action comedy
Listed below are all the posts we have tagged with the term "action comedy"
Blu-ray Review: Little Big Soldier
The combined works of Jackie Chan is a mixed bag. Most of his contributions to martial arts cinema of the ‘70s were little more than humorous kung fu yarns or fodder for that intangible subgenre of postmortem Bruce Lee actioneers known as “Brucesploitation.” As the ‘80s came to pass, Chan was not only able to [...]
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Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host
Over and out … Eddie Murphy. Photo: Reuters Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Oscars, following pal Brett Ratner's decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur. The news of Murphy's departure came on Wednesday, a day after Ratner quit as producer [...]
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Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko and Tom Waits Joining Colin Farrell in CBS Films' 'Seven Psychopaths'
Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits and Olga Kurylenko have joined the cast of Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to his acclaimed thriller, In Bruges, which starred Colin Farrell. Psychopaths once again sees McDonagh working with Farrell, who plays a struggling screenwriter who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball [...]
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'Ender's Game', 'RED 2', 'Warm Bodies', & More Snag Release Dates
Summit Entertainment has revealed new theatrical release dates and loglines for several noteworthy upcoming projects. Those titles include: writer/director Gavin Hood's Ender's Game adaptation, the currently-directorless action-comedy sequel RED 2, Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies film adaptation, Louis Leterrier's heist thriller Now You See Me, and Scott Derrickson's low-budget horror flick Sinister. Ender's Game – which [...]
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Red – MovieDVD Review
Red is an action comedy film that was released in 2010 starring Bruce Willis. It is rated PG-13. Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is a retired CIA operative. He keeps his nice suburban home neat an orderly, rises at 6:00 exactly without the need for an alarm clock, and oh yeah, he's pretty lonely. That's why [...]
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Exclusive: McG Talks OUIJA, Future Film and TV Projects, and the Possibility of a TERMINATOR: SALVATION Director's Cut Release
At the press junket for the new interactive web series Aim High, starring Jackson Rathbone (Jasper in The Twilight Saga) and Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), executive producer McG was there to express his passion for the cutting edge project that will incorporate viewers’ personal Facebook profiles into the story of a high school student [...]
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Red – MovieDVD Review
Red is an action comedy film that was released in 2010 starring Bruce Willis. It is rated PG-13. Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is a retired CIA operative. He keeps his nice suburban home neat an orderly, rises at 6:00 exactly without the need for an alarm clock, and oh yeah, he's pretty lonely. That's why [...]
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'Tower Heist' trailer: High-stakes revenge fantasy in a post-Bernie Madoff world
There's a lot going on in the trailer for the upcoming Brett Ratner action comedy Tower Heist: Jay-Z and Lenny Kravitz songs, Alan Alda as a Bernie Madoff-like villain, Gabourey Sidibe doing a Jamaican accent (while hitting on Eddie Murphy), Ben Stiller doing what appears to be a Queens accent, and Casey Affleck more or [...]
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Cop Out – Movie Review
Cop Out is an action comedy film released in 2010 and is rated R. James Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) and his partner Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) are detectives for the New York Police Department and have been working together for nine years. Paul is married but insecure about his wife's faithfulness. Jimmy is divorced and [...]
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Jonah Hill and Mark Wahlberg Are The 'Good Time Gang'
If you find the prospect of Jonah Hill becoming a certifiable action-comedy star a bit confusing, you're not alone. However, that's exactly what the Superbad actor is aiming to do with his upcoming slate of projects, including the new team-up pic Good Time Gang. Mark Wahlberg is reportedly set to appear opposite Hill as the [...]
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Wahlberg's next buddy action comedy? 'Good Time Gang,' with Jonah Hill – Frankly My Dear – Orlando Sentinel
Mark Wahlberg's hyperventilating made him a natural foil for Will Ferrell in "The Other Guys." It was a hit, showed off Wahlberg's comic chops and made him open to the idea of more buddy comedies. Thus "The Good Time Gang," about two bumbling mercenaries, comes to light. It may pair Mark W. with the formerly [...]
