Redband trailer for “That’s My Boy” sets new low for Hollywood marketing

Above is the new trailer for “That’s My Boy,” starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, which is about as heinous as two minutes of “comedy” could possibly be. Redband trailers are typically used to show off a movie’s best crude jokes… and apparently, in this movie, the best crude joke is Sandler saying “It tastes

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Streaming Pick: “Elevator to the Gallows” (1958)

Although film noir is a genre that traditionally refers to certain crime films made by Hollywood during the 1940s and ‘50s, the French, who originally coined the term and defended its artistic merits, made several examples of their own, following the German occupation. The French New Wave, in particular—that loose collective of critics-turned-filmmakers who so

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Herman Cain to host nationally syndicated radio program

If the phrase “9-9-9” had just stopped ringing in your ears at night, don’t worry: the Herminator will be back. It was announced today that Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and everybody’s favorite GOP primary candidate, will get his own nationally syndicated radio show beginning January 21, 2013. Cain will inherit the program

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Review: “Piranha 3DD”

Like the recent “Cabin in the Woods,” John Gulager’s “Piranha 3DD” proves that merely drawing attention to the cheap shortcomings of the horror genre does not equate to intelligently parodying them. Both films seem less interested in actual parody than the suggestion of parody — as if by consciously spewing garbage, the filmmakers will be

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Weekend Box Office: “Snow White” the fairest of the wide releases, “Moonrise” of the limited releases

“Snow White and the Huntsman” reigned supreme at the box office this weekend, with nearly double the gross of its closest competitor, but you could have guessed that had you read our Friday report. The real news worth mentioning is that Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” after setting the per-theater-average record for a non-Disney release last

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