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Called That Sh*t: Elton John Wants Justin Timberlake For Biopic ‘Rocketman’

Wookie Johnson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0000

As I prophesized like a Mayan or something, Elton John wants Justin Timberlake to play him in his biopic Rocketman. This wouldn’t be Timberlake’s first time donning crazy pants and weird glasses to play the legendary music icon. Says John, “I’ve got a wish list of people. No. 1 on my wish list is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of ‘Rocket Man’ and was superb.”

Though he does acknowledge this is merely his wishlist for right now, they do have a director on board. That will be announced soon as the script comes together. He also explains that we can expect anything but your run of the mill biopic.

…would be a jukebox musical in earnest, maybe with a couple of new songs. You never know. Because it’s going to be a surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge! I just don’t want it to be a normal biopic because my life hasn’t been like that.

That’s cool. Still seems pretty weird to be making your own biopic though. (LA Times)

7 Mostly-Dumb Instances Of White Actors Rapping

Penn Collins — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:20:40 +0000

It’s one thing to lean on something uncharacteristic for comedy. It plays against type, serves as a shock to the viewer, and often offers an amusing juxtaposition. Unless of course, you’re having a white actor bust into a rap for the sake of all the 37 year-old receptionists that will reflexively squawk, “I can’t believe they went there!” That’s not funny. That’s not even humor. Nonetheless, films and TV have long been in the business of “surprising” audiences with familiar stuff they’ve seen before, and this “rapping cracker” business has become old hat.

Here are a few of the most glaring instances. A few work on a deeper level, but most don’t. If any of these scenes are personal favorites of yours, I’m sorry. Sorry you have bad taste.

Ok. The 30 Rock one is pretty damn funny.

Chris Cooper – The Muppets

Sadly, no video is available for this one yet, but Chris Cooper, who plays a humorless oilman in the puppet film, breaks into a rap entitled “Let’s Talk About Me.” There are video vixens, crazy-phresh lyrics, and, most importantly…CHRIS COOPER RAPPING. While it’s certainly an irreverent scene by Muppet standards, the oddness of it all works. It’s weird, but not in a desperate or incomprehensible fashion. It’s just pretty interesting.

I thought about tagging this with a “spoiler alert,” but figured those diehard Muppet fans that would get upset by this have all seen the movie by now. If that’s not the case, I’m sorry I ruined his ironic rap.

Ellen Dow – The Wedding Singer

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Hey! The rapping Granny is rapping! And she’s old. In a film that is inundated with thoughtful humor and cheap gags, this certainly falls in the latter camp. Dow was 80 at the time The Wedding Singer was released, and I still have doubts as to whether that’s her natural voice. My theory? She couldn’t rap that fast, so they sped up the tape, raising the pitch.

You can read the complete theory in my upcoming book, The Agony and the Anguish: How ‘The Wedding Singer’s Rappin’ Granny Came To Be.

Justin Timberlake To Get Folky With The Coens?

Joseph Gibson — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:49:43 +0000

Remember that Coe brothers folk music project that was reported on a while back? Well, it just got the shot of hipness that might make it big news in the entertainment world: A lead role has been offered to none other than Justin Timberlake. The movie, called Inside Llewyn Davis, follows a “struggling folk musician born and bred in Queens who, despite being a talented singer and guitarist, just can’t seem to make ends meet playing music.” If Timberlake accepts the opportunity to work with the Coen brothers (uh, right, “if”), he’ll be joining Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac in the movie as Jim, a folk musician and husband to Carey Mulligan.

Timberlake has had a lot of acting work lately, but working with revered auteurs like the Coens could put him back in a role as high-profile and highly praised as his performance in David Fincher’s The Social Network last year. As Mr. Timberlake’s most trusted adviser, I’ll be sure to let him know this. I’ll also tell him you said “hey.” (Variety)

In Time

Screen Junkies — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:56:33 +0000

Director: Andrew Niccol

Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy

Synopsis: In the future people stop aging at 25 and must work to buy themselves more time, but when a young man finds himself with more time than he can imagine he must run from the corrupt police force to save his life.

Release Date: October 28, 2011

7 Actors Who Could Star In The Elton John Biopic ‘Rocketman’

Wookie Johnson — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:03:23 +0000

Elton John has announced plans to bring his life to the screen with the biopic Rocketman. The film is purported to be radically different than other biopics with a non-linear story and wild visuals juxtaposed to John’s biggest hits. But who can play this larger than life icon? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is likely busy with G.I. Joe commitments and Jackie Chan isn’t the draw that he once was.

Who to choose? Who to choose?

Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr. has already proven he can effectively lip sync Elton John’s music in the video for “I Want Love.” He’s also wrestled with his own substance abuse issues. I’m not certain whether or not he can play the piano but there’s no reason that should be a strike against him.

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake has actually played a young Elton John before during the Rocketman’s phase where he was too lazy to appear in his own videos. This was just around the time that Timberlake had gone solo and was looking to branch out into acting and there’s no better way to sever your boy band image than by appearing on-screen with simulated orgies and cocaine use. Just ask Rod, the little-known fourth member of Hanson.

Carol Burnett

She’s no stranger to loud jackets and she’s got the haircut down. No doubt in my mind that this could be Carol Burnett’s comeback project.

8 Actors We Used To Sort Of Hate, And Now We Sort Of Don’t

Penn Collins — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:00:01 +0000

After considering the entries here for way too long, I’m a little disheartened to see that it could still just as easily be titled “9 Handsome Actors,” which isn’t much of a list.

But such is the way of the world. Handsome actors (and beautiful actresses, for that matter) are often given whatever the opposite of “the benefit of the doubt” is. (“The hindrance of the certainty?” No. That’s just stupid.) They are written off until they take pains to prove themselves, which generally comes by removing themselves from their comfort zones and tackling more difficult, creative material.

For instance, I have little doubt that Ashton Kutcher could actually appear on this list if he would ever try his hand at a film that wasn’t a romantic comedy, but alas. If you look at entries 8-5, they all shook their images by playing against type, except for perhaps Jackman, who is still a singing and dancing fool, but has killed it with his performance in The Prestige and even scene stealing turns in crappier fare like Swordfish.

At any rate, here are eight actors we used to sort of hate, and now we short of don’t.

The Old Guard

8. Brad Pitt

Pitt’s ascent from “heartthrob” to established, respected actor is indicative of the path many actors on this list have taken. After turns in such chick-friendly fare as Legends of the Fall, Thelma and Louise, and Interview with a Vampire, he turned the pretty boy image on its head with appearances in Twelve Monkeys, Se7en, Fight Club, and Snatch, quickly ingratiating him to the male audiences so determined to hate the handsome bastard. We held out as long as we could.

7. Mark Wahlberg

Honestly, Wahlberg’s path doesn’t mirror Pitt’s too closley. After making a name for himself as Donnie Wahlberg’s brother and as a pant-less rapper, Wahlberg turned in a pretty hammy but fun performance in Fear that didn’t do much to dispel people of the notion that he was a buff meathead. Honestly, he still wrestles with that preconceived notion today, after playing befuddled, overwhelmed (albeit endearing) characters in films such as I Heart Huckabees and Boogie Nights. But turns in other David O. Russell films like Three Kings and The Fighter have dispelled many of the oafish first impressions.

The Future Is Model Hot In New ‘In Time’ Trailer

Wookie Johnson — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:07:24 +0000

7 photosOlivia Wilde

Everyone seems to be looking forward to In Time and here’s another trailer to whet your appetite. In the future, science has stopped the gene for aging. However, you don’t live past twenty-five years old unless you’re able to earn more time as it has become the chief currency. Which means that the wealthy can live forever and the poor work until they die. Fuck that shit. I’m moving to Future Canada.

In Time stars Justin Timberlake as a man on the run after he inherits a century. Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, and Alex Pettyfer are also on hand to eternally attractive.

‘In Time’ Trailer Shows Time Is Money

Penn Collins — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:19:13 +0000

'In Time' Trailer Imagines A World Where Justin Timberlake Fights For The Oppressed

In the world of In Time, what separates the rich from the poor isn’t money, but rather time. The wealthiest people will not only live a very long time, but live as young people for a very long time. So the Fortune 500 would look like a True Blood cast picture or something.

In this trailer, we find that Justin Timberlake’s Will Salas is accused of murder, he must live as a poor person, hustling for every minute to make it through the day. So this film should fall in line with other like minded films like Crank, and even Die Hard with a Vengeance (when they’re on that little scavenger hunt), which shouldn’t distinguish it from a whole grip of other “clock is running out” films, but the idea that an entire economy is based on the allocation of time rather than dollars could be pretty interesting if it’s developed between scenes of people jumping off balconies and running down alleys.

Joining JT on this adventure are Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Alexy Petyfer, and Johnny Galecki. The film hits October 28, so start saving those minutes now.

‘In Time’ Trailer Imagines A World Where Justin Timberlake Fights For The Oppressed

Joseph Gibson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:22:46 +0000

7 photosMila Kunis

Justin Timberlake, not content to be the most-liked pop star/actor working today, is apparently branching out into the world of action stardom. The vehicle for this endeavor is called In Time – directed by respected science-fictioneer Andrew Niccol, and it as hooky scifi premises go, it’s pretty golden. It’s the future, when science has cured aging, and everyone stops growing older at 25. Instead of gradually getting older and dying, the populace is given one more year to live. But the people can replenish their time remaining on Earth, since in this future society, time is used as currency, like money today. Pretty cool, right?

The trailer poses a lot of thought-provoking questions like “is it fair for some people to have lots of money while other people starve in the streets,” along with some ass-kicking and gunplay. Oh, and Pete Campbell from Mad Men is in it. Sold!

Review: Friends With Benefits

Fred Topel — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:58:15 +0000

Friends with Benefits is good enough that you won’t mind taking a date to it, though if you’ve had more than three dates I’d recommend you suggest staying in and renting No Strings Attached. Then you’ll be comfortable, laughing, a little sexy and who knows what could happen? Yeah, baby.

Fs with Bs seems to take a different stylistic approach to the exact same movie. Strings was more of a drama with jokes in it, and it’s actually shockingly good at that. So if Friends delivered a snappy, quirky farce it would distinguish itself. Ultimately, it becomes the typical Hollywood comedy that tries to get serious in the end, but that’s not heart. That’s cheap.

'Friends With Benefits' Red Band: More Casual F***ing

Mila Kunis seems like the coolest girl ever and that goes a long way. Jamie (Kunis) is a headhunter who woos Dylan (Justin Timberlake) to a New York job at GQ. The material lets her change character on a dime as she adjusts her sales pitch and messes with Ryan. Once he moves to New York, they hang out and Jamie continues to push his buttons.

Personally, I wouldn’t like a friend to be that inconsistent. Dylan just messes with her right back. I personally prefer to be nice to my friends in real life. For a movie though, it provides lots of snappy banter. When Dylan and Jamie try the casual sex arrangement, the montage (sextage?) plays it as a joke. The ticklish chin, the socks staying on, the oral errors, it’s all having fun, not taking the endeavor or its ramifications seriously.

7 photosMila Kunis

That dynamic remains strong when Dylan and Jamie actually start dating other people in front of each other. You think you’re cool with it? We’ll see how cool with it you are. Timberlake is as likeable as he is on SNL, self-deprecating his singing and math skills.

Then they introduce Dylan’s family and it’s “insert drama here.” His father (Richard Jenkins) has Alzheimer’s. Now Jamie’s mom (Patricia Clarkson) has already been introduced as a wacky irresponsible drunk. It’s not cute but at least it’s consistent with the tone. Playing the Alzheimer’s card, and Jenkins acting the hell out of it, is just frankly a dick move. Yeah, we get that Dylan and Jamie have family issues. You can’t be the heartwarming Alzheimer’s movie after the abrasive humor of the first half.

Also Dylan’s nephew is the precocious kid from Modern Family (Nolan Gould) who does botched magic tricks. Then there’s a part where Jamie overhears Dylan saying something about her. No Strings actually had smart characters protecting themselves and speaking up. When that couple split up, it was because Ashton Kutcher’s character knew Natalie Portman’s was going to hurt him. Yeah, it was about 20 minutes before the finale, but I was proud of the character for making the tough choice.

Friends promises to be smart about romantic comedies by making fun of their clichés, even having a fake rom-com within the rom-com. Yet this has just as much pop music as Dylan makes fun of, and ends with a romantic stunt cleverly foreshadowed in the first act. I guess you can’t just have a casually funny movie without it bringing up all sorts of issues. Come on, don’t be this obvious!

‘Friends With Benefits’ Red Band: More Casual F***ing

Wookie Johnson — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:54:03 +0000

6 photosEmma Stone

You know the drill by now. Characters who don’t talk or act like real people decide that they’re tired of relationships give casual boning a try. But wait a minute? What if they end IN a relationship with EACH OTHER? Man, they’ll be eating crow if that happens.

And Emma Stone asks Justin Timberlake to shit on her face. I’m sure he gets that all the time.

Justin Timberlake To Fight Bad Guys In ‘Fully Automatic’

Wookie Johnson — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:13:16 +0000

Pew pew pew pew pew!! Justin Timberlake is going to run around and play cops and robbers. The singer turned Friends With Benefits star has attached to a new action film in hopes to further distance himself from the image of bleached cornrows and orange pants. Timberlake is set to play a rookie in the buddy cop flick, Fully Automatic. Described as being in the same vein as Lethal Weapon, the movie centers on two rookies who team up with a female former Delta Force agent to stop mercenaries after they steal a cache of weapons.

So, it’s like The Rock and Lethal Weapon starring Officer Justin Timberlake and his abs as he drives cars fast and blows up bad guys with infinitely larger amounts of military training than him. Sounds believable. (Vulture)

Movie Guide to Dating a Marine

Breakstudios — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:39:59 +0000

It seems like everyone these days is dating a US Marine, and we think that this is a great thing. Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake are leading the way, and just yesterday we read a twitter report about Jessica Rabbit canoodling with ‘Chesty’ the bulldog mascot of the Corps. Justin and Mila can give us some pointers when it comes having friends with benefits, but, like the rest of us civilians we’re pretty sure that dating a marine is a mystery to them. In fact we are pretty sure they are searching madly for a ‘movie guide to dating a marine’ to prep them for the Marine Corps Ball in November. After all, if movies have taught us anything it’s that you can learn just about everything in 120 minutes, including what it takes to woo one of the few and proud.

The following are a few films you might want to consider watching to learn more about dating a Marine.

Heaven Knows Mr. Allison

Mr. Allison shipwrecked with a nun

Mr. Big Skies (AKA John Huston) himself directs Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum in this 1957 classic. Mitchum finds himself shipwrecked on an island in the South Pacific after his marine recon team gets ditched by a nava submarine during an enemy attack. Lucky for him he’s not marooned alone, finding a beautiful nun who was also abandoned during an evacuation to share the island with. Do we see love on the horizon along with an approaching Japanese ship? Take a guess what happens next. Dating tip to take away from this oldie but goodie—don’t except a marine to make the first move, unless they’re drunk on sake.

Born of the Fourth of July

Tom Cruise dancing in Born On The Fourth Of July

Tom Cruise definitely has some 0n-screen experience when it comes to the marines. Defending them as a Naval lawyer in A Few Good Men, but not before playing one in Oliver Stone‘s second film about the Vietnam War. In Born On The Fourth Of July, Cruise plays real-life marine Ron Kovic, who enlists in the service as soon as he’s eighteen and gets shipped out the day after his senior prom. Kovic’s horrific experience in Vietnam leaves him wheelchair-bound and disillusioned with America and its war machine; he then devotes his life to anti-war activism. A few things to note: marines often declare their feelings less that 24 hours before deploying to a dangerous, war-ridden foreign country (but not before getting in a last dance), and, big surprise, they might have some issues after coming back.

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket "Me Love You Long Time"

Stanley Kubrick‘s take on Nam, Full Metal Jacket is full of useful info about the life of a marine—from the degradation of basic training, platoon hazings involving bars of soap and what type of sexual propositions a marine is used to. Just to recap, Full Metal Jacket follows a platoon from basic through their stationing in Vietnam, and like just about all movies about Vietnam, is highly anti-war at its core. However, this is beside the point for our purposes. What you need to take away is this: you better be prepared to love them long time.

Jarhead

Jake Gyllenhaal reading in Jarhead

Another true story, Jarhead focuses on Operation Desert Storm, following Anthony Swofford as a marine in the Persian Gulf. Among the many things to worry about during war, most of the platoon is worried about their ladies back home being unfaithful to them while they are so far away for so long. Unfortunately, this proves to be true in many instances, even for our leading man. Upon returning home, he finds his long time girlfriend with a new boyfriend. The moral is: marines can be paranoid, but sometimes it’ justified. If you’re going to date one, you better be faithful. And if you can’t be, take a cue from Brian Dettman’s ex by rallying a neighbor to make a homemade porno with you and sending it on an unassuming VHS copy of The Deer Hunter. It’s a classy move.

Flags of our Fathers

Holding up the flag in Flags Of Our Fathers

We’ve all seen the iconic photograph of the marines holding up Old Glory during the fiercest battle in Iwo Jima in WWII. Flags Of Our Fathers tells the story of the story of the three men who held the flag and survived, the heroism the country bestowed on them and how undeserving they felt of all the attention in the end. Word to the wise, when it comes to dating a hero, remember that survivors guilt can be a bitch.

The Great Santini

Blythe Danner shows Mila how to date a Marine

The Great Santini reminds us that despite our attempt to write this as a humorous article, the sacrifices that both Marines in Uniform, and their families make are no joke. This film depicts the disconnect between a Marine Aviator (pilot for you landlubbers) who runs his family like a military unit, and his family who just want to be loved unconditionally. It is not just returning combat veterans that deal with PTSD, but unfortunately their entire family must deal with this as well.

We are incredibly proud of the men and women who serve in our armed forces, and would like to suggest to our readers that if they liked this article then they should visit the Wounded Warrior Project, because the worst thing we can do is to forget about the sacrifices that have been made for freedom.

Friends With Benefits

Reza F. — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:08:24 +0000

Director: Will Gluck

Cast: Emma Stone, Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Woody Harrelson

Synopsis: The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to get romantic.

Release Date: July 22, 2011

Review: Bad Teacher

Fred Topel — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:02:37 +0000

Bad Teacher is a solid, consistently funny comedy. It doesn’t quite go all the way into dark comedy but it’s unapologetically cynical and that makes for good laughs.

Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is a relentless antihero. She’s saving up for a boob job so she can better attract rich guys in bars. Her old fiancé caught onto her motivations so she has to resort to her teaching job until she picks up a new sugar daddy. Wristwatch heir Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) seems like a good prospect but he’s more interested in good girl teacher Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch).

Cameron Diaz Leaves No Child Behind In ‘Bad Teacher’ Red Band

With an R-rating, Elizabeth can talk about going down on a guy. She can smoke, speed on the road, and spit out the cookies her students kindly bake for her. She insensitively tells a kid why he’s not getting laid, and she’s right. Basically, her vulgar indifference towards the kids is cynical enough to be funny. It could go darker, but it’s funny.

Her bad teaching isn’t so shocking as it is blatant. She shows movies in class so she can just zone out. Scamming parents for tutoring money is pretty outrageous. She only steps up to teach when she’s motivated by a bonus for high test scores. Then she gets even worse. Her paper grading is really funny.

6 photosCameron Diaz

There was a TV show in the ‘90s that kind of did this. “Drexell’s Class” had Dabney Coleman as an alcoholic schoolteacher. I remember it being pretty funny and there were complaints about exposing children to that bad behavior. Obviously it’s okay to do the same premise 20 years later in an R-rated movie, and Bad Teacher compares favorably.

Squirrel becomes the nemesis in an ‘80s movie goody goody way and Punch sells the hell out of it. Her bathroom talk with principal Snur (John Michael Higgins) is funny and there are good old fashioned poop jokes. Jason Segal is funny as the gym teacher Russell Gettis, pretending to take the other teachers’ insignificant concerns ultra urgently.

The film definitely handles the story right. There are no big shenanigans in the end. They just resolve the character relationships. Most importantly, nobody learns any lessons! Elizabeth almost realizes a lesson but then she shakes it off. So no morals, no contrived plot, just jokes.

See Some Posters For ‘Real Steel’ And ‘Friends With Benefits’

Joseph Gibson — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:14:52 +0000

The upcoming movies Real Steel and Friends With Benefits are getting surprisingly positive buzz for movies that weren’t supposed to be any good on paper. Now we can see some actual paper on them in the form of posters you can see below.

The first one is for Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, and I think it looks pretty cool. The logo is kind of generic, but I like the sports-meets-robots concept. Plus robots are cool, just in general.

The second one is for Friends With Benefits, starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as the titular “friends.” This one is a standard stars-making-kind-of-funny-faces poster, but likeable enough I guess. I take off 10 points for not having any robots though.

Timberlake To Put “Dick” Into ‘SNL’ Season Finale “Box”

Geoffrey Golden — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:35:16 +0000

Wow, that title was a bit of a stretch. However, this Twitter-based rumor is far from it: looks like Justin Timberlake will host this year’s final episode of “SNL” on May 21st.

T-Lake’s been on”Saturday Night Live” so many times, I think they’re gonna finally give him the infamous “Official Steve Martin ‘SNL’ Hangout Guy Plaque.” So it makes sense to have him host the finale, which is typically a strong episode with a proven host. Last year’s May finale host was Alec Baldwin, and the year before was Will Ferrell. I’m sure Andy Samberg is already thinking about a Digital Short to end all Digital Shorts. I assume it won’t be a musical number of some kind.

How was this found out? The news was leaked via a Twitter conversation – not a Twitter war, sadly. Here’s what went down: an “SNL” follower wrote…

I didn’t realize that @nbcsnl isn’t back until May 7th!!! What am I going to do!? Is Tina Fey the season finale!? #SNL #aaahhhh

To which one of the show’s Twitterators replied:

Nope! We have Timberlake after that!

The tweet has since been deleted. However the box has been opened. The dick has been revealed, mother lovers. (Huffington Post)

‘Akira’ Casting Shortlist: Pattinson, Garfield, No One Asian

Geoffrey Golden — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:07:25 +0000

Akira is considered one on the most important works in all of mangadom and animeland. It’s a Japanese classic, which is why it must be written by the Harry Potter screenwriter and star a franchise-carrying white dude. “Must… scrub… all… Japanese… aspects… away…,” said a hard-at-work Warner Bros. They missed a spot, though – all the characters still have names like Tetsuo and Kaneda. Why not Tony and Kyle? Now those are first names I can relate to.

Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy and Robert Pattinson have been given the current draft of Akira, re-written by Steve Kloves. They’re all up for the lead role of Tetsuo. If the audition requires shirtlessness, Pattinson’s got the experience edge. Meanwhile, for the role of Kaneda, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender and Joaquin Phoenix are under consideration.

The story takes place in the very distant future – 2019 – where a bike gang leader must save his buddy from becoming the victim of a medical experiment. Warner Bros. and director Albert Hughes (From Hell) are excited about the new draft, though probably Albert’s co-director brother Allen is not, since he’s been left out of the picture. Or maybe he too became the victim of a medical experiment somewhere in Neo-Tokyo. (Deadline)

Timberlake Goes Through A Kriss Kross Phase

Wookie Johnson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:08:29 +0000

A new, less naked trailer for Friends With Benefits is online and affirms that everyone in Hollywood knows each other. Will Gluck‘s follow-up to Easy A also sports cameos from Emma Stone and Andy Samberg. Stone, of course, starred in Easy A and Samberg convinced Timberlake to stick his D in a box and Patricia Clarkson (who also appears). It’s also notable that Woody Harrelson (who co-starred with Stone in Zombieland) appears as Timberlake’s gay confidant. That is an intricate web of casting.

It’s only a matter of time before we see Mila Kunis play Woody Harrelson’s unlikely love interest as they butt heads while traveling to the group wedding of Justin Timberlake, Emma Stone, and Andy Samberg. Which will be presided over by Patricia Clarkson. Look for Goin’ To The Chapel by Spring of 2013.

Green Band ‘Bad Teacher’ Teaser Probably Still Inappropriate For Children

Joseph Gibson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:16:56 +0000

If the trailers and posters for the upcoming Bad Teacher are to be believed, Cameron Diaz wants to get in on that sweet Billy Bob Thornton stardom – since this appears to be a variation on the theme established by the Holiday classic Bad Santa. What next? Bad Salesman? Bad Assassin? Bad Prostitute? Maybe some weird/awesome combination of the three.

Anyway, the trailer is pretty much just like the red-band trailer that was released previously, with some concessions to wholesome entertainment. For instance, instead of saying “hold my ball sack” at the end, Jason Segel says “hold my balls.” One second while I send this trailer to my grandmother and some nuns. (via /Film)

‘Bad Teacher’ Poster Deserves A “B-”

Geoffrey Golden — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:06:43 +0000

Bad Teacher is the movie that asks the question, “if Bad Santa were about a teacher instead of a Santa, what would that be like?” The trailer shines some light on the answer, and the new poster has just been released. You can see it below.

Things I like: Cameron Diaz‘ legs.

Things I could use more of: Cameron Diaz‘ legs, boobs, butt.

Thing I was confused by: usually students give teachers apples. Is the note from a student who hates her bad teacher, or did the bad teacher put the note on the apple she was given to piss off her students? Who’s being told to eat whom?

Thing I liked: the tag line. She doesn’t give an “F,” though I’ll give this poster a “B-” for getting me kinda interested. Sorta. I liked the trailer better.

Also starring Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel, Bad Teacher schools us on June 24th. Synopsis after the poster. (Empire Online, JustJared)

Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, she gets high, and she can’t wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds hersel fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an education like no other.

‘Three Stooges’ Looking Less Likely To Strike Oscars Gold

Wookie Johnson — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:37:17 +0000

While they haven’t found the right knuckleheads for their Three Stooges film, the Farrell Brothers have mentioned a few of the folks who have been approached. Some are really interesting choices while the others are doo-doo.

Looks like they’ve moved away from trying to win an Oscar and have focused exclusively on comedic actors. While making the rounds for Hall Pass, the Farrellys have revealed the current state of casting. In competition for the role of Moe are Hank Azaria and Johnny Knoxville, Will Sasso leads the charge for Curly, and Larry has been offered to Larry David, Woody Harrelson, and Justin Timberlake.

Hmmm… really interesting choices in there. If it were up to me, I’d say Azaria, Sasso, and Harrelson are all perfect. As much as I’d like to see Justin Timberlake poked in the eyes, he’s just not the right fit. (via The Playlist)

Cameron Diaz Leaves No Child Behind In ‘Bad Teacher’ Red Band

Wookie Johnson — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:13:32 +0000

Here’s the trailer for that raunchy Cameron Diaz comedy that you’ve all been clamoring to touch your eyeballs against. Bad Teacher stars Diaz as a spoiled, lazy teacher who just doesn’t give an F. Until she figures out that big boobs = being able to bang Justin Timberlake. From that point on she’s ready to do whatever it takes to earn the money for a new pair of cans. Whatever it takes. Even doing her job. She’s that desperate.

‘The Social Network’ Is Lies, All Lies.

Wookie Johnson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:41:00 +0000

While speaking at something geeky recently, Sean Parker shared his thoughts on David Fincher‘s The Social Network. Though he enjoyed the film, he was quick to reveal that what ended up on the screen was “a complete work of fiction.”

He commented on the scenes involving cocaine and a Victoria’s Secret model. “I wish my life was that cool.” His girlfriend must be TH-RILLED right now.

“The part of the movie that frustrated me most was when the character played by Justin Timberlake who just happens to have my name – writes a cheque to Eduardo who I remain in contact with and consider a friend, and throws it at his face and has him thrown out of the building. That’s just rude. I mean who would do that?”

Umm, I don’t know, people who are hilarious? That’s how Screen Junkies pays me. Am I to believe this is not standard practice in the business world? If so, I’m sooo not wearing that ball gag when I blog from now on. (The Next Web)

‘The Social Network’ Wants More Of Your Sweet, Sweet Money

Wookie Johnson — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:21:03 +0000

"Now, observe how the two girls use the cup."

Good news! You’re going to have the opportunity to spend another $12 on seeing The Social Network this weekend. Then, on Tuesday you can go out and spend more money on your own copy when it’s released on home video. Your ticket purchase will help push it to $200 million worldwide, and in turn you get a warm place to hang out for a few hours. Maybe you can get some nachos too. It’s a good deal for everybody.

Sadly, the nasty side-effect to this is that Justin Timberlake is an actor now. We have to just accept it, I guess. Or you could stay home in protest and not see this year’s Best Picture. Then you’ll look like a jerk. Oh God, this is Slumdog Millionaire all over again, isn’t it? (Variety)

Review: Yogi Bear

Fred Topel — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:35:58 +0000

The worst part about yogi bear is that at no point during the film does the bear ever do yoga. Not a Downward Dog pose, not an Upward Bow pose, not even a Warrior One. That is blatant false advertising to promise yogi bear and not even deliver. I would pay to see a bear doing yoga. The free screening of the Yogi Bear movie was almost too much for me.

Now I have no attachment to the original cartoon but for anyone who did like it, this can’t be what you wanted. Yogi (voice of Dan Aykroyd) steals a few pic-a-nic baskets in the beginning, with Boo Boo (voice of Justin Timberlake) in tow. They never explain why they talk, only that Yogi’s smart, by which they can only mean he’s mastered Hooked on Phonics. Then it becomes a generic Hollywood plot, an excuse to hang the comedy on, but not a good excuse and not good comedy.

This is one of those movies where they have to save the park by raising enough money to stop the evil politicians. Mayor Brown (Andrew Daly) has run the city out of money by buying expensive suits, so he wants to sell Jellystone Park to developers. With Nate Corddry as his Chief of Staff, you end up watching two professional comedians exercising their Comedy 101. They’ve got this and it’s a paycheck so they just show the kids why they’re evil and fiddle with car windows.

Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) throws a firework gala to attract visitors and sell enough season passes to pay the park’s operating costs. This is his only attempt to save the park, so it’s not even a formula that sets up many trials and errors This is it, and Smith tries to keep Yogi and Boo Boo hidden, but Yogi waterskis while twirling a flaming baton so “hilarity ensues.”

There’s also a documentarian, Rachel (Anna Faris), shooting footage at Jellystone and making Smith goo-goo-eyed, and assistant ranger Jones (T.J. Miller) bumbling things up. Mayor Brown actually gets Jones to sabotage the park by promising him a job at the park he’s planning to tear down. Anyway, I’ll give you Ranger Smith but not four extra humans.

Yogi Bear is busy, loud and obnoxious. The 3D is gimmicky for kids with lots of nacho chips rubber bands and spit takes poking out of the screen. All the mugging and posing of the bears is just desperate. Every scene has to have humans bumbling, animated bears bouncing around and an obnoxious orchestral live-action cartoon score.

You can imagine Aykroyd and Timberlake doing the voices. Yogi sounds like he comes from a big comedy belly and Boo Boo is a tweaked up pop star sound. I’ll give it to Cavanagh, he goes all out with Smith’s embarrassing song and dance to Rachel. The best jokes are about butt thermometers.

At least it’s so predictable you know you’re in the home stretch when Yogi has to get Smith to come back to Jellystone. Sadly, it still takes forever to work out all this political nonsense, so you’re stuck for a full 90 minutes.

10 Funniest Neil Hamburger Anti-Yogi Bear Tweets

Col. Longshanks — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:49:23 +0000

Outspoken comedian Neil Hamburger, a Tim & Eric favorite, has taken it upon himself to launch an anti-Yogi Bear tirade on his @neil_hamburger Twitter account. Neil doesn’t mince words in his explicit bursts of disgust over the live action/animated hybrid featuring Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake as the voices of Yogi and Boo Boo, respectively. I’ve picked out a few gems that nicely sum up his overall feelings, and might reflect some of the hate you experience upon subsequent viewings of the trailer and/or commercial. Check out 10 favorites below:

Thanks in advance to #MarriottResorts & #Maggianos for fighting child’s cancer by donating $1 for every #fuckyouyogibear tweet (SPECULATION)

Hey there, it’ Yogi Bear! (Stealing bowel movements from the Beverly Hilton and eating them.)

Tom Bosley’s dying final words: “Please don’t let Aykroyd voice Yogi Bear.” Died 1 min later.

Gene Siskel to return from dead with one-off, half-star film review of “Yogi Bear.”

Patch Adams and Yogi Bear to team up to teach children the value of drinking ammonia-based cleansers.

So sad to see Dan Aykroyd sink so low…I have admired him since seeing his groundbreaking work in Britney Spears‘ “Crossroads” movie.

“Yogi Bear” becomes first film to be banned in Poland since “Hitler’s Giant Cock And Great Ideas Also” was banned from theaters in 1967.

Taco Bell to put Aykroyd and Timberlake’s feces into refried beans during December to help prepare fans for experience of watching film.

George W. Bush in “Decision Points”: “Say what you will, but no Yogi Bear movie was released during my 8-year Presidency.”

(CNN): Popov Vodka to sponsor asphyxiation of children heard complaining about Yogi Bear movie on school playgrounds.

Yep, that about sums it up. I’ve decided against railing on Yogi Bear anymore since it clearly wasn’t made for my demographic, but can I bask in other people’s spot-on impressions? Does a bear sh*t in the woods?

(Thanks to Patty Schumacker for the tip)

Kunis Is Timberlake’s Slam-Piece In ‘Friends With Benefits’ Red Band Trailer

Col. Longshanks — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 03:55:43 +0000

After yesterday’s posting of the No Strings Attached trailer, the film became an instant classic. So much so, that there’s already a copycat. Today we have a red band, naughty trailer for Friends With Benefits, which stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis in the Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman roles respectively. In this version, two hot people decide to boink without labels. But they soon find that you can’t alternately boink and play soccer videogames all the time. That’s how love happens.

Olivia Wilde Will Play Justin Timberlake’s Hot Mom In Formerly Dumbly-Titled ‘I’m.mortal’

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^Mom?

Andrew Niccol is scooping up all the pretty people for his now untitled sci-fi film. Olivia Wilde is the latest hot, young thing to join the cast that already consists of Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, and Vincent Kartheiser. Wilde will play Timberlake’s hot mom, in the film about a society where the aging gene is turned off at age twenty-five. Hence, old and gross people can appear twenty-five forever.

Originally called I’m.mortal, the film is now currently untitled. That’s good news for sh*tty trip-hop bands in Florida who may be in need of a name. (EW)

The ‘Yogi Bear’ Trailer Will Make You Sad

Reza F. — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:02:09 +0000

Watching the Yogi Bear trailer made me sad. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m too old to appreciate the film, or because a beloved memory from my childhood is getting its proverbial “bikini area” fondled by CGI, but something was amiss. Funnyman Dan Aykroyd‘s name in the credits only added to the malaise. But the final straw was the “in 3D” message toward the end. Well, that or the crappy rap song in the background.

But hey, I don’t want to oversell this thing. Check out the cool new trailer for yourself! (Collider)

Get sad with the Yogi Bear trailer after the jump…