THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ICE SKATES

Written by Matt / 09.09.08

When Sean Avery announced his internship at Vogue this summer, it seemed like the kind of idiotic premise Hollywood producers would make a horrible movie out of.  Oh hey guess what?

Do real men wear Prada?  New Line Cinema will presumably answer that question in a film about professional hockey player Sean Avery’s experiences in the fashion world, including his stint as a summer intern at a fashion magazine…

The movie will be a romantic comedy.

And it will be delightful, I’m sure.  I never tire of learning about the different ways people in fashion are shallow and mean.  So far we’ve had a movie about an awkward “smart” girl who makes her way through the fashion industry, and there’s also a TV show about an ugly girl making her way through the fashion industry, and now there’s gonna be a movie about a big tough hockey player making his way through the fashion industry.  There’s still lots of tread on those tires, Hollywood.  What if a vampire tried to make his way through the fashion industry?  No wait!  A zombie!  Or how about a dinosaur?  A robot dinosaur!!!!  That would be totally ZANY AND HILARIOUS!!!

[Uproxx synergy: FILMDRUNK]

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KANYE, MIKE MYERS REUNITE OVER HOCKEY

Written by Matt / 07.14.08

Judging by The Love Guru's horrendous reviews, and also by trailers so unfunny that I wanted to drown a litter of golden retriever puppies, Mike Myers's latest movie was the cinematic equivalent of Hurricane Katrina.  Sure, nobody's home got swept away and no one got raped in the Superdome (probably), but it was still a national disaster that deserved more attention.

It's fitting, then, (and also a bit surprising) that Myers and Kanye West teamed up in The Love Guru for a pleasantly subtle albeit unfunny nod to the ultimate in awkward TV moments: Kanye's opinion on George Bush re: black people

I guess I should mention that the clip looks like it comes at the end of the movie, and the Maple Leafs end up winning.  Um, spoiler alert.  Oh, and Justin Timberlake has a mustache.  Weird.  I figured him more likely to have a beard.

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THE SEX OFFENDER FOOTBALL MOVIE

Written by Matt / 06.27.08

This is a trailer for a movie called Illegal Use of Hands, about a group of sex offenders overcoming hardship by playing on a flag football team together.  Honestly, I haven't seen a fake trailer this good since… well, maybe ever.  Someone slap Judd Apatow out of his Drillbit Taylor phase and get him to buy the rights to this movie from The Visitor's Locker Room so I can laugh for 90 minutes instead of three.  Well, unless it's based on a true story.  If that's the case… where do I sign up for the team?

[Hot Clicks

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ELI MANNING WENT TO ‘SEX AND THE CITY’

Written by Matt / 05.30.08

Dude's been married barely a month, and he's already going to the Sex and the City premiere.  America, take note: this is your reigning Super Bowl MVP.  Nine out of ten 1840s plantation owners agree: that dude is more whipped than anyone they own.

(Full image here.)

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TONY GONZALEZ VS. THE MILITARY ROBOTS

Written by Matt / 03.25.08

Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez is easily the best athlete playing the role of pilot since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.  Here he is in A.I. Assault, a SciFi Channel movie about killer military robots that go haywire and start killing people.  I assume this is what's called a "predictive documentary." 

And yeah, that's Mr. Sulu, right at home in the cockpit with Tony.  I'm sure there was some kind of deal in place: Tony wanted an acting gig, Mr. Sulu wanted a scene with a muscular man.  That's how business gets done in Hollywood, baby.

[Half-Black Charisma; HT: Deadspin

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MASCOT SUES BIG TEN CONFERENCE, NETWORK

Written by Matt / 03.16.08

The Penn State Nittany Lion, who claims the Big Ten stole his idea for the Big Ten Network, is suing the conference for an alleged breach of agreement.  Actually it's not the mascot, but a businessman who formerly wore the furry plush costume.  But hey, once a mascot, always a mascot.

[Robert] Welsh claims that in 1998 he presented to a group of Big Ten Conference officials and athletic directors his plan to create a Big Ten network… He claims the Big Ten Conference appeared interested in his proposal so he “distributed his business plan on a confidential basis and made a comprehensive and detailed presentation including a specific delineation of the Big Ten Network plan as a satellite/cable television medium.”

But then the Big Ten Conference decided it “did not wish to cede control over such matters to an independent entity” and instead, the suit said, took Mr. Welsh’s idea as its own.

And then the Big Ten Network miraculously debuted last summer.  Eh, whatever.  I'll be honest, this story's pretty dull, and the only reason I brought it up is because I like pictures of mascots in court.  I guess I just like the idea of them arguing their cases in pantomime.

With all this talk of mascots, we need to see a woman get punched by Nicolas Cage in a bear suit (after the jump, natch).

[The Wizard of Odds

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