October
18
Weekend Linkage: Kevin Smith Makes a Very Funny 'Porno'
[By Jeff Sneider]
AICN's Quint posted a great interview with Kevin Smith last week and I totally missed it. Smith has been making the rounds talking up "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," which stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Robinson. While the cast may be Apatowian, the movie is vintage View Askew and the fresh blood mixes perfectly with the old (Smith regulars Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson). The film is both heartfelt and hilarious and despite all the controversy, relatively tame for a movie with "Porno" in its title. Personally, I could've done with a bit more nudity but what do you expect from a 24 year-old male? By the way, as good as the chemistry between Rogen and Banks is, the couple that really steals the picture (besides Katie Morgan's, um, assets) are Justin Long and Brandon Routh. Make sure to stick around for their return in the end credits.
JoBlo's always insightful and delightful Ten Spot lists the Best Self Portrayals. John Malkovich understandably tops the list in "Being John Malkovich," but while the main graphic features Bob Barker in "Happy Gilmore," the "Price is Right" host is inexplicably omitted, along with Topher Grace, who deserved props for sending himself up in "Ocean's 11."
JoBlo also has the poster for "The Haunting in Connecticut," not to be confused with "The Haunting of Molly Hartley." Or "An American Haunting." Or simply "The Haunting." You know what, I think I've had enough of these "Haunting" movies, especially since those last two were particularly bad. "Molly Hartley" looks to continue to that trend, though I have hope for "Connecticut," but only because I'm a big fan of Elias Koteas, who's poised for a big year in '09 with Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" (based on the excellent Dennis Lehane novel) and "I Come with the Rain." View the latter's Radiohead-enhanced trailer here.
Speaking of similarly titled projects, MTV has debuted the trailer for David Goyer's "The Unborn," starring Gary Oldman, Idris Elba and "Cloverfield" babe Odette Yustman. It involves a twin who was never born and while it looks a tad generic, I'll admit that Goyer delivers the goods more often than not. Just don't confuse "The Unborn" with "The Uninvited," a remake of Korean genre classic "Tale of Two Sisters" starring Elizabeth Banks (a very busy girl lately between this, "Zack and Miri," "Role Models" and "W.") as the cruel stepmother of two sisters (Arielle Kebbel and Emily Browning) whose house is haunted. You can view that trailer here.
And finally, for your weekend viewing pleasure, a trio of fun videos. The first one is a mash-up trailer that combines the visuals of "Toy Story 2" and the audio of "The Dark Knight." The second trailer features the unstoppable forces of nature otherwise known as Anton Chigurh ("No Country for Old Men") and McLovin' ("Superbad"). And lastly, a video that asks "What if Ferris Bueller really was sick," using Train's "Drops of Jupiter" to turn John Hughes' classic comedy into a tearjerker about a teenager with one day left to live. Funny though, who goes to all this editing trouble only to spell John Hughes and Seth Rogen's names wrong?
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