It Ends with Us is a romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni from a screenplay by Christy Hall. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name by author Colleen Hoover, the romantic drama film follows the story of Lily Bloom as she moves to Boston to achieve her lifelong dream of opening a business. While running her business she meets Ryle, a charming neurosurgeon, and falls in love with him. But when she sees a side of Ryle that reminds her of her parent’s relationship, their relationship begins to crumble and that’s when her first love Atlas reenters her life. It Ends with Us stars Blake Lively in the lead role with Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer, Jenny Slate, Alex Neustaedter, and Hasan Minhaj starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the drama and romance in Blake Lively’s It Ends with Us here are...

This August, Paramount+ is bringing you a lot of entertainment with the highly anticipated streaming release of the biographical film Bob Marley: One Love and a very weird but humorous and heartfelt film Sasquatch Sunset, which follows the daily lives of a Sasquatch family. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Paramount+ in August 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Airplane! (August 1)

Airplane! is a disaster absurdist comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David, and Jerry Zucker. Based on the 1957 drama film Zero Hour! by Arthur Hailey, Hall Bartlett, and John Champion, the 1980 film follows Ted Striker, a former pilot with a fear of flying as he finds himself in the impossible situation of landing a...

A little bit of sex is always appreciated in movies and TV shows and a lot of it also doesn’t go unnoticed I am looking at you Fifty Shades of Grey and its half-a-billion-dollar box office earnings. If you also love steamy movies and shows then this article is for you as we are here to list the most erotic films and TV shows you can find on Prime Video. So, here are the most steamiest movies and TV shows you should watch on Prime Video.

Somebody I Used to Know (Movie) Credit – Amazon Studios

Somebody I Used to Know is a romantic comedy film directed by Dave Franco from a screenplay co-written by the real-life couple Franco and Alison Brie. The 2023 film follows the story of Ally, a workaholic TV producer who goes on a trip to her hometown where she meets her ex-boyfriend who is about to...

When 1980’s Airplane! proved to be a massive hit, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year – up there with The Empire Strikes Back and Best Picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer – it was inevitable that it would get a sequel. But how often are comedy sequels good anyway? When have they ever really recaptured the magic and the laughter of the original? Well, Airplane II: The Sequel gave it a go…by basically being the same movie. Except this time around, Zaz wisely opted out, leaving the production without the strong leaders who reinvented the spoof genre. Instead, they got the guy who wrote Grease 2, one of the most notoriously awful sequels ever! So, strap in – no, not to an airplane but a space shuttle – as we find out: Wtf Happened to This Movie?!…The Sequel!

1980’s Airplane! did incredibly well upon release, making just under $85 million on a $3.5 million budget,...

Ryan Reynolds knows the holidays can be stressful, and there’s nothing better after a long day of buying presents with money you don’t have than kicking back with a smooth glass of Aviation Gin. The only thing that could make the crystal clear alcohol better is a Just Friends reunion promo! That’s right, Santa’s Little Helpers, Just Friends stars Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart are getting cozy in front of a green screen to hock Aviation Gin before the holiday rush!

You can watch the Just Friends reunion below:

It’s a Just FRIENDSgiving miracle! Thank you, Amy Smart. @aviationgin pic.twitter.com/PPfXlLtqLZ

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) November 20, 2023

In the Just Friends reunion ad, Reynolds transports us to New Jersey circa 2023. While marveling at this year’s decoration spread, Reynolds surveys the cozy room with a satisfied grin and twinkling eyes. When Smart enters from off-screen...

From yellow-eyed bully to blue-clad police officer, Scut Farkus made one miraculous turnaround since we were first introduced to him in 1983’s A Christmas Story. Now, the actor who portrayed him, Zack Ward, is spreading Christmas (Story) cheer by commemorating the film’s 40th anniversary.

Taking to X over the weekend, Zack Ward noted the special anniversary and how wild the size of the legacy the movie developed over the years is. “40 years ago today “A Christmas Story” was released and honestly, nobody cared. Now, it is in the Library Of Congress as one of the top 100 most Important films of American Cinematic History from the 20th Century and in the Smithsonian as a national treasure. Wow.” Don’t forget the annual 24-hour marathons, either, Farkus!

40 years ago today "A Christmas Story" was released and honestly, nobody cared.

Now, it is in the Library Of Congress as one of the...

Exclusive: Airplane! writer-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker are teaming up with a cast of celebrities and industry figures to chronicle the making of the influential hit 1980 comedy.

Audiobook Surely You Can’t Be Serious will be narrated by the trio of filmmakers alongside comedians and actors Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Hader, “Weird” Al Yankovic, Molly Shannon, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt and Beau Bridges, and industry including John Landis, Barry Diller and Michael Eisner. It will also include contributions from original Airplane! cast members Bob Hays and Julie Hagerty.

Airplane! premiered on July 2, 1980. With a budget of $3.5M, it went on to make more than $80M at the box office. The slapstick comedy sees a neurotic ex-fighter pilot have to land a commercial airplane after the crew becomes sick with food poisoning.

The audiobook will also chart the story of the Zaz trio, charting the rise...

The Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre, the largest arts and entertainment synagogue in the U.S., is offering complimentary seating to striking members of the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA and their immediate families for its High Holy Day Services on Rosh Hashanah (September 15 and 16) and Yom Kippur (September 24 and 25). Tickets for non-Temple members for both services normally cost $500 each.

“As an arts and entertainment industry synagogue, we feel it is our moral duty to support writers and actors in our community and pray for a quick resolution to their current strikes,” said Rabbi David Baron.

Guests for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day of the year, will include Cristiano J. Zeledón, a former U.S. Marine who will recount how he was wounded during a Russian missile strike in Ukraine while providing volunteer humanitarian aid there; Aron Bell, 96, who will share his story of how he and his late brothers,...

Halfway into The Out-Laws, I was wondering if I should get a drink and watch the rest after getting a little buzzed because that would have certainly made this experience more profound. Not that it is any less than when you watch it dead sober. But there is one condition. You need to have a penchant for bad movies, like me. That is the only way you would enjoy The Out-Laws. It is a very obvious bad movie, which fits right into the “so bad that it’s good” genre. This is a movie where a man mistakes another man’s genitals for a ripcord while sky-diving. The same man repeatedly gets his buttocks grabbed by his fiancé’s parents as if nothing happened. Then, during an all-important heist, this man uses a water gun instead of a real one. Yes, it is that kind of movie. With the freedom of R-rating,...

Plot: Owen Browning is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Review: There are few winners in this late phase of the Streaming Wars as accomplished as Adam Sandler. The former SNL funnyman went from box office superstar to a lucrative contract with Netflix, resulting in dozens of mediocre movies and very few good ones. Even when not starring in the films, Happy Madison Productions has released films of a similar ilk which are funny enough for ambient viewing but not nearly good enough for the big screen. The latest Happy Madison movie, The Out-Laws, starring Adam Devine as an average guy whose future in-laws are notorious bank robbers played by Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin.

In 1979, Peter Falk and the late great Alan Arkin made the perfect odd couple in the classic action comedy The In-Laws. It even spawned a not-bad remake with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks in 2003. The difference between those films, and a bit of an attempt to do something similar in the cleverly titled The Out-Laws, which starts streaming on Netflix today, is that those movies were genuinely funny –particularly the Arkin-Falk teaming. But this one, also a kind of Meet the Parents on steroids, relies far too heavily on nonstop and incessant action scenes to carry us through its 95-minute running time.

The fault here does not lie with its cast, which is pretty impressive overall. Basically this is a comedic vehicle for Adam Devine, who not only stars but also helped develop the Ben Zazove and Evan Turner script as well as producing with Happy Madison’s Adam Sandler and Allen Covert.

Like the chicken and the egg, it’s hard to know what came first for the new Adam Sandler-produced Netflix feature, The Out-Laws: Was it the title or the concept?

My gut would lean toward the former, so much does this watchable if forgettable crime comedy feel like an entire movie wrapped around a simple play on words. In case you somehow missed it, imagine for one second that your mysterious in-laws arrived in town on the brink of your wedding and turned out to be “out-laws.” Get it?

As silly as that sounds, the out-laws in question, played by Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin, manage to carry the concept to a few fun places, mostly because their characters — a pair of bank robbers named Billy and Lilly — truly look like they don’t give a shit. Compared to their yoga-teaching daughter, Parker (Nina Dobrev), and her fiancé,...

Tyler Spindel’s The Out-Laws is exactly the kind of film that streaming services have promised to showcase for years but have rarely delivered. Written by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner, it’s the sort of breezily pleasurable, mid-budget, and intimately scaled movie that used to be a staple of the video stores that streaming helped to kill.

Tightly wound bank manager Owen (Adam DeVine), on the eve of his nuptials to Parker (Nina Dobrev), finally meets her parents, Billy (Pierce Brosnan) and Lilly (Ellen Barkin), only for his excitement to quickly turn sour when his bank is robbed by bandits whom he strongly suspects are his future in-laws. Before Owen can confirm his suspicions, though, Billy and Lilly get their cover blown by a rival thief (Poorna Jagannathan), who takes Parker hostage to extort her parents, forcing them (and Owen) to commit further robberies to pay her ransom.

That...

What if you managed a bank, and your fiancée’s folks turned out to be notorious bank robbers who saw their prospective son-in-law as the perfect patsy for their next hit? Not a bad setup for hijinks and hilarity. That’s what the filmmakers behind “The Out-Laws” are hoping, anyway. Produced by Adam Sandler (among others) and directed by Tyler Spindel, the not-so-original Netflix original plays like “Meet the Parents” crossed with “Fun with Dick and Jane.” Seeing as how the former inspired several sequels and the latter a remake, the situational comedy on offer is hardly fresh, though it still could (and should) have been funnier.

As Owen Browning, Adam Devine takes the mantle from Sandler to play a schlubby everyman partnered with a gorgeous woman (Nina Dobrev) out of his league. Naturally, he’s kind-hearted and willing to sacrifice all for his one true love. And that’s...

The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, a whopping 61 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12. Last year, there were only 48 options, compared to 41 in 2021 and 28 in 2020.

All 20,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 26 to cast their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. A new rule change will require each voter to make no more than five selections in this category, whereas there was previously no limit. As opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.

Just like on the limited series ballot,...

The Out-Laws directed by Tyler Spindel, starring Pierce Brosnan, Adam DeVine and Ellen Barkin is a new American comedy.

A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Release Date

July 7

Where to Watch The Out-Laws

Netflix

Director Tyler Spindel The Cast Pierce Brosnan Adam DeVine Ellen Barkin Poorna Jagannathan

Julie Hagerty

Lil Rel Howery

Blake Anderson

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Netflix has released the trailer for the upcoming comedy feature ‘The Out-Laws’ starring Nina Dobrev and Adam Devine.

Owen Browning (Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Tyler Spindel directs a cast that also Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker, Poorna Jagannathan, Julie Hagerty, Richard Kind, Lil Rel Howery, Blake Anderson, Lauren Lapkus and Laci Mosley.

Also in trailers – “You never know what the future will bring…” Trailer lands for season 2 of ‘And Just Like That’

The movie hits the streamer on July 7th.

The post Not all parents are what they seem in trailer for ‘The Out-Laws’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.

Adam Devine discovers he has a lot to learn about Nina Dobrev’s family life after he meets her parents, played by Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin, in the trailer for the Netflix action-comedy film The Out-Laws.

The feature from director Tyler Spindel (The Wrong Missy) centers on bank manager Owen (Devine), who finally meets the parents of his fiancée, Parker (Dobrev), and then comes to suspect that they may have robbed his bank during the week of the wedding. Michael Rooker, Poorna Jagannathan, Julie Hagerty, Richard Kind, Lil Rel Howery and Blake Anderson round out the cast for the movie that launches July 7.

“I think your parents robbed my bank,” Devine tells Dobrev. “They knew the voice-activation code to get in the vault, which I’m pretty sure I told your mom about when I was wasted.”

The footage later shows Brosnan and Barkin teaching Devine how to use...

The official trailer for Netflix’s brand-new streaming comedy “The Out-Laws” is now out!

Read More: Nina Dobrev Rocks TikTok With A Star-Studded Video including Chris Pratt, Miles Teller, Shaun White And Others

A straight-laced bank manager who is getting married to the love of his life is the subject of the movie. He thinks his recently arrived prospective in-laws are the notorious Out-Laws when his bank is robbed by the infamous Ghost Bandits during the week before his wedding. Owen and Parker, the soon-to-be-married couple, are portrayed by Adam DeVine and Nina Dobrev.

The Out-Laws The Out-Laws. (L to R) Pierce Brosnan as Billy, Adam DeVine as Owen, Ellen Barkin as Lilly, Nina Dobrev as Parker in The Out-Laws. Cr. Scott Yamano/Netflix © 2023.

DeVine told People: “If I learned anything from shooting this movie it’s if you want to impress your in-laws, rob a series of banks...

Netflix’s The Out-Laws trailer features a bank robbery, car chase, an awkward meeting of potential in-laws, and a reference to James Bond #5. Plus, the trailer includes a very handsome Pierce Brosnan, a description that – according to Richard Kind – isn’t a compliment.

The action comedy comes from director Tyler Spindel and stars Brosnan (Mamma Mia!), Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect), Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of). Ellen Barkin (Animal Kingdom), Julie Hagerty (Marriage Story), Lil Rey Howery (Rel), Blake Anderson (Woke), Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the New Black), and Laci Mosley (A Black Lady Sketch Show) also star.

Netflix’s official synopsis reveals Owen Browning (Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week,...

Meeting your partner’s parents can be challenging. Regardless of your confidence in your relationship, a wrong move with the parental units can spell disaster for your future. For Adam Devine‘s Owen Browning, he never banked on his fiancee’s parents being accomplished bank robbers. This hurdle is a tricky jump for Owen, a by-the-books bank manager, and all-around goofball. In Netflix‘s The Out-Laws trailer, Owen and his fiancee Parker (Nina Dobrev) discover Parker’s parents are the notorious Ghost Bandits, and they need the couple’s help to get them out of a jam.

Tyler Spindel directs from a script by Evan Turner and Ben Zazove (Sherlock Gnomes). The official synopsis says, “Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When the infamous Ghost Bandits hold up his bank during his wedding week, he believes...

"One big happy family!" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a new streaming comedy called The Out-Laws, yet another Adam Sandler-produced wacky comedy fun-for-the-whole-family. Although this just doesn't look that funny. It'll be streaming this July, not playing in any theaters. The film is about a straight-laced bank manager who is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws. Adam Devine and Nina Dobrev star as the soon-to-be-married couple, Owen and Parker. The full cast also includes Michael Rooker, Poorna Jagannathan, Julie Hagerty, Richard Kind, Lil Rel Howery, Blake Anderson, Lauren Lapkus, Laci Mosley, with Ellen Barkin and Pierce Brosnan as the "Out-Laws". In another classic case of "no one will watch it if we don't show them enough", this...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

Lara Jean's journey is over, and it's time for Kitty to enter the spotlight.

Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for the To All the Boys... franchise's spinoff series, Xo, Kitty, and it looks like a lot of fun.

"Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love," the logline reads.

"But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your own heart on the line."

Xo, Kitty stars Anna Cathcart (Kitty Song Covey), Minyeong Choi (Dae), Gia Kim (Yuri), Sang Heon Lee (Min Ho), Anthony Keyvan (Q), Peter Thurnwald (Alex) with Yunjin Kim (Jina), and Sarayu Blue (Trina).

The cast is rounded out by John Corbett (Dan Covey), Michael K Lee...

This article contains Major spoilers for all seven seasons of New Girl

Let’s clear something up straight away: there are no bad episodes of New Girl.

In fact, this list could easily have started with the pilot and moved right on through to the incredibly moving season seven finale.

New Girl is one of those rare sitcoms you fall in love with from its first moments. The combination of unapologetically quirky, original writing, and the comic chemistry of the main cast – Max Greenfield as Schmidt, Jake Johnson as Nick, Hannah Simone as Cece, Lamorne Morris as Winston, Dayman Wayans Jr as Coach, and of course Zooey Deschanel as Jess – makes it a lovable and rewatchable hit.

Here are what we believe – after much soul searching – are New Girl’s 20 best episodes (plus a few honorable mentions):

20. What About Fred?

Season 5 Episode 2

Three words: Henry flippin’ Winkler. Yep, we...

(Welcome to The Weekly Watchlist, a feature where we program everything you need to stream this week. In this edition: "History of the World, Part II" takes center stage, but we also offer up some silly comedies and less-silly historical epics to stream.)

The Series: "History of the World, Part II"

Where You Can Stream It: Hulu

The Pitch: Over four decades after the original sketch comedy movie "History of the World, Part I," legendary funnyman Mel Brooks is back to pay off on the tongue-in-cheek promise of that dangling subtitle. Nobody ever really thought we'd receive a follow-up to the 1981 film -- let alone one that's a whopping 40 years later, debuting as a series on a streaming service, and spearheaded by the same director who is now a sprightly 96 years young. But if we have no choice but to muddle our way through life in the year of our lord 2023, well,...

Plot: Workaholic TV producer Ally faces a major professional setback which sends her running to the comforts of her hometown. She spends a whirlwind evening reminiscing with her first love Sean and starts to question everything about the person she’s become. Things only get more confusing when she discovers Sean is getting married to Cassidy whose confidence and creative convictions remind Ally of who she used to be.

Review: Dave Franco’s directorial debut, The Rental, was a slick indie thriller that was a surprisingly adept first feature from the actor-turned-filmmaker. Franco delivered a solid horror movie with his wife, Alison Brie, in a lead role. I expected his sophomore effort to be similar, but Franco has instead turned his sights to romantic comedy. With Somebody I Used To Know, Franco and Brie reunite for a film that takes a mature look at a genre that often has been relegated to a rote formula.

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on February 9th, 2023, reviewing “Somebody I Used to Know,” created by husband and wife team Dave Franco and Alison Brie. Streaming on Prime Video beginning February 10th.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Alison Brie portrays Ally, a reality show TV host whose series is cancelled, and she is left without direction after this attempt to make it in show business. She decides to go back to her hometown to recharge, and meets her old lover Sean (Jay Ellis), who is about to get married to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons). After a spark is set off again with Sean, Ally sets out to somehow break up the marriage, with all the problems associated with that goal.

”Somebody I Used to Know” streams on Prime Video beginning February 10th. Featuring Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons, Danny Pudi, Haley Joel Osment and Julie Hagerty.

(L-r:) Jay Ellis and Alison Brie in Somebody I Used to Know Photo: Scott Patrick Green/Prime Video “You’re not gonna pull off some Julia Roberts/My Best Friend’s Wedding shit are you?” With that one line, Somebody I Used To Know both tips its hat to its most...

Although “Somebody I Used To Know” takes some of its cues from “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Young Adult,” director Dave Franco’s feature blessedly doesn’t overly rely on its cinematic predecessors. He and co-writer Alison Brie deliver the goods in their own hilarious, heartrending story about an emotionally stunted woman who returns home and attempts to wreck her former beau’s current relationship. The romantic comedy genre’s broad, patented hijinks and hilarity are indeed on display, but cleverly cloaked by a beautifully-realized portrait of delicately faceted characters and their relatable conundrums.

TV producer Ally (Brie) is having a tough go at life. The dessert-themed reality show she poured all her time and talent into has been cancelled after three seasons, and she’s creatively blocked trying to come up with a hot new idea to sell. Her love life’s a mess and she has no friendships beyond her orange tabby cat.

Chicago – How about a precisely done comedy of romance in time for Valentine’s Day weekend? Prime Video presents “Somebody I Used to Know,” a collaboration between a real-life married couple … director/co-writer Dave Franco (“The Rental”) and co-writer/lead actor Alison Brie.

Alison Brie portrays Ally, a reality show TV host whose series is cancelled, and she is left without direction after this attempt to make it in show business. She decides to go back to her hometown to recharge, and meets her old lover Sean (Jay Ellis), who is about to get married to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons). After a spark is set off again with Sean, Ally sets out to somehow break up the marriage, and ignites all the problems associated with that goal. “Somebody I Used to Know” streams on Prime Video beginning February 10th.

Dave Franco and Allison Brie of ‘Somebody I Used to Know’

Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.

Dave Franco and Alison Brie have not shared the screen before, but the pair have been creative partners for almost a long as they have been romantic partners. Starting with the horror thriller The Rental, Dave Franco has been stretching his filmmaking muscles as a director. For his sophomore effort, Franco has partnered with Brie to star in the romantic comedy Somebody I Used To Know, and the couple also share co-writing duties on the film.

An ode to the rom-coms of the 1980s and 1990s, Somebody I Used To Know is the story of Ally, a filmmaker who is unsure of her career direction from documentaries into reality television. When she returns home to try and reset her life, she runs into former boyfriend Sean (Jay Ellis) and discovers he is getting married that weekend to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons). Ally decides it is her destiny to woo Sean back and joins the wedding party.

Sad news today as it’s been reported that Melinda Dillon, best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A Christmas Story, has died at the age of 83.

Melinda Dillon played Jillian Guiler in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a mother whose child is abducted by aliens. She was cast in the role just three days before filming began on the recommendation of Hal Ashby, who had directed her in Bound for Glory. Dillon’s performance would earn her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also played Ralphie’s mother in Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story, memorably telling him that he would shoot his eye out if he got a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. She received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sydney Pollack’s Absence of Malice.

Melinda Dillon, who played Ralphie’s mom in the holiday classic A Christmas Story, died on Jan. 9 at the age of 83, the actress’ family and friends have announced. A cause of death was not released.

Dillon co-starred alongside Peter Billingsley as frazzled mom Mother Parker in A Christmas Story, which hit theaters in 1983 and went on to become a cable TV holiday staple. Dillon is also known for starring in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind as a mother whose child is abducted by aliens, a performance for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Your Place or Mine, Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and the kickoff of Grammy weekend events.

Knock at the Cabin premiere

M. Night Shyamalan debuted his latest project in New York on Monday, alongside stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Abby Quinn.

Ashwin Rajan, Nikki Amuka-Bird, M. Night Shyamalan, Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui, Dave Bautista, Abby Quinn and Jonathan Groff Kristen Cui, Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff

Pamela, a love story special screening

Pamela Anderson, sons Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee, director Ryan White and producers Jessica Hargrave and Julia Nottingham were in attendance at the special screening of the documentary in Los Angeles on Monday.

Julia Nottingham, Josh Braun, Brandon Thomas Lee, Pamela Anderson, Ryan White, Jessica...

“Community” stars Alison Brie and Danny Pudi, who recently reunited for rom-com “Somebody I Used to Know,” are ready to get started on the sitcom’s much-anticipated film extension.

At the “Somebody I Used to Know” premiere on Wednesday, Brie told Variety she hopes the film shoots this year. “I’m clearing that schedule,” Brie said. Pudi agreed, saying “it looks likely this year. Right now, it’s just the timing.”

Brie and her husband, Dave Franco, co-wrote “Somebody I Used to Know” over the Covid lockdown. Following Franco’s directorial debut in 2020 with “The Rental,” he directed the new film, in which Brie stars opposite “Top Gun: Maverick’s” Jay Ellis.

After TV producer Ally (Brie) faces a professional setback, she runs back to her hometown and spends a whirlwind evening with her first love Sean (Ellis). That is until she learns Sean is getting married — that same weekend.

Somebody I Used to Know Trailer — Dave Franco‘s Somebody I Used to Know (2023) movie trailer has been released by Prime Video. The Somebody I Used to Know trailer stars Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons, Danny Pudi, Julie Hagerty, Olga Merediz, Haley Joel Osment, Amy Sedaris, Zoe Chao, Evan Jonigkeit, Ayden Mayeri, [...]

Continue reading: Somebody I Used To Know (2023) Movie Trailer: Workaholic Alison Brie rediscovers an Old Flame after a Career Setback...

Prime Video has launched a new trailer for Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s ‘Somebody I Used to Know.’

Workaholic TV producer Ally (Alison Brie) faces a major professional setback which sends her running to the comforts of her hometown. She spends a whirlwind evening reminiscing with her first love Sean (Jay Ellis) and starts to question everything about the person she’s become. Things only get more confusing when she discovers Sean is getting married to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons) whose confidence and creative convictions remind Ally of who she used to be.

Directed by Dave Franco and written by Franco & Alison Brie, Brie also stars alongside Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons, Haley Joel Osment, Danny Pudi, Julie Hagerty, Amy Sedaris.

Also in trailers – Jennifer Lopez stars in new trailer for ‘Shotgun Wedding’

The feature hits Prime video on February 10th.

The post “… Do not chase the naked ladies…” Trailer lands...

Love can be beautiful, but it can also be an absolute mess. In the trailer for the new rom-com "Somebody I Used to Know," released Jan. 12, Alison Brie plays Ally, who heads back into her past and reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Sean, played by Jay Ellis. Just when she thinks they might be falling for each other again and she can redo her past mistakes, she learns he's getting married to his girlfriend Cassidy, played by Kiersey Clemons. And to make things more interesting, it seems both of the spouses-to-be start feeling some deep attraction for Ally in the days leading up to their wedding. If this is the first mainstream rom-com to end in a throuple, we wouldn't be mad, but we'll have to wait for the full thing to see.

"Somebody I Used to Know" is written by Brie and her husband, Dave Franco, who also serves as director.

"Ally, this has gone way too far!" Amazon has revealed the trailer for a romantic drama called Somebody I Used to Know, the latest film directed by actor Dave Franco. He doesn't even star in this one! This is arriving on Feb 10th during Valentine's Day time for lovers (or not) to enjoy. On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her old ex Sean and questions everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be. "The film is an unconventional romantic comedy that looks beyond the traditional love triangle trope. It examines three people who help each other re-discover themselves, where they came from and who they want to be." The film stars Alison Brie as Ally, Jay Ellis as Sean, Kiersey Clemons as Cassidy, with Julie Hagerty, Haley Joel Osment,...

Prime Video dropped the trailer for Somebody I Used to Know, the Dave Franco-directed rom-com and follow-up to his 2020 directorial debut.

Led by Alison Brie, Jay Ellis and Kiersey Clemons, the movie sees Brie’s workaholic TV producer Ally face a professional setback that results in her retreating to her hometown where she bumps into her first love, Sean (Ellis). Following one whirlwind evening reminiscing, Ally questions the person she’s become, leading her to attempt to rekindle her early relationship.

But as the trailer teases, those plans meet reality when Ally discovers that Sean is getting married to Clemons’ Cassidy. Caught in an awkward dance over her feelings for Sean and the “cool” Cassidy, who constantly reminds her of who she used to be, Ally’s feelings — and relationship — to both become increasingly complicated.

“Ally this has gone way too far,” Ally’s friend Benny, played by Danny Pudi,...

Love is a complicated game, especially when your heart aligns with people who are technically off the market. Polyamory isn’t for everyone, which often makes matters difficult when choosing between partners. In Prime Video‘s Somebody I Used to Know trailer, Alison Brie‘s Ally finds herself trapped between the ex that got away and his enigmatic fiancé. The film is directed and co-written by Dave Franco and frequent collaborator Alison Brie, who pull out all the stops to brave the pitfalls of Memory Lane and break your heart.

Somebody I Used to Know “is an unconventional romantic comedy that looks beyond the traditional love triangle trope,” according to the film’s official press release. “It examines three people who help each other re-discover themselves, where they came from, and who they want to be.”

The Somebody I Used to Know trailer finds Ally (Alison Brie) returning to her...

Now Jay Ellis is just somebody Alison Brie used to know in a new rom-com about regretting letting “the one” get away.

Brie co-wrote Prime Video romantic comedy “Somebody I Used to Know” with real-life husband, Dave Franco, who directs. The producing duo previously collaborated on the thriller “The Rental,” marking Franco’s directorial debut.

“Somebody I Used to Know” stars Brie as workaholic TV producer Ally, who returns to her hometown after losing her job and reconnects with her first love Sean (Jay Ellis). The only issue? Sean is engaged to the perfect woman, Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons), who reminds Ally of who she used to be…and who she could have perhaps become. Per the official logline, the film is an unconventional love story about three people who unexpectedly help each other re-discover who they really are, where they came from, and where they’re going.

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What do you do when you run into an ex from a decade ago? Well, if you’re Alison Brie in “Somebody I Used to Know,” you attempt hiding in your restaurant booth. If and when that fails, you mostly just have to hope that, if you hit it off again, they aren’t engaged to be married.

Unfortunately, in the case of Ally (Brie), that ex is definitely engaged even though they definitely hit it off again. In the first trailer for the upcoming Prime Video film, Ally returns to her hometown, where she almost immediately runs into Sean (Jay Ellis). Their lingering chemistry becomes apparent very quickly, and Sean admits that “I still think about what would’ve happened if you hadn’t left all those years ago.”

But, like we said, Sean is engaged. And, by all appearances, his fianceé is very cool. So much so in fact,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on November 17th, 2022, reviewing “A Christmas Story Christmas,” a sequel to the holiday classic set 30 years after the original, currently streaming on HBO Max.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

In 1973, thirty years after the events of “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie returns to his former home in Hohman, Indiana. With him is his wife Sandy (Erinn Hayes) and children, visiting his widowed mother (Julie Hagerty) after the passing of the Old Man (the late Darrin McGavin in flashback from the original film). Desiring to give his mother, wife and kids a Christmas the Old Man would be proud of, Ralphie soon realizes that the task is much more difficult than when he was a child.

”A Christmas Story Christmas” is currently streaming on HBO Max. Featuring Peter Billingsley, Erinn Hayes, Julie Hagerty, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Zach Ward and Darrin McGavin.

Chicago – The historic Cultural Center of Chicago got a early Christmas, hosting a screening of the new holiday film “A Christmas Story Christmas.” Story developer, producer and lead actor Peter Billingsley – reprising his role as Ralphie Parker from the original 1983 classic – walked the Red Carpet on November 15th, 2022.

Peter Billingsley of ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’

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In 1973, thirty years after the events of “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie returns to his former home in Hohman, Indiana. With him is his wife Sandy (Erinn Hayes) and children, visiting his widowed mother (Julie Hagerty) after the passing of the Old Man (the late Darrin McGavin in flashback from the original film). Desiring to give his mother, wife and kids a Christmas the Old Man would be proud of, Ralphie soon realizes that the task is much more difficult than when he was a child.

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It’s hard to imagine now, but A Christmas Story wasn’t exactly a hit when it opened in theaters in 1983. It’s mainly due to the film’s constant rotation on cable television during the holiday season that it achieved its current status as a beloved Yuletide classic. So it makes perfect sense in the current streaming era that its long-belated, awkwardly titled sequel A Christmas Story Christmas should make its debut on HBO Max. (Yes, there was 1994’s My Summer Story and 2012’s direct-to-video sequel A Christmas Story 2. But this film ignores them, and so should you.)

Taking place in 1973, more than thirty years after the original, the film once again stars the now middle-aged Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker, who’s all grown up and lives in Chicago with his wife Sandy (Erinn Hayes) and young kids Mark (River Drosche...

Plot: Follows the now-adult Ralphie as he returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.

Review: Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story has gone from an obscure 1980s cult classic to a stalwart of cable marathons and quotable moments in the thirty-nine years since it premiered. Despite two feature film sequels, a half dozen made-for-television movies featuring the Parker family, and much despised live broadcast musical special, nothing has lived up to the nostalgia and wholesomeness of the original. With HBO Max serving as the perfect platform for such a sequel, Ralphie Parker is back for the first direct sequel to the 1983 original. A Christmas Story Christmas, featuring the return of Peter Billingsley as Ralphie and many of the first movie’s cast, is...

(from left) Julianna Layne as Julie, River Drosche as Mark, and Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker in A Christmas Story Christmas. Photo: © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. In the franchise-dominated era of filmmaking, we’ve moved into a phase in which no legacyquel is surprising anymore, so when HBO Max announced...

It's been almost 40 years since the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" followed young Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) as he pined for the ultimate Christmas gift back in the glory days of the 1940s: an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. The original 1983 holiday comedy has become a fierce favorite around the holidays, so much so that it's earned a now-traditional 24-hour marathon every single year, stretching from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. 

Now Peter Billingsley has returned for "A Christmas Story Christmas," which seeks to give fans a legacy-quel that follows an adult Ralphie as he attempts to give his own family a Christmas they'll never forget. Not only is Billingsley back as Ralphie in front of the camera, with his brilliant and occasionally mischievous blue eyes still shining bright behind rounded spectacles, but...

You could be forgiven for thinking A Christmas Story Christmas is nothing more than a streaming service’s attempt to trade on nostalgia and pad out its offerings. Even its lazy title suggests that it exists solely so HBO Max can give viewers an easy piece of content to click over to after watching Bob Clark’s 1983 original A Christmas Story.

But in a minor Christmas miracle, Clay Kaytis’ sequel is a little more than a quick, cheap cash-in. While it’s not going to take its predecessor’s place on the holiday movie throne anytime soon, A Christmas Story Christmas has its own charms and a sweet spirit that makes it a welcome return to Cleveland Street.

Peter Billingsley returns as Ralphie Parker, now a 40-something adult living in Chicago with his wife, Sandy (Erinn Hayes), and their two kids. No longer a bright-eyed young kid dreaming of a Red Ryder Bb gun,...