There have been a couple of incredibly guest appearances on Jay Leno’s Garage lately, with one of the most talked about ones being that of Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk. It is a refreshing episode because, Leno, for once, takes a break from cars and spends some time learning about rockets at the SpaceX facility in Texas.
While the episode is a golden one, fans appear to appreciate the ones with cars a lot more. This is evident on IMDb where the most highly rated episodes of the reality show can be sieved out. So, which are the best ones for a new viewer to dedicate time to or for a fan to rewatch?
“Movie Cars” (S4E1) – 9.1
True to the title, the focus remains on Hollywood. Jamie Foxx showcases his driving skills, whereas the stunt driver Ben Collins recreates the chase scene from one of the most adored Bond movies,...
While the episode is a golden one, fans appear to appreciate the ones with cars a lot more. This is evident on IMDb where the most highly rated episodes of the reality show can be sieved out. So, which are the best ones for a new viewer to dedicate time to or for a fan to rewatch?
“Movie Cars” (S4E1) – 9.1
True to the title, the focus remains on Hollywood. Jamie Foxx showcases his driving skills, whereas the stunt driver Ben Collins recreates the chase scene from one of the most adored Bond movies,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Philip Etemesi
- ScreenRant
Anyone who grew up in the ’80s is familiar with their unforgettable names and faces. The Garbage Pail Kids Topps trading cards and 1987 movie are embedded in the brains of a generation, and Indican Pictures' new documentary 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story explores the phenomenon like never before. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have details on the Hexploitation Film Festival, The Eyes home media release info, and the trailer for Brian Sepanzyk's Compulsion.
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story: Press Release: "West Hollywood, California (Tuesday, August 8th) - Indican Pictures is set to release the pivotal documentary on the Garbage Pail Kids. Titled 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, this documentary revisits the artists, who made these collectibles famous. Showing a rare glimpse into the corporate culture of Topps as they launched Garbage Pail Kids through the height of the cards fame,...
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story: Press Release: "West Hollywood, California (Tuesday, August 8th) - Indican Pictures is set to release the pivotal documentary on the Garbage Pail Kids. Titled 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, this documentary revisits the artists, who made these collectibles famous. Showing a rare glimpse into the corporate culture of Topps as they launched Garbage Pail Kids through the height of the cards fame,...
- 8/11/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
I believe the first comics convention I attended was in 1967. That means I’ve been chasing these puppies for 50 years. Indeed, it often feels my entire life has been one long, never-ending comicon. Talk about getting a life – or, at least, another act.
I continue to do ‘em because I enjoy seeing my friends a hell of a lot more than I enjoy eating vulcanized chicken fingers. Better still, I enjoy meeting the fans, talking about what they like and don’t like (this is not a good time to defend the event comic), discovering new trends and talent, and blathering on and on at panels. For the past, oh, maybe two dozen years that means I’ve vastly preferred the smaller comicons; it’s hard to have meaningful conversations at the overcrowded, underoxygenated megashows such as San Diego and New York. To tell you the truth, I avoid those...
I continue to do ‘em because I enjoy seeing my friends a hell of a lot more than I enjoy eating vulcanized chicken fingers. Better still, I enjoy meeting the fans, talking about what they like and don’t like (this is not a good time to defend the event comic), discovering new trends and talent, and blathering on and on at panels. For the past, oh, maybe two dozen years that means I’ve vastly preferred the smaller comicons; it’s hard to have meaningful conversations at the overcrowded, underoxygenated megashows such as San Diego and New York. To tell you the truth, I avoid those...
- 6/28/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Never Land will always be / The home of youth and joy / And liberty
I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me! Not me! No sir! Not me!
I just returned from a family reunion, and it was just about the only type I’d go to. It was a reunion of the various staff members of the Chicago Seed, the high-circulation “underground” newspaper published between and 1974.
This gathering of geriatric hippie revolutionary writers and artists was prompted by the recent deaths of two Seedlings: Snappy Skippy Williamson and Jayze Jay Lynch . I discussed the passing of my two long-time friends in this space; click on the above links if you missed those columns or if you have the desire to commit my words to memory.
Joining the Seed staff in January 1969 was the single most important step I have taken in my life, short of marrying Linda.
I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me! Not me! No sir! Not me!
I just returned from a family reunion, and it was just about the only type I’d go to. It was a reunion of the various staff members of the Chicago Seed, the high-circulation “underground” newspaper published between and 1974.
This gathering of geriatric hippie revolutionary writers and artists was prompted by the recent deaths of two Seedlings: Snappy Skippy Williamson and Jayze Jay Lynch . I discussed the passing of my two long-time friends in this space; click on the above links if you missed those columns or if you have the desire to commit my words to memory.
Joining the Seed staff in January 1969 was the single most important step I have taken in my life, short of marrying Linda.
- 5/24/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Skip Williamson (L), Jay Lynch
In this space two weeks ago, I wrote about the death of cartoonist and comix legend Jay Lynch. I noted his half-century friendship with Skip Williamson; despite their physical distance, I don’t think two people could have been closer.
As fate would have it, Skip died eleven days after Jay. Each was 72 years old. For long-time friends of the pair, for long-time fans of the pair – and I count myself among both groups – the timing was crippling. Skip long had heart problems so even though it was shocking, it wasn’t totally unexpected. However, there’s a kind of appropriateness about that timing that makes complete sense.
I won’t repeat their mutual history other than to mention the first comic book they pioneered was Bijou Funnies. Both had contributed to Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine and, later, to Playboy. Skip’s most revered character was Snappy Sammy Smoot,...
In this space two weeks ago, I wrote about the death of cartoonist and comix legend Jay Lynch. I noted his half-century friendship with Skip Williamson; despite their physical distance, I don’t think two people could have been closer.
As fate would have it, Skip died eleven days after Jay. Each was 72 years old. For long-time friends of the pair, for long-time fans of the pair – and I count myself among both groups – the timing was crippling. Skip long had heart problems so even though it was shocking, it wasn’t totally unexpected. However, there’s a kind of appropriateness about that timing that makes complete sense.
I won’t repeat their mutual history other than to mention the first comic book they pioneered was Bijou Funnies. Both had contributed to Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine and, later, to Playboy. Skip’s most revered character was Snappy Sammy Smoot,...
- 3/22/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Death has been everywhere lately this March of 2017. Actor Bill Paxton. Rock and Roll pioneer Chuck Berry. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Jimmy Breslin. The great artist Bernie Wrightson. Underground comics’ Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson. ComicMix’s Tweeks Maddy and Anya Ernst’s grandmother. Fellow columnist Marc Alan Fishman’s college friend. My dad.
As Martha Thomases said last week, although in an entirely different context – Too Much! Too Much!
Radiolab, which airs on NPR – check your local station – is a show that features issues both philosophical and scientific. In its 15th year, I was listening on Saturday as the hosts, Jay Abrumrad and Robert Kulwich, discussed a case brought to their attention by reporter Ike Siskandarajah. It was called “Mutant Rights.”
Two international tariff lawyers, Sherry Singer and Indie Singh, discovered that the legal classification of “doll” were taxed at a higher rate – 12% – than the legal classification of “toy,...
As Martha Thomases said last week, although in an entirely different context – Too Much! Too Much!
Radiolab, which airs on NPR – check your local station – is a show that features issues both philosophical and scientific. In its 15th year, I was listening on Saturday as the hosts, Jay Abrumrad and Robert Kulwich, discussed a case brought to their attention by reporter Ike Siskandarajah. It was called “Mutant Rights.”
Two international tariff lawyers, Sherry Singer and Indie Singh, discovered that the legal classification of “doll” were taxed at a higher rate – 12% – than the legal classification of “toy,...
- 3/20/2017
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Jay Lynch, the artist who made the iconic parody Garbage Pail Kids, has passed away at age 72. Bloody Disgusting tells us Lynch died following a battle with lung cancer. His art was featured on Topps Cards and were quickly snatched up by children of the '80s. Lynch would also have his art featured in Playboy as well as comic books.
There was even a Garbage Pail Kids movie...
Rest easy Jay Lynch, and know that your parody outlasted the the Cabbage Patch Kids in the realm of pop culture. Did you collect these cards growing up?...
There was even a Garbage Pail Kids movie...
Rest easy Jay Lynch, and know that your parody outlasted the the Cabbage Patch Kids in the realm of pop culture. Did you collect these cards growing up?...
- 3/17/2017
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that artist Jay Lynch passed away on March 5th, according to Nyt. The supposed cause of death, per his cousin, was lung cancer. Lynch was a historian of underground comics,… Continue Reading →
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- 3/17/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Every town must have a place / Where phony hippies meet / Psychedelic dungeons / Popping up on every street • Frank Zappa, “Who Needs The Peace Corps?”
The late Sixties really did live up to its reputation. In my home town of Chicago hippie central was the Lincoln Park neighborhood around the iconic Biograph Theater, where, 34 years earlier, the FBI allegedly shot John Dillinger to death. Today, hippies can’t even afford to drive down Lincoln Avenue.
The area sported many blues and folk bars, giving such local talent as Steve Goodman, John Prine, Hound Dog Taylor and Harvey Mandel a place to strut their stuff. It was Mecca to the storefront theater movement, creating world-renown companies such as the Steppenwolf and the Organic Theater a home for newcomer writers and actors like David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, and John Ostrander. A mile down the street was The Second City,...
The late Sixties really did live up to its reputation. In my home town of Chicago hippie central was the Lincoln Park neighborhood around the iconic Biograph Theater, where, 34 years earlier, the FBI allegedly shot John Dillinger to death. Today, hippies can’t even afford to drive down Lincoln Avenue.
The area sported many blues and folk bars, giving such local talent as Steve Goodman, John Prine, Hound Dog Taylor and Harvey Mandel a place to strut their stuff. It was Mecca to the storefront theater movement, creating world-renown companies such as the Steppenwolf and the Organic Theater a home for newcomer writers and actors like David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, and John Ostrander. A mile down the street was The Second City,...
- 3/8/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Jay Lynch, one of the fathers of underground comix and creator/writer and/or artist of such treasures as Bijou Comix, Phoebe and the Pigeon People, Nard n Pat, and Garbage Pail Kids, died of cancer this afternoon at age 72. His most recent work was providing the cover art for Fantagraphics’ new book, The Realist Cartoons. He will be missed by his many, many friends and fans.
I’d known Jay for almost a half-century, and I’ll be taking the liberty of commenting on a man I regard as one of the most important cartoonists of the post WWII period in my usual space here Wednesday.
I’d known Jay for almost a half-century, and I’ll be taking the liberty of commenting on a man I regard as one of the most important cartoonists of the post WWII period in my usual space here Wednesday.
- 3/5/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Attention comedy geeks everywhere! To paraphrase a literary classic, this new documentary feature lets us all “look back in laughter” at one of the most influential humor magazines of the last fifty years. Actually its legacy reaches on past its newstand existence. Yes, it’s been absent from newsstands (there’s still a few of them left) for nearly twenty years. But, to paraphrase again, we’ve come “not to bury this magazine, but to praise it”. And to recall the chuckles and the mini-empire it spawned. Of course, this wasn’t the first humor publication. Puck paved the way decades before. Then Mad magazine shook up the staid 1950’s. But by 1970, that mag had somewhat settled into a (still entertaining) routine, poking fun at suburbia, and wasn’t connecting with the “counter-culture”. Younger “baby boomers” wanted their humor to have a sharper edge, to reflect the “hippie” spirit, and...
- 10/9/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Garbage Pail Kids artist Joe Simko needs your help! As producer of the documentary 30 Years of Garbage, he is asking fans to pledge towards the project in hopes of getting it on theater screens by 2015. We have the first trailer for 30 Years of Garbage, which looks at the creation and history behind this iconic Topps Cards institution. Watch, and then read on for how you can become part of Garbage Pail Kids history.
The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old! Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, superfan collections, and more!
30 Years of Garbage has already secured interview commitments from original Garbage Pail Kids creators including: Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch and others. Also on board as a co-producer is Adam F. Goldberg, creator of the ABC primetime TV show, The Goldbergs.
Although this is great news, Joe Simko and his filmmaking team...
The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old! Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, superfan collections, and more!
30 Years of Garbage has already secured interview commitments from original Garbage Pail Kids creators including: Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Jay Lynch and others. Also on board as a co-producer is Adam F. Goldberg, creator of the ABC primetime TV show, The Goldbergs.
Although this is great news, Joe Simko and his filmmaking team...
- 12/8/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Feature Ryan Lambie 29 Nov 2013 - 06:15
This week's Crowdfunding Friday features a Garbage Pail Kids documentary, a British stop-motion drama, and much more...
Is there a scientific formula for crowdfunding success? We haven't learned of one yet, but if there's one thing we've learned over the past few weeks, it's that a good-quality board game or miniature project will have donations flooding in.
Just look at the hugely warm response to Gamezone Miniatures' 25th anniversary revival of the classic fantasy board game project, HeroQuest, which has managed to garner almost 10 times its minimum funding goal within 24 hours of its launch. Then there's Prados Games' Aliens Vs Predator: The Miniatures Game, which made more than £270,000 more than its £35,000 target - no doubt thanks to the spectacular-looking Alien and Predator models that come packed into its handsome box.
The moral appears to be: if you offer a tangible and desirable reward for your target audience,...
This week's Crowdfunding Friday features a Garbage Pail Kids documentary, a British stop-motion drama, and much more...
Is there a scientific formula for crowdfunding success? We haven't learned of one yet, but if there's one thing we've learned over the past few weeks, it's that a good-quality board game or miniature project will have donations flooding in.
Just look at the hugely warm response to Gamezone Miniatures' 25th anniversary revival of the classic fantasy board game project, HeroQuest, which has managed to garner almost 10 times its minimum funding goal within 24 hours of its launch. Then there's Prados Games' Aliens Vs Predator: The Miniatures Game, which made more than £270,000 more than its £35,000 target - no doubt thanks to the spectacular-looking Alien and Predator models that come packed into its handsome box.
The moral appears to be: if you offer a tangible and desirable reward for your target audience,...
- 11/28/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Chances are if you grew up creepy, you owned a fair share of Garbage Pail Kids cards. I know I had a ton of these, and most of my childhood belongings were also covered in their stickers. I never got into baseball cards or the various other attempts to lure kids to collect cardboard as if they were tiny squares of heroin. However, anytime I went out shopping with my Mom and my eye spotted a box of Garbage Pail Kids, my collection would grow a little larger. If you share such fond memories of this franchise as I do, then I have the kickstarter of your dreams!
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, is a documentary showcasing the history of the franchise with interviews with the original creators, artists, and fans. Including but not limited to interviews with Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk,...
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story, is a documentary showcasing the history of the franchise with interviews with the original creators, artists, and fans. Including but not limited to interviews with Art Spiegelman, Len Brown, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk,...
- 11/21/2013
- by Ted Brown
- The Liberal Dead
Mars Attacks • Abrams ComicArt • hardcover $19.95, also available in electronic format. Publication date: October 1, 2012
There’s a seminal moment in every weirdo’s life where we experience something so outrageous our worldview is altered severely and forever. For Ray Bradbury and Michael Moorcock, it was Edgar Rice Burroughs. For nascent Nasa scientists, it was Ray Bradbury and Buck Rogers. EC Comics begat a generation of filmmakers, satirists, and cartoonists. I have no doubt we will be appreciating the influence of The Simpsons and South Park as its early adopters enter the creative workplaces.
For me, it was Mars Attacks.
I love to collect things. I suspect if comic books were unnumbered I wouldn’t have made it to the Marvel Age. So I would dutifully check out the counter-spaces at my local drug stores to see what the Bazooka Joe boys at Topps were offering in the realm of what we now call “non-sports cards.
There’s a seminal moment in every weirdo’s life where we experience something so outrageous our worldview is altered severely and forever. For Ray Bradbury and Michael Moorcock, it was Edgar Rice Burroughs. For nascent Nasa scientists, it was Ray Bradbury and Buck Rogers. EC Comics begat a generation of filmmakers, satirists, and cartoonists. I have no doubt we will be appreciating the influence of The Simpsons and South Park as its early adopters enter the creative workplaces.
For me, it was Mars Attacks.
I love to collect things. I suspect if comic books were unnumbered I wouldn’t have made it to the Marvel Age. So I would dutifully check out the counter-spaces at my local drug stores to see what the Bazooka Joe boys at Topps were offering in the realm of what we now call “non-sports cards.
- 9/26/2012
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
In the commercial arts there’s always been a fine line between tribute and theft, even when it’s called homage. These days, that’s a word that gets lawyers excited. But we are free to imitate the underlying concept or genre. When Harvey Kurtzman produced Mad #1, he didn’t invent humor, nor did he invent satire or parody. Anybody can try to be funny, and let’s be honest: comics publishers, then and now, aren’t trying to imitate somebody else’s comic book – they’re trying to imitate somebody else’s comic book success.
This rarely happens.
After EC knocked one out of the park with Mad, just about every publisher with an eye to staying in business (except DC and Quality; Fawcett had pretty much given up on comics by this time) came out with their own Mad clone… including EC. And EC was hip enough to satirize both of these facts.
This rarely happens.
After EC knocked one out of the park with Mad, just about every publisher with an eye to staying in business (except DC and Quality; Fawcett had pretty much given up on comics by this time) came out with their own Mad clone… including EC. And EC was hip enough to satirize both of these facts.
- 2/13/2012
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Michel Choquette's The Someday Funnies is to be published by Abrams ComicsArt. Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner initiated the project 40 years ago when he approached Choquette with the idea to create an illustrated history of the 1960s. The contributors' list features a host of legendary names including mainstream greats like Jack Kirby and C.C. Beck, underground pioneers Jay Lynch and Art Spiegelman, European cartoonist Rene Goscinny and individuals from outside the industry including Red Grooms, Tom Wolfe, William Burroughs, Federico Fellini and Frank Zappa. In three years, Choquette's project developed from a supplement in Rolling Stone into a book of 129 comics strips. When Wenner abandoned the project, its creator sought a publishing deal with Harper which eventually fell through. The Someday Funnies was all but forgotten until an (more)...
- 5/26/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
The Other Guys on DVD and Blu-ray December 14thAdam McKay's new comedy The Other Guys will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 14. The two DVD versions, the theatrical cut and unrated cut, will both be priced at $28.96 Srp with the single-disc Blu-ray priced at $34.95 Srp and the two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack going for $38.96 Srp. We don't have any cover art images right now, but we'll be sure to update this story as soon as we have the images. In the meantime, take a look at the special features below.
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs, as they're forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest and most badass cops on the force (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson). But when those guys go down for the count,...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs, as they're forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest and most badass cops on the force (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson). But when those guys go down for the count,...
- 10/12/2010
- MovieWeb
Weekend Box Office
1The Expendables$35 million2Eat, Pray, Love$23.7 million3The Other Guys$18 million4Inception$11.3 million5Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World$10.5 million6Despicable Me$6.7 million7Step Up 3D$6.6 million8Salt$6.35 million9Dinner for Schmucks$6.31 million10Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$4.07 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted last week, director Christopher Nolan's Inception was finally knocked out of the top spot after almost a month by newcomers The Other Guys. But with three highly anticipated new movies entering the box office this weekend including the testosterone-filled action movie The Expendables, the comic book based rock-opera Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World and the Julia Roberts-vehicle Eat, Pray, Love, which is based on the popular book, it was inevitable that the buddy-cop comedy would fall after only a week on top of the charts.
Debuting at number one this week is the new action film The Expendables from writer/director and star Sylvester Stallone.
1The Expendables$35 million2Eat, Pray, Love$23.7 million3The Other Guys$18 million4Inception$11.3 million5Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World$10.5 million6Despicable Me$6.7 million7Step Up 3D$6.6 million8Salt$6.35 million9Dinner for Schmucks$6.31 million10Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$4.07 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted last week, director Christopher Nolan's Inception was finally knocked out of the top spot after almost a month by newcomers The Other Guys. But with three highly anticipated new movies entering the box office this weekend including the testosterone-filled action movie The Expendables, the comic book based rock-opera Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World and the Julia Roberts-vehicle Eat, Pray, Love, which is based on the popular book, it was inevitable that the buddy-cop comedy would fall after only a week on top of the charts.
Debuting at number one this week is the new action film The Expendables from writer/director and star Sylvester Stallone.
- 8/15/2010
- MovieWeb
Weekend Box Office
1The Other Guys$35.6 million2Inception$18.6 million3Step Up 3D$15.5 million4Salt$11.1 million5Dinner for Schmucks$10.5 million6Despicable Me$9.4 million7Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$6.9 million8Charlie St. Cloud$4.7 million9Toy Story 3$3.0 million10The Kids Are All Right$2.6 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted, director Christopher Nolan's Inception defeated the new Steve Carell comedy Dinner for Schmucks and the family film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore last weekend to take the number one spot at the box office for a third week in a row. But this weekend Nolan's Oscar-caliber movie was no match for the much-talked-about new buddy-cop comedy The Other Guys, which knocked the buzz-worthy film out of the top spot for the first time in almost a month.
Debuting at number one this week is the buddy-cop action/comedy film The Other Guys starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson,...
1The Other Guys$35.6 million2Inception$18.6 million3Step Up 3D$15.5 million4Salt$11.1 million5Dinner for Schmucks$10.5 million6Despicable Me$9.4 million7Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$6.9 million8Charlie St. Cloud$4.7 million9Toy Story 3$3.0 million10The Kids Are All Right$2.6 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted, director Christopher Nolan's Inception defeated the new Steve Carell comedy Dinner for Schmucks and the family film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore last weekend to take the number one spot at the box office for a third week in a row. But this weekend Nolan's Oscar-caliber movie was no match for the much-talked-about new buddy-cop comedy The Other Guys, which knocked the buzz-worthy film out of the top spot for the first time in almost a month.
Debuting at number one this week is the buddy-cop action/comedy film The Other Guys starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson,...
- 8/8/2010
- MovieWeb
Predicted Weekend Box Office
1The Other Guys$30.5 million2Inception$19.1 million3Step Up 3D$16.3 million4Dinner for Schmucks$14.1 million5Salt$10.1 million6Despicable Me$8.9 million7Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$5.7 million8Charlie St. Cloud$5.6 million9Toy Story 3$3.1 million10Grown Ups$2.2 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted last week, the new Steve Carell comedy Dinner for Schmucks and the family film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore were no match for director Christopher Nolan's Inception, which took the top spot at the box office for a third week in a row. But can the buzz-worthy film, which is already garnering Oscar consideration, be able to defend its crown once again this week against newcomers like the buddy-cop comedy The Other Guys or the dance film Step Up 3D?
Early predictions indicate that we will have a new box office champ this weekend, as the buddy-cop action/comedy film The Other Guys should...
1The Other Guys$30.5 million2Inception$19.1 million3Step Up 3D$16.3 million4Dinner for Schmucks$14.1 million5Salt$10.1 million6Despicable Me$8.9 million7Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$5.7 million8Charlie St. Cloud$5.6 million9Toy Story 3$3.1 million10Grown Ups$2.2 million#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
As predicted last week, the new Steve Carell comedy Dinner for Schmucks and the family film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore were no match for director Christopher Nolan's Inception, which took the top spot at the box office for a third week in a row. But can the buzz-worthy film, which is already garnering Oscar consideration, be able to defend its crown once again this week against newcomers like the buddy-cop comedy The Other Guys or the dance film Step Up 3D?
Early predictions indicate that we will have a new box office champ this weekend, as the buddy-cop action/comedy film The Other Guys should...
- 8/6/2010
- MovieWeb
The buddy-cop comedy has been around since the early '80s when Eddie Murphy first burst on to the scene with Nick Nolte in 48 Hours. It was perfected throughout that decade with films like Lethal Weapon and Midnight Run but the genre began to loose steam in the '90s with cheap copycats like Loose Cannons (Dan Aykroyd and Gene Hackman) and Flashback (Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland). It had a bit of a renaissance period in the late '90s and early '2000s with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker's Rush Hour series but that too eventually ran its course. Earlier this year director Kevin Smith tried to resurrect the genre in vein with Cop Out starring the team of Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan but luckily that did not kill the genre completely. Now a new film is about to be released that is reminiscent of the...
- 8/3/2010
- MovieWeb
"American Splendor" writer Harvey Pekar, whose life and long-running autobiographical comic inspired a 2003 film starring Paul Giamatti, has never been known for his tech savvy. Famously avoiding computers and the online world whenever possible, Pekar surprised many fans with his latest project: an ongoing webcomic series.
Titled "The Pekar Project," the ongoing series hosted by Smith Magazine kicked off its run this week with four new comics written by Pekar and illustrated by a quartet of artists. New comics will appear every two weeks, with various interviews, lists and other types of content produced by Pekar appearing in alternate weeks. (Check out Pekar's list of recommended jazz albums that appeared last week for a taste of things to come).
I spoke with the veteran writer about this new project, his relationship with technology, and what to expect from both the series and the team of artists involved with the project.
Titled "The Pekar Project," the ongoing series hosted by Smith Magazine kicked off its run this week with four new comics written by Pekar and illustrated by a quartet of artists. New comics will appear every two weeks, with various interviews, lists and other types of content produced by Pekar appearing in alternate weeks. (Check out Pekar's list of recommended jazz albums that appeared last week for a taste of things to come).
I spoke with the veteran writer about this new project, his relationship with technology, and what to expect from both the series and the team of artists involved with the project.
- 9/8/2009
- by Rick Marshall
- MTV Splash Page
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