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Review: ‘The Other Guys’ Is Funny Enough To Give Your Copy Of ‘Anchorman’ A Break

August 4, 2010 3:05 pm

From its balls-out opening (narrated by Ice-T, of course), "The Other Guys" plays with testosterone-injected, action-movie tropes, speeding up the editing while slowing down the fight sequences. But as easily a...

Watch: Dwayne Johnson Drives Car, Walks Around & Has A Big Gun In ‘Faster’ Teaser

Kevin Jagernauth

July 19, 2010 5:39 pm

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After a couple of early failures from the new CBS Films division ("Extraordinary Measures," "The Back-Up Plan") and one film bumped to next year ("Beastly"), the studio is hoping that the upcoming action film "...

Tyrese Confirms Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Involvement In ‘Fast Five’; Ludacris Also Returning To Franchise

Oliver Lyttelton

July 13, 2010 2:56 pm

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We're loath to admit it, but this writer has something of a soft spot for the "Fast & The Furious" franchise. While they've never really aspired to be anything more than cliched B-movies, that's almost part...

Eva Mendes Is A Nice Lady In The International Trailer For ‘The Other Guys’

Kevin Jagernauth

June 21, 2010 3:01 pm

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You know what? Sometimes The Playlist team loves big, dumb, stupid fun and we really hope that the forthcoming "The Other Guys" with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg fits the bill. We were amused by the first tra...

Dwayne Johnson To Chase Vin Diesel In ‘Fast Five’?

Jacob Combs

May 7, 2010 1:54 am

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This is a bit surprising. We figured that Dwayne Johnson was enough of a star on his own not to have to circle the fifth installment of someone else's franchise, but Hollywood works in mysterious ways.Deadline ...

Dwayne Johnson Is Gonna Need Some ‘Protection’

Gabe Toro

April 22, 2010 2:06 am

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Did you know The Artist Formerly Known As The Rock had a cameo in "Why Did I Get Married Too"? Is he a close personal friend of Tyler Perry? Is there a secret link between WWE wrestlers and "Meet The Browns"? ...

Trailer: ‘The Other Guys’ Looks Like More Predictable, But Stupid Fun From McKay/Ferrell

Edward Davis

April 9, 2010 5:17 pm

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"In the toughest city in the world... nobody fights crime like these guys," goes the opening tagline to Adam McKay's new directorial effort, "The Other Guys." McKay of course being one half of the genius team w...

‘American Pie’ Headed Back To The Big Screen; Joss Whedon and Morgan Spurlock Prep Comic Con Doc & Carla Gugino Joins ‘Faster’

Kevin Jagernauth

February 18, 2010 5:47 pm

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Universal is looking to bring "American Pie" back to the big screen. The studio currently has "American Pie 4" in development have been hired Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg ("Harold And Kumar Go To White Ca...

Weekend Box Office: ‘Dear John,’ People Saw Your Movie

Gabe Toro

February 7, 2010 3:30 pm

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Lasse Hallstrom, welcome back to the B List. The formerly Oscar-nominated director of "The Cider House Rules" and "Chocolat" saw his last effort, a freakin' dog movie, go straight to DVD, so he did what anyone...

In Theaters: ‘Extraordinary Measures,’ ‘Legion,’ ‘The Tooth Fairy’

Hunter McClamrock

January 22, 2010 5:21 pm

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We've finally hit late January, but the worst may not be over for the film-going public. If fact, it's just quite the opposite. Maybe the studios just assume that people don't want to leave their homes in the b...

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