comedy

Red Band Trailer for the Coen's "Burn After Reading" Brings the Funny

Somehow I'm not surprised that the Coen's are going back to their well-honed comedy style after the dark and weighty No Country for Old Men. And levity is certainly in order for the Coens, after bringing Anton Chigur to the big screen. Now we have the first trailer for Burn After Reading, an espionage romp starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, and Frances McDormand. Read more

"Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs" Gets a Trailer

The first trailer for the next Futurama DVD film, The Beast with a Billion Backs, hit the web this week, and  as expected it does a decent job of drumming up excitement for the film's release next month. There aren't any great standout gags in this trailer, but at least we finally get to see a bit of David Cross's titular Beast. Leela gets the best line of the trailer: "Those aren't tentacles, they're genticles!" The film hits DVD on June 24, 2008. Read more

Ep. 15 - Walk Hard Review

In this episode, Dave, Devindra, and Adam argue about what the meaning of "sitcom" is, get cautious about Pixar's new schedule, explore ... Read more

Arrested Development Creator Developing Fox Animated Show, "Sit Down, Shut Up"

Arrested Development mastermind Mitch Hurwitz is returning to Fox with an animated adaptation of live-action Australian sitcom, Sit Down, Shut Up. As described by Variety, "[the show] revolves around the lives of seven staff members of a dysfunctional high school in a small northeastern fishing town." Hurwitz will be exec producing and writing for the series. Read more

Final "Wall-E" Trailer Will Make You Feel Like A Kid Again

It's sort of shocking how consistently great Pixar can be. Sure, Cars was a bit of a misstep, but it was still better than most of the animated films that come out of Dreamworks and other competitors. And luckily for Wall-E, it doesn't look like it will take much for Pixar to make you fall in love with their new robotic creation. Read more

Adam Sandler Starring in Next Apatow Film, Reclaims Lost Funny

At this point, I believe we can truly say that Judd Apatow can do no wrong. After the unfortunate ratings failures of his excellent TV series', Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, he proceeded to reinvigorate the R-rated comedy flick with The 40 Year Old Virgin, and Knocked Up. Read more