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Divorced… with Benefits?…  well, It’s Complicated!   

On behalf of Universal Pictures, Screenhead is excited to let you know that the new trailer and one-sheet for Nancy Meyers’ upcoming comedy about love, divorce, and everything in between, has just debuted online. It’s Complicated stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin – they are hilarious. Come Christmas Day we will find out if love is truly lovelier the second time around…

If anyone has ever seen Nancy Meyer movies, you know you are in for a treat. This trailer proves it. Go to Apple to see the new trailer!

A new trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s 3-D CGI Feature Despicable Me has just debuted online!   

The new Despicable Me trailer doesn’t reveal much about the movie, but it’s worth watching for enjoyment.  The movie includes a wonderful cast including Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews.    

Movie will be in theaters July 9, 2010!

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn.  Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout.  Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world.  He is going to steal the moon. 

Gru delights in all things wicked.  Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way.  Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. 

The world’s (second) greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes. 

You know what…the trailer doesn’t show any of this story. You can see it at Apple.

Jack Brown Geniusis a hilariously entertaining movie that is fun to watch. Deep within the chambers of an old monastery lives Elmer (Stuart Devenie), a monk who dreams of discovering a way to fly in hopes of meeting his beloved creator.  But when the wing system he builds fails, he falls to his death and – having been judged a suicide – is doomed to an eternity in purgatory.

A thousand years later, Elmer’s spirit enters the mind of Jack Brown (Timothy Balme), a modern-day inventor with problems of his own.  Seems his boss is trying to pilfer his formula for a new source of power.  But the monk, determined to be released from his otherworldly prison, forces Jack to rebuild the winged machine and achieve Elmer’s dream of flight, rendering him free. Assisted by his friends Dennis (Martin Csokas) and Eileen (Nicola Murphy) – who is secretly in love with Jack – can Jack triumph where Elmer failed and carry both souls to new heights of success?

Never before seen in North America, Jack Brown Genius was co-written and executive produced by Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Ringstrilogy) through his studio WingNut Films, Ltd.  A sci-fi/fantasy gem, it’s available on DVD distributedby Lionsgate Entertainment.

You’ll want this movie in your library because it’s a unique breed that breathes laughter and spontaneous fun.  I can’t wait to see it again.

If you would like to win one of the four copies of Jack Brown Genius, post your name and we will pick the winners Tuesday, November 24, 2009.

My daughter and her four friends watched Aliens in the Attic DVD screener today as a Halloween treat. With popcorn and Halloween candy they loved it all. Even the bloopers were awesome.

The movie takes place during summer vacation, but the Pearson family kids are stuck at a boring lake house with their nerdy parents. That is until feisty, little, green aliens crash-land on the roof, with plans to conquer the house AND Earth! Using only their wits, courage and video game-playing skills, the youngsters must band together to defeat the aliens and save the world — but the toughest part might be keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents!

The scene most talked about was when the adults were being controlled by the kids via remote controls. The kids had the two adults fighting each other with the kids flipping them, getting the parents to do anything they wanted them to do.

The cast includes Doris Roberts (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), Andy Richter (“The Conan O’Brien Show”), Kevin Nealon (“Weeds”), Tim Meadows (Mean Girls) and Gillian Vigman (The Hangover), as well as rising young star Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical).

After my daughter’s friends left, she asked if she could watch the movie, again, and did with just as much enjoyment.

If you would like to win a copy of Aliens in the Attic, post your name now and Screenhead will pick the winner Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

The winners are Jack Borg, Laura Deluca, Geraldine!

From the Wayans Brothers, the guys behind Scary Movie, comes the hilarious comedy Dance Flick.  Own the unrated version on DVD, with even more outrageous footage not shown in theaters. Dance Flick unrated version on DVD now.  The movie is from Paramount Home Entertainment.   

The Wayans brothers set out to parody movies like Step Up and Save the Last Dance.  

No one’s ever going to mistake Stan Helsing for a high-brow horror flick.  But this title, that you can get in video stores starting tomorrow, will prove to at least be a watchable horror comedy with some slightly entertaining elements.

In Stan Helsing, which Anchor Bay sent me a copy of, the title character is a video store clerk on a mission–to make as little of an impact on the world around him as possible.  Seriously, I don’t know if this guy’s just the laziest guy on the planet or if he’s got some kind of allergy to doing anything, but he sure seems like he just plain doesn’t care.  Faced with losing his job at a video store (a Schlockbuster, no less!) he’s forced to make a delivery run for the owner’s mother.  With his friends in tow, Stan goes forth on a voyage of discovery, personal growth, and godawful monster parodies to make his delivery and save a gated community from the wrath of various aforementioned monster parodies.

There were a few parts in here that got me to laugh.  This is important.  Had it not been for that handful of parts I would’ve dismissed this outright as plain old garbage intended for teenage boys who otherwise couldn’t get their hands on porn.

Let’s put it this way–the movie openly admits it was written and directed by the executive producer of Scary Movie, and the writer and executive producer of Soul Plane.

Yeah.  That’s what we’re dealing with.

Like I said, this isn’t THAT bad a movie, but it’s definitely nothing great.  It’s predictable, it’s tired, it’s badly disjointed, and frankly, it’s trying to do entirely too much in entirely too little time.  I don’t know why their Freddy Krueger analogue Fweddy is dressed like Flava Flav.  I don’t know why their Chucky’s face has a tic-tac-toe game carved into it.  I’m not sure I want to know why their Leatherface is wearing a purse or why their Michael Myers is wearing a yarmulke.  And possibly gratefully the movie will respect that and not even bother to try explaining it.

The Screenhead Ten Scale hands this barely passable rental a three out of ten and says that Bo Zenga should stick to producing. At least Scary Movie wasn’t complete crap.

Men Who Stare at Goats has some awesome actors and it looks hilarious. I just hope there is an actual story to this mayhem.  Movie opens November 6, 2009.

Every year, Adam Green (the guy who brought you Hatchet, among others) and crew get together for Halloween to make a special short film.  And admittedly, it wasn’t looking good this year, until they got one idea which they proceeded to knock out in about forty five minutes, Jack Chop.

Jack Chop is actually a parody of the well-known Shamwow commercials as a fellow named Nicolo (that’s what his name sounded like, anyway, he only said it the once) proceeds to sell us a product.  And of course, this won’t end well at ALL.

Nicolo is an extraordinarily foul mouthed individual, so I’ll warn you up front, this is not safe for work.  But he bravely soldiers on and introduces his product, the Jack Chop, which handles all your Jack O’Lantern carving needs, even those where you cut off a finger.  It’s a very clever advertising parody, and though there isn’t much of a plot to this “short film”, there’s still plenty of fun to be had here.

This poor shill is going to take so much injury trying to sell us a cheap Jack O’Lantern carving system that I almost feel bad for the putz.  Yeah…almost.

The Screenhead Ten Scale admits that this was a riot that looks like it was knocked out in forty five minutes and gives it a seven out of ten.

At first when I saw the promotional pieces and clips coming out for Women in Trouble, it seemed like cheap entertainment.  But now after watching this trailer, I like the movie and think it’s funny.   So, will the sequel be called Men in Trouble?

The story is pretty silly…

A pregnant porn star, a couple of call girls, a scorned psychiatrist as crazy as usual in this profession, a teenage goth, a flight attendant with a crush on a famous passenger… the troubles of this cluster of LA women couldn’t be more different, but on one crazy day feminine compassion will alter all of their lives. …

I don’t know when it opens in the theaters. Perhaps the trailer will give all the details.

So I got a copy of Kevin Nealon’s newest comedy special sent to me, and I was a little surprised.  I don’t usually cover comedy specials here, but you know how it goes–send me a movie and I’ll cover it.  I don’t promise a good review, and have more than enough bad ones to prove it, but you send me one and I’ll talk about it. You take your chances with what I’ll say, but I’ll say something.

Anyway, I’m actually really pleased with this one.  Kevin Nealon is a RIOT.

In this special, he’ll talk about getting old, and his hobbies, and his family, and everything else, it seems like.  He’s got an opinion about most everything, and he’ll share it.  Here’s the interesting part: despite the fact that he’s on Weeds, he doesn’t smoke pot, but he thinks it should be legal to do so.

The Screenhead Ten Scale applauds Nealon’s highly funny hour long special by giving it a solid seven out of ten.  Nicely done, sir.