Paul Rudd and Jack Black push Hollywood reboot culture to its snake-eating-its-own-tail (quite literally) extreme in the new trailer for Anaconda. In this remake/reimagining/whatever-you-want-to-call-it of the 1997 action flick of the same name, Rudd and Black play Griff and Doug, respectively, a pair of flailing film lovers who have always …
Read More »Does 'Friendship' Hold the Cure for Male Loneliness?
Friendship, the new comedy starring Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson, begins its descent into skin-crawling derangement with a song, then a punch. Rudd’s Austin, a local news weatherman and consummate cool guy, has invited Robinson’s Craig, his new neighbor and the exact opposite, to hang with the fellas. They drink …
Read More »'Friendship' Is Like a Lost 'I Think You Should Leave' Sketch
Meet Craig Waterman, the world’s most socially awkward suburbanite. The fact that he’s played by Tim Robinson — co-creator of the brilliant sketch show-slash-meme-generator I Think You Should Leave — tells you everything you need to know from the jump. Craig’s wife Tami (Kate Mara), a cancer survivor clearly still …
Read More »We Deserve a Better Takedown of the Rich Than 'Death of a Unicorn'
The rich, they are not like you and I — they see the world through the jaundiced lens of extreme privilege, they view everything from retail luxury items to relationships as disposable (and easily replaceable), they think nothing of hunting mythical beasts for sport and/or the key to immortality. Death …
Read More »Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Want to Ruin Each Other's Lives in 'Friendship' Trailer
Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd are uncertain BFFs in the trailer for Friendship. The A24 film, written and directed by Andrew DeYoung, will play at SXSW in March before arriving in theaters in May. In the clip, Robinson plays an average guy named Craig, who is encouraged by his wife …
Read More »'SNL': Martin Short Joins Five-Timers Club Surrounded By a Who's Who of Members
Martin Short earned his Saturday Night Live Five-Timers Club jacket, joined on stage by several other past recipients, including Alec Baldwin, John Mulaney and Emma Stone. First on screen during the cold open were Tom Hanks and Paul Rudd, who introduced Short. “What a surprise that I’ve known about all …
Read More »Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega Strike a Mythical Creature in 'Death of a Unicorn' Trailer
In Death of a Unicorn, Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star as a father and daughter duo who strike a mystery creature while heading to a weekend getaway at the the home of the father’s wealthy boss, played by Richard E. Grant. After hearing some rumbling from outside, the group …
Read More »Paul Rudd Hands Out Water to Pennsylvania Students Waiting in Lines to Vote
Paul Rudd took to the voting lines at Pennsylvania universities to hand out water to students waiting for hours on Election Day. The Ant-Man star was seen carrying a large pack of water bottles at Temple University by MSNBC National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff, who ran over to Rudd and asked …
Read More »It's Officially Time to Stop Calling the 'Ghostbusters'
Forty years ago, four men put on uniforms, came up with a catchy logo — a startled specter in a red circle with a slash going through it, no big whoop — strapped on some proton packs and saved New York City from an evil deity holed up in a …
Read More »See Bill Murray, Original Ghostbusters Cast Return in 'Frozen Empire' Trailer
Bill Murray gets in uniform and returns to the Ghostbusters franchise as Peter Venkman. In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, premiering March 22, new and old ghost hunters join forces tosave the world from a second Ice Age. Piecing together flashbacks from the original 1984 film and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the trailer …
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