By Simon Miraudo September 22, 2014 They Came Together is here to kill romantic comedies, and yet, it’s five years too late, like a Terminator who hasn’t accounted for daylight savings. The ugly truth, ahem, is that it was beaten to the punch by Katherine Heigl, who, either through her own hubris or for some […]
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Tina Fey to star in ‘Untitled Witch Comedy’ for Disney
July 3, 2014 
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If your Nostalgia Sensor started flashing this morning, it was likely due to the internet becoming abuzz with news of Tina Fey developing a sequel to Hocus Pocus. Her reps have since shot down that claim, but a source has clarified to The Wrap that the 30 Rock star is indeed working on a similar-sounding Disney movie, being developed under the name Untitled […]
Continue readingMaya Rudolph teams up with Fey & Poehler in ‘The Nest’
June 16, 2014 1 Comment
As if we needed any more reasons to breathlessly anticipate upcoming Tina Fey/Amy Poehler reunion The Nest, The Hollywood Reporter now tells us Maya Rudolph will join them for some ribald comedy action. Rudolph will play a childhood friend of Fey and Poehler’s sisters, who return to their childhood home to throw one final party before […]
Continue readingAmy Poehler and Paul Rudd fall for one another in ‘They Came Together’ trailer
April 30, 2014 0 Comments
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd – former political adversaries on Parks and Recreation – play soulmates in David Wain’s rom-com spoof They Came Together. Theirs is the truest kind of love; the kind forged by a shared love of “fiction books” and realised only after disastrous dates with awful alternatives, bad advice from bros, and temptations from totally manipulative exes. […]
Continue readingTina Fey & Amy Poehler’s ‘The Nest’ to open opposite ‘Star Wars’ December 2015
April 23, 2014 0 Comments
To those who are absolutely sickened with excitement by the prospect of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reuniting for a new film – aka, every human – here’s some slightly disappointing news: their picture The Nest won’t hit cinemas until December 2015. The Nest will in fact open opposite J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII, which is either […]
Continue readingTina Fey and Amy Poehler to play sisters in ‘The Nest’
April 11, 2014 0 Comments
World’s funniest women Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will play hard-partying sisters in upcoming comedy The Nest, Variety reports. Tina Fey had been attached to the Universal flick for some time, but her fellow SNL Weekend Update anchor and Golden Globes co-host Amy Poehler is now in final negotiations to join her. The script comes from former SNL […]
Continue reading’12 Years A Slave’ and ‘American Hustle’ lead the Golden Globe nominees
December 13, 2013 0 Comments
12 Years A Slave and American Hustle will go into the 71st Golden Globe Awards as the hot favourites to beat in their respective categories of Drama and Comedy. Olivia Wilde, Aziz Ansari, and Zoe Saldana announced the nominees in Los Angeles ahead of the upcoming 2014 broadcast, set to be hosted by Tina Fey […]
Continue readingTina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the next two Golden Globe ceremonies
October 16, 2013 0 Comments
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have signed on to host the next two Golden Globe ceremonies. This is a major coup for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who managed to snag the only recent awards show MCs that weren’t universally maligned. The 2014 ceremony will be broadcast from California on January 12. Here’s hoping Darcy […]
Continue readingTina Fey and Amy Poehler wanted for Golden Globes gig (again)
August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s stint as hosts of the 2013 Golden Globes was met with warm, fuzzy adoration, so it’s no surprise NBC and the show’s producers are hoping they’ll return in 2014. According to Deadline, Fey and Poehler only had a deal to appear once (unlike previous MC, Ricky Gervais), but the team […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: A.C.O.D.
August 16, 2013 0 Comments
Adam Scott plays an Adult Child of Divorce in the Sundance hit A.C.O.D. The endlessly endearing Scott stars as a man who discovers his parents (Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara) allowed a social psychologist (Jane Lynch) to study him as a kid, as a means of evaluating the effect of their divorce on his development. That […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Oscar ‘sure things’
February 15, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 15, 2013 When the first cavemen started to tell stories by projecting shadows onto flat surfaces, we suspect they were forced to compete for an annual award that recognised one’s shadowplay as better than the others. You can also assume that there were onlookers who clubbed each other to death over […]
Continue readingArgo, Les Mis, Girls, and Homeland win big at 2013 Golden Globes
January 14, 2013 0 Comments
The always unconventional – sometimes hilariously so – Golden Globes threw a wrench into awards season by sharing the wealth, suggesting Lincoln isn’t quite a mortal lock for Best Picture at the Oscars. At a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the mysterious Hollywood Foreign Press Association named Argo the Best Motion Picture (Drama) […]
Continue readingAmy Poehler and Paul Rudd to spoof rom-coms
May 10, 2012 0 Comments
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd: Current political adversaries on Parks and Recreation… and future lovers. According to Variety, the duo will star in Wet Hot American Summer director David Wain’s romantic comedy spoof They Came Together. In a parody of much maligned rom-com tropes, Rudd will star as the representative of a major corporation who wants to shut down Poehler’s […]
Continue readingWilson, Galifianakis, Poehler set for Mad Men creator’s film debut
March 29, 2012 0 Comments
Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis are set to star in Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner’s feature film debut, You Are Here. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Poehler is also in talks to star. Every element so far mentioned has us incredibly excited. Deadline shares the plot synopsis: “A local weatherman and freewheeling bachelor (Wilson) […]
Continue readingSurrogate City – Baby Mama Review
August 29, 2008 0 Comments
Baby Mama – Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco and Dax Shepard. Directed by Michael McCullers. Rated PG for mild coarse language and sexual references. 99 mins. Phew. There’s only four months left in the year, and I was seriously worried 2008 would pass by without a single movie about pregnancy. There […]
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