So the trailer for The Babymakers (Millennium Entertainment, August 3) is now online, and it feels like a loser in the August comedy sweeptakes, up against For a Good Time, Call… and The Campaign, just to name two other films off the top of my head.
It’s a jizz-heist laffer, from the Beerfest and Super Troopers guys, in which Paul Schneider’s character tries to break into a sperm bank to get back his donated seed so that he can get his wife (Olivia Munn) pregnant. Notwithstanding the weird-match factor and seemingly dubious chemistry on display between the two, can Munn really convincingly play sweet, or basically a straight woman, after the leak of all those delicious sexts to ex-boyfriend Chris Pine? That mode wasn’t exactly her forte to begin with.
And the film’s poster is atrocious, let’s just be honest. Any one-sheet that features a guy with that look on his face is just announcing its knuckle-dragging intentions and phoned-in lack of ambition, honestly, or making a misguided play for female sympathies. “Dumb,” i.e., ribald and loose-limbed and full of bong rips, is all fine and good (it’s what the Broken Lizard guys have made a career out of, after all), but the repartee here feels stale. If one feels like cycling through its wonky set-up that features other movies’ preview clips, though, The Babymakers‘ red-band trailer, inclusive of boobs, is also over at Yahoo, here. So there’s that.
Daily Archives: June 20, 2012
The Island President Hits iTunes
Director Jon Shenk’s The Island President, which takes as its central figure the environmentally crusading ex-head of state of the Maldives, Mohamed “Anni” Nasheed, is now available on iTunes, don’tcha know. Again, for my previous review, click here.
Friends: The Complete Series Gets Blu-ray Date
Friends: The Complete Series will debut on Blu-ray on November 13, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Video. This ultimate collector’s set will feature over 110 hours of content — all 236 original broadcast episodes released for the first time in the United States, plus 20 hours of supplemental features, including over three hours of newly added special features. This never-before-seen content includes a retrospective documentary with new interviews looking back at the influential 10 years of the series, never-before-released cast appearances, various unaired on-set footage, a new gag reel and more. All 10 seasons have been completely remastered in stunning 1080p high definition video with a 16×9 widescreen format and 5.1 audio. No word yet on whether interviews with the Rembrandts or a remix CD will be included. To pre-order the set via Amazon, click here.