Van Wilder was a good thing for National Lampoon. It was also a very bad thing for them. When the collegiate romp was released in 2002, expectations were modest. The movie had a budget of just $5M, Ryan Reynolds wasn’t yet a top-billed star, and, most damningly, the National Lampoon–branded film followed a string of flops by the once-revered nameplate: National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, National Lampoon’s Golf Punks, National Lampoon's Men In White. Creatively and financially, National Lampoon was on life support. Their movies sucked. Their bottom line was bleak. Their name was inconsequential. But ownership of the National Lampoon brand was in the process of changing hands around that time, which potentially brought hope of a new direction and the restoration of former glory.Then Van Wilder was an unexpected cult success, earning nearly $40 million worldwide. That scuttled any potential course change and encouraged the new...
- 7/31/2015
- by Tom Huddleston
- Vulture
They are often called as the 'Men In White'. Well, we are indeed referring to the director duo of Abbas- Mustan, who have always been associated with many a super hit films in Bollywood. As fate would have it, the director duo recently lost their beloved mother. Repeated attempts to establish contacts with the duo proved futile. Bollywood Hungama offers heartfelt condolences to the brothers and prays for their beloved mother's soul to rest in peace.
- 1/17/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
They are often called as the 'Men In White'. Well, we are indeed referring to the director duo of Abbas- Mustan, who have always been associated with many a super hit films in Bollywood. As fate would have it, the director duo recently lost their beloved mother. Repeated attempts to establish contacts with the duo proved futile. Bollywood Hungama offers heartfelt condolences to the brothers and prays for their beloved mother's soul to rest in peace.
- 1/17/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The wild, weird and crazy television tweets of the past 24 hours...
(Note: Every now and then, something sorta newsworthy might slip in here too... not often though)
"Glee"'s Chris Colfer is now famous, but he hasn't forgotten the little people... or the pigeons. He's still super polite to them too: @chriscolfer: I just said "excuse me" to a pigeon on a sidewalk...-
Did you know Matthew Perry is a fanboy... of a certain 6th year ABC sci fi/fantasy/time travel series: @langfordperry: I fear I have become a tweeting broken record.....but.......lost........!!!!!!!!!
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Mark Sheppard as Crowley is coming back to "Supernatural": @Mark_Sheppard: Sunny day in Vancouver... Winchester time!
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Sci fi vet Jewel Staite ("Firefly", "Stargate: Atlantis") has got a new job: @JewelStaite: Got offered a lovely role on Warehouse 13. Wish I could tell you more. All I can say is, you Browncoats are gonna freak.
(Note: Every now and then, something sorta newsworthy might slip in here too... not often though)
"Glee"'s Chris Colfer is now famous, but he hasn't forgotten the little people... or the pigeons. He's still super polite to them too: @chriscolfer: I just said "excuse me" to a pigeon on a sidewalk...-
Did you know Matthew Perry is a fanboy... of a certain 6th year ABC sci fi/fantasy/time travel series: @langfordperry: I fear I have become a tweeting broken record.....but.......lost........!!!!!!!!!
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Mark Sheppard as Crowley is coming back to "Supernatural": @Mark_Sheppard: Sunny day in Vancouver... Winchester time!
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Sci fi vet Jewel Staite ("Firefly", "Stargate: Atlantis") has got a new job: @JewelStaite: Got offered a lovely role on Warehouse 13. Wish I could tell you more. All I can say is, you Browncoats are gonna freak.
- 3/4/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2it.com - KorbitTV
Imagine for a moment that you're a lowly cab driver who happens to share a name with a wealthy businessman. And imagine that, in a case of mistaken identity, someone kidnaps your child aiming to deep into the deep pockets of your wealthy namesake. And then imagine that this particular kidnapper is on particularly vicious Sob who sends you bottles of your son's blood to extort more and more money out of you rather than releasing the child after you've already buried yourself in staggering debt to pay the initial demand. What do you do?
This is the premise to Kelvin Tong's upcoming Kidnapper, the latest from the Singapore director who had major hits with ghost story The Maid, action thriller Rule #1 and slapstick horror comedy Men In White. Big time Singapore TV star, now making the move to features, Christopher Lee stars. Check the trailer below.
This is the premise to Kelvin Tong's upcoming Kidnapper, the latest from the Singapore director who had major hits with ghost story The Maid, action thriller Rule #1 and slapstick horror comedy Men In White. Big time Singapore TV star, now making the move to features, Christopher Lee stars. Check the trailer below.
- 11/30/2009
- Screen Anarchy
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