Tag Archives: Comedy

Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: It’s Back!

Yeah, it’s been awhile.  I’d like to say that’s because I’ve been so busy with work I haven’t had time to see any DTV movies, but that’s so very sadly not the case.  The truth is, I’ve seen a shitload and they’ve all been so dull I refused to spend any more time on them, even if complaining may have alleviated the horrible rage that grows inside of me each day.  However, after a terrible dryspell I got lucky!  Two times!  (Hopefully my career will follow suit, goddammit.)

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Shatnerquake!

shatnerquake_bookMarvel at the (genius, terror, dumbness?) of a book about William Shatner fighting all his (beloved, reviled, begrudgingly acknowledged?) characters at a convention being held in honor of…William Shatner. Plus, Bruce Campbell is thrown in for good measure. Sounds like the perfect thing to download to your Kindle, along with paid subscriptions to newspapers and blogs you can get for free on the actual internet. But what do you care? You just paid almost $400 for a Kindle. Continue reading Shatnerquake!

Sean Penn to play Larry in Farrelly Bros. “The Three Stooges”

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for “The Three Stooges.”

Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome “Curly” Howard.

The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe. (from Variety)

My brain is preventing me from having an emotional reaction to this news, clearly protecting me from the inevitable confusion embolism.