Article: 10 comedians in dramatic roles
We take a look at comedians with some serious dramatic chops.
David Cross and Portia de Rossi describe Lindsay and Tobias’s “trajectory of sadness” in “Arrested Development” season 4
Chris Gethard gets greasy at his favorite New Jersey diner
Jessica Walter winks suggestively and describes Lucille Bluth’s “dire straits” in “Arrested Development” season 4
Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat discuss sex and awkward love in “Arrested Development” season 4
Jim Carrey
Article: “Kick-Ass 2″ international trailer is all about Hit-Girl
There are some new Jim Carrey scenes as well.
Article: Jim Carrey versus The Gun Lobby
A look at the Carrey’s already controversial Funny or Die video, “Cold Dead Hand.”
Article: The Batman is coming to IFC
Tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET we are lighting up the sky over Gotham with the Bat Signal, because the Dark Knight is coming to IFC. Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman” is the big-screen response to the serious (and seriously violent) revisionist comic book tales of the ’80s. The film reimagines Gotham as a foreboding industrial metropolis…
Article: “Kick-Ass 2″ images reveal Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Jim Carrey
“Kick-Ass 2″ comes out June 28.
Article: Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler being considered for “Guardians of the Galaxy”
It’s unclear what role — or roles — they’re up for.
Article: First images of Jim Carrey in “Kick-Ass 2″ hit the web
Set photos show what Carrey will look like as Colonel Stars.
Article: Jim Carrey confirmed for “Kick-Ass 2,” Mark Millar comments on casting
“The entire team loves him to bits and I’ve been a fan since I first saw him,” Millar writes.
Article: Jim Carrey wanted for “Kick-Ass 2″
Plus, Mark Millar offers a tease about an epic showdown between Hit-Girl and Mother Russia.
Article: The 10 best comedy muggers, from Jim Carrey to Kristen Wiig
We salute those who so expertly work the camera.
Article: Jim Carrey backs out of “Dumb and Dumber” sequel
Essentially he was annoyed that Warner Bros. and New Line weren’t excited enough for the project.
Article: What makes a movie star?
Over on his new website Grantland.com, ESPN’s Bill Simmons has written a really interesting column called “The Movie Star.” He sets out to examine two main points — that Will Smith is the biggest movie star in the world and that Ryan Reynolds is not a movie star at all — and ultimately falls into…
Article: I Love “I Love Phillip Morris”
When a movie takes a long time to come to theaters after its festival premiere, there’s a tendency to assume the worst. We forget sometimes that festivals are more about heat than quality, and that it’s the hottest movies, not always the best ones, that are most quickly acquired and released. A lengthy interim between…
Article: “I Love You Phillip Morris” To Finally Have Its Day in Theaters
Thanks to a combination of contract/financial troubles and subject matter, “I Love You Phillip Morris” has had a tough time finding its way to American screens. The comedy stars Jim Carrey as a conman who gets caught and sent to prison, where he falls in love with fellow inmate Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor) and repeatedly…
Article: Put Julia Roberts On Hold: Seven Big-Name Movies That Have Yet to Reach Theaters or DVD
Plenty of films don’t ever see a theatrical release, but it’s rare in this day and age for something not even get released on home video in the U.S., especially if it stars Julia Roberts or Jim Carrey. The latter, of course, has seen it happen with “I Love You Philip Morris,” the dark comedy…
Article: Owen Wilson, from comedic great to Great Dane.
Every decade has its comic icon. We envision Cary Grant as the shining light of the ’30s and ’40s, Rock Hudson for the pre-’60s transitional period, no one as the emblem of the hippie age (who could afford to have comedic icons then, aside from dabblers like Richard Pryor?), Robin Williams in the ’80s, Pauly…
Article: Let’s Get Physical (Comedy)
“Micmacs,” the new film from “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, may be set in modern day Paris, but stylistically it’s a throwback to older movies — particularly silent comedies and slapstick, with its elaborate, near wordless set pieces. “Micmacs” provided the inspiration for this week’s podcast, in which we talk about physical comedy, apparently both the…
Article: Great moments in MTV Movie Awards?
The nominations for this year’s MTV Movie Awards were announced yesterday, to the evident excitement of no one in particular. New categories include “Global Superstar,” “Best Scared-as-SH*T Performance” and “Biggest Badass Star”; “Twilight,” “Avatar” and “The Hangover” slaughtered everything in the nominations department, in keeping with the ceremonies’ populist bent and reputation for rewarding precisely…
Article: Thinking Outside the Box
A week loaded with oh-so-worthy awards season contenders is offset with the comic relief of Jim Carrey’s performance captured flailing, George Clooney’s self-deluded staring, and the teasing promise of an affordable(!) trip to the ballet. Download this in audio form (MP3: 16:59 minutes, 15.6 MB) Subscribe to the In Theaters podcast: [XML] [iTunes] “The Box”…
Article: How to outhype “Avatar.”
Robert Zemeckis is still trying to make motion capture happen. His upcoming Jim Carrey-starring version of “A Christmas Carol” will be his third made using the process, despite the fact that neither 2004′s “The Polar Express” nor 2007′s “Beowulf” was an overwhelming triumph at the box office. There’s little indication that the public cares what…
Article: MTV Movie Awards: highlights & crack ups
It’s been clear for a long time that teenage girls cast the deciding votes on most of MTV’s programming, and certainly the winners at their awards. This could not be more evident this year with “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” (it hurts just typing that) cleaning up in the wake of “Twilight” sweeping nearly…
Article: Meeting Mr. or Ms. Wrong
IFC.com’s newest web series “Like So Many Things…” premieres today, and co-creators Marin Gazzaniga and Anslem Richardson offer up their thoughts on the best films about romances that are anything but easy. “Now it isn’t that I don’t like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I’m strangely drawn toward you, but, well,…
Article: 23
Remember that one Jim Carrey movie called The Number 23 whose plot revolved around, well, the number 23? Me neither. Never saw it, but I do remember the preivew. Being fascinated by the number 23 themselves, Kings of Leon, will be releasing 23 homemade videos on their website leading up to the release of their…
Article: This Is What It Sounds Like When Comedians Cry
As the adage goes, “dying is hard, comedy is harder.” So why is it that so many comic actors are eager to cast aside the funny for the oh-so-serious? Sure, you’re much more likely to bag an Oscar nomination for a role that calls for droopy-eyed soulfulness than for one that involves carrying out a…
