In a rather standard weekend at the movies, Sacha Baron Cohen’s new mock-u-comedy Bruno brought in an estimated $30.5 million against Fox’s wide release, the broad Graduation Night comedy I Love You Beth Cooper, which fell head-over-heels with an estimated $5 million. For general box office projections, see the article in Variety. For a more detailed estimation of the full weekend, go Box Office Mojo.
Brüno is an hilarious adventure that provides stomachache inducing laughs. Sacha Baron Cohen delivered an excellent shocking original film with Borat, but does Brüno live up that? Not quite. The outrageous shock value isn’t at the level of Borat since Cohen’s antics are known by now, but all of his gags still remain funny.
The story revolves around a highly flamboyant fashion expert named Brüno. After a disastrous fashion show in his native country Austria, he decides to embark on a trip to California to become a worldwide star. While on his mission to become a celebrity he encounters homophobes, scary hunters, and even a terrorist leader. He will do all that he can to achieve stardom while he’s oblivious to the people surrounding him.
20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for the upcoming Jennifer’s Body over at Shock Til You Drop, the trailer was originally suppose to debut this Friday with Bruno. The story revolves round high schooler Jennifer who becomes possessed by a boy eating demon. After her best friend Needy learns about her demon and boy eating problem she learns she must fight her off to save all the boys and herself. Jennifer’s Body is written by Diablo Cody and is directed by Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux). The film also stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, J.K. Simmons, Adam Brody, and Amy Sedaris. Jennifer’s Body hits theaters September 18th, 2009.
This actually looks surprisingly good. Not enough horror comedies are released now a days, except for the great Drag Me to Hell which was criminally overlooked by general audiences. Its got everything the horror geek inside of me wants i.e lots of over-the-top blood, a funny story, and cheesy one liners. Another aspect that I am so impressed by is that Megan Fox actually looks good here. Maybe she was right that she could be a good actress if she was given the right material, which she wont get from the Transformers films. She looks funny, scary, and even kind of intimidating. Hopefully the end product lives up to this fun trailer.
Are you still excited for Jennifer’s Body? What do you think of this trailer?
Here is the monthly rundown of what I’m looking forward to in July. Leave a comment and let me know what you are looking forward to!
Synopsis: When Sid gets into some trouble, it’s up to Manny, Ellie, Diego, and Scrat to save their friend. Their mission leads them to an underground world where encounter dinosaurs, flora, and fauna — as well as a one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.
Why You Should See It: Looks to be more of the same, but the 3-D component should be worth a view. The first two films were fun, and this one doesn’t look wildly different.
Synopsis: Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
Why You Should See It: Won the audience award at Sundance this year. Looks like a intense drama about the slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
By Jack Giroux
2008 was a great summer for the movies. Good entertainment was had, and not just dumb popcorn movies for once. We got The Dark Knight, Wall-E, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express. This summer is even going to be better. Although the start was a bit shaky with Wolverine, Star Trek kicks it off right this weekend. Here are the top 15 stand out films this summer:
15- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Release Date- June 24th
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will inevitably offer no more then a lot of explosions and CGI, but with robots. While the first film wasn’t a landmark of any kind, and mostly dumb, it was fun none-the-less. The 147 minute running time for the new one is a bit bothersome, but long running times are fine when the story calls for it. My only question is do we really need to see robots fighting for that long? Its a Michael Bay movie, there will only be good action, nothing more. Even the length of the first movie was a problem, the last thirty minutes turned into nothing but repetitive action. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will without a doubt be a fun action movie, even if it extends its welcome.
Brüno movie twitter account has unveiled the new poster for the upcoming summer comedy:
Heisse Nachrichen!! Bruno is now in ze sexiest movieposter featuring a gay Austrian since Conan Ze Barbarian!
What do you think of the poster?
Universal has announced that Bruno has officially received an R-Rating by the MPAA. A few weeks ago the initial cut was hit with an NC-17. Its still unclear whether it was received through an appeal or Universal re-editing the film down to an R-rating. Though Universal did say that the filmmakers were prepping a new cut, but nothing has been confirmed whether thats how the R-rating was received.
Universal Pictures has released new, probably NSFW photos from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. Check out the red-band trailer then check out the photos after the jump.
The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno is here! Check it out below or in High Definition on MySpace:
This looks downright hilarious, I loved Borat and can not wait for this. Wonder how much they will need to cut to go from a NC-17 to R rating. From the trailer it definitely looks like they are pushing some boundaries. It hits theaters July 10th, 2009.
What do you think of the trailer?
The Wrap reports that the Motion Picture Association of America has given Sacha Baron Cohen’s (Borat) next film Bruno a NC-17 rating. The rating given was because of numerous sexual scenes that the ratings board considers over the line.
One of the scenes in question was with Bruno — a gay Austrian fashionista played by Baron Cohen – who appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor.
Sounds like they are raising the bar again from the naked hotel room fight in Borat. The film still has a bit of time before it’s July 10th release to get edited down to an R rating. We will have to wait until a DVD to see the full director’s cut. Bruno got overwhelmingly positive response from the footage shown at SXSW festival. Looks like Cohen could end up having the funniest film of the year, again.
Are you excited for Bruno? What did you think of Borat?
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