November 20, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 20, 2015

Melissa McCarthy Premieres the Trailer for The Boss

Melissa McCarthy unveiled the trailer for her new movie, The Boss, on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. She plays Michelle Darnell, the 47th wealthiest woman in the world. She wields her power intensely. She's a narcissist. And she's into copper mines.
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November 4, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 4, 2015

Paul Feig Has Finished His First Edit of Ghostbusters and Says It’s Great!

Paul Feig has just finished his first edit on his Ghostbusters reboot, and he says he feels great about it. Feig stopped in to talk to good friend Ron Bennington about the film on Monday at the SiriusXM studios in New York City.
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July 19, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at July 19, 2015

Now We Know the Names of the All-Girl Ghostbusters

Already leaked earlier this month was the news that Dan Aykroyd will make an appearance somewhere in the film, Chris Hemsworth is our gender reversed Janine, and Neil Casey who we've come to love from Paul Feig's Other Space plays the films primary villain.
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June 10, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at June 10, 2015

Paul Feig Can’t Understand Why Adults Want to Be Kids

Paul Feig wrote and directed the biggest comedy of the summer so far-- "Spy" starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. Last week Feig stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington to talk about the movie. Feig talked about some of the reasons his films succeed where others fail, stressing the importance of trusting your performers, using logic in physical comedy, and guarding tone. He also discussed why chick flicks fail, the return of strong women to the silver screen, and addressed the question of why so many adults want to "grow down" instead of act like grown ups. Feig can't understand the desire for adults to act like kids. In fact, he said, he can't remember a time when he didn't want to be an adult.
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March 10, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at March 10, 2015

Sony Now Planning A Guys “Ghostbusters” Movie Too

For years, it seemed like the world would never get another "Ghostbusters" movie. Now, Sony can't stop planning them. In addition, to the "Ghostbusters" film coming from director Paul Feig with an all female cast, the studio is planning a separate movie with a male cast.
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February 21, 2015
Published by Lesley Coffin at February 21, 2015

The Top 87 Oscar Nominated Comedy Performances. Ranked.

The 87th Annual Oscars are upon us, and with that comes the common debate as to whether the Oscars don’t give comedy their due. The argument can certainly be made that there is a definite type of film which always receives nominations described as “Oscar bait”; the films which seem to have been made with a checklist of “how to get nominated.” But in the 87 years since the Oscars have been around, there have more than a few times that the Oscars genuinely loved comedy. After all, the first film to get nominated in the top five AND the first film to receive nominations in all for acting categories were both comedies (It Happened One Night (1934) & My Man Godfrey (1936)). And despite seeing more than a few times that the Oscars somehow overlooked great comic performances or only nominated comedians when they went serious (Cary Grant’s two nominations were both in dramas), a few times they showed they had a sense of humor. With that said, here are my picks for the 87 funniest film performances which ever got nominated, ranked.
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February 19, 2015
Published by Laura L. Rizzo at February 19, 2015

The Comedic Performances That The Academy Overlooked

Reese Witherspoon knows. So does Steve Carell. It's an open secret that being funny on film will not bring you Oscar gold. If it did, Steve would have been billed as Academy Award Nominee Steve Carell for the last 10 years. His performance in The 40 Year-Old Virgin was a revelation. The guy you saw on The Daily Show every so often suddenly turned in this nuanced performance that was both hilarious and sweet. The entire movie hinged on the believability of his character Andy, and Carell very subtly had us in the palm of his hand the entire time. If Andy was dyslexic or had a harelip instead of being a virgin, Carell would have been making the rounds on the awards circuit in 2005, the way he is this year for Foxcatcher.
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