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Casting Tidbits: Dinner for Schmucks & Unknown White Male
With all the random casting news that runs in the trades day after day and the sometimes uncertain nature of talent being attached to various projects, here at FirstShowing we've decided that rather than clogging the newswire with individual stories for every single casting announcement, we're rolling them up into succinct posts called Casting ...
Ron Livingston Attending Dinner For Schmucks
The cast for Jay Roach's comedy Dinner with Schmucks is getting downright epic. The French remake already stars Steve Carell as the world's worst dinner guest and Paul Rudd as the guy who invites him, and over the past few weeks we've seen names like Zach Galifianakis, British actress Lucy Punch, Stephanie Szostak, Bruce Greenwood and another Brit, ...
As the creative force behind of the long-running "King of the Hill" and its precursor, the headbang-worthy "Beavis & Butt-Head" - " not to mention the modern film classic, "Office Space" - ".... As the creative force behind of the long-running "King of the Hill" and its precursor, the headbang-worthy "Beavis & Butt-Head" - " not to mention the ...
Root: 'Office Space' Taps Universal Frustration with Workplace
At Union City , Chris Garlock of the Metropolitan Washington Council speaks with Stephen Root, who's in town for Saturday's D.C. Labor Film Fest showing of "Office Space," the 1999 funny-because-it's-true comedy about a demeaning workplace.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your TPS reports and prepare your flair. The D.C. Labor FilmFest is bringing "Office Space" actors Stephen Root and Gary Cole to the AFI Silver Theatre Sept.
There's something about Jennifer
Jennifer Aniston on the red carpet for the premiere of her new Universal Pictures movie 'Love Happens' enlarge Jennifer Aniston stars as Elinor Dashwood in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ... no, of course she doesn't. Aniston doesn't do period drama.
Director: Brandon Camp Screenwriters: Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen Running time: 109 mins Certificate: 12A Now operating in the screen space once reserved for Meg Ryan, Jennifer Aniston has found her niche as an appealing but slightly ...
"Smart" and "cynical" are not the same but, lately, film culture has confused the two - as proved by Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! and Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story.
Love Happens: Yeah, Well, So Does Cancer
The newest Jennifer Aniston movie opens this weekend, and we already feel weird saying that.
For completion's sake, two comedies I caught over Labor Day weekend and have already almost forgotten about: Mike Judge's Extract and Bobcat Goldthwait's World's Greatest Dad .
Q&A with 'Beavis and Butthead' creator
Mike Judge is an unassuming guy responsible, say some, for the ultimate dumbing-down of the American entertainment world.
With Mike Judge's cult classic "Office Space" and the cross-Atlantic hit "The Office," introspection has seldom been funnier when contemplating your own miserable self-worth as a worker drone in modern-day corporate culture.
DVDs for Labor Day feel workers' pain
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character became a literal cog in the machine of industrial production in 'Modern Times.' Hercules had it easy.
Movie Review: Cartoonish Comedy
Cartoonish Comedy: Live-action 'Extract' fails to deliver laughs of Mike Judge's 'Office Space' or animated productions CAROL CLING MORE COLUMNS Carol Cling's Movie Minute Review 92 minutes R; sexual references, drug use Grade: C at multiple locations Deja View "Extract's" main character may be a relatively amiable corporate leader.
On several occasions in his new comedy Extract , writer-director Mike Judge cuts to a simple establishing shot of a sports-bar exterior nestled within the hulking mass of a local Marriott.
Actor Jason Bateman, Miramax Films' Daniel Battsek, actors Mila Kunis, Dustin Milligan and director Mike Judge pose at the after-party for the premiere of Miramax Films' "Extract" at BoHo Restaurant on Aug.
Mike Judge has always presented sophisticated takes on human behavior, but he only recently allowed his anti-heroes to take charge.
'Extract' a bit like 'Office Space' for managers
It doesn't take much prompting to get Mike Judge to talk about "Office Space" - a classic comedy that also happened to be the writer-director's personal hell.
Sooner or later, Mike Judge extracts success
Mike Judge has done more than breathe life into his characters -- he has given many of them his voice as well.
Megan Fox Reveals Her 'Annoying' Love For 'Office Space'
In a new sneak peek, the 23-year-old beauty curses, laughingly threatens to walk out of the interview and, perhaps best of all, reveals that she shares an obsession with every movie nerd and comedy fanboy in the world: "Office Space." Mike Judge's workplace comedy hit theaters in February 1999, when Fox was still in middle school.
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