.
Mission Successful.
I saw Reggie perform last night at The Studio in Webster Hall (East 11th Street NYC). After 45 minutes of quietly making fun of the brain numbing opening act Watts comes dashing in through the front door (approximately 10 minutes late), walks right passed the same cashier I did to get in, around the corner and up on to the stage and begins his set with no hesitation. Now for those of you who don’t know who he is, and I’m sure a lot of people don’t, he is a comedian/songwriter/singer. “Jack of all trades, Master of… all trades.” His jokes and presentation are very original, his songs are mostly extensions of his stand up and are backed by music created by his mouth, live on stage. He’s great at beat box and singing, his vocal range is absurd (probably a direct relation with his hair which now extends a solid foot or two off of his head in every direction). Simply put, the man rules with a “z” (i.e. rulez).
Here’s a video displaying how good he is at structuring actual songs live using nothing but a microphone and a guitar effects processor.
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And this is a classic, listen to the lyrics when he’s rapping.
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Check out his website too: http://reggiewatts.com/
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Great googily moogily I can’t wait for this. I’m sitting here at work and have stumbled upon this trailer. However, my work computer lacks sound. No matter, without even being able to hear the trailer I already know that this movie will be hilarious. I need to get home ASAP so I can watch this.
Just look at the cast: Bradley Cooper from Wedding Crashers and various Stella shorts. Ed Helms from the Office who plays Andy, who just might be my favorite character on the show.
Last and certainly not least, Zach Galifianakis. To put it simply, Galifianakis is easily one of the best comedians out there today. Theres no one else like him. Just watch some of his stand up and see what I mean. Seeing him live is at the top of my list of things to do. (Do some shows damn it!) He rarely does films so seeing this made me ecstatic. June 5th we’ll laugh our asses off.
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Angels and Demons, the prequel to The Davinci Code, and the better of the two novels, comes out in May in theaters, and it looks fantastic. The first movie kind of flopped, but with Ron Howard behind it, along with Obi-Wan Kenobi – it’s lookin’ pretty cool.