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Get ready for some serious film nerd heresy: I think “The Trip” is the best of the three Michael Winterbottom/Steve Coogan collaborations. Yes, better than the meta madness of “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.” Yes, even better than the cult classic “24 Hour Party People.” I didn’t write a review — it being…
Hilarity peddler Steve Coogan rocked into stardom with “24 Hour Party People” and his portrayal of the British music scene’s now legendary impresario, Tony Wilson. The Playlist (via ScreenDaily) reports that he’s joined the cast of another UK music flick, this time about Belfast’s godfather of punk, Terri Hooley. Hooley’s tale centers around the record…
On August 26, we’ll get to see one of the most oxymoronic creatures in the film world: the big indie. “Our Idiot Brother” stars a cast worthy of any major Hollywood production: Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Rashida Jones, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, and Paul Rudd as the titular hero, a genial…
Steve Coogan is a comic genius. And at 1 p.m. ET today, you can witness his unique brand of humor in Michael Winterbottom’s “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.” In the film, Coogan stars as himself, as he works with a cast and crew attempting to film Laurence Stern’s “unfilmable” novel “The Life and…
To promote their new series “The Trip,” a tour of English restaurants with comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, the BBC posted a brief snippet of the duo fighting over their impressions of Michael Caine. The results are epic (even if Brydon’s the clear winner): Not the first time these two have faced off in…
Michael Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story is a subtly hilarious movie about the making of a movie. It is a far cry from Winterbottom’s look at Manchester nightlife in 24-Hour Party People.The story follows a crew of producers and actors as they attempt to make a movie based on Laurence Sterne’s “The…
Perhaps one of the most unusual sights of the Sundance Film Festival was seeing British comedy legend Chris Morris walking around and doing Q&As after screenings of his “jihadi comedy” “Four Lions.” Infamous in Britain for his shows “The Day Today” (which helped launch the career of Steve Coogan) and “Brass Eye,” Morris is generally…
Eddie Izzard has been tipped to host this year’s Spirit Awards on Friday, March 5th, which of course will be broadcast live on IFC. (The nominations can be found here.) Last seen in Sally Potter’s “Rage,” Izzard will be following in the footsteps of Buck Henry, Robert Townsend, Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah, John Waters,…
With Cannes now wrapped up, this week finds everyone on the move as a trio of Indian workers go to Michigan, Sam Raimi goes home and Karl Fredricksen and his yappy companion go, well, up. Download this in audio form (MP3: 07:59 minutes, 11 MB) Subscribe to the In Theaters podcast: [XML] [iTunes] “Departures” Best…
Just announced: Steve Coogan is set to host the upcoming Spirit Awards on February 21st. With Russell Brand having kicked things off by hosting the MTV Video Music Awards, we now only need Ricky Gervais as the Academy Award host to have the requisite three British comedians to make a trend piece! [Photo: Steve Coogan…
Yet again, the world in quotes: “The ï¬rst kiss of the movie was out on Haight Street, with, like, 200 people watching, outside. It was a crane shot–I’m sure in the end it will be a really cool shot, but it starts close and then it takes maybe a minute. That’s a long time on…
Finding a good vehicle for a great comedian can be tough — the ability to be funny doesn’t always come hand in hand with the ability to act, and the film needs to work with a comedian’s persona and particular strengths. A few recent or upcoming films have done brilliantly bad jobs of this —…
