Oh lordy was the opening sequence of Vacation dire. It was the sort of comedic misfire that filled my stomach with the sort of dread that kids feel when they've been sent to the principals office. The purpose of this opening was to introduce the personality of Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) in the confines of his airplane pilot job. While talking to a couple and their kid, some unexpected turbulence sends Rustys hands....straight onto the mothers breasts! Oh Rusty! You unintentional scamp! It was such a hokey sequence executed with negative amounts of flair that it left me wallowing in despair that the rest of the movie would be at this level of ineptitude.
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Showing posts with label New Line Cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Line Cinema. Show all posts
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Monday, December 1, 2014
Fred Claus Is A Mean-Spirited Misfire Of Gigantic Proportions
Welcome to 25 Days Of Christmas Pop Culture! From now until Christmas Eve, I'll be tackling one piece of Christmas pop culture! It could be a book, movie, TV special, song....so long as it's festive for this time of the year, it'll be checked out in this daily column!
The success of Tangled begat Frozen. The success of Shrek begat Puss In Boots. When a movie studio finds financial favor in a certain property, original properties taking cues from that successful feature are just as common as sequels. So it's not hard to imagine Warner Bros. taking one look at all the money fellow Time Warner owned movie studio New Line Cinema made with Elf and wanting their own family Christmas movie with a big comedian. They decided to also take a cue from 2005 smash hit Wedding Crashers by reuniting Vince Vaughn with that movies director, David Dobkin.
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2007,
25 Days Of Christmas Pop Culture,
Christmas 2007,
David Dobkin,
Elizabeth Banks,
Fred Claus,
Frozen,
Kevin Spacey,
New Line Cinema,
Paul Giamatti,
Puss In Boots,
Santa,
Shrek,
Tangled,
Vince Vaughn
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Ben Affleck And An Evil Doll Compete For Your Money (Box Office Predictions)
A busy, busy, busy weekend at the box office this weekend, with three new wide releases and a limited release shaking things up. Shall we start with the newest film from David Fincher? I think yes!
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2013,
20th Century Fox,
Annabelle,
Box Office Predictions,
Gone Girl,
Gravity,
Left Behind,
New Line Cinema,
Nicolas Cage,
October,
October 2014,
The Boxtrolls,
The Equalizer,
The Maze Runner,
Warner Bros.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Dwayne Johnson Is Playing DC Comics Supervillain Black Adam
Dwayne Johnson has been promoting his forthcoming role in the Warner Bros./New Line Cinema/DC Comics superhero film Shazam, but it's been unclear whether he'd be playing the titular protagonist or his enemy Black Adam. As the title of this article suggests, he'll playing Black Adam the bad guy of the film, and that seems like the better option to me.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Clint Eastwoods Next Movie, Starring Bradley Cooper, And The Point Break Remake Get Release Dates
Warner Bros. just did a bunch of release date announcements, for some big dramas, action flicks and horror movies they have coming out over the next two years.
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