Plot: After decades of lying about a fake friend named Ricky Stanicky, who they use as a get-out-of-jail-free card, three buddies are caught in a lie and have to produce a real version of their imaginary friend to their families. They hired an Atlantic City low-life (John Cena) to pretend to be Stanicky, but he enjoys playing the part so much that he refuses to leave town.
Review: For those who don’t know, for the last fourteen years, Ricky Stanicky was a red-hot script floating around Hollywood, with people as varied as Jim Carrey, James Franco, and Joaquin Phoenix set to play the lead role. Having placed on The Black List, the script by Jeff Bushell, Jason Decker, and David Occhino was in limbo for quite a while before Peter Farrelly and his frequent collaborators Pete Jones and Mike Cerrone took a stab at it, meaning the film now...
Review: For those who don’t know, for the last fourteen years, Ricky Stanicky was a red-hot script floating around Hollywood, with people as varied as Jim Carrey, James Franco, and Joaquin Phoenix set to play the lead role. Having placed on The Black List, the script by Jeff Bushell, Jason Decker, and David Occhino was in limbo for quite a while before Peter Farrelly and his frequent collaborators Pete Jones and Mike Cerrone took a stab at it, meaning the film now...
- 3/9/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Isabelle Thomas, British documentary filmmaker and the wife of Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon producer Bradley Thomas, was found dead at a Los Angeles hotel this week, medical records show. Thomas was 39.
Isabelle Thomas died by suicide and was discovered with “multiple traumatic injuries” at a local hotel, according to online records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. Citing law enforcement sources, TMZ reported this week that on Monday, Thomas had lept from a high-up floor at the Hotel Angeleno; the 17-floor Westwood hotel is notable for the balconies that wrap around the building on each floor.
Police sources reportedly indicated that she was discovered dead at the scene when first responders arrived.
“Isabelle was the light of our lives,” said the family in a statement to the L.A. Times. “She was courageous and took all life’s opportunities without fear, showering love and kindness on her friends,...
Isabelle Thomas died by suicide and was discovered with “multiple traumatic injuries” at a local hotel, according to online records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. Citing law enforcement sources, TMZ reported this week that on Monday, Thomas had lept from a high-up floor at the Hotel Angeleno; the 17-floor Westwood hotel is notable for the balconies that wrap around the building on each floor.
Police sources reportedly indicated that she was discovered dead at the scene when first responders arrived.
“Isabelle was the light of our lives,” said the family in a statement to the L.A. Times. “She was courageous and took all life’s opportunities without fear, showering love and kindness on her friends,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The wife of Oscar-nominated film producer Bradley Thomas has tragically passed away at the age of 39.
Isabelle Thomas took her own life this week and law enforcement sources have revealed tragic details of what happened.
Keep reading to find out more…
TMZ reports that Isabelle jumped from a balcony of a high-floor room at the Hotel Angeleno in Los Angeles on Monday night (January 29). She was dead at the scene when her body was discovered near the hotel pool. No suicide note was left behind, but the Medical Examiner’s Office says the death is consistent with a major fall and they’ve listed it as a suicide.
Just days earlier, Bradley was nominated for his first Academy Award as a producer on Killers of the Flower Moon. Other movies he produced include There’s Something About Mary, Shallow Hal, The Heartbreak Kid, and All the Money in the World.
Bradley...
Isabelle Thomas took her own life this week and law enforcement sources have revealed tragic details of what happened.
Keep reading to find out more…
TMZ reports that Isabelle jumped from a balcony of a high-floor room at the Hotel Angeleno in Los Angeles on Monday night (January 29). She was dead at the scene when her body was discovered near the hotel pool. No suicide note was left behind, but the Medical Examiner’s Office says the death is consistent with a major fall and they’ve listed it as a suicide.
Just days earlier, Bradley was nominated for his first Academy Award as a producer on Killers of the Flower Moon. Other movies he produced include There’s Something About Mary, Shallow Hal, The Heartbreak Kid, and All the Money in the World.
Bradley...
- 2/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Streaming services are now trying to ration their upcoming original content due to the ongoing actors strike and the only recently-resolved writers’ strike, so we’re going to see a thinning-down of new releases across the board over the next six months at least. Hulu will be adding a lot of library TV shows and movies in November, but there are only a few new major original projects hitting the streamer this month.
Hulu’s spotlight streaming series in November is Black Cake, which is based on the bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Part family drama, part murder mystery, the show features a globetrotting story that will cover decades of events after a bereaved family find a flash drive that contains some shocking secrets about the hidden history of their late matriarch.
Also dropping on Hulu this month is the original film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman,...
Hulu’s spotlight streaming series in November is Black Cake, which is based on the bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Part family drama, part murder mystery, the show features a globetrotting story that will cover decades of events after a bereaved family find a flash drive that contains some shocking secrets about the hidden history of their late matriarch.
Also dropping on Hulu this month is the original film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Hulu Unveils List of Titles Coming In November 2023: 'The Holiday,' 'Shallow Hal,' 'Twister' & More!
Hulu has released it’s full list of what will be added to it’s library throughout the month of November 2023!
The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.
Get more info inside…
Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.
On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.
There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!
Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…
November 1
Arthdal Chronicles...
The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.
Get more info inside…
Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.
On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.
There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!
Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…
November 1
Arthdal Chronicles...
- 10/19/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Ivy Snitzer, who served as Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in the 2001 comedy “Shallow Hal”, is speaking about how she later developed a serious eating disorder.
Interviewed by The Guardian, Snitzer — who has just 20 when she worked on the film, said she felt “really comfortable” while making the film, with her body filmed in scenes in which Paltrow — who wore a padded bodysuit and prosthetics — didn’t show her face.
However, just two years after her experience on the film, she began “technically starving to death,” which she attributes to the movie itself.
“It didn’t occur to me that the film would be seen by millions of people,” she explained. “It was like the worst parts about being fat were magnified.”
Read More: Snooki Opens Up About Her Struggle With Eating Disorders And Urges People To Not Comment On Weight
According to Snitzer, she would be harassed on the...
Interviewed by The Guardian, Snitzer — who has just 20 when she worked on the film, said she felt “really comfortable” while making the film, with her body filmed in scenes in which Paltrow — who wore a padded bodysuit and prosthetics — didn’t show her face.
However, just two years after her experience on the film, she began “technically starving to death,” which she attributes to the movie itself.
“It didn’t occur to me that the film would be seen by millions of people,” she explained. “It was like the worst parts about being fat were magnified.”
Read More: Snooki Opens Up About Her Struggle With Eating Disorders And Urges People To Not Comment On Weight
According to Snitzer, she would be harassed on the...
- 8/23/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Ivy Snitzer can’t remember how the casting call for 2001’s “Shallow Hal” described the role of Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double, but she does remember getting the job within an hour. While the initial experience of filming was great, Snitzer has now revealed to The Guardian that she almost died from an eating disorder in the years that followed.
Snitzer told the outlet that she felt “really comfortable” while filming the movie, but once it came out in 2001 “it was like the worst parts about being fat were magnified. And no one was telling me I was funny.” One person mailed her diet pills and casting agents were only sending her roles about women who were “so ugly and lonely” that they “molested young boys.”
The actress was nearly starving to death not even two years after “Shallow Hal” came out. She underwent gastric bypass surgery but the band...
Snitzer told the outlet that she felt “really comfortable” while filming the movie, but once it came out in 2001 “it was like the worst parts about being fat were magnified. And no one was telling me I was funny.” One person mailed her diet pills and casting agents were only sending her roles about women who were “so ugly and lonely” that they “molested young boys.”
The actress was nearly starving to death not even two years after “Shallow Hal” came out. She underwent gastric bypass surgery but the band...
- 8/23/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
When Paltrow put on a fat suit for the Farrelly brothers’ blockbuster, an unknown acting student was hired as her body double. Two years later, Ivy Snitzer was starving to death
Ivy Snitzer has screen presence – even on Zoom – with her safety pin earrings, nose piercing and reddish-purpleish hair. Yet no one saw her face in the hit film. Now 42, and an insurance agency owner in Philadelphia, Snitzer was Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double for the role of Rosemary in 2001’s Shallow Hal. While Paltrow wore a fat suit for scenes featuring her face, Snitzer’s body was used for closeups of Rosemary’s arms, torso and thighs.
At the time, 20-year-old Snitzer was a Los Angeles-based acting student with aspirations to become an actor or comedian. “Mostly, I just wanted to be funny,” she says. One day, a friend from her improv class called her up because he had...
Ivy Snitzer has screen presence – even on Zoom – with her safety pin earrings, nose piercing and reddish-purpleish hair. Yet no one saw her face in the hit film. Now 42, and an insurance agency owner in Philadelphia, Snitzer was Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double for the role of Rosemary in 2001’s Shallow Hal. While Paltrow wore a fat suit for scenes featuring her face, Snitzer’s body was used for closeups of Rosemary’s arms, torso and thighs.
At the time, 20-year-old Snitzer was a Los Angeles-based acting student with aspirations to become an actor or comedian. “Mostly, I just wanted to be funny,” she says. One day, a friend from her improv class called her up because he had...
- 8/22/2023
- by Amelia Tait
- The Guardian - Film News
Ivy Snitzer, the woman who played Gwyneth Paltrow‘s plus-size body double in the TV staple 2001 movie Shallow Hal, has revealed how weight loss surgery left her “starving to death” following the film’s release. Speaking to Amelia Tait for a TinyLetter.com post, Snitzer opened up about her time working on the romantic comedy, which starred Jack Black as a superficial man who falls in love with a 300-pound woman after being hypnotized into only seeing a person’s inner beauty. While the film was criticized for being “fatphobic,” Snitzer described it as “progressive” for the time. “At that point, if you saw someone obese in a movie, they were a villain,” said Snitzer, who was a 20-year-old aspiring actress and comedian when she landed the part. “Whereas [Paltrow’s character] Rosemary was cool, she was popular, she had friends.” Vince Bucci/Getty Images Snitzer also spoke positively about her time on set,...
- 8/18/2023
- TV Insider
Gwyneth Paltrow is answering all the hard-hitting questions.
The Oscar winner, 50, ventured onto Instagram on Friday for a steamy Q&a session with her 8 million followers.
One daring and bold fan kicked off the questions with a kick to the derriere, asking the Goop founder: “Do you lick as** Gwineth (sic)? Xx”
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The “Shallow Hal” actress retorted with clear-cut honesty: “Not generally, no.”
Another gutsy fan asked the “Iron Man” star if she “got a little homo in you or nah?”, referring to her sexual orientation.
Read More: Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Snap Of Her Daughter Apple Trying On That Iconic 2002 Oscars Gown
The actress did not respond to the question and instead complimented the questions as “epic,” leaving the answer up for further debate amongst her fans.
It wasn’t all genital-licking and sexual prying,...
The Oscar winner, 50, ventured onto Instagram on Friday for a steamy Q&a session with her 8 million followers.
One daring and bold fan kicked off the questions with a kick to the derriere, asking the Goop founder: “Do you lick as** Gwineth (sic)? Xx”
Read More: Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Pic Of Son Moses Looking Just Like Dad Chris Martin
The “Shallow Hal” actress retorted with clear-cut honesty: “Not generally, no.”
Another gutsy fan asked the “Iron Man” star if she “got a little homo in you or nah?”, referring to her sexual orientation.
Read More: Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Snap Of Her Daughter Apple Trying On That Iconic 2002 Oscars Gown
The actress did not respond to the question and instead complimented the questions as “epic,” leaving the answer up for further debate amongst her fans.
It wasn’t all genital-licking and sexual prying,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
This Star Wars article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
While Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and Katee Sackhoff’s Bo-Katan Kryze are at the heart of The Mandalorian, there are no shortage of great actors and new characters making their way to the Star Wars galaxy this year. We’ve already seen Mark Hamill return as Luke Skywalker as well as Rosario Dawson bringing fan-favorite Ahsoka Tano to live-action. And of course, the series is anchored by returning cast like Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Emily Swallow as the Armorer, and Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon.
Let’s take a look at all the characters, both new and returning, that have made their way to The Mandalorian season 3:
Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian aka Mando aka Din Djarin
Pedro Pascal is returning as the titular Mandalorian Din Djarin for season 3. The former bounty...
While Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and Katee Sackhoff’s Bo-Katan Kryze are at the heart of The Mandalorian, there are no shortage of great actors and new characters making their way to the Star Wars galaxy this year. We’ve already seen Mark Hamill return as Luke Skywalker as well as Rosario Dawson bringing fan-favorite Ahsoka Tano to live-action. And of course, the series is anchored by returning cast like Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Emily Swallow as the Armorer, and Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon.
Let’s take a look at all the characters, both new and returning, that have made their way to The Mandalorian season 3:
Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian aka Mando aka Din Djarin
Pedro Pascal is returning as the titular Mandalorian Din Djarin for season 3. The former bounty...
- 4/5/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Jack Black is reuniting with Bobby and Peter Farrelly for Dear Santa, a Christmas comedy with a twist of satanic panic! Black teamed with the Farrelly Brothers for 2001’s cringe comedy Shallow Hal, starring Black as Hal, a man who falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty. The crude humor film is a product of its time, featuring Gweneth Paltrow and Jason Alexander. Dear Santa is entirely different and sounds like something worth raising your horns for.
According to Deadline, Dear Santa centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends them to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media by posting pictures of himself enjoying an elaborate Christmas display. In the photos, Black poses in the back of a brightly-lit penguin and reindeer standee. The mysterious images sent Black’s loyal fanbase into a frenzy,...
According to Deadline, Dear Santa centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends them to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media by posting pictures of himself enjoying an elaborate Christmas display. In the photos, Black poses in the back of a brightly-lit penguin and reindeer standee. The mysterious images sent Black’s loyal fanbase into a frenzy,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Remember “Shallow Hal?” That’s the comedy from the Farrelly Brothers that stars Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow. But what it’s really remembered for is being incredibly offensive with the use of a fat suit and never-ending weight jokes. Well, good news! The folks who brought you “Shallow Hal” are ready to team up again for a new holiday comedy, “Dear Santa.”
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According to Deadline, Jack Black is set to star in the upcoming comedy film, “Dear Santa,” which will be directed by Bobby Farrelly, who is also producing alongside his brother, Peter, and Jeremy Kramer.
Continue reading ‘Dear Santa’: Jack Black Reteams With ‘Shallow Hal’ Filmmakers For A New Holiday Comedy at The Playlist.
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According to Deadline, Jack Black is set to star in the upcoming comedy film, “Dear Santa,” which will be directed by Bobby Farrelly, who is also producing alongside his brother, Peter, and Jeremy Kramer.
Continue reading ‘Dear Santa’: Jack Black Reteams With ‘Shallow Hal’ Filmmakers For A New Holiday Comedy at The Playlist.
- 3/15/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
After more than 20 years, Jack Black is reteaming with his Shallow Hal filmmakers the Farrelly Brothers for the Paramount comedy Dear Santa.
The feature centers on a child who intends to write a letter to Santa Claus, but mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.
Bobby Farrelly will direct and produce, with brother Peter Farrelly producing along with Jeremy Kramer. The Farrelly brothers penned the script with Ricky Blitt, the writer behind the 2005 Johnny Knoxville feature The Ringer. The story came from an original idea from Dan Ewen, known for the John Cena comedy Playing With Fire.
Black leads a cast that includes Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech.
The Farrelly Brothers have comedy hits dating back decades including Dumb and Dumber; Me, Myself & Irene; There’s Something About Mary; and Kingpin. Bobby Farrelly is in theaters...
The feature centers on a child who intends to write a letter to Santa Claus, but mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.
Bobby Farrelly will direct and produce, with brother Peter Farrelly producing along with Jeremy Kramer. The Farrelly brothers penned the script with Ricky Blitt, the writer behind the 2005 Johnny Knoxville feature The Ringer. The story came from an original idea from Dan Ewen, known for the John Cena comedy Playing With Fire.
Black leads a cast that includes Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech.
The Farrelly Brothers have comedy hits dating back decades including Dumb and Dumber; Me, Myself & Irene; There’s Something About Mary; and Kingpin. Bobby Farrelly is in theaters...
- 3/15/2023
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Jack Black and brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the team behind the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, look to be reuniting for the holidays — and bringing an infamous character along for the sleigh ride. Sources tell Deadline that Black is set to star in the Christmas comedy Dear Santa with Bobby Farrelly set to direct and Peter Farrelly on board to produce with Bobby and Jeremy Kramer.
The movie centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media when he posted a photo of him posing with Christmas decorations with no context — it got everyone talking about what it could be.
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The film also will star Robert Timothy Smith, with a supporting cast that includes Keegan-Michael Key,...
The movie centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media when he posted a photo of him posing with Christmas decorations with no context — it got everyone talking about what it could be.
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The film also will star Robert Timothy Smith, with a supporting cast that includes Keegan-Michael Key,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
While Peter Farrelly was off winning Oscars for “Green Book,” younger brother Bobby has been largely absent from feature directing. It’s been nearly a decade since the siblings shared credit — the last time being 2014’s “Dumb and Dumber To.” Now, rather than competing with Peter at the respectability game, Bobby sticks to what he knows with “Champions,” in which Woody Harrelson plays a minor-league basketball coach court-ordered to assist a Special Olympics team for 90 days — just long enough to take the team from bumbling incompetents to national finalists.
There are zero surprises in “Champions,” unless you count the not-inconsiderable shock that such a movie exists at all. A remake of 2018 Spanish box office sensation “Campeones,” this awkward (if presumably well-intentioned) comedy might have felt enlightened 25 years ago — back when “Forrest Gump” was an Oscar favorite — but today makes for a patronizing portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities. That’s...
There are zero surprises in “Champions,” unless you count the not-inconsiderable shock that such a movie exists at all. A remake of 2018 Spanish box office sensation “Campeones,” this awkward (if presumably well-intentioned) comedy might have felt enlightened 25 years ago — back when “Forrest Gump” was an Oscar favorite — but today makes for a patronizing portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities. That’s...
- 3/7/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Regardless of the immense talent of Brendan Fraser and his incredibly human performance on display, Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's fatphobic stage play, "The Whale" is a difficult movie to champion. Yes, we all want Fraser to succeed. Yes, it's a delight to see Sadie Sink showcase her skills outside of "Stranger Things" and Taylor Swift's short films. But to ignore the deeply problematic ways in which fatness is presented on screen in "The Whale" is to do a disservice to the very real people who navigate the world in fat bodies every single day.
I make no qualms about how much I detest Hunter's stage play, and still cannot fathom why anyone thought this film was a good idea. Alas, we live in a fatphobic society where fat folks are viewed as not only acceptable targets for ridicule, hatred, or pity — it's encouraged to...
I make no qualms about how much I detest Hunter's stage play, and still cannot fathom why anyone thought this film was a good idea. Alas, we live in a fatphobic society where fat folks are viewed as not only acceptable targets for ridicule, hatred, or pity — it's encouraged to...
- 12/30/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Director Bobby Farrelly is re-teaming with his old "Kingpin" star, Woody Harrelson, for "Champions," a new comedy about a guy who becomes the court-ordered coach for a team of basketball players with intellectual disabilities.
In addition to "Kingpin," Farrelly, as one-half of the Farrelly brothers, co-wrote and/or co-directed such films as "Dumb and Dumber," "There's Something About Mary," "Me, Myself & Irene," and "Shallow Hal." Since the sequel "Dumb and Dumber To" in 2014, he and his brother have embarked on separate directorial paths, with Peter Farrelly helming "Green Book" and, more recently, "The Greatest Beer Run Ever."
For his part, not counting various TV projects, Bobby Farrelly is making his solo directorial debut with "Champions." The movie is billed as a "hilarious and heartwarming story," and it's tough to know, just based on the two-minute trailer below, whether it has its heart in the right place and is meant...
In addition to "Kingpin," Farrelly, as one-half of the Farrelly brothers, co-wrote and/or co-directed such films as "Dumb and Dumber," "There's Something About Mary," "Me, Myself & Irene," and "Shallow Hal." Since the sequel "Dumb and Dumber To" in 2014, he and his brother have embarked on separate directorial paths, with Peter Farrelly helming "Green Book" and, more recently, "The Greatest Beer Run Ever."
For his part, not counting various TV projects, Bobby Farrelly is making his solo directorial debut with "Champions." The movie is billed as a "hilarious and heartwarming story," and it's tough to know, just based on the two-minute trailer below, whether it has its heart in the right place and is meant...
- 12/6/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Every movie star needs to play a gruff, fish-out-of-water coach in a heartwarming sports film at least once, and Woody Harrelson is getting that opportunity with “Champions,” a new comedy film from Bobby Farrelly. Focus Features debuted the official trailer for the upcoming film December 5.
In the film, “Cheers” and “True Detective” star Harrelson plays Marcus Aldridge, a temperamental minor-league basketball coach who gets fired from his position after a series of losses and winds up facing legal trouble after crashing into a police car. Ordered by the court to fulfill a community service requirement, he coaches a basketball team consisting of players with intellectual disabilities.
Initially apathetic about the assignment and unconvinced the group has any potential as a team, Marcus ends up motivated to whip the players into shape when he realizes that competing with them in the Special Olympics could be a step towards reclaiming his old job.
In the film, “Cheers” and “True Detective” star Harrelson plays Marcus Aldridge, a temperamental minor-league basketball coach who gets fired from his position after a series of losses and winds up facing legal trouble after crashing into a police car. Ordered by the court to fulfill a community service requirement, he coaches a basketball team consisting of players with intellectual disabilities.
Initially apathetic about the assignment and unconvinced the group has any potential as a team, Marcus ends up motivated to whip the players into shape when he realizes that competing with them in the Special Olympics could be a step towards reclaiming his old job.
- 12/5/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
With its list of new releases for January 2022, Amazon Prime Video is keeping things pretty simple. The streaming giant is rolling out a couple of original films, one big TV effort, and a whole host of library content, then calling it a day. And really, that’s all you need!
The two Amazon original films this month are of the family friendly variety. The Tender Bar, based on a memoir of the same name and directed by George Clooney, premieres on Jan. 7. This is followed on Jan. 14 by Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. This is the fourth installment in the animated Hotel Transylvania series, hammering home the fact that if you bring Adam Sandler and Genndy Tartakovsky aboard you project, things are gonna go pretty smoothly.
The one Amazon original TV series this month is As We See It. This project comes from Friday Night Lights head writer Jason Katims and is...
The two Amazon original films this month are of the family friendly variety. The Tender Bar, based on a memoir of the same name and directed by George Clooney, premieres on Jan. 7. This is followed on Jan. 14 by Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. This is the fourth installment in the animated Hotel Transylvania series, hammering home the fact that if you bring Adam Sandler and Genndy Tartakovsky aboard you project, things are gonna go pretty smoothly.
The one Amazon original TV series this month is As We See It. This project comes from Friday Night Lights head writer Jason Katims and is...
- 1/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Worlds are colliding: “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander will guest this upcoming season on “The Conners,” making him the latest 1990s icon to appear on the “Roseanne” sequel series.
Alexander will appear in two episodes this season as “Pastor Phil,” described as “an unconventional cleric with a rebel past. He uses humor and unflinching honesty to spread the good word.” Viewers will be introduced to Pastor Phil when he’s a speaker at an AA meeting that Becky (Lecy Goranson) attends and Darlene (Sara Gilbert) joins in, looking for spiritual guidance.
Season 4 of “The Conners” premieres Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. on ABC. Besides Gilbert and Goranson, also back this season are John Goodman as Dan Conner, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris, Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, Emma Kenney as Harris Conner-Healy, Ames McNamara as Mark Conner-Healy, Jayden Rey as Mary Conner and Jay R. Ferguson as Ben.
Recent guest...
Alexander will appear in two episodes this season as “Pastor Phil,” described as “an unconventional cleric with a rebel past. He uses humor and unflinching honesty to spread the good word.” Viewers will be introduced to Pastor Phil when he’s a speaker at an AA meeting that Becky (Lecy Goranson) attends and Darlene (Sara Gilbert) joins in, looking for spiritual guidance.
Season 4 of “The Conners” premieres Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. on ABC. Besides Gilbert and Goranson, also back this season are John Goodman as Dan Conner, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris, Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, Emma Kenney as Harris Conner-Healy, Ames McNamara as Mark Conner-Healy, Jayden Rey as Mary Conner and Jay R. Ferguson as Ben.
Recent guest...
- 8/17/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Ring in the new year with a heap of new titles on HBO Max.
While production on “Euphoria” remains halted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, fans who have been clamoring for Season 2 can rest easy with the second of HBO’s two special episodes, the first of which released on Dec. 6. The second, titled “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” will focus on Jules (Hunter Schafer) and premiere Jan. 24.
The fourth season of acclaimed HBO Max original dark comedy “Search Party” will debut Jan. 14. The series follows four self-absorbed post-grads who become entangled in a mystery when a former college acquaintance disappears. Season 4 picks up as Dory (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her stalker Chip (Cole Escola), awaiting her friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) to connect the dots and save her.
And if you’re looking to revisit your childhood, HBO Max...
While production on “Euphoria” remains halted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, fans who have been clamoring for Season 2 can rest easy with the second of HBO’s two special episodes, the first of which released on Dec. 6. The second, titled “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” will focus on Jules (Hunter Schafer) and premiere Jan. 24.
The fourth season of acclaimed HBO Max original dark comedy “Search Party” will debut Jan. 14. The series follows four self-absorbed post-grads who become entangled in a mystery when a former college acquaintance disappears. Season 4 picks up as Dory (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her stalker Chip (Cole Escola), awaiting her friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) to connect the dots and save her.
And if you’re looking to revisit your childhood, HBO Max...
- 12/30/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
A new year is just around the corner and as folks start getting ready to say goodbye to the nightmare that was 2020, it’s time to look ahead at all the great movies and TV shows coming down the pipeline to keep us entertained over the next 12 months.
Hopes are high that things will begin to return to normal again and productions will be able to run smoother, meaning less delays and setbacks. And with 2021 absolutely packed with new releases right now, there’s more than enough to get excited about no matter where your interests lie.
But aside from just what’s coming to theaters and airing on television, we’ve also got all the streaming services still offering up a bevy of fresh content every month and January is no different. Indeed, the first few weeks of the new year will see Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu...
Hopes are high that things will begin to return to normal again and productions will be able to run smoother, meaning less delays and setbacks. And with 2021 absolutely packed with new releases right now, there’s more than enough to get excited about no matter where your interests lie.
But aside from just what’s coming to theaters and airing on television, we’ve also got all the streaming services still offering up a bevy of fresh content every month and January is no different. Indeed, the first few weeks of the new year will see Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu...
- 12/24/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Early in the documentary “Rewind,” we learn that director Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s father, Henry Nevison, has an extensive collection of other people’s home movies – shelves stacked with film canisters that show strangers mugging for the camera, acting silly and doing their best to look very happy.
And then the film turns to Neulinger’s own home movies, and shows us the lies and the horror that can lie beneath those forced smiles and that awkward jollity.
The secrets that emerge, not so much in those home movies as in the recollections of the people in them, are the dark history of a family wracked, and wrecked, by generations of sexual abuse. Make no mistake, “Rewind” is hard to watch. It might also be essential.
Also Read: All the Hollywood Films Arriving on Demand Early Because of the Coronavirus
The film, which premiered at Tribeca last year and is screening on demand on Friday,...
And then the film turns to Neulinger’s own home movies, and shows us the lies and the horror that can lie beneath those forced smiles and that awkward jollity.
The secrets that emerge, not so much in those home movies as in the recollections of the people in them, are the dark history of a family wracked, and wrecked, by generations of sexual abuse. Make no mistake, “Rewind” is hard to watch. It might also be essential.
Also Read: All the Hollywood Films Arriving on Demand Early Because of the Coronavirus
The film, which premiered at Tribeca last year and is screening on demand on Friday,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Ruderman Foundation, which promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities in all areas, presented the Morton E. Ruderman Award in inclusion to directing duo Peter and Bobby Farrelly Tuesday night at a star-packed presentation in Beverly Hills, CA.
The Farrelly Brothers were given the award “in recognition of their advocacy for the inclusive and authentic representation of people with disabilities in the entertainment industry.” The pair have regularly included actual disabled performers in their feature films, such as their 1998 comedy “There’s Something About Mary” and the 2001 film “Shallow Hal.” Peter Farrelly won two Academy Awards in 2019 as producer and co-screenwriter of “Green Book.”
Disability remains one of the more ignored elements of representation in media, this in spite the Ruderman Foundation’s research announcing that over 20 percent of the top characters in television with disabilities are actually played by disabled performers, an increase from 5 percent in 2016. And at this...
The Farrelly Brothers were given the award “in recognition of their advocacy for the inclusive and authentic representation of people with disabilities in the entertainment industry.” The pair have regularly included actual disabled performers in their feature films, such as their 1998 comedy “There’s Something About Mary” and the 2001 film “Shallow Hal.” Peter Farrelly won two Academy Awards in 2019 as producer and co-screenwriter of “Green Book.”
Disability remains one of the more ignored elements of representation in media, this in spite the Ruderman Foundation’s research announcing that over 20 percent of the top characters in television with disabilities are actually played by disabled performers, an increase from 5 percent in 2016. And at this...
- 3/4/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Gwyneth Paltrow claims her role as Rose in the Farrelly Brothers’ comedy Shallow Hal, in which she was made to wear a fat suit for a significant portion of the film, was the lowest point of her career.
During a Netflix promotional video for her new show The Goop Lab, Paltrow’s friend and assistant Kevin Keating asked the actress about her least favorite performance. Before Paltrow could answer, Keating took a guess that it was 2001’s Shallow Hal, to which she quickly responded “exactly” before going on to state that she felt that the experience was a total disaster.
Paltrow’s feelings about her time on the set of Shallow Hal aren’t necessarily new revelations, however. During a 2001 interview with W magazine, the actress had this to say about it:
“The first day I tried [the fat suit] on, I was in the Tribeca Grand [a hotel in New York City] and I walked through the lobby.
During a Netflix promotional video for her new show The Goop Lab, Paltrow’s friend and assistant Kevin Keating asked the actress about her least favorite performance. Before Paltrow could answer, Keating took a guess that it was 2001’s Shallow Hal, to which she quickly responded “exactly” before going on to state that she felt that the experience was a total disaster.
Paltrow’s feelings about her time on the set of Shallow Hal aren’t necessarily new revelations, however. During a 2001 interview with W magazine, the actress had this to say about it:
“The first day I tried [the fat suit] on, I was in the Tribeca Grand [a hotel in New York City] and I walked through the lobby.
- 3/3/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
The actor said wearing a fat suit for the 2001 movie taught her what it is like to be humiliated as an obese person. Why are TV and film characters so rarely treated with dignity and respect?
‘Disaster” is how Gwyneth Paltrow has summed up her role in the 2001 film Shallow Hal, which will surprise few people who have actually seen it. Jack Black plays Hal, a man so shallow he has to be hypnotised in order to date a fat woman, who, through his boggled eyes, he sees as a very thin woman.
The nastiness of Shallow Hal, which has long appalled critics and fans alike, was front and centre in the trailer, where Hal’s friend attempts to “rescue” him from speaking to a fat woman, Rosemary, who is, in fact, willowy Paltrow dressed in a fat suit. But because he cannot see what she looks like, he falls...
‘Disaster” is how Gwyneth Paltrow has summed up her role in the 2001 film Shallow Hal, which will surprise few people who have actually seen it. Jack Black plays Hal, a man so shallow he has to be hypnotised in order to date a fat woman, who, through his boggled eyes, he sees as a very thin woman.
The nastiness of Shallow Hal, which has long appalled critics and fans alike, was front and centre in the trailer, where Hal’s friend attempts to “rescue” him from speaking to a fat woman, Rosemary, who is, in fact, willowy Paltrow dressed in a fat suit. But because he cannot see what she looks like, he falls...
- 3/2/2020
- by Phoebe-Jane Boyd
- The Guardian - Film News
Gwyneth Paltrow is coming clean about her least favorite role from her vast filmography.
During a video shared to Netflix’s official Twitter account, the Oscar-winning actress sat down with her assistant and close friend, Kevin Keating, to play a game titled “The Bff Test with Gwyneth Paltrow.” (Keating appears in Paltrow’s new Netflix show The Goop Lab.)
The object of the game was for Paltrow, 47, to test Keating’s knowledge of her and see if he was truly her Bff by asking various questions about herself.
When the Goop lifestyle brand founder asked Keating if he knew what her least favorite performance was,...
During a video shared to Netflix’s official Twitter account, the Oscar-winning actress sat down with her assistant and close friend, Kevin Keating, to play a game titled “The Bff Test with Gwyneth Paltrow.” (Keating appears in Paltrow’s new Netflix show The Goop Lab.)
The object of the game was for Paltrow, 47, to test Keating’s knowledge of her and see if he was truly her Bff by asking various questions about herself.
When the Goop lifestyle brand founder asked Keating if he knew what her least favorite performance was,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Nicholas Rice
- PEOPLE.com
Joe and Anthony Russo
The Russo brothers exploded onto the scene with “Captain America: The Winter Solider” after toiling in television with shows like “Community.” Next up, the brothers have back-to-back “Avengers” movies dropping in 2018 and 2019.
Matt and Ross Duffer
The Duffer brothers are identical twin brothers best known for writing and directing a number of science fiction and horror films and television shows before hitting critical mass with “Stranger Things” on Netflix. The show returns for the second season this October.
Paul and Chris Weitz
The filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz broke through with the blockbuster 1999 teen sex comedy “American Pie.” Last year, Amazon Studios signed a two-year first-look deal with the Weitz brothers production company Depth of Field.
Jon and Andrew Erwin
The Erwin brothers, known for their Christian film resume, have directed four feature films, including “October Baby,” “Mom’s Night Out” and “Woodlawn.” Their latest faith-based drama,...
The Russo brothers exploded onto the scene with “Captain America: The Winter Solider” after toiling in television with shows like “Community.” Next up, the brothers have back-to-back “Avengers” movies dropping in 2018 and 2019.
Matt and Ross Duffer
The Duffer brothers are identical twin brothers best known for writing and directing a number of science fiction and horror films and television shows before hitting critical mass with “Stranger Things” on Netflix. The show returns for the second season this October.
Paul and Chris Weitz
The filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz broke through with the blockbuster 1999 teen sex comedy “American Pie.” Last year, Amazon Studios signed a two-year first-look deal with the Weitz brothers production company Depth of Field.
Jon and Andrew Erwin
The Erwin brothers, known for their Christian film resume, have directed four feature films, including “October Baby,” “Mom’s Night Out” and “Woodlawn.” Their latest faith-based drama,...
- 4/10/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez and Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Two men from different worlds form an unexpected friendship in the incredibly moving film Green Book, coming to Digital February 19, 2019 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand March 12, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. With exceptional filmmaker lineage, Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ Green Book is directed by Peter Farrelly, and stars 2019 Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen and 2019 Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali alongside Linda Cardellini. The critically acclaimed and “hugely entertaining” Green Book is the winner of three 2019 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Mahersala Ali and Best Original Screenplay.
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- 3/12/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Two men from different worlds form an unexpected friendship in the incredibly moving film Green Book, coming to Digital February 19, 2019 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand March 12, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. With exceptional filmmaker lineage, Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ Green Book is directed by Peter Farrelly, and stars 2019 Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen and 2019 Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali alongside Linda Cardellini. The critically acclaimed and “hugely entertaining” Green Book is the winner of three 2019 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Mahersala Ali and Best Original Screenplay.
Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, star in Green Book, a film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class, and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line. When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist,...
Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, star in Green Book, a film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class, and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line. When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist,...
- 3/3/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Coming to this review of Green Book days into the film’s theatrical release and months after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, you've likely heard about some of the problems Peter Farrelly’s inversion of Driving Miss Daisy poses to the enlightened critic. Written and directed by white dudes, told from the perspective of an Italian-American hired as the chauffeur of a black concert pianist, and leading to a coda where the aesthete is a surprise guest at a reformed racist family’s dinner, Green Book is a cornucopia of problematics—a film which, from the outside at least, reeks of the pungence of white guilt. And we might ask, in a time where the discourse is so heavily influenced by future awards: what more attractive aroma lurks in the air?That Green Book flips the archetypes of a more regressive version of itself is almost besides the point.
- 12/5/2018
- MUBI
The Oscar buzz surrounding “Green Book” has been a revelation for Peter Farrelly, directing solo without brother Bobby this time around.
“I have a very thick skin, but I didn’t realize we were so looked-down-on,” Farrelly says with a laugh. “I thought we were highly regarded.”
Critics have marveled that the director, who created a crass-comedy oeuvre with Bobby, was at the helm of this awards-track film. He has a theory about the warm reaction to “Green Book,” audience award winner at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival: “It’s because this movie is not just a bunch of laughs,” Farrelly says. “It’s got heart, a feeling that gets to people.”
If an Oscar-tipped film such as “Green Book” seems like it’s a big step outside Farrelly’s comfort zone, think again. Farrelly’s work has often examined the clash of extreme cultural differences, whether Siamese twins who...
“I have a very thick skin, but I didn’t realize we were so looked-down-on,” Farrelly says with a laugh. “I thought we were highly regarded.”
Critics have marveled that the director, who created a crass-comedy oeuvre with Bobby, was at the helm of this awards-track film. He has a theory about the warm reaction to “Green Book,” audience award winner at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival: “It’s because this movie is not just a bunch of laughs,” Farrelly says. “It’s got heart, a feeling that gets to people.”
If an Oscar-tipped film such as “Green Book” seems like it’s a big step outside Farrelly’s comfort zone, think again. Farrelly’s work has often examined the clash of extreme cultural differences, whether Siamese twins who...
- 11/14/2018
- by Marshall Fine
- Variety Film + TV
Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carell and Dave Chappelle are among the onetime comedians delivering dramatic performances at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and on Tuesday director Peter Farrelly joined the Tiff ranks of funny folks getting serious. Farrelly, the director of “There’s Something About Mary,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Shallow Hal,” has moved away from hair-gel gags to civil-rights abuses with “Green Book,” which premiered on Tuesday night after a press screening earlier in the day.
The title comes from the Negro Motorist Green Book, a publication designed to tell African-Americans where they could safely eat and stay in the South during the days of segregation. In this case, the man following it was an Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx, “Tony Lip” (played by Viggo Mortensen), who was hired to chauffeur black pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a concert tour from Manhattan into the South in 1962.
That trip really happened,...
The title comes from the Negro Motorist Green Book, a publication designed to tell African-Americans where they could safely eat and stay in the South during the days of segregation. In this case, the man following it was an Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx, “Tony Lip” (played by Viggo Mortensen), who was hired to chauffeur black pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a concert tour from Manhattan into the South in 1962.
That trip really happened,...
- 11/14/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Happy 46th birthday to Oscar-winning actress, food writer, businesswoman and singer Gwyneth Paltrow! She is the daughter of the late esteemed TV producer Bruce Paltrow (“St. Elsewhere) and the Emmy and Tony-winning actress Blythe Danner. But Gwyneth was determined to carve out her own path in life and that she certainly has achieved in the movies.
Paltrow starred in the 1998 surprise Best Picture winner “Shakespeare in Love,” for which she won the Academy Award as Best Actress. She also earned a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (for Best Actress and Best Ensemble) for that performance. She also picked up a second Globe nomination for her work playing a mathematician in 2005’s “Proof.”
Paltrow has gone on to create the successful lifestyle magazine Goop and has become a highly-respected writer on the food scene. In honor of this multi-talented lady on her big day, let’s...
Paltrow starred in the 1998 surprise Best Picture winner “Shakespeare in Love,” for which she won the Academy Award as Best Actress. She also earned a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (for Best Actress and Best Ensemble) for that performance. She also picked up a second Globe nomination for her work playing a mathematician in 2005’s “Proof.”
Paltrow has gone on to create the successful lifestyle magazine Goop and has become a highly-respected writer on the food scene. In honor of this multi-talented lady on her big day, let’s...
- 9/27/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Ok, class, who can explain what a Green Book is? For those who don’t know, it was a handbook for black motorists seeking “vacation without aggravation,” an indispensable travel guide listing friendly places to stay and tips for avoiding trouble in the Jim Crow South. As such, “Green Book” makes a clever title for a road movie unlike any other: the true story of the unlikely friendship between a black concert pianist and the New York City bouncer hired to chauffeur him through unfriendly territory.
Although inspirational on its surface, the film presents a pretty bleak picture of intolerance in 1962 America, when segregation and other openly racist policies would have made such a trip a dangerous prospect for a wealthy, well-educated black man, with or without a bruiser like Frank Anthony Vallelonga to watch his back. Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with...
Although inspirational on its surface, the film presents a pretty bleak picture of intolerance in 1962 America, when segregation and other openly racist policies would have made such a trip a dangerous prospect for a wealthy, well-educated black man, with or without a bruiser like Frank Anthony Vallelonga to watch his back. Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with...
- 9/11/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The comic’s new film I Feel Pretty follows the likes of Shallow Hal and Never Been Kissed in its ugly definitions of physical attraction
She might feel pretty, but we can only feel pity for Amy Schumer right now. On one level, that’s the appropriate response. In her new movie, Schumer’s character, Renee, strips down to her Spanx, sighs at her un-toned figure in the mirror and wonders how she’s ever going to attract a mate in today’s image-obsessed world. But one blow to the head later, Renee suddenly sees herself as utterly gorgeous. And with this newfound confidence, her life starts to fall into place, even if we, the audience, are still laughing at, rather than with, her.
The premise has left a lot of people scratching their heads. One Twitterer summed it up: “As someone who looks considerably less attractive than @amyschumer in a bikini,...
She might feel pretty, but we can only feel pity for Amy Schumer right now. On one level, that’s the appropriate response. In her new movie, Schumer’s character, Renee, strips down to her Spanx, sighs at her un-toned figure in the mirror and wonders how she’s ever going to attract a mate in today’s image-obsessed world. But one blow to the head later, Renee suddenly sees herself as utterly gorgeous. And with this newfound confidence, her life starts to fall into place, even if we, the audience, are still laughing at, rather than with, her.
The premise has left a lot of people scratching their heads. One Twitterer summed it up: “As someone who looks considerably less attractive than @amyschumer in a bikini,...
- 5/8/2018
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Hey Og Duggar fans, do you remember Derick Dillard looking a little different when we first met him on 17 Kids and Counting in 2014? His face definitely looks a lot thinner and slightly differently shaped, and fans believe an orthodontic surgery from 2015 is to blame. Watch the video above to see a comparison between his old look and his new one. Fans noticed a major difference in Derick's appearance after he returned from his mission trip to El Salvador in 2015. People speculated that he may have come down with some kind of parasite while overseas which caused him to lose weight, but then he revealed that he underwent a palatte expansion surgery before the trip, and had to find an orthodontist in the country to fix something that broke off while healing. A post shared by Derick Dillard (@derickdillard) on Mar 9, 2018 at 6:24pm Pst Palatte expansions require fracturing and cutting bones in a patient's mouth,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Emy LaCroix
- In Touch Weekly
At the outset of “I Feel Pretty,” Amy Schumer plays a woman who doesn’t believe she’s beautiful. If you agree with her, then the comedian’s high-concept body-image satire — in which a nasty concussion gives her supposedly schlubby character an empowering shot of self-confidence — is liable to be hilarious. If, on the other hand, you accept that real women have curves, then this full-frontal takedown of the fashion industry’s impossible beauty standards actually feels quite tragic, since the on-fire actress comes across as trying way too hard to convince herself of what anyone can plainly see: that she’s amazing.
Unfortunately for many American women — but conceivably good for the movie’s box office chances — contemporary audiences have been so corrupted by heavily airbrushed magazine spreads, surgically enhanced supermodels, and unrealistically proportioned porn stars that they’ll readily accept Schumer as a dowdy fixer-upper. In a fearless move,...
Unfortunately for many American women — but conceivably good for the movie’s box office chances — contemporary audiences have been so corrupted by heavily airbrushed magazine spreads, surgically enhanced supermodels, and unrealistically proportioned porn stars that they’ll readily accept Schumer as a dowdy fixer-upper. In a fearless move,...
- 4/18/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The last time that Amy Schumer starred as the female clad of a major romantic-comedy, her casting was treated as some kind of subversive act. And, to a certain extent, maybe it was. On the one hand, a blonde, white, able-bodied comedienne on 3,000 movie screens probably shouldn’t be hailed as the Jackie Robinson of meet-cutes just because she wasn’t Weird-Scienced by a focus group of horny teenage boys in a secret Hollywood lab. On the other hand, when some male critics are inspired to say things like “there’s no way she’d be an object of heated romantic interest in the real world,” it’s all too easy to appreciate why Schumer had to write her own role if she ever wanted to play the lead in a mainstream love story.
What a difference three years makes. For one thing, Schumer no longer has to write her own movies.
What a difference three years makes. For one thing, Schumer no longer has to write her own movies.
- 4/18/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Remember that movie “Shallow Hal” where a man fell in love with a 300-pound woman because he could only see her inner beauty? Well, take that premise, give it a twist, and you have “I Feel Pretty.”
Written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, and starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Busy Phillips, Lauren Hutton, Dave Attell, Tom Hopper, Naomi Campbell, Aidy Bryant, Sasheer Zamata, Rory Scovel, and Adrian Martinez, the story follows an ordinary woman who gets bumped on the head, and starts seeing herself in a whole new, beautiful light.
Written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, and starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Busy Phillips, Lauren Hutton, Dave Attell, Tom Hopper, Naomi Campbell, Aidy Bryant, Sasheer Zamata, Rory Scovel, and Adrian Martinez, the story follows an ordinary woman who gets bumped on the head, and starts seeing herself in a whole new, beautiful light.
- 2/8/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Jack Black appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday — or, to be precise, Jan Lewan appeared, with the actor in character for his new comedy “The Polka King”. In the fact-based Netflix movie, the “Shallow Hal” star plays the titular performer, a popular star on the polka circuit until he was...
- 1/11/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Tony Gardner is one of the most accomplished special effects designers in the biz. He has designed and created effects for Zombieland, 127 Hours, Smokin’ Aces, Hairspray, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Addams Family, Shallow Hal and many more. Not… Continue Reading →
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- 10/3/2017
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
Kate Hudson can still remember a time when she didn’t feel her best self, physically.
“Remember when you had that first baby and you gained like 150 lbs.?” Chelsea Handler jokes to the actress on Wednesday’s episode of her Netflix show Chelsea. “It was like Shallow Hal, remember? Oh my God.”
Hudson — mom to Bingham “Bing”, 5, and Ryder, 13 next month — and the audience laugh before the Almost Famous star, 37, says she actually enjoyed the weight gain that came along with her first pregnancy.
“I loved it too — I relished in that moment of my ,” she says.
There’s one...
“Remember when you had that first baby and you gained like 150 lbs.?” Chelsea Handler jokes to the actress on Wednesday’s episode of her Netflix show Chelsea. “It was like Shallow Hal, remember? Oh my God.”
Hudson — mom to Bingham “Bing”, 5, and Ryder, 13 next month — and the audience laugh before the Almost Famous star, 37, says she actually enjoyed the weight gain that came along with her first pregnancy.
“I loved it too — I relished in that moment of my ,” she says.
There’s one...
- 12/14/2016
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
The fantasy horror film Tale of Tales, starring Salma Hayek, will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on September 6th. Also in today’s Highlights: Old 37 on ChillerTV, CryptTV’s partnership with Inkshares, a clip and poster from The House on Pine Street, and release details for Bb.
Tale of Tales Blu-ray / DVD Release Details: “A grim, gorgeous, grown-up fairytale full of princes and princesses, sorcerers and fairies, and monsters and ogres, the epic fantasy horror film Tale of Tales makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut September 6th, 2016, from Shout! Factory. Starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, and Shirley Henderson, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly exquisite and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the misadventures of three kings, based on stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile.”
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Old 37 Airings on Chiller TV: Press Release: “August 23rd , 2016 – Old 37...
Tale of Tales Blu-ray / DVD Release Details: “A grim, gorgeous, grown-up fairytale full of princes and princesses, sorcerers and fairies, and monsters and ogres, the epic fantasy horror film Tale of Tales makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut September 6th, 2016, from Shout! Factory. Starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, and Shirley Henderson, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly exquisite and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the misadventures of three kings, based on stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile.”
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Old 37 Airings on Chiller TV: Press Release: “August 23rd , 2016 – Old 37...
- 8/24/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Tony Robbins may be no Holy Wayne, but there’s little denying the motivational speaker and “Shallow Hal” cameo-haver’s success. Netflix’s next original movie takes a look at his annual “Date with Destiny” seminar, with the first trailer for “Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru” now available for all your self-actualization needs.
Read More: SXSW 2016 Review: ‘Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru’ Makes Tony Robbins Look Kind of Scary
2,500 people make their way to Boca Raton, Florida for the six-day seminar every year, but director Joe Berlinger and his crew were the first allowed behind-the-scenes access to it. He’s as energetic offstage as he is in front of his assembled fans, who, at least in “I Am Not Your Guru,” are out of their minds with excitement to even be in the same room with Robbins.
Read More: Joe Berlinger’s Tony Robbins Documentary to Open 2016 AmDocs Film Festival
Berlinger previously directed “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” and co-directed the “Paradise Lost” trilogy, the first of which is among the best films of the 1990s. “Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru” is available on Netflix on July 15.
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2,500 people make their way to Boca Raton, Florida for the six-day seminar every year, but director Joe Berlinger and his crew were the first allowed behind-the-scenes access to it. He’s as energetic offstage as he is in front of his assembled fans, who, at least in “I Am Not Your Guru,” are out of their minds with excitement to even be in the same room with Robbins.
Read More: Joe Berlinger’s Tony Robbins Documentary to Open 2016 AmDocs Film Festival
Berlinger previously directed “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” and co-directed the “Paradise Lost” trilogy, the first of which is among the best films of the 1990s. “Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru” is available on Netflix on July 15.
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- 6/16/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
As Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog barks its message of puppy love to cinemas this week, how well do you know other movie mutts?
Nil by Mouth
Layer Cake
Snatch
Trainspotting
There's Something About Mary
Room
Silver Linings Playbook
San Andreas
Bowfinger
Couples Retreat
Scary Movie 2
Spy Hard
The Accidental Tourist
Shallow Hal
The Jerk
Moonstruck
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The Omen
Scanners
The Campaign
The Artist
Movie 43
Zoolander 2
The Family
Empire State
In Bruges
Only Lovers Left Alive
Stand By Me
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon 2
The Lost Boys
Tootsie
Short Circuit
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The War of the Roses
The Grapes of Wrath
Bringing Up Baby
High Sierra
Rebecca
7 and above.
Top dog
4 and above.
That was ruff
0 and above.
Beethoven's last
Continue reading...
Nil by Mouth
Layer Cake
Snatch
Trainspotting
There's Something About Mary
Room
Silver Linings Playbook
San Andreas
Bowfinger
Couples Retreat
Scary Movie 2
Spy Hard
The Accidental Tourist
Shallow Hal
The Jerk
Moonstruck
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The Omen
Scanners
The Campaign
The Artist
Movie 43
Zoolander 2
The Family
Empire State
In Bruges
Only Lovers Left Alive
Stand By Me
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon 2
The Lost Boys
Tootsie
Short Circuit
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The War of the Roses
The Grapes of Wrath
Bringing Up Baby
High Sierra
Rebecca
7 and above.
Top dog
4 and above.
That was ruff
0 and above.
Beethoven's last
Continue reading...
- 5/17/2016
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Jesse Eisenberg needed to finally atone for his sins from 14 years ago, so he headed to Las Vegas. While accepting his award at CinemaCon for Male Star of the Year at Caesars Palace, the actor hilariously came clean about how he used to fake his way into movie theaters in his hometown of New York as a youngster. Now, he felt it was time to come clean in front of the people he "stole" from. "I was actually part of a major scheme to steal from Regal Cinemas when I was about 18," he said during his acceptance speech on Thursday.
- 4/15/2016
- by Mark Gray
- PEOPLE.com
Jesse Eisenberg needed to finally atone for his sins from 14 years ago, so he headed to Las Vegas. While accepting his award at CinemaCon for Male Star of the Year at Caesars Palace, the actor hilariously came clean about how he used to fake his way into movie theaters in his hometown of New York as a youngster. Now, he felt it was time to come clean in front of the people he "stole" from. "I was actually part of a major scheme to steal from Regal Cinemas when I was about 18," he said during his acceptance speech on Thursday.
- 4/15/2016
- by Mark Gray
- PEOPLE.com
Her life has been full of ups and downs, and yet Gwyneth Paltrow has never looked so radiant as she does on the front page of the May 2016 issue of Marie Claire Australia.
In her cover story, the “Shallow Hal” actress opens up about the current state of her relationship with ex-husband Chris Martin- “It’s like we are still a family but not a couple. I think we are better as friends than we were married. We are very close and supportive of each other.”
Paltrow continues, “It hasn’t always been easy for us because you have good days and bad days as you do in life with anything, but I feel lucky because Chris has been willing to push himself for the sake of the kids and help me co-create this new family.”...
In her cover story, the “Shallow Hal” actress opens up about the current state of her relationship with ex-husband Chris Martin- “It’s like we are still a family but not a couple. I think we are better as friends than we were married. We are very close and supportive of each other.”
Paltrow continues, “It hasn’t always been easy for us because you have good days and bad days as you do in life with anything, but I feel lucky because Chris has been willing to push himself for the sake of the kids and help me co-create this new family.”...
- 4/11/2016
- GossipCenter
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