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Hollywood icon Ming-Na Wen opens up about the passing of her Street Fighter co-star, Peter Tuiasosopo.

In a February 11 X/Twitter post, Ming-Na Wen expressed her grief over Tuiasosopo's passing, writing, "I'm so very sad to learn of the passing of my 'Honda,' Peter N. Tuiasosopo. We had a blast on Street Fighter. Many fond memories working with Peter. A teddy bear of a man. Condolences to his family & loved ones."

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I'm so very sad to learn the passing of my "Honda",Peter N. Tuiasosopo. 😢🌺💔We had a blast on "Streetfighter." Many fond memories working with Peter. A teddy bear of a man. Condolences to his family & loved ones.

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At long last, it seems like Broken Lizard is getting the gang back together for another round of cop-related shenanigans. That's right! After much discussion in recent years, it seems that "Super Troopers 3" is coming together. While a formal announcement hasn't been made, writer/director Jay Chandrasekhar has revealed that the project is in active discussions at Disney and appears to be close to getting approval. In short, unless something derails it, it's happening.

During a recent appearance on the "Holmberg's Morning Sickness" radio show, Chandrasekhar revealed that, despite Disney's $71.3 billion purchase of Fox in 2019, "Super Troopers 3" is still very much alive. It was previously revealed during San Diego Comic-Con in 2018 that the sequel will be titled "Winter Soldiers," and whether or not that's still the case remains to be seen. But Chandrasekhar did provide a promising update on the...

Broken Lizard, the five-man comedy troupe which formed in 1990 at a fraternity on the upstate New York campus of preppy Colgate University, have been stoner icons since the very first scene of their 2001 breakout hit “Super Troopers.” That’s when Jay Chandrasekhar’s mustachioed Vermont cop Lieutenant Arcot “Thorny” Ramathorn pulls over a car full of potheads and proceeds to terrorize and freak them out.

Like they did in 2018 with “Super Troopers 2,” their newest film, “Quasi,” a reimagining of Victor Hugo’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” is a no-holds-barred, scatological combination of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” crossed with Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” It premieres today — April 20 — as a Hulu Original through Fox Searchlight.

Boasting their own cannabis brand, Smokin’ Lizard, Chandrasekhar notes, “When we get high with friends like Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg, they take it seriously enough to try to smoke us...

Whenever people whine about movies that "couldn't be made today," they're usually referring to comedy films with a grossly outdated sense of humor or storylines that are blatantly discriminatory. Seldom are they referring to the truly ridiculous swings of comedy films made from the 1970s-1990s, a style that has mostly dissolved into our collective memories and only reappears when some brave soul makes an absurd laugh riot like "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar."

The sad result of every blockbuster franchise slowly attempting to push us into a nostalgia-mad monoculture has been a lack of weirdo cinema. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of folks out there making unique films, but they're typically released independently and without the marketing budget or publicity they deserve. This makes greenlighting offbeat comedies a risky move for studios and denies audiences fresh, experimental comedy adventures. The Broken Lizard comedy troupe...

A colleague of mine, Marc Edward Heuck, once compared the films of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe to 7-Eleven hot dogs. The comparison was meant to be favorable. In both cases, the thinking went, the artisans in question know full well that they are not offering haute cuisine. Instead, the consumer is getting something efficiently constructed, barely flavorful enough, and perfect for a night when the edibles hit a little harder than expected. Broken Lizard's films have never elevated beyond the realm of raunchy, frat boy-style chuckle-fests, but have possessed just enough zingers, oddball gags, and precision-strike profanity to entrench themselves in the friendly cult trench inside the human brain. They possess an affable, thrown-off quality that makes them weirdly appealing, even as the jokes periodically fall flat.

Their newest film, "Quasi," directed by Kevin Heffernan, and written by the entire troupe is a "Carry On"-style sendup of Victor Hugo...

As explained on their website, Broken Lizard is a five-person comedy filmmaking group “devoted to intense sunshine, Floridian deep tissue massage, and the advanced study of keeping it realism.” The quintet is most famous for “Super Troopers” but has also made comedies like “Beerfest,” “Club Dread,” “The Slammin’ Salmon,” and “Puddle Cruiser.”

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After returning for “Super Troopers 2” in 2018, the group—which comprises director Jay Chandrasekhar and writer/actors Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske— have returned once more for a new hunchback-in-love comedy called “Quasi.”

This new one features the same gang, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, and Erik Stolhanske, but also adds Adrianne Palicki as the damsel of the picture set in medieval times.

Continue reading ‘Quasi’ Trailer: The Broken Lizard Gang Return For A Comedy About A Hunchback That Yearns For Love at The Playlist.

Over the weekend, we announced that shooting had officially begun on the sequel Super Troopers 2. We were treated to the first set photo from Erik Stolhanske, who appeared with Kevin Heffernan. Now, a couple more cast members have shared their own behind-the-scenes sneak peeks. And one thing is for certain, the mustache is out in full force!

The Broken Lizard gang are back, shooting scenes on location at their old stomping grounds of Spurbury, Vermont. Kevin Heffernan has shared a first look at Jay Chandrasekhar, who is reprising his role as Arcot 'Thorny' Ramathorn. The actor is also returning to direct this second installment, having helmed all of the Broken Lizard movies thus far except for 2009's The Slammin' Salmon, which was directed by Kevin Heffernan. That farcical comedy served as the gang's last big screen outing.

Steve Lemme also shared a new set photo featuring Kevin Heffernan, while...

I'm curious to see how filmmakers cast Cobie Smulders in the future. She's had an interesting decade with "How I Met Your Mother" launching her to prominence. A mere ten years ago, she was one of the young stars of ABC's flash-in-a-pan series "Veritas: The Quest," but once she was part of the break-out ensemble comedy that's wrapping things up with a controversial final season right now, it seems like she would suddenly start getting bigger roles. Oddly, that's not how it has played out. I like "The Slammin' Salmon," and I think she's funny in it, but that's the biggest...

Sequels are awesome, plain and simple. Returning to familiar characters and worlds we love is like covering yourself with a warm blanket, although when a sequel is bad it can be like a blanket covered in potato bugs and lice. Studios love sequels because seven times out of ten they open huge, no matter how good they are.

With that in mind, here's 50 of your favorite titles all preparing to get new installments. Some of them are deep into pre-production while others have barely gotten out of the pitch stages, but you'll be salivating at the thought of some of these sweet babies finally making their way to the screen.

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Status: The law of diminishing returns seems to have caught up to Paramount's annual license to print money, and even though the last "Paranormal" grossed half its predecessor, producer Jason Blum is gonna...

It's kind of hard to believe it's been twelve years since Super Troopers first was released, and I don't think I've seen it since it was in theaters. I honestly never thought of or expected to see a sequel for the movie, but it looks like the Broken Lizard comedy troupe is getting back together to give us one! Since Super Troopers they've made a few other comedies such as Club Dread, Beerfest, The Slammin' Salmon, The Babymakers, and Freeloaders, none of which have been as good or funny as their first film.

Apparently Super Troopers 2 secured financing back in 2009, but writers and the studio couldn't agree on a script. Now in a recent interview with Guy Speed, Kevin Heffernan, who played Farva, said that the sequel could start shooting this year!

There will be a Super Troopers sequel. We put it off for a while and then came back to it.

The original Super Troopers premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and played in theaters a year later in February of 2002, and questions of a sequel have persisted ever since. The Broken Lizard comedy troupe has since made Club Dread, Beerfest, The Slammin' Salmon, The Babymakers, and Freeloaders, but it's safe to say that none of those follow-up projects were as iconic as the group's breakout effort. But it looks like they're going back to what worked, as Guy Speed (via ScreenCrush) has an interview with Kevin Heffernan (who played Farva) who says the comedy sequel could finally get underway this year. Read on! We last heard that Super Troopers 2 secured financing way back in 2009, but though multiple drafts were written, it sounds like the writers and the studio couldn't agree on a script, until now. Here's what Heffernan told Guy Speed: “There will be a Super Troopers sequel. We...

Director Jay Chandrasekhar discusses his new comedy The Babymakers, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD September 18

As a member of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, Jay Chandrasekhar starred in, co-wrote, and directed comedy hits such as Super Troopers and Beerfest. He has also forged his own path as a sought-after TV director, working on shows such as Arrested Development, Chuck, Up All Night, Community, Happy Endings, Psych, Royal Pains, and Warehouse 13. The filmmaker makes his return to the big screen with the comedy The Babymakers, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD September 18. I recently had the chance to speak with this multi-hyphenate over the phone. Here's what he had to say.

This is one of the few projects that you didn't co-write with the Broken Lizard guys. Was that something you were looking for, something outside of that?

Jay Chandrasekhar: This came to Kevin Heffernan, and he brought it to me.

American actor best known for his film role as the gentle giant in The Green Mile

Every character actor who has ever been typecast dreams of a role that will transcend the cliches of his image. For Michael Clarke Duncan, who has died aged 54 of complications from a heart attack suffered in July, that breakout role also drew on the hidden truth of his own personality, and the results were spectacular.

Duncan was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actor in The Green Mile (1999), the film of the Stephen King story in which he plays John Coffey, a gentle giant with extraordinary powers, on death row for raping and killing two young girls. The film's climax, when Coffey, innocent of the crimes but having punished the real killer and an evil guard, goes to the electric chair telling Tom Hanks not to put a hood over his head because...

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away at the age of 54, from complications suffered from a heart attack he had in July.

Known for his big build and deep voice, Duncan was in the prime of his life. His first movie role was in 1995's Friday, and he had several small parts playing bouncers and muscle men. It wasn't until 1997's Armageddon that he had a meatier role with more lines, playing one of the rough-and-tumble drilling crew drafted into blowing up an approaching asteroid.

In 1999 Duncan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Green Mile. Based on the Stephen King novel and directed by Frank Darabont, Duncan played a mentally challenged prisoner named John Coffee who possessed a supernatural ability to heal. The role showed that Duncan could play characters that were more dimensional than their brusier exterior.

Duncan worked extensively throughout the 2000s.

The Babymakers is not a Broken Lizard movie, though it could certainly be mistaken for one since it stars core members Kevin Heffernan and Jay Chandrasekhar, features a few small roles for fan favorites like M.C. Gainey and Nat Faxon, and was directed by Chandrasekhar, who also helmed Super Troopers, Club Dread and Beerfest (Heffernan directed the trope's last film, The Slammin' Salmon). Plus, it has a plot that seems tailor made for the minds behind said films: A married couple are having trouble conceiving a baby due to the husband's "confused sperm," so to prove that he did at one time have what it takes, he'll do whatever it now takes to get his last remaining swimmers back from the center he donated them to years earlier, even if that means...

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Now that her NBC sitcom Perfect Couples has received the ax, Olivia Munn is free to drift back into feature film work. But is the lead role in a Broken Lizard ensemble comedy really a step in the fight direction? Munn.s still trying to find her place in this big business and Hollywood -- to its credit -- continues finding ways to use this undoubtedly talented but more-than-a-little-quirky personality. After years spent hosting G4.s Attack of the Show and occasional stops on Comedy Central.s The Daily Show, Munn made the leap to feature-film work with parts in Iron Man 2 and Date Night with Tina Fey and Steve Carell. She also had a small part in Broken Lizard's last film, The Slammin' Salmon. With Couples unplugged by the network, the brunette beauty was free to join The Baby Makers, which Variety says will star Munn and...

Now that her NBC sitcom Perfect Couples has received the ax, Olivia Munn is free to drift back into feature film work. But is the lead role in a Broken Lizard ensemble comedy really a step in the fight direction? Munn.s still trying to find her place in this big business and Hollywood -- to its credit -- continues finding ways to use this undoubtedly talented but more-than-a-little-quirky personality. After years spent hosting G4.s Attack of the Show and occasional stops on Comedy Central.s The Daily Show, Munn made the leap to feature-film work with parts in Iron Man 2 and Date Night with Tina Fey and Steve Carell. She also had a small part in Broken Lizard's last film, The Slammin' Salmon. With Couples unplugged by the network, the brunette beauty was free to join The Baby Makers, which Variety says will star Munn and...

Actress and Daily Show correspondent Olivia Munn has landed the female lead in Broken Lizard’s new indie comedy The Baby Maker. Paul Schneider (Lars and the Real Girl) is set to star, with Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar poised to direct. The film centers on a young married couple having trouble conceiving a child. The husband decides to rob a Pasedena sperm bank alongside his friends, in order to retrieve the specimen he donated as a young man. Variety reports that Munn will play the leading female role in the flick, which is presumably Schnieder’s wife. [Update: Variety has updated their story to report that Munn is starring in a different film called "The Babymakers", which does not involve Broken Lizard. Expect a title change from one of these films.] All of the Broken Lizard members are expected to co-star, with Kevin Heffernan playing the playing Schnieder’s crazy best friend, and Chandrasekhar taking on the role of a master Estonian theif. While I found Beerfest be an underrated comedic gem, Broken Lizard's last outing, The Slammin' Salmon, left much to be desired.

I have to admit to feeling kind of sorry for Paul Schneider. While Parks and Recreation started becoming a much better show in its second season, its recently completed third season was a revelation that turned the program into must-watch television. What does this have to do with Schneider? His run as City Planner Mark Brendanawicz ended with second season finale. Not to worry, though. The actor has landed on his feet and has taken a role with another group of very funny comedians. Variety reports that Schneider has been cast in the lead role of the next Broken Lizard film, The Baby Makers. The troupe's first film since 2009's The Slammin' Salmon, Jay Chandrasekhar will be returning to the director's chair and will be using a script written by Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow. In the film, Schneider will play a married man who is having trouble conceiving a...

Paul Soter, founding member of the Broken Lizard Comedy troop, actor and writer of films Beerfest, Super Troopers and The Slammin' Salmon and director of the soon to be released film, Dark Circles, has agreed to write the film adaption of legendary comic book creator, Larry Hama's cult favorite comic Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy. The film will be produced by Framelight Productions.

Soter was drawn to the project by the history of the property and the fact that this is a chance to create a world where normal rules of life, physics and everything else do not exist. "This is a story," begins Soter, "that should have a visual style unlike anything ever done in cinema before. A unique tale with a landscape that transcends the screen to create a world never seen by human eyes. Mutants, cannibals, babes and guns...Call my travel agent, I want a ticket!

Paul Soter, founding member of the Broken Lizard Comedy troop, actor and writer of films Beerfest , Super Troopers and The Slammin' Salmon and director of the soon to be released film, Dark Circles , has agreed to write the film adaption of comic book creator Larry Hama's "Dr. Deth with Kip and Muffy." The film will be produced by Framelight Productions. Soter was drawn to the project by the history of the property and the fact that this is a chance to create a world where normal rules of life, physics and everything else does not exist. "This is a story," begins Soter, "that should have a visual style unlike anything ever done in cinema before. Mutants, cannibals, babes and guns... Call my travel agent, I want a ticket!" Framelight's Robert L....

While looking over Amazon today, I discovered that my favorite online retailer has 46 Blu-rays under $11.  Half are between $9.49-$9.99, and the rest are between $10.49-$10.99.  Keep in mind, Amazon will often end a sale with no warning and they offer free shipping if you spend over $25.  I've listed half on the front page, the rest are after the jump. Disclaimer: Collider is an Amazon affiliate (which means we make a small percentage of every sale). $9.49 to $9.99 Cinderella Man [Blu-ray], The Thing [Blu-ray] Major League (Wild Thing Edition) [Blu-ray] The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] American Gangster [Blu-ray] The 40-Year-Old Virgin [Blu-ray] The Kingdom [Blu-ray] Alpha Dog [Blu-ray] Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Edition) [Blu-ray] Knocked Up [Blu-ray] Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] Darkman [Blu-ray] State of Play [Blu-ray] Spy Game [Blu-ray] Fighting [Blu-ray] American Pie Presents: The Book of Love [Blu-ray] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray] A Serious Man [Blu-ray] Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant [Blu-ray] Jason and the Argonauts [Blu-ray] The Last House on the Left...

When I first read the casting rumours for Nick Fury's assistant in The Avengers, my initial thought was, "Who the hell cares?", and while my general feeling towards this news story hasn't really changed all that much, there are a couple of things that probably make it worth posting. First of all, I should have realized that in the world of comics, there are very rarely any characters that exist strictly as civilians... virtually everyone has a secret identity and/or super power. In this case, according to Deadline.com [1], the character in question is Maria Hill, a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who took over as director for a time. Although director Joss Whedon was reportedly meeting with a number of candidates, Heat Vision [2] is now claiming that this is basically a done deal, with Cobie Smulders in final negotiations for the role. Smulder is best known as Robin Scherbatsky...

As a Latina female currently defending my dissertation on 19th Century English Romance Fiction, I am clearly the most suited person to write about this film. The question is, do I need to be? Should I only be qualified to speak on certain cultural aspects of films if I fall within their demographic? It's unfair that when a filmmaker of any ethnicity makes a film, suddenly it's expected to speak for that entire culture. But what if the film itself tries to make that claim? From Prada to Nada touts itself as "a Latina take on Sense and Sensibility." But when all the jokes are about stealing hubcaps or immigration, when all the Mexican characters are basically janitors or housemaids, when all the Spanish being spoken is pretty much menu items or shouting "Aye yo mio!" or "Madre dios!," whose fault is that? Latinos get treated like Asians -- sure...

The "Tekken" games have been coming out for more than 15 years, and the series stands as one of the most popular fighting game franchises ever. They're full of the kind of quintessentially Japanese quirks and cultural references that people think about when they imagine that country's pop culture: Pandas that do kung-fu with glow bracelets on, cyborg ninjas who do a hara-kiri move to stab themselves and the enemies behind them, a brooding young heir to a powerful corporation who also can turn into a demon. That kind of stuff.

There've been animated versions of the "Tekken" saga made in Japan and a Western live-action version has been in the works for nearly a decade. After lots of personnel changes, production wrapped more than a year ago but the film was still angling for a distributor. Anchor Bay--who released last years' "The Slammin' Salmon"--recently announced that they'd picked up the Us distro rights.

Johnny Knoxville will star in and produce Broken Lizard's "Mustache Riders." Robbie Pickering and Jase Ricci will work on the screenplay for the stoner Western, which Lizard regular Jay Chandrasekhar is helming. Paul Soter of Lizard originally wrote the screenplay. Bill Gerber ("Gran Torino") also produces with Knoxville's Dickhouse Productions ("Jackass: The Movie") as well as Richard Perello ("Beerfest") of Broken Lizard. Pickering and Ricci are also developing an adaptation of Gitty Daneshvari's "School of Fear" with producer Graham King at Warner Bros. Pictures. Broken Lizard's most recent film was "The Slammin' Salmon" with Michael Clarke Duncan. Previous work included "Club Dread," "Super Troopers" and "Beerfest."...

Mustache Riders gets a rewrite In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Robbie Pickering and Jase Ricci have been tapped to work on the screenplay for Broken Lizard's Mustache Riders. The project is set up at Paramount.

Johnny Knoxville is presently attached to star in and produce this stoner Western. Jay Chandrasekhar will direct. The original draft of the script was written by Paul Soter.

Broken Lizard's most recent effort is The Slammin' Salmon. They are also in postproduction on Freeloaders.

Robbie Pickering and Jase Ricci have been hired to work on the screenplay for the Broken Lizard comedy "Mustache Riders," set up at Paramount.

Johnny Knoxville is attached to star in and produce the comic Western, which Lizard regular Jay Chandrasekhar will direct. The Lizard crew -- including Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske -- originally penned the screenplay.

Bill Gerber ("Gran Torino") also is producing with Knoxville's Dickhouse Prods. ("Jackass: The Movie"), Broken Lizard and Richard Perello ("Beerfest").

Repped by Verve and Benderspink, Pickering and Ricci also have an adaptation of Gitty Daneshvari's "School of Fear" in development with producer Graham King at Warner Bros.

Broken Lizard most recently wrote, directed and produced "The Slammin' Salmon." The comedy troupe also made "Club Dread," "Super Troopers" and "Beerfest" and is in postproduction on "Freeloaders."...

Pirate Radio

I've been waiting to see this British 60's comedy originally titled The Boat That Rocked. It's got a great ensemble cast (including Roy from The It Crowd!) and great music.

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The Slammin' Salmon

Came and went pretty fast, but love the Broken Lizard guys so it's a rental at least.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray

My favorite horror franchise. The original is a classic and I can't wait to see Nancy's dreams in HD.

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CommentariesFocus PointsPop-Up Trivia TrackBehind the StoryFocus Points'Never Sleep Again' documentaryThe House That Freddy BuiltNight TerrorsAlternate Endings[Read More...] 

Apollo 13 Blu-ray

Houston, we have high definition.

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CommentariesLost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13Conquering Space: The Moon and BeyondLucky 13: The Astronauts' Story...

Pirate Radio

Rogue DJs in the '60s hop on a boat to play rock records and square off against a government who wants to shut them down. In his review, Peter Martin wrote: "Except for pacing issues that dog the film clear through to an interminably extended final 25 minutes, it's a perfectly serviceable party picture that's intended to invoke nostalgia rather than meaningful reflection." Rent it on DVD or Blu-ray.

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The Slammin' Salmon

The Broken Lizard troupe digs into restaurant life and wait staff wars as Michael Clarke Duncan plays an owner who makes his wait staff compete -- cash to the winner, a "broken rib sandwich" to the loser. From SXSW 2009, Eugene Novikov raved that the film "is 90 minutes of truly inspired comic mayhem." Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

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Defendor

Before you gear up for Kick Ass,...

Pirate Radio: "Richard Curtis' Pirate Radio represents something of the inverse of that expression: It's way too much cake, you've got to eat it all, and there's no goddamn milk to wash it down with. There's enough sugar in Pirate Radio to trigger a collective coma in a ship load of apathetic diabetics. The first few bites are decent enough, but then you begin to realize that the icing is nothing but sweetened vegetable shortening obscuring the flavorless cake-like substance, and all it does is leaving you craving vegetables. Imagine that as a movie poster blurb: 'Pirate Radio: Inspires a craving for sprouts!'" - Dustin Rowles

The Slammin' Salmon: "Broken Lizard is basically a boy band with one commercial hit that you really liked, but as they release progressively worse albums, you keep trying to convince yourself that they're still good. Super Troopers was pretty funny,...

You know it's slim pickings on DVD this week when the biggest new release is Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked) the British '60s rock n roll comedy that bombed in North American theatres last year. However, this does give a few films that are essentially direct-to-dvd releases a chance to stand out including Defendor starring Woody Harrelson, Broken Lizard's lastest comedy The Slammin' Salmon, and Uwe Boll's surprisingly well-reviewed prison drama Stoic. Also in stores this week: A Nightmare on Elm Street and Apollo 13 on Blu-ray. Do you see anything worth buying or renting? Pirate Radio [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Defendor [3] The Slammin' Salmon [4] (+ Blu-ray [5]) Tenderness [6] Stoic [7] Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon [8] The Daisy Chain [9] The Final Storm [10] The Missing Person [11] Ice Twisters [12] A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection [13] Tom & Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season [14] Dallas: The Complete Thirteenth Season [15] Emergency! Season Six [16] Apollo 13...

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Pirate Radio Now this is a decent film, but it's decent in the way that I would say rent, don't buy it. Perhaps it will strike some folks as funny enough to own, but for me it was a one and done. You can read my "B+" theatrical review here. Essential Art House: 8 1/2 Criterion is releasing several more films to their "Essential Art House" collection and the chance to tell you Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 can be purchased for only $14.99 must be brought up. I absolutely love this film, it's a personal all-time favorite and if you want a bit of further explanation you can read my review of Criterion's Blu-ray release from this past January right here, though remember, the "Essential Art House" releases come without any special features whatsoever.

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Our Biggest Show Ever!!   Click above to Listen Now! Come listen to the podcast to see if you won a free DVD from last week's caption contest - and while you're there - treat yourself to interviews with Broken Lizard's very own Kevin Heffernan talking about The Slammin' Salmon and David Koechner (of Anchorman fame) tell us about his new film Tenure. There's also new voicemail with a special guest answerer, tons of films watched, and Moreno drunk at a bowling...

The comedic actor-turned director shares his thoughts on Broken Lizards' upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release

After a very long wait, Broken Lizard fans are finally going to get the gang's 5th official film The Slammin' Salmon, which hits home on DVD and Blu-ray April 13th courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. This time out, Kevin Heffernan has taken over the directorial reigns from usual ringleader Jay Chandrasekhar. And while it upholds the usual lunacy we've come to expect out of Broken Lizard, it's a strikingly different sort of comedic endeavor. The story finds former Heavyweight Champion of the World and current restaurant entrepreneur Slammin' Cleon Salmon indebted to the Japanese Yakuza. To pay off that debt, he challenges his wait staff to a contest where the top-selling server will win $10,000, while the waiter in last place gets a broken-rib sandwich from the champ himself. Needless to say, complete chaos ensues. We recently caught up with director,...

Rogue Scholars will be Broken Lizard's next Kevin Heffernan was making the press rounds in support of Broken Lizard's latest comedy release The Slammin' Salmon this afternoon, which hits home on DVD and Blu-ray April 13th. While discussing that film, the subject of Broken Lizard's new deal with Universal came up. According to Heffernan, Rogue Scholars will most likely be their next film. And the other project they currently have set up at Universal is Pot Quest, which will be a thematic follow-up to their 2006 film Beerfest. But Super Troopers 2 isn't being put on hold. It is being set up at a different studio with Jay Chandrasekhar set to direct. Broken Lizard hopes to get all three projects in production soon by attaching other members of the team to each individual film as a director. Here's what Kevin had to say about the future of his...

The Voicemail Cometh!   Click above to Listen Now! Moreno and I check in with Defendor and The Slammin' Salmon while trying to answer our new voicemails, give away a copy of Fantastic Mr. Fox, revisit films such as Beetlejuice and Disclosure, get drunk at the bar at 4:00 Am with John Fallon, and moisten ourselves over Clash Of The Titans. It's been a busy week. We've opened up our phone lines to you, the listener, so we can hear all your questions, rants,...

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I just don't know how many more chances I can take with the boys from Broken Lizard. The comedy troupe, consisting of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske, made an incredibly divisive comedy that I adore, Super Troopers. Then they made the incredibly bad Club Dread, and followed it up with the entertaining, but somewhat disappointing Beerfest.

It's been a decidedly mixed bag for them. Then, a few weeks ago I was able to catch The Slammin' Salmon with Prisco and... wow. Wow. That is a bad fuckin' movie. Monumentally so. We may have chuckled once or twice, but otherwise it was dead, stonefaced silence for 90 straight minutes. So the question is, was Super Troopers simply comedic lightning in a bottle?

Well, Broken Lizard is giving it another go. This time, they'll play college professors (!) in Rogue Scholars for Universal Pictures, according to Dark Horizons.

Broken Lizard is basically a boy band with one commercial hit that you really liked, but as they release progressively worse albums, you keep trying to convince yourself that they're still good. Super Troopers was pretty funny, but since then, they've steadily been shitting the bed with the follow-ups. They're like alumni at frat house parties. Yeah, it's cool you could do eternal kegstands when you were 20. But now you're 40; lay off. Most of their comedy revolves around weed or booze references, peppered with the occasional slur or crudity. The Slammin' Salmon is like a stoner comedy that they forgot to put drug references in. The plot tries to stretch a bad sitcom premise over hand colored pencil sketches of characters with humor watered down like drinks at a Methodist wedding. It's like someone started to tell a joke and then drifted off halfway through and never got to the punchline,...

Chris Pine and Olivia Munn's romance is not yet over. A day after they were reported to have split, a source close to the "Star Trek" actor and "The Slammin' Salmon" beauty have debunked the rumor, saying "They are not broken up. They are just having fun and being casual."

Although the two allegedly kept their distance while attending the NY Times Style Magazine's Golden Globes cocktail party on Friday, January 15, Chris and Olivia were reportedly being affectionate to each other at another event on the same night. "They remained inseparable during the night," an eyewitness who saw the pair at the Buffalo Club CAA party in L.A. told Us Magazine. "Constantly whispering, holding hands and sharing a cup of hot mint tea."

On Monday, January 18, Just Jared claimed a source has informed them that Chris Pine and Olivia Munn, who have allegedly dated for five months, have called it quits on Saturday,...

It’s an Attack of the Show! special unlike any other when Olivia Munn enlists Eva Amurri to recreate the James Cameron film Avatar on G4’s Olivia! The Munn-der Years, which airs Dec. 28. In one new sketch, Munn and Amurri channel Thelma & Louise, with Amurri tackling the Louise role originated by her mother, Susan Sarandon. "It’s like the sequel to Thelma & Louise," Munn tells People. "She’s got the blue bandana and we both wore the jean shorts. It’s awesome! It’s like, what happens after we drive off the cliff? We drive off a cliff and then open up into Avatar,...

You won’t find Broken Lizard on many of the ubiquitous decade wrap-ups that have begun to permeate the blogosphere, but in Super Troopers and Beerfest the troupe made their mark on comedies in the ‘00s. Both films have become cult classics with significant re-watch value, each a fine rendition of the art of big, broad, stupid frat boy humor. In The Slammin’ Salmon, their latest, the boys (Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske) play waiters engaged in a Glengarry Glen Ross like competition over one night at a restaurant owned by “Slammin” Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan), an ex-boxing champ. It’s out in theaters this weekend in the following markets: Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland, Washington D.C. and Seattle. Should it perform well expect a relatively quick expansion. Film School Rejects spoke with Kevin Heffernan, aka Farva, about...

By: Eugene Novikov, reprinted from the SXSW Film Festival

Before The Slammin' Salmon, I wouldn't have called myself a fan of the boys from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, though I have some mild, slightly embarrassed affection for Super Troopers and Club Dread. But Salmon is 90 minutes of truly inspired comic mayhem. With valuable assists from the rest of their cast, Broken Lizard has crafted the funniest film of SXSW - and they had some fine competition. I know I said that you can't trust me, but trust me: this is great stuff.

Broken Lizard is Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske and Kevin Heffernan. Heffernan directed and the entire troupe is credited for the screenplay. But in a shrewd move, The Slammin' Salmon revolves around an outsider: Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays a boxer-turned-restaurant owner named Cleon Salmon, a.k.a. "The Champ." In the best comedy tradition,...

Over the years of promoting Broken Lizard's films, I've participated in many eyebrow raising PR events. I remember wearing a gorilla costume wrapped in tinfoil and marching around the Angelika Theater in NYC. When we were promoting Super Troopers we went to a tire store ribbon cutting in cop uniforms, a mall opening in cop uniforms and fought with a PR exec over the intellectual justifications for doing Radio interviews in our cop uniforms. We even involuntarily participated in a drinking contest in an Australian beer garden which would ultimately inspire another movie of ours, Beerfest. But this week we experienced a uniquely memorable promotional angle as we pimped the opening of our new film The Slammin' Salmon (December 11th). The movie is set in a seafood restaurant and our distributor, Anchor Bay Films, suggested we do...

It's hard to believe that Broken Lizard — the comedy troupe responsible for "Super Troopers," "Club Dread" and "Beerfest" — hasn't released a movie since 2006. Luckily, that all changes today with "The Slammin' Salmon," the newest comedy from Broken Lizard regulars Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske.

I haven't seen the film yet, but considering my affinity for Broken Lizard's previous efforts, I'm sure I'll be delighted by this latest film. Broken Lizard tends to deliver movies that require multiple viewings — the jokes get funnier and funnier every time you start the film over.

From the "Super Troopers" opening to the various death scenes in "Club Dread," the highlights of Broken Lizard's career are well documented — but let's not forget some of the more underrated moments from this ragtag group of comedians. Here are some of my favorite less appreciated Broken Lizard scenes.

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Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske together form Broken Lizard, the irreverent comedy troupe behind such films as Super Troopers, Club Dread and Beerfest. In their new film and Heffernan's directorial debut, The Slammin' Salmon, the Lizards are teamed with Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan:

"Slammin" Cleon Salmon (Duncan) is a former Heavyweight Champion of the World turned celebrity owner of a high end Miami seafood restaurant, The Slammin' Salmon. A terrifying bull of a man, Salmon uses fear to rule over his misfit wait staff and on this particular night, he takes his bullying skills to a new level. In an effort to pay off a gambling debt to the Japanese Yakuza, Salmon sets up a contest to "inspire" his wait staff to sell more food than they ever have before. The top selling server wins $10,000 while the waiter in last place gets...

Kind of a slow week for mid-December, but we do have two major releases with potential Oscar buzz going head-to-head: Clint Eastwood's Invictus and Disney's The Princess and the Frog. It's hard to say how well either will do, but I think the smart money is on Disney. Still, you have to wonder... is a 2-D animated film now too much of an oddity for the average moviegoer? Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones hits theatres this weekend as well, but it is playing on just 3 screens. The movie is being held back from the majority of viewers until January 15th, perhaps because of negative early reviews. Other movies in limited release are Tom Ford's A Single Man and Broken Lizard's latest comedy, The Slammin' Salmon. Will you be checking anything out this weekend? The Princess and the Frog [1] (wide) Invictus [2] The Lovely Bones [3] (limited) A Single Man...

See new clips from Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon," starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Cobie Smulders, April Bowlby, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Lance Henriksen, Olivia Munn with Vivica A. Fox and Morgan Fairchild. Kevin Heffernan directs as well as writing alongside Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske. A terrifying bull of a man, Salmon uses fear to rule over his misfit waitstaff (Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, as well as Cobie Smulders and April Bowlby) and on this particular night, he takes his bullying skills to a new level. In an effort to pay off a gambling debt to the Japanese Yakuza, Salmon sets up a contest to ‘inspire’ his waitstaff to sell more food than they ever have before: the top selling server wins $10,000 while the waiter in last place...

It's finally time for another Broken Lizard movie. In case you need a refresher: Broken Lizard is a comedy troupe featuring the comedic talents of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme and Erik Stolhanske. As a group, they are responsible for the cult comedies "Super Troopers," "Club Dread" and "Beerfest."

Their latest, "The Slammin' Salmon" (featured in this week's unLimited), sees the group working in a restaurant owned by a profane retired boxer, played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Hilarity ensues as the champ demands that his staff attract record business in a single night. "Salmon" marks the directorial debut of Kevin Heffernan, who notably played Rod Farva in "Troopers."

In this exclusive clip, we get to see that the champ still knows how to make an entrance...