“Delivery Man,” the next film project for hit-making Thai director Kongkiat Komesiri has been picked up by Los Angeles- and Bangkok-based Est N8. The company is launching it at the Cannes Market, adjacent to the Cannes Film Festival.
Komesiri, known for his hit “Khun Pan” film trilogy, popular Bl series “KinnPorsche” and horror films including “Slice” and “Art of the Devil II.”
The new film, which he also wrote, is pitched as “a spine-chilling horror experience [.. ] that evokes the suspenseful style of Korean cinema, mixed with the renowned Thai style of storytelling.” Production is set to get under way in September, with delivery of the completed picture in the first quarter of 2025.
“Delivery Man” will star ‘Yada’ Narilya Gulmongkolpech, who broke through in Gdh’s “The Medium” in 2021. She “brings a unique blend of intensity and authenticity to her roles, enhancing the film’s appeal to both national and international audiences,...
Komesiri, known for his hit “Khun Pan” film trilogy, popular Bl series “KinnPorsche” and horror films including “Slice” and “Art of the Devil II.”
The new film, which he also wrote, is pitched as “a spine-chilling horror experience [.. ] that evokes the suspenseful style of Korean cinema, mixed with the renowned Thai style of storytelling.” Production is set to get under way in September, with delivery of the completed picture in the first quarter of 2025.
“Delivery Man” will star ‘Yada’ Narilya Gulmongkolpech, who broke through in Gdh’s “The Medium” in 2021. She “brings a unique blend of intensity and authenticity to her roles, enhancing the film’s appeal to both national and international audiences,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Before Chris Pratt donned the iconic Star-Lord suit in the MCU, he was known as the lovable Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation. Pratt’s characters prior to his superhero transformation often embodied a larger physique, evidenced by his deliberate weight gain of 60 pounds for the film Delivery Man, because he believed it suited the character.
Chris Pratt in Parks and Recreation (Credit: NBC)
Thus, prior to slipping into the sleek Star-Lord suit, Pratt naturally had to undergo a remarkable physical metamorphosis, shedding the extra weight to fully embody the iconic superhero.
Why Did Chris Pratt Gain 60 Pounds Just Before Playing Star-Lord?
Chris Pratt played a downcast father of four, juggling the responsibilities of parenthood and a career as a lawyer while grappling with all the emotions that followed after his wife left him in the 2013 film, Delivery Man. Burdened by such grief and troubles, Pratt felt it realistic that...
Chris Pratt in Parks and Recreation (Credit: NBC)
Thus, prior to slipping into the sleek Star-Lord suit, Pratt naturally had to undergo a remarkable physical metamorphosis, shedding the extra weight to fully embody the iconic superhero.
Why Did Chris Pratt Gain 60 Pounds Just Before Playing Star-Lord?
Chris Pratt played a downcast father of four, juggling the responsibilities of parenthood and a career as a lawyer while grappling with all the emotions that followed after his wife left him in the 2013 film, Delivery Man. Burdened by such grief and troubles, Pratt felt it realistic that...
- 5/2/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
Lynda Gravátt, the Harlem-born actress who starred on New York stages in such productions as 45 Seconds From Broadway, Doubt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Old Settler and Intimate Apparel, has died. She was 76.
Gravátt died Friday at a hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, her son David Gravátt told The Hollywood Reporter.
A founding member of Robert Alexander’s Living Stage at the famed Washington-based Arena Stage company, Gravátt received a 1999 Theatre World trophy for her performance as 1940s Harlem resident Quilly McGrath in The Old Settler and a Audelco prize in 2004 for her turn as the bossy landlady Mrs. Dickson in Intimate Apparel.
On Broadway in 2001, she stood by for Leslie Uggams as Ruby in August Wilson’s King Hedley II and portrayed Bessie James in Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds From Broadway, then appeared as Mrs. Muller in 2016 in the original Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt.
Gravátt died Friday at a hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, her son David Gravátt told The Hollywood Reporter.
A founding member of Robert Alexander’s Living Stage at the famed Washington-based Arena Stage company, Gravátt received a 1999 Theatre World trophy for her performance as 1940s Harlem resident Quilly McGrath in The Old Settler and a Audelco prize in 2004 for her turn as the bossy landlady Mrs. Dickson in Intimate Apparel.
On Broadway in 2001, she stood by for Leslie Uggams as Ruby in August Wilson’s King Hedley II and portrayed Bessie James in Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds From Broadway, then appeared as Mrs. Muller in 2016 in the original Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt.
- 2/27/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s a new month, and Hulu subscribers are getting a slew of new movies and TV shows to enjoy.
June 1 is jam-packed with more than 30 titles that have landed on the streamer, including the seventh and final season of Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar,” the Jack Nicholson-led film “Hoffa,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” and the entire “Twilight” franchise.
Mixing in a little of the old with new come goodies from 2023, like “Flamin’ Hot,” which tells the story of Mexican migrant Richard Montanez who came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at Frito Lay. The film lands on Hulu June 9.
Ending June with a bang will the be second season of “The Bear,” (June 22), Season 20 of “The Bachelorette” (June 27) and the sixth and final season of “Grown-ish.”
Here’s everything you can expect to hit Hulu this June.
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June 1 is jam-packed with more than 30 titles that have landed on the streamer, including the seventh and final season of Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar,” the Jack Nicholson-led film “Hoffa,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” and the entire “Twilight” franchise.
Mixing in a little of the old with new come goodies from 2023, like “Flamin’ Hot,” which tells the story of Mexican migrant Richard Montanez who came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at Frito Lay. The film lands on Hulu June 9.
Ending June with a bang will the be second season of “The Bear,” (June 22), Season 20 of “The Bachelorette” (June 27) and the sixth and final season of “Grown-ish.”
Here’s everything you can expect to hit Hulu this June.
Also Read:
The Best Free Movie Streaming Sites,...
- 6/3/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
It’s summer time on Hulu and that can only mean one thing. With its list of new releases for June 2023, Hulu is bringing back last summer’s unexpected hit.
FX’s The Bear season 2 premieres all episodes on June 22. If you’re not already captivated by this intense culinary story about the little Italian beef shop that could, definitely catch up now. This time around, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and friends will attempt a major foodie rebrand. The only other Hulu series of note this month is the docuseries The Age of Influence. Premiering on June 5, this doc will examine the dark side of influencer culture.
Just like its corporate partner Disney+, Hulu will premiere Eva Longoria’s directorial debut, Flamin’ Hot, in June 9. The movie tells the true story of Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who created an iconic snack that forever changed the food industry. Also...
FX’s The Bear season 2 premieres all episodes on June 22. If you’re not already captivated by this intense culinary story about the little Italian beef shop that could, definitely catch up now. This time around, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and friends will attempt a major foodie rebrand. The only other Hulu series of note this month is the docuseries The Age of Influence. Premiering on June 5, this doc will examine the dark side of influencer culture.
Just like its corporate partner Disney+, Hulu will premiere Eva Longoria’s directorial debut, Flamin’ Hot, in June 9. The movie tells the true story of Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who created an iconic snack that forever changed the food industry. Also...
- 6/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Tubi opens June with an intense WWII drama “Inglourious Basterds.” Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of five tough Jewish soldiers to spread fear throughout the Third Reich. They have one assignment: assassinate Nazi leaders. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the unconventional war drama. Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Walz co-star.
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
Watch the trailer of “Inglourious Basterds”:
The network is also streaming the original documentary “Mystery Unsolved: The Adnan Syed Story” on June 7. The murder of teenager Hae Min Lee was the focal point of a “Serial” podcast, which questioned if boyfriend Syed was her killer. After serving 22 years in prison, Syed was released, still proclaiming his innocence. Now, he may return.
Another streamer original, “Magic Carpet Rides,” arrives June 14. It centers on a social influencer torn between sharing her budding romance or honoring her boyfriend’s request to keep their life private.
Check...
- 5/31/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Season 2 of last summer’s hit breakout series “The Bear” is set to premiere on Hulu on Thursday, June 22. After a tumultuous return to his family’s hole-in-the-wall Chicago restaurant, chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) and his staff transform the greasy sandwich joint into a first-class dining experience after he discovers the slush fund his brother left behind. Despite having the extra money to make his dreams a reality, the future proves to be both a personal and professional challenge for Carmy and the crew.
Watch the trailer for Season 2 of “The Bear”:
Beginning on June 14, the new series continuation of the beloved film “The Full Monty” arrives on Hulu. It’s 25 years later and the men and women of Sheffield, England, are in reboot mode, navigating life and family. The original 1997 movie focused on a group of down-on-their-luck, blue-collar men who put on a strip show to make ends meet.
Watch the trailer for Season 2 of “The Bear”:
Beginning on June 14, the new series continuation of the beloved film “The Full Monty” arrives on Hulu. It’s 25 years later and the men and women of Sheffield, England, are in reboot mode, navigating life and family. The original 1997 movie focused on a group of down-on-their-luck, blue-collar men who put on a strip show to make ends meet.
- 5/24/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Webtoon and Ott platforms have been long-standing partners over the years. The widespread success of dramas like Sweet Home and Nevertheless has brought more viewers to the world of online webcomics that have been transformed into live-action dramas. Netflix brings us yet another one titled Black Knight literally translated from Korean to “Deliveryman”, which is based on a webtoon of the same name, written and illustrated by Lee Yun Kyun. The Manhwa (graphic novel) has also made its way to the Webtoons apps just in time for the series release, so if you’re interested in seeing the action in both forms, visit the Webtoons app and read Black Knight. Now, let’s dive into the series.
Spoilers Ahead
The Apocalypse And Post-Apocalyptic Korea
It’s the year 2071, and forty years ago, a comet hit Earth, submerging most of the continents under the sea. Only 1% of the world’s population remains,...
Spoilers Ahead
The Apocalypse And Post-Apocalyptic Korea
It’s the year 2071, and forty years ago, a comet hit Earth, submerging most of the continents under the sea. Only 1% of the world’s population remains,...
- 5/13/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Yet another Korean dystopian drama graces our screens, but this time there are no zombies involved. The post-apocalyptic K-drama titled Black Knight or Deliveryman, as it is known in Korean, makes the peninsula a desert land with no oxygen to breathe. There are many red flags right there, but the show goes as far as to create an underground world with sectors that are divided by cast, essentially like the Hunger Games or, if you want to make random ties, the Netflix film The Platform. This time the classes go underground, and the lower you go, the richer they are. In theory, Black Knight sounds wonderful, but in practice, the show doesn’t translate very well specifically because there is so much to cover in much less time.
It is 2071, and around forty years ago, there was a comet that hit the earth and destroyed 99% of the world’s population.
It is 2071, and around forty years ago, there was a comet that hit the earth and destroyed 99% of the world’s population.
- 5/12/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Since his days on the hit TV show Parks and Recreation, Chris Pratt has come a long way. The actor has starred in blockbuster films like Jurassic World and The Tomorrow War. While he’s now known for his chiseled physique, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, Pratt weighed almost 300 pounds when he auditioned for his role as Peter Quill in the first Guardians of the Galaxy film. The actor was given less than six months to get in shape.
Chris Pratt was told he was ‘too fat’ to be cast in ‘Moneyball’ Chris Pratt attends the “Guardians of the Galaxy” photocall on July 25, 2014 in London, England. |Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
Starring as Andy Dwyer on the smash NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation propelled Pratt to popularity in the early 2000s. And by 2010, the actor had already appeared in several comedy films like Bride Wars and Deep in the Valley.
Chris Pratt was told he was ‘too fat’ to be cast in ‘Moneyball’ Chris Pratt attends the “Guardians of the Galaxy” photocall on July 25, 2014 in London, England. |Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
Starring as Andy Dwyer on the smash NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation propelled Pratt to popularity in the early 2000s. And by 2010, the actor had already appeared in several comedy films like Bride Wars and Deep in the Valley.
- 4/12/2023
- by Deisy Ventura
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Former DreamWorks exec Mark Sourian has been appointed as President of Production for the Angel Studios Original The Chosen, with plans to build out an entertainment “universe” from the hit faith-based series.
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The largest fan-supported entertainment project of all time, Dallas Jenkins’ The Chosen is an episodic drama series about the life of Jesus Christ (Jonathan Roumie) and the calling of his initial disciples. The crowdfunded show available via Angel Studios’ website and app, as well as its own dedicated app, has been translated into more than 50 languages, garnering over 510M views across 175 countries. The show licensed by Angel Studios to the likes of Netflix, Prime Video,...
Related Story ‘The Chosen’ Distributor Angel Studios Launches Theatrical Division Related Story 'BTS: Yet To Come' Sings Green On Screen – Specialty Box Office Related Story Jordan Walker Ross Says His Disability Took His Character On 'The Chosen' To New Level
The largest fan-supported entertainment project of all time, Dallas Jenkins’ The Chosen is an episodic drama series about the life of Jesus Christ (Jonathan Roumie) and the calling of his initial disciples. The crowdfunded show available via Angel Studios’ website and app, as well as its own dedicated app, has been translated into more than 50 languages, garnering over 510M views across 175 countries. The show licensed by Angel Studios to the likes of Netflix, Prime Video,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“We 12,” a movie featuring the entire group of 12 Mirror Canto-pop stars is part of the expanding production slate of Makerville, the talent and production arm of Hong Kong telecoms and TV group Pccw.
The development is paralleled by an expansion of the production operations of Viu, Pccw’s multi-territory video streamer which recently confirmed its profitability.
Makerville is the talent agency behind Mirror, which was created in 2018 through the “Good Night Show – Kingmaker” talent show on ViuTV, a Pccw terrestrial channel. And it was able to put all the band members on stage Wednesday at a promotional event within the FilMart rights market in Hong Kong.
Few details of the “We 12” film have yet been disclosed other than its screenwriter Bobo Cheung, director Berry Ho and producer George King. Sources close to Pccw say that it is being fully-financed by the group and could be completed by the end of the year.
The development is paralleled by an expansion of the production operations of Viu, Pccw’s multi-territory video streamer which recently confirmed its profitability.
Makerville is the talent agency behind Mirror, which was created in 2018 through the “Good Night Show – Kingmaker” talent show on ViuTV, a Pccw terrestrial channel. And it was able to put all the band members on stage Wednesday at a promotional event within the FilMart rights market in Hong Kong.
Few details of the “We 12” film have yet been disclosed other than its screenwriter Bobo Cheung, director Berry Ho and producer George King. Sources close to Pccw say that it is being fully-financed by the group and could be completed by the end of the year.
- 3/15/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In the not-so-grand tradition of "The Vanishing," "The Grudge," and "Delivery Man," German filmmaker Stephan Rick has opted to step behind the camera for the English-language remake of his foreign-language original film. Fortunately for Rick, his 2011 thriller, "Unter Nachbarn," never received a U.S. release; ergo, the twists and turns of this fiendish-looking yarn, now titled "The Good Neighbor," will be completely new to the vast majority of audiences. How fiendish-looking? See for yourself!
Luke Kleintank and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers play a pair of friends who cap off a triumphant night on the town by running over and killing a young woman on a bicycle....
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Luke Kleintank and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers play a pair of friends who cap off a triumphant night on the town by running over and killing a young woman on a bicycle....
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- 5/18/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Deals close in France, Spain, Portugal.
Montreal-based WaZabi Films has announced a string of key European deals from the EFM on Ken Scott’s Canadian comedy Goodbye Happiness (Au Revoir La Bonheur).
Apollo Films has acquired the film for France and will release theatrically this spring. Deals also closed with A Contracorriente Films for Spain and Outsider Films for Portugal with plans for a theatrical release later this year.
The French-language feature was released in theatres in Quebec by Les Films Opale in December and centres on four brothers at odds with each other who gather at the family summer...
Montreal-based WaZabi Films has announced a string of key European deals from the EFM on Ken Scott’s Canadian comedy Goodbye Happiness (Au Revoir La Bonheur).
Apollo Films has acquired the film for France and will release theatrically this spring. Deals also closed with A Contracorriente Films for Spain and Outsider Films for Portugal with plans for a theatrical release later this year.
The French-language feature was released in theatres in Quebec by Les Films Opale in December and centres on four brothers at odds with each other who gather at the family summer...
- 3/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After claiming four César awards, including best picture, and a Cannes jury prize with 2019’s “Les Misérables,” and co-producing last year’s Venice winner “Happening,” rising producers Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral have set for themselves, and for their follow-up feature, an altogether different task: Paving a new path for Quebecois talent into the French mainstream.
Co-written and directed by Nadège Loiseau (“A Bun in the Oven”), produced by Ayadi and Barral through their Srab Films banner in partnership with France 2 Cinema and Canada’s Possibles Media, and with France’s Le Pacte handling international sales, the upcoming feature “Three Times Nothing” shares much in common with traditional Gallic fare as it plucks a popular comedic star into a socially-minded story about three homeless men and a winning lottery ticket.
But the project stands apart in at a few major ways: Said star is Antoine Bertrand, one of the contemporary...
Co-written and directed by Nadège Loiseau (“A Bun in the Oven”), produced by Ayadi and Barral through their Srab Films banner in partnership with France 2 Cinema and Canada’s Possibles Media, and with France’s Le Pacte handling international sales, the upcoming feature “Three Times Nothing” shares much in common with traditional Gallic fare as it plucks a popular comedic star into a socially-minded story about three homeless men and a winning lottery ticket.
But the project stands apart in at a few major ways: Said star is Antoine Bertrand, one of the contemporary...
- 1/12/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Indian star Dhanush embarks on a wild intercontinental journey in the upcoming film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, an exclusive clip from which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting above.
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
- 6/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indian star Dhanush embarks on a wild intercontinental journey in the upcoming film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, an exclusive clip from which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting above.
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
The film, directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and based on the best-selling novel The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, co-stars Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi and Gerard Jugnot and is set to hit U.S. theaters on Friday.
Indian phenom Dhanush stars as a young fakir from Mumbai, who, after his mother's death, sets off for France to meet his father. But his ...
- 6/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
New Year’s resolutions are a time to work towards a transformation of your body and/or your life. To honor these goals, this month we’re going to look at transformative roles in film. This week we look at some prominent examples of actors losing weight for roles.
It’s one thing to mentally prepare to play a character in a movie or a play. It’s another thing to physically transform yourself in order to better identify with the role. Some transformations are only skin deep; extensive makeup or prosthetics may be sufficient to pull of the necessary look. Other transformations are more involved; many actors may take part in weeks, if not months, of preparations for a role. This can include intense training, specialized diets, and exhaustive exercise routines. The end result of an actor going through such a transformation is not only a more accurate visual resemblance,...
It’s one thing to mentally prepare to play a character in a movie or a play. It’s another thing to physically transform yourself in order to better identify with the role. Some transformations are only skin deep; extensive makeup or prosthetics may be sufficient to pull of the necessary look. Other transformations are more involved; many actors may take part in weeks, if not months, of preparations for a role. This can include intense training, specialized diets, and exhaustive exercise routines. The end result of an actor going through such a transformation is not only a more accurate visual resemblance,...
- 1/3/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Vince Vaughn (Courtesy: AP Images)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“I think what happened to me after The Break-Up was I was kind of more ‘booking jobs’ and not working from that same catalyst of, ‘I really believe in this and we all want to make the same movie,'” acknowledges the actor Vince Vaughn as we sit down at the London West Hollywood hotel to discuss his career on The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. Following a remarkable run of hit comedies in the early 2000s — among them, 2003’s Old School, 2004’s Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Starsky & Hutch and 2005’s Wedding Crashers — Vaughn had deliberately pivoted towards drama with the 2006 dramedy.
“But I didn’t follow through on it,” the 46-year-old says with unmistakable regret. Instead, he lost his way for a decade, during which he was humbled by critical and commercial disappointments — see Fred Claus...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“I think what happened to me after The Break-Up was I was kind of more ‘booking jobs’ and not working from that same catalyst of, ‘I really believe in this and we all want to make the same movie,'” acknowledges the actor Vince Vaughn as we sit down at the London West Hollywood hotel to discuss his career on The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. Following a remarkable run of hit comedies in the early 2000s — among them, 2003’s Old School, 2004’s Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Starsky & Hutch and 2005’s Wedding Crashers — Vaughn had deliberately pivoted towards drama with the 2006 dramedy.
“But I didn’t follow through on it,” the 46-year-old says with unmistakable regret. Instead, he lost his way for a decade, during which he was humbled by critical and commercial disappointments — see Fred Claus...
- 1/16/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/description for their upcoming "Scorpion" episode 17 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Adaptation," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and drama-filled stuff take place as Walter and company have to find a way to stop drones from smuggling in drugs. We'll also see Walter giving Happy and Toby an ultimatum, and more! In the new, 17th episode press release: Team Scorpion Must Stop An Influx Of Drugs Being Smuggled Into The Country Via Drones, On "Scorpion," Monday, Feb. 22. Press release number 2: While Team Scorpion works to stop an influx of drugs being smuggled into the country via drones, Walter is going to give Happy and Toby an ultimatum on their new relationship. Penn Jillette will end up returning as Toby and Walter's couples counselor. Guest stars feature: Penn Jillette (Dr. Cecil Rizzuto), Jorge-Luis Pallo (DEA Sanchez...
- 2/8/2016
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Every girl deserves a “girls night out” – even the future Queen of England.
A Royal Night Out is a charming, Cinderella in reverse type film that follows one evening in the lives of princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Windsor on V-e Night, May 8th, 1945, respectively played by Sarah Gadon (Maps to the Stars, Dracula Untold, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Bel Powley (Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch 2015, The Diary of a Teenage Girl).
Premiering at the 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival, A Royal Night Out will open in New York City and Los Angeles on December 4th, 2015 and additional cities throughout December.
As the whole of London is on the streets to celebrate the official end of World War II in Europe, it is known that the young princesses, aged 19 and 14, slipped out of the palace to join the communal euphoria, returning to Buckingham Palace just after midnight.
Directed by UK director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane,...
A Royal Night Out is a charming, Cinderella in reverse type film that follows one evening in the lives of princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Windsor on V-e Night, May 8th, 1945, respectively played by Sarah Gadon (Maps to the Stars, Dracula Untold, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Bel Powley (Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch 2015, The Diary of a Teenage Girl).
Premiering at the 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival, A Royal Night Out will open in New York City and Los Angeles on December 4th, 2015 and additional cities throughout December.
As the whole of London is on the streets to celebrate the official end of World War II in Europe, it is known that the young princesses, aged 19 and 14, slipped out of the palace to join the communal euphoria, returning to Buckingham Palace just after midnight.
Directed by UK director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With principal photography underway in Los Angeles, highly anticipated horror sequel The Conjuring 2 has announced its full cast list, and joining the returning Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, once again playing real life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, are Ireland’s own Simon Delaney (Roy, Bachelor’s Walk, The Delivery Man) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Orphan Black) in a tale that sees The Warren’s travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in house plagued by malicious spirits, echoing the real life Enfield Poltergeist case that captured Britain’s attention from 1977 to 1979. Rounding out the cast are Frances O’Connor (The Missing), Madison Wolfe (Zoo), Franka Poente (The Bridge), Simon McBurney (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation), and newcomers Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, and Benjamin Haigh. Written by Wan, Carey & Chad Hayes, and David Leslie Johnson, The Conjuring 2 is set for release June 10th 2016.
- 9/29/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Walden Media, producer of such hit films as “The Chronicles of Narnia” series, “Bridge to Terabithia,” “Charlotte’s Web,” and the “Journey to the Center of the Earth” series, will co-finance and co-produce DreamWorks Studios’ upcoming film A Dog’S Purpose.
Based on the best-selling novel, “A Dog’s Purpose” is an inspirational story of one devoted dog finding his purpose in the lives of the humans he loves.
Dennis Quaid (“Far From Heaven,” “The Rookie”), Britt Robertson (“Tomorrowland,” “Delivery Man”), K.J. Apa (“Shortland Street”), Juliet Rylance (“The Knick,” “Frances Ha”) and Peggy Lipton (“Mod Squad,” “Twin Peaks”) join the film, which is being directed by Academy Award nominated director Lasse Hallstrom (“The Hundred-Foot Journey,” “Chocolat”).
Based on the beloved book by W. Bruce Cameron, the screenplay was written by Cameron & Cathryn Michon and Audrey Wells. Gavin Polone is producing with Alan Blomquist and Mark Sourian serving as executive producers.
Based on the best-selling novel, “A Dog’s Purpose” is an inspirational story of one devoted dog finding his purpose in the lives of the humans he loves.
Dennis Quaid (“Far From Heaven,” “The Rookie”), Britt Robertson (“Tomorrowland,” “Delivery Man”), K.J. Apa (“Shortland Street”), Juliet Rylance (“The Knick,” “Frances Ha”) and Peggy Lipton (“Mod Squad,” “Twin Peaks”) join the film, which is being directed by Academy Award nominated director Lasse Hallstrom (“The Hundred-Foot Journey,” “Chocolat”).
Based on the beloved book by W. Bruce Cameron, the screenplay was written by Cameron & Cathryn Michon and Audrey Wells. Gavin Polone is producing with Alan Blomquist and Mark Sourian serving as executive producers.
- 8/5/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you're watching "True Detective," it's hard to buy that Vince Vaughn's performance as crooked Vinci ringleader Frank Semyon could put the defibrillators on his career. The actor, long known for his goofy comic turns, postures a faux-seriousness that whiffs of Matthew McConaughey's brooding season one turn, and a face that says, "I'm thinking about Emmys." (When "Delivery Man" opened in 2013, we called him a "toxic comedian" who "has burned many smart moviegoers over the years.") But Vaughn clearly wants to buff his dramatic chops. After "True Detective," he will usher into Mel Gibson's World War II drama "Hacksaw Ridge," Deadline reports. He's set to star opposite Andrew Garfield and Sam Worthington in Gibson's first film since 2006's "Apocalypto." Distributed by Lionsgate, "Hacksaw" will shoot in Australia. Read More: Lionsgate Nearing Mel Gibson's 'Hacksaw Ridge,' Starring Andrew...
- 7/30/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
For once, a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book appears to be populated by relatively realistic approximations of human beings dealing with relationship conflict in realistic ways. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Nicholas Sparks
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I think this might be the first movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel that I haven’t hated. Oh, sure, it’s set in an American South — specifically, North Carolina — where there are, impossibly, no black people (see also: Safe Haven), and where it only ever rains as an expression of manly sadness that cannot be articulated in any other way. It uses a motif similar to The Notebook’s, in which romantic handwritten documents of a relationship — in this case, love letters — allow for flashbacks to the 1940s,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Nicholas Sparks
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I think this might be the first movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel that I haven’t hated. Oh, sure, it’s set in an American South — specifically, North Carolina — where there are, impossibly, no black people (see also: Safe Haven), and where it only ever rains as an expression of manly sadness that cannot be articulated in any other way. It uses a motif similar to The Notebook’s, in which romantic handwritten documents of a relationship — in this case, love letters — allow for flashbacks to the 1940s,...
- 7/20/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, June Diane Raphael, Britton Sear, Ella Anderson, Nick Frost, James Marsden | Written by Steve Conrad | Directed by Ken Scott
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
- 7/9/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
For the last half a century or so, Americans have been on a seemingly never-ending quest for physical perfection. This has manifested itself in the proliferation of cosmetic surgeons, health food stores, diet books and programs, and the wide spread, often popping up overnight, health clubs (Aka spa, the gym, the fitness center, etc…). So, naturally these places would become a movie location, in comedies (in the 63′ classic original The Nutty Professor, Jerry Lewis causes havoc at a “Vic Tanny Gym”) to documentaries (the Pumping Iron flicks). Then there’s those hybrid comedy/drama/romances like the John Travolta 1984 vehicle Perfect and the Robert Altman ensemble called, simply, Health. Now, in this new low-budget “indie” flick, three unlikely (and often unloveable) characters come together when one of them heads into a health club (sounds like an old joke set-up, “A guy walks into a spa…”), hoping, needing ,to achieve eventually,...
- 6/18/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vince Vaughn has admitted that he got "too comfortable" with his "assembly-line comedies".
The True Detective star made a name for himself in the mid-2000s with a series of popular comedies including Wedding Crashers and Old School. However, in recent years films such as The Internship, Delivery Man and Unfinished Business have been less well-received.
Ahead of his dramatic starring role in True Detective, Vaughn told GQ that he has grown tired of appearing in such films.
"I'm not blaming anyone else but myself here," he said. "The machine can make you idle. You read a script and then you agree to a role, then soon enough you're on set looking at a scene that has had all the juice and the life sucked right out of it.
"You become a hired gun doing a very inoffensive PG-13 movie and, well, you kind of just go along with it.
The True Detective star made a name for himself in the mid-2000s with a series of popular comedies including Wedding Crashers and Old School. However, in recent years films such as The Internship, Delivery Man and Unfinished Business have been less well-received.
Ahead of his dramatic starring role in True Detective, Vaughn told GQ that he has grown tired of appearing in such films.
"I'm not blaming anyone else but myself here," he said. "The machine can make you idle. You read a script and then you agree to a role, then soon enough you're on set looking at a scene that has had all the juice and the life sucked right out of it.
"You become a hired gun doing a very inoffensive PG-13 movie and, well, you kind of just go along with it.
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
In our ever-more-fragmented media landscape, we're seeing fewer and fewer recognizable brand-name stars for *everybody*, but we're probably getting more and more recognizable brand-name stars for *somebody*. And that means that people who, to certain individuals, are clearly stars of a certain stature are virtual unknowns to great masses, possibly to majorities. And that's even the case with culture-watching professionals. Take Britt Robertson. I didn't see many "Tomorrowland" reviews calling her an unknown or even a newcomer, thankfully, but plenty of critics are still bending over backwards to reference credits like "Dan in Real Life" or "Delivery Man" as if audiences may struggle to place her. I hear her name and I think of an actress who has been the unquestioned star of at least two network TV shows and one of the stars (if only for a for a season) of a bona fide hit. In the sphere of what I do,...
- 5/30/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
It gets a tad heavy-handed, but my eyes welled with tears of geeky joy at the film’s embrace of an optimism it steadfastly refuses to see as old-fashioned. I’m “biast” (pro): love George Clooney; big Sf geek
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We geeks have been getting teased and taunted by the prospect of Disney and director Brad Bird’s (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Ratatouille) Tomorrowland for so long now, without getting anything more than vague hint of what the movie is actually about, that it seems inevitable that the actual film must be a disappointment. So is it?
Not at all. In fact, it’s a glorious reminder — in this era of reboots and remakes and sequels and based-on-something-else movies — of the joy of discovery that we get far less frequently at the movies these days.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We geeks have been getting teased and taunted by the prospect of Disney and director Brad Bird’s (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Ratatouille) Tomorrowland for so long now, without getting anything more than vague hint of what the movie is actually about, that it seems inevitable that the actual film must be a disappointment. So is it?
Not at all. In fact, it’s a glorious reminder — in this era of reboots and remakes and sequels and based-on-something-else movies — of the joy of discovery that we get far less frequently at the movies these days.
- 5/21/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
"Sometimes your worst self is your best self," says Vince Vaughn in the latest trailer for True Detective season 2. Get a look here...
According to Vince Vaughn in this new True Detective season 2 trailer, "sometimes your worst self is your best self." But if that's his way of trying to make us change our minds about The Internship, he's got another thing coming.
Jokes at Vince Vaughn's expense aside, the Delivery Man and Fred Claus star (sorry, no more jokes, promise) is looking pretty serious and stern in this latest look at True Detective season 2. Here's the trailer, if you want to see for yourself...
We also got a new batch of stills from the show, which you can see here...
And here's the synopsis for the new season, if you need a reminder:
A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom...
According to Vince Vaughn in this new True Detective season 2 trailer, "sometimes your worst self is your best self." But if that's his way of trying to make us change our minds about The Internship, he's got another thing coming.
Jokes at Vince Vaughn's expense aside, the Delivery Man and Fred Claus star (sorry, no more jokes, promise) is looking pretty serious and stern in this latest look at True Detective season 2. Here's the trailer, if you want to see for yourself...
We also got a new batch of stills from the show, which you can see here...
And here's the synopsis for the new season, if you need a reminder:
A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom...
- 5/15/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Matthew Daddario (Delivery Man) and Isaiah Mustafa (Horrible Bosses) are the latest to join the cast of Shadowhunters, ABC Family's straight-to-series drama based on the bestselling young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. The series, whose first episode is directed by McG, follows 18-year-old Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara) who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather comes from a long line of…...
- 5/8/2015
- Deadline TV
Of all the left-field composers out there — typically musicians who don’t follow the traditional rules of film composing — if Jon Brion isn’t at the very top, he’s very damn close. The musician, composer, producer (who has worked with folks like Fiona Apple, Kanye West, Of Montreal, Elliott Smith and more) has been tapped by filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson (“Magnolia,” “Punch Drunk Love”), Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind”), David O. Russell (“I Heart Huckabees”), Charlie Kaufman (“Synechdoche, New York”), Miranda July (“The Future”) and more. In recent years he’s been moving towards comedies, especially for the films of Adam McKay (“The Other Guys,” “Step Brothers”), Vince Vaughn (“The Break-Up,” “Delivery Man”) and Judd Apatow. Brion scored “Funny People,” “This Is 40,” and has also written the music for the upcoming “Trainwreck” film starring Amy Schumer. The bête noir of all film composers is temp music — the music a.
- 4/15/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
In the noughties, Vince Vaughn and buddies including Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell could do no wrong, with megahits such as Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball. But the laughs have dried and the audience withered. What went wrong?
Vince Vaughn used to be funny. Or, more accurately, a surprisingly wide international audience used to find Vince Vaughn funny. The rambunctious persona premiered in Swingers – pure id in a party-hard alpha-male – then recycled in hit films such as Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball, made him a reliably lucrative booking. But last weekend saw his latest comedy – Unfinished Business, a farce about a work trip which gets out of hand – become the biggest flop of his career so far, with toxic reviews and audience apathy.
So far, so predictable: Vaughn’s recent back catalogue – Delivery Man, The Internship, The Watch and The Dilemma – have all crashed and burned at the box office. His last...
Vince Vaughn used to be funny. Or, more accurately, a surprisingly wide international audience used to find Vince Vaughn funny. The rambunctious persona premiered in Swingers – pure id in a party-hard alpha-male – then recycled in hit films such as Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball, made him a reliably lucrative booking. But last weekend saw his latest comedy – Unfinished Business, a farce about a work trip which gets out of hand – become the biggest flop of his career so far, with toxic reviews and audience apathy.
So far, so predictable: Vaughn’s recent back catalogue – Delivery Man, The Internship, The Watch and The Dilemma – have all crashed and burned at the box office. His last...
- 3/13/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Expect to see a lot of premature eulogies for Vince Vaughn's career today, after the disastrous opening of "Unfinished Business," just like you saw a lot of premature obituaries last week for Will Smith's career after the lackluster debut of "Focus."
True, "Business" was an especially spectacular flop, premiering in 10th place with only an estimated $4.8 million, less than half of the already modest $10 million pundits were predicting. That the movie is only the latest in a string of Vaughn flops (including "The Watch," "The Dilemma," "The Internship," and "Delivery Man") seems reason enough for pundits to start measuring the coffin.
Weep not for Vaughn. His hands and feet were immortalized in concrete outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre just this past Wednesday. Next month, he'll star in the eagerly-anticipated second season on HBO's "True Detective," which, if nothing else, will remind those viewers who think of him only as...
True, "Business" was an especially spectacular flop, premiering in 10th place with only an estimated $4.8 million, less than half of the already modest $10 million pundits were predicting. That the movie is only the latest in a string of Vaughn flops (including "The Watch," "The Dilemma," "The Internship," and "Delivery Man") seems reason enough for pundits to start measuring the coffin.
Weep not for Vaughn. His hands and feet were immortalized in concrete outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre just this past Wednesday. Next month, he'll star in the eagerly-anticipated second season on HBO's "True Detective," which, if nothing else, will remind those viewers who think of him only as...
- 3/9/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
91 minutes has rarely felt as long. Here's our review of Vince Vaughn's latest, Unfinished Business...
Every now and then, an actor that usually makes good choices will pick a less-than-brilliant movie role that, nevertheless, pays handsomely. Unfinished Business seems to be what happens when you get a whole ensemble cast of players who seemingly have no possible incentive to be here other than the money.
It's no surprise to see Vince Vaughn, but we haven't the foggiest as to what Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, James Marsden and Nick Frost are doing here, if they're not in it for the salary. This mirthless, mercenary comedy is beneath all of them, even Vaughn, although this seems to be the kind of vehicle to which he hitches his wagon all too often these days.
In essence, it's 20th Century Fox's kit-bashed answer to The Hangover and Horrible Bosses, following three...
Every now and then, an actor that usually makes good choices will pick a less-than-brilliant movie role that, nevertheless, pays handsomely. Unfinished Business seems to be what happens when you get a whole ensemble cast of players who seemingly have no possible incentive to be here other than the money.
It's no surprise to see Vince Vaughn, but we haven't the foggiest as to what Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, James Marsden and Nick Frost are doing here, if they're not in it for the salary. This mirthless, mercenary comedy is beneath all of them, even Vaughn, although this seems to be the kind of vehicle to which he hitches his wagon all too often these days.
In essence, it's 20th Century Fox's kit-bashed answer to The Hangover and Horrible Bosses, following three...
- 3/9/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
With moviegoers mostly staying away from Chappie and Unfinished Business, the first weekend of March wound up being the slowest one so far this year.On more positive notes, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened to a solid $8.5 million, while American Sniper passed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay*Part 1 to become the highest-grossing movie from 2014.Playing at 3,201 locations, Chappie opened in first place with $13.3 million. In comparison, director Neill Blomkamp's previous movies*District 9 and Elysium*opened to $37.4 million and $29.8 million. Chappie also opened noticeably lower than last month's Jupiter Ascending ($18.4 million).It's unfair to suggest that Chappie should have been opening on par with Elysium, which had an A-list star (Matt Damon) in its lead role and was supported by a bigger, more exciting marketing effort. At the same time, $13.3 million is a pretty poor start for a sci-fi flick from a major studio. So what went wrong?...
- 3/8/2015
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Maybe HBO’s “True Detective” will turn things around for Vince Vaughn. The comedy actor’s new film “Unfinished Business” became his fifth consecutive — and worst — belly flop at the box office, taking in an anemic $4.8 million in its debut this weekend for distributor Twentieth Century Fox. Vaughn’s other recent misfires include “Delivery Man,” “The Internship,” “The Watch” and “The Dilemma.” A stint on the hit cable TV series seemed to work for Matthew McConaughey, whose Emmy for his work on “True Detective” was part of a career rebound that included a Best Actor Oscar for the “Dallas Buyers Club,...
- 3/8/2015
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Heading into the weekend, Sony was saying they were expecting $15-16 million for Neill Blomkamp's Chappie, but now that the results are in and the opening weekend total is an estimated $13.3 million, the word is "that's about right". Quoted by Deadline, Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer said yesterday, "The results for Chappie are within the realm of our expectations." I'll cut him a little slack due to the "within the realm" statement, even though the result was clearly less than their expectations. I'm sure they're at least happy the CinemaScore came in at a "B" for the $49 million production, with a budget that low Chappie isn't likely to be an all-out financial disaster, though it's certainly no peach. If you want to talk disasters, well, look no further than Unfinished Business, which has a 20% RottenTomatoes score and audiences weren't too keen on checking it out either as the bloom...
- 3/8/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Faced with two fairly unappealing new releases, audiences avoided heading out to the movies on Friday.Chappie fell short of modest expectations, while Unfinished Business was the latest (and worst) bomb yet for Vince Vaughn.The one bright spot was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which took third place despite playing in fewer than 1,600 theaters.In first place, Chappie earned an estimated $4.5 million from 3,201 locations. That's a fraction of director Neill Blomkamp's last movie, Elysium, which opened to $11.1 million in August 2013. It's also noticeably lower than last month's Jupiter Ascending ($6.3 million). Chappie could wind up earning less than $13 million this weekend.Heading in to its second weekend, Focus (2015) fell 55 percent to an estimated $2.88 million. The Will Smith/Margot Robbie con artist movie has so far earned $27.4 million.Playing at 1,573 locations, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened in third place with an estimated $2.7 million. That's more than the...
- 3/7/2015
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Teaming up again with his Delivery Man director Ken Scott, Vince Vaughn trades in his recent run of safe comedies with something much, much cruder with Unfinished Business. Vaughn plays Daniel Trunkman, a troubled small business owner who, along with his two only employees (Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco), travel to Berlin to close an all important deal. But the minute they step off the plane, it’s clear that this routine business trip will be anything but. There is something charmingly old school about Unfinished Business’ story, as one unfortunate incident bleeds into another (in a perfect world, this would have been National Lampoon’s Business Trip), but when it comes down to it, the movie is just an incredibly bland affair. Wasting no time in getting the story up and running, Unfinished Business drops us into a movie already in progress, as Vaughn’s confrontation with his former...
- 3/6/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Part of the appeal of Vince Vaughn has been his unpredictable, combustible demeanor; how he can shift, in a matter of seconds, from a smooth talking everyman to a screaming maniac. But in recent years, his mellowness has taken over. Those outrageous spikes in energy, which served him so well in things like "Swingers" and "Wedding Crashers" (and, even to a degree, his woefully miscast role in Steven Spielberg's "Lost World"), has ebbed away, leaving behind an actor who is more comfortable with the lukewarm waters of "Delivery Man" or, god forbid, "The Internship." The spark is gone, and nowhere is that more apparent than in "Unfinished Business," a so-called comedy that has been marketed as a bawdy, dudes-on-a-business-trip lark, but instead plays like a largely unfunny drama that snuffs out any vitality Vaughn might have possessed. "Unfinished Business" opens with a confrontation between Vaughn's Dan...
- 3/6/2015
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Does Vince Vaughn do actual comedies anymore? Once the poster child for bros-behaving-badly fare, Vaughn has recently begun engaging in an interesting, occasionally perplexing bait-and-switch: Lure us with the promise of wild antics (the posters for Unfinished Business depict Vaughn and co-stars Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco in various states of bacchanalia), then deliver something more somber and sensitive instead. Looking back over my review of Delivery Man, the 2013 sperm-donor comedy-drama Vaughn made with his Unfinished Business director Ken Scott, I see that I basically said the same thing then, too. So maybe I should stop being so perplexed.But still. For its first half, Unfinished Business is surprisingly acerbic and serious, more Up in the Air than Office Space. It opens mid-conversation, as we see St. Louis mineral salesman Dan Trunkman (Vaughn) bickering with his ruthless boss Chuck (Sienna Miller — yes, you read that right) over a 5 percent pay cut.
- 3/6/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Apparently made by snickering 12-year-olds who like naked boobies and have heard rumors about the phenomenon known as “the business trip.” I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
- 3/6/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Once again Hollywood reaches for that elusive golden ring that is the big box office “R” rated comedy smash. After all, there’s been a Hangover trilogy, and double dips in the Hot Tub Time Machine and those Horrible Bosses. So when did this cycle of raunchy, crude laugh fests begin? Many point to that unexpected Bo champ from nearly ten years ago, Wedding Crashers. And, oddly enough, one half of that “bromance” headlines this new release. That 2015 hit was a high point in the roller coaster movie career of Vince Vaughn, a ride that really began with his breakout role nearly twenty years ago in Swingers. But of recent years the coaster car has been on a downward trek with misfires like The Watch and The Internship. Perhaps with two new comic cohorts and the director of one of his few recent bright spots (Delivery Man), he can put...
- 3/6/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first weekend of March is poised to be another slow one at the domestic box office. Chappie should lead the way, though it will likely fall short of $20 million. Meanwhile, R-rated comedy Unfinished Business will almost certainly open below $10 million, which will make this the latest flop for star Vince Vaughn.Playing at 3,201 locations, Chappie marks the third feature from South African director Neill Blomkamp, who burst on to the scene in a big way with his 2009 debut District 9. Lacking any recognizable faces, District 9 was sold entirely on its unique, impressively-rendered sci-fi world. That strategy worked quite well, and the movie went on to earn $115.6 million at the domestic box office. It was also a hit with critics, and surprisingly scored an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.The District 9 connection has been a big part of the Chappie marketing campaign, with recent commercials going as...
- 3/6/2015
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Scathing reviews of the new Vince Vaughn comedy Unfinished Business are being offset by a nifty marketing idea. But do the studios’ clever stunts and viral campaigns really work?
Heading to the cinema this weekend? Off to see Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi adventure Chappie? Or perhaps Julianne Moore’s Oscar-winning performance in Still Alice? Ok, well how about Unfinished Business, the Vince Vaughn-Tom Wilkinson comedy you didn’t even know was coming out? Yeah ... thought not.
The film, which has been called “misbegotten” by Variety and “woefully familiar” by the Hollywood Reporter, stars Vaughn as a sales exec who encounters mayhem while on a business trip to Europe. Given his recent track record (flops including Delivery Man, The Watch and The Internship), it’s unlikely to set the box office alight, and analysts predict an underwhelming $6m opening stateside.
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Heading to the cinema this weekend? Off to see Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi adventure Chappie? Or perhaps Julianne Moore’s Oscar-winning performance in Still Alice? Ok, well how about Unfinished Business, the Vince Vaughn-Tom Wilkinson comedy you didn’t even know was coming out? Yeah ... thought not.
The film, which has been called “misbegotten” by Variety and “woefully familiar” by the Hollywood Reporter, stars Vaughn as a sales exec who encounters mayhem while on a business trip to Europe. Given his recent track record (flops including Delivery Man, The Watch and The Internship), it’s unlikely to set the box office alight, and analysts predict an underwhelming $6m opening stateside.
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- 3/5/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Ken Scott; Screenwriter: Steve Conrad; Starring: Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson, Sienna Miller, June Diane Raphael, Nick Frost, James Marsden; Running time: 91 mins; Certificate: 15
Vince Vaughn's desperate need for a career recharge hits a critical point with his latest comedy Unfinished Business, a story of three down-and-out salesmen who form their own company and head to Europe in a bid to close a deal ahead of a competitor.
The film aims to harness the spirit of Vaughn's best comedies from a decade ago,Old School and Dodgeball (a Vaughn-led band of misfits triumph over adversity), but this is a mere shadow of those films, painfully lacking in laughs or any characters that leave a lasting impression. The True Detective-inspired Vaughnaissance can't get here fast enough.
Lending support are Tom Wilkinson as a divorced sixtysomething desperate to get his mojo back and Dave Franco as a dimwitted ex-Foot Locker employee whose name,...
Vince Vaughn's desperate need for a career recharge hits a critical point with his latest comedy Unfinished Business, a story of three down-and-out salesmen who form their own company and head to Europe in a bid to close a deal ahead of a competitor.
The film aims to harness the spirit of Vaughn's best comedies from a decade ago,Old School and Dodgeball (a Vaughn-led band of misfits triumph over adversity), but this is a mere shadow of those films, painfully lacking in laughs or any characters that leave a lasting impression. The True Detective-inspired Vaughnaissance can't get here fast enough.
Lending support are Tom Wilkinson as a divorced sixtysomething desperate to get his mojo back and Dave Franco as a dimwitted ex-Foot Locker employee whose name,...
- 3/5/2015
- Digital Spy
In the years since he strutted onto the scene — lean, handsome, mouth running a mile a minute — in Doug Liman’s Swingers (1996), Vince Vaughn has become one of the poster boys for the mainstream American comedy: from romantic (The Break-Up) to bromantic (Old School), pretty good (Wedding Crashers) to very bad (Fred Claus) to frankly unnecessary (Delivery Man). His new film, Unfinished Business, falls into that last sub-category — perhaps not coincidentally, as it, too, has been directed by Ken Scott (Delivery Man was Scott’s remake of his own homegrown Quebecois hit, Starbuck). A guys-gone-
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- 3/4/2015
- by Jon Frosch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brrrrr!
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney braved the Chicago Polar Plunge together, and they managed to make the icy cold event look romantic.
In an effort to raise money for the Special Olympics, the "Born This Way" singer went in the water with her fiance, and he was there for her the entire time.
The Chicago Fire star holds onto her tightly in the water.
Watch: Lady Gaga Is Engaged!
He then gives her a piggyback ride as a gesture of love.
And then when these two couldn't be any more sweet together, he holds her hand and give her his hat. She says, "I thought my wig was gonna freeze into and become one with the lake."
While her wig may have been freezing, it seems as if her heart was definitely melting with Kinney by her side.
News: Lady Gaga Worked with a Vocal Coach for 6 Months for the Oscars
These two lovebirds weren't the only...
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney braved the Chicago Polar Plunge together, and they managed to make the icy cold event look romantic.
In an effort to raise money for the Special Olympics, the "Born This Way" singer went in the water with her fiance, and he was there for her the entire time.
The Chicago Fire star holds onto her tightly in the water.
Watch: Lady Gaga Is Engaged!
He then gives her a piggyback ride as a gesture of love.
And then when these two couldn't be any more sweet together, he holds her hand and give her his hat. She says, "I thought my wig was gonna freeze into and become one with the lake."
While her wig may have been freezing, it seems as if her heart was definitely melting with Kinney by her side.
News: Lady Gaga Worked with a Vocal Coach for 6 Months for the Oscars
These two lovebirds weren't the only...
- 3/1/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
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