“2 Days in Paris” follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple; a French photographer Marion (Julie Delpy) and American interior designer Jack (Adam Goldberg), as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn’t really work out–they both came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion’s overbearing non-English speaking parents’, flirtatious ex-boyfriends’, and Jack’s obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing?
STARRING: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
DIRECTOR: Julie Delpy
STUDIO: Samuel Goldwyn
RATING: R (For sexual content, some nudity and language)
“Daddy Day Camp” - This hilarious sequel to the smash hit Daddy Day Care finds dads Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson (Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae) in another kid-harried adventure as they take over running a summer day camp. Armed with no knowledge of the great outdoors, a dilapidated facility, and a motley group of campers, it doesn’t take long before things get out of control. Up against threats of foreclosure and declining enrollment Charlie is forced to call on his estranged father, Col Buck Hinton (Richard Gant) to help bring the camp together and teach everyone about teamwork, perseverance and the power of forgiveness.
What makes “Daddy Day Camp” unique? Well, for one, Eddie Murphy is absent in the sequel, (Cuba Gooding, in another dreadful role, steps in as the token negroe daddy), but the director of the film is none other than Fred Savage. You remember him as the loveable geek on “The Wonder Years.”
STARRING: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant
DIRECTOR: Fred Savage
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG (For mild language)
“There’s no need to fear. Underdog is here!” The superhero canine with a gift for rhyme returns in an all new live-action re-imagination of the classic cartoon, “Underdog.” After an accident in the mysterious lab of maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage), an ordinary beagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the ability to speak. Armed with a fetching superhero costume, Underdog (voiced by comedian Jason Lee) vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City and, in particular, one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebread (voiced by Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams). When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton) threatens to destroy Capitol City only Underdog can save the day. Utilizing state-of-the-art CGI special effects mixed with live-action, “Underdog” flies into theaters in summer 2007.
STARRING: Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, with Amy Adams, and Jason Lee as the voice of Underdog
DIRECTOR: Frederik Du Chau
STUDIO: Walt Disney
RATING: PG (For rude humor, mild language and action)Walt Disney’s Underdog
Masters of comedy David Wain (”Wet Hot American Summer”) and Ken Marino team up behind the scenes and in front of the camera to create THE TEN: a lively, smart, and irreverent film about breaking all the rules. Directed by Wain and written by Wain and Marino, THE TEN presents a series of interconnected comic sketches designed to reinterpret - and reinvent - the Ten Commandments, making them “meaningful” (and funny) to a young, hip, audience of contemporary sinners. With each story told in a different style, but containing overlapping characters and themes, the film is a grand burlesque boasting an all-star cast that puts the sin back in cinema.
TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT “THE TEN MOVIE”
(The Gospel According to Director David Wain)
1) The Ten Commandments have been a cornerstone of our society for nearly one hundred years. Whether it’s taking a Sunday off, or not murdering someone, many of us follow the Ten Commandments every day, without even knowing it. The pervasiveness of these simple directives inspired me and Ken Marino to spin the tales that make up THE TEN.
2) In early June 2007, we began our exhaustive research. After ninety long seconds on Google, we’d learned not only what The Ten Commandments were, but what order they were in. We were thrilled to discover that all Ten Commandments were available - they’d been optioned by Universal but had reverted back to the writer last year.
3) THE TEN was adapted (aka stolen) from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Dekalog,” which was ten dark, one-hour dramas set in a Polish apartment building, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments. Our version is much shorter and much funnier…and (mostly) does not take place in Polish apartment building.
4) Armed with our newfound source material, the characters flowed out of our imaginations so vividly that it was often the characters themselves who wrote the story! Each episode was different - Ken Marino and I just tried to think of unique takes on each topic. This is what we came up with:
- A guy (ADAM BRODY) becomes an accidental hero after falling out of a plane
- A librarian (GRETCHEN MOL) has a sexual awakening in Mexico with a swarthy local (JUSTIN THEROUX)
- A doctor (KEN MARINO) kills his patients “as a goof”
- A police detective (LIEV SCHREIBER) covets his neighbor’s Cat Scan machine
- A mother (KERRI KENNEY-SILVER) enlists an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator (OLIVER PLATT) to be a father figure to her children
- A prisoner (ROB CORDDRY) covets his fellow inmate’s “wife”
- A woman (WINONA RYDER) falls in love with, and then steals a ventriloquist’s puppet
- A Rhinoceros learns the pitfalls of gossip
- A husband (A.D. MILES) skips church with his family to get naked with his friends and listen to Roberta Flack
- A man (PAUL RUDD) presents all of these stories to the audience while struggling with his own moral dilemma: having to choose between his beautiful wife (FAMKE JANSSEN) and his also beautiful, but somewhat younger, mistress (JESSICA ALBA).
5) THE TEN, like “Wet Hot American Summer,” was a wonderful opportunity to use a combination of my “rep company” of actors I’ve worked with frequently over the years (all the members of “The State”: Zak Orth, A. D. Miles, Nina Hellman, Paul Rudd, etc), plus a group of my favorite screen actors who we begged to be a part of it (Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber, etc) and rounded out by a lot of amazing actors we found through the normal audition process (e.g. Michael Ziegfeld, Novella Nelson). Working with so many different actors with different backgrounds was a huge treat.
6) Ken Marino and I conceived everything together. He and I creatively oversaw the entire production, hiring, casting, determining locations, script changes, costumes, sets, etc etc. He was on set every day, functioning almost like a
co-director. He was also heavily involved in editing, sound, and music.
7) In creating a visual style for the film, I chose to shoot in color for three reasons:
a) Most movies these days are in color
b) Black & white didn’t seem appropriate
c) Black & white having been eliminated, color seemed like the only other choice.
I used a similar process in making choices throughout the making of the film. Filming each episode was like making a mini-movie, but much more complicated because we often had to shoot parts of different segments on the same day. It was hugely ambitious trying to filming ten stories, plus the limbo/tablets material, and the finale, in 28 shoot days on a small indie-film budget. Four of our shoot days were in Mexico, one in LA, the rest were in New York City. We had over 40 locations.
9) When the movie is over, I hope that people have laughed, had a nice time, and are thinking about where they want to go eat. I have no pretensions that this movie will change the world; my only expectation is that it will change the way everyone on this planet thinks and behaves.
10) Wain and Marino’s first collaboration was “The State” - an eleven person sketch comedy troupe that formed in 1988 and was best known for their self-titled MTV series that ran in the early/mid 90s. Members of “The State” went on to create on such projects as “Reno 911!,” “Wet Hot American Summer” and “Stella.” All eleven members of “The State” appear in THE TEN.
STARRING: Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen, Rob Corddry, Liev Schreiber, Oliver Platt, Justin Theroux, Ken Marino
DIRECTOR: David Wain
STUDIO: THINKFilm
RATING: R (For pervasive strong crude sexual content including dialogue and nudity, and for language and some drug material)
Hot Rod” Kimble (”SNL’s” Andy Samberg), a self-proclaimed stuntman, is convinced he has bravery in his blood. He’s grown up believing he’s the son of Evel Knievel’s test-rider, a courageous stuntman who died in his prime. Rod is committed to fulfilling his father’s legacy. Only problem is…he sucks! “Hot Rod” lives at home with his loving mom Marie (Sissy Spacek), jerk of a stepfather Frank (Ian McShane) and nerdy stepbrother Kevin (Jorma Taccone). He doesn’t have a job, and can usually be found doing stunts on his moped, attempting to jump over everything from milk trucks to public swimming pools. Rod and his team – Dave (Bill Hader), the mechanic; Rico (Danny McBride), the ramp builder and Kevin, the team manager/videographer – are inseparable. It’s almost like they share a brain. When Rod’s neighbor Denise (Isla Fisher) joins the team, the group’s IQ virtually doubles.
“Hot Rod” remains optimistic in spite of the abuse he suffers from his stepfather. Frank has a penchant for beating the tar out of “Hot Rod,” who just keeps coming back for more in the hopes of earning Frank’s respect by besting him in one of their regular knock-down brawls. When Frank gets sick and needs a $50,000 operation, Rod attempts to raise the money by undertaking his biggest stunt ever – jumping 15 buses, one more than Evel Knievel himself ever dared. After all, he’s got to get Frank all better so he can kick his ass!
STARRING: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Mark Acheson, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Sissy Spacek
DIRECTOR: Akiva Schaffer
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (Crude humor and Jackass type violence)
When a rap mogul from Atlanta tries to join a conservative country club in the Carolinas he runs into fierce opposition from the board President - but it’s nothing that he and his entourage can’t handle. Did we mention that we love Sherri Shepherd? Remember her as Robert’s partner on “Everybody Loves Raymond?” And as a recurring guest host on The View? She’s fat, black, sasssy and beautiful!
STARRING: Big Boi, Jeffrey Jones, Susan Ward, Sherri Shepherd
DIRECTOR: Don Michael Paul
STUDIO: MGM
RATING: PG-13 (For crude and sexual content, some nudity, language and drug material)
March 1, 2007 - This just in: Wild About Movies publisher Tim Nasson spent a couple of minutes with John Travolta in Boston two weeks ago, where Travolta was promoting his film “Wild Hogs.”
“So how much fun was it wearing a mu-mu and donning a wig, and getting your eyes and face done every day for the entire shoot?” Nasson asked Travolta.
“I did it all. I wore nylons, bras, girdles, slips, high heels, well, not very high heels, wigs. You name it,” laughed Travolta. “I had a blast making the movie and I think kids of all ages will embrace the movie just as much as they have the Broadway show and the original ‘Hairspray’ Movie. But, I am glad that the dress-up days are over.”
December 2006 - This just in: Just as Edward Speleers decided to shorten his name to “Ed Speleers” for his big screen debut in “Eragon,” Nicole Blonsky is going the same route. In the yet to be released trailer of “Hairspray The Movie,” Blonsky will be referred to as Nikki - Nikki Blonsky. So Nikki Blonsky is the new Nicole Blonsky.
Adam Sandler and Kevin James (TV’s “The King of Queens”) team as two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions in “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.” Chuck Ford (Sandler) and Larry Allensworth (James) are the pride of their fire station: two guy’s guys always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Salt-of-the-earth widower Larry wants just one thing: to protect his family. His buddy Chuck also wants one thing: to enjoy the single life. Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life in a fire, and Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. All that Chuck has to do is claim to be Larry’s domestic partner on some city forms. Easy. Nobody will ever know. But when an overzealous, spot-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the new couple’s arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a hilarious charade of domestic bliss under one roof. After surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family - “I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry.”
STARRING: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd
DIRECTOR: Dennis Dugan
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For adult situations, language)
“Cashback Movie” - When art student Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff) is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy (Michelle Ryan), he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own ‘art’ in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben’s art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon (Emilia Fox), the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben’s insomnia.
STARRING: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Michelle Ryan
DIRECTOR: Sean Ellis
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations)
n Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil
Filming each episode was like making a mini-movie, but much more complicated because we often had to shoot parts of different segments on the same day. It was hugely ambitious trying to filming ten stories, plus the limbo/tablets material, and the finale, in 28 shoot days on a small indie-film budget. Four of our shoot days were in Mexico, one in LA, the rest were in New York City. We had over 40 locations.
