Toni Erdmann wasn’t the first film to skewer corporate culture, but the epic-length comedy struck a chord with many for how it used a fish-out-of-water conceit to rupture the rigid, dehumanizing nature of that world. It’s likely the first movie that comes to mind watching The Hypnosis, a similarly high-concept tale aimed at deconstructing the social conventions of the boardroom, and whether the pursuit of professional success is of greater concern than maintaining close relationships with loved ones. It proves so similar in thematic interests that I began to imagine an enterprising movie producer buying the rights to the screenplay, giving it a few tweaks, and attempting to make it as “2-ni Erdmann”––although, admittedly, seeing Sandra Hüller experiencing bizarre side effects after an experimental treatment to quit smoking would make for the oddest comedy sequel this side of Weekend at Bernie’s II.
Ernst De Geer’s cringe-com follows André and Vera,...
Ernst De Geer’s cringe-com follows André and Vera,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Alistair Ryder
- The Film Stage
Robert Klane, screenwriter of films including “Weekend at Bernie’s” and “Where’s Poppa?,” died from kidney failure on Aug. 29 at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 81.
Klane’s son Jon shared the news with Variety in a statement, which reads, “Klane’s satirical and daring writing pushed the boundaries of good taste, while depicting the unfairness of life through themes of sex, family, madness and death.”
“Bob had a brilliant comedy mind that went deeper and deeper to get to the truth,” said filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner, who appeared in “Where’s Poppa?” “Most people have a censor in their minds and know how far they can go. Bob didn’t have a censor. That’s what made him great and set him apart. He was fearless.”
Klane wrote the screenplays for dark comedies such as 1989’s “Weekend at Bernie’s” and its 1993 sequel, as well as 1970’s “Where’s Poppa?,...
Klane’s son Jon shared the news with Variety in a statement, which reads, “Klane’s satirical and daring writing pushed the boundaries of good taste, while depicting the unfairness of life through themes of sex, family, madness and death.”
“Bob had a brilliant comedy mind that went deeper and deeper to get to the truth,” said filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner, who appeared in “Where’s Poppa?” “Most people have a censor in their minds and know how far they can go. Bob didn’t have a censor. That’s what made him great and set him apart. He was fearless.”
Klane wrote the screenplays for dark comedies such as 1989’s “Weekend at Bernie’s” and its 1993 sequel, as well as 1970’s “Where’s Poppa?,...
- 9/4/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Terry Kiser is best known for playing the deceased Bernie Lomax -- opposite Larry Wilson and Richard Parker -- in the lifeless 1989 film "Weekend at Bernie's" and the 1993 zombie follow-up "Weekend at Bernie's II." Guess what he looks like now!
- 12/4/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Patti Mayonnaise is in jail. Sort of ...
"Orange is the New Black" star Constance Shulman -- Erica "Yoga" Jones to fans of the Netflix series -- voiced Patti Mayonnaise on the '90s cartoon series "Doug," Twitter user Pat Sandora pointed out.
"Doug" ran on Nickelodeon from 1991-1994 before moving to Disney and airing from 1996-1999. Shulman also voiced Patti in the 1999 feature film, "Doug's First Movie."
Shulman's other credits include "The Faculty," "He Said, She Said," "Weekend at Bernie's II" and "Fried Green Tomatoes."
"Orange is the New Black," a Netflix original series from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan, follows Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) after she's sent to prison.
"Orange is the New Black," which HuffPost TV critic Maureen Ryan called it one of the best new shows of the year, has already been renewed for a second season and you can expect to see more Yoga Jones. "I...
"Orange is the New Black" star Constance Shulman -- Erica "Yoga" Jones to fans of the Netflix series -- voiced Patti Mayonnaise on the '90s cartoon series "Doug," Twitter user Pat Sandora pointed out.
"Doug" ran on Nickelodeon from 1991-1994 before moving to Disney and airing from 1996-1999. Shulman also voiced Patti in the 1999 feature film, "Doug's First Movie."
Shulman's other credits include "The Faculty," "He Said, She Said," "Weekend at Bernie's II" and "Fried Green Tomatoes."
"Orange is the New Black," a Netflix original series from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan, follows Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) after she's sent to prison.
"Orange is the New Black," which HuffPost TV critic Maureen Ryan called it one of the best new shows of the year, has already been renewed for a second season and you can expect to see more Yoga Jones. "I...
- 7/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
by Janet Manley
Today's release of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston rom-com vehicle, “Just Go With It,” will blaze away the winter chill with its sunny twin rays of confusion and misdirection.
Sandler’s character, Danny, uses a wedding band to attract women. When the bodacious Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) falls for his trick but insists she can't date a married man, Danny asks his long-suffering assistant, Katherine (Aniston), to pretend to be his wife so he can project cozy family vibes, act out a divorce, and net the babe. Pretend to be married to your boss? Involve your precious kiddies in the ruse? Go through with a fake divorce? That sounds like a scenario for surefire moral turpitude and occupational chaos, right? Not according to Aniston’s character, who decides to “just go with it.” Not to worry, on the big screen, no one ever gets caught in his or her own web of lies!
Today's release of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston rom-com vehicle, “Just Go With It,” will blaze away the winter chill with its sunny twin rays of confusion and misdirection.
Sandler’s character, Danny, uses a wedding band to attract women. When the bodacious Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) falls for his trick but insists she can't date a married man, Danny asks his long-suffering assistant, Katherine (Aniston), to pretend to be his wife so he can project cozy family vibes, act out a divorce, and net the babe. Pretend to be married to your boss? Involve your precious kiddies in the ruse? Go through with a fake divorce? That sounds like a scenario for surefire moral turpitude and occupational chaos, right? Not according to Aniston’s character, who decides to “just go with it.” Not to worry, on the big screen, no one ever gets caught in his or her own web of lies!
- 2/11/2011
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Today Universal released Get Him to the Greek, a sort-of sequel to 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall as it uses Aldous Snow who had a small role in the original. Beyond that, there is only a brief reference to Sarah Marshall, which has me thinking it's not really a sequel as much as it is a spin-off. The same could be said for a movie like Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)... Same characters, but not really a sequel to Clerks, which ended up having its own sequel in 2006.
In a debate with a group of fellow Seattle critics trying to decide if Get Him to the Greek was a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall or not, the topic turned to comedy sequels in general and I was asked to name a great comedy sequel. Should be easy... right?
I started mining my memory banks, and started thinking of movies with...
In a debate with a group of fellow Seattle critics trying to decide if Get Him to the Greek was a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall or not, the topic turned to comedy sequels in general and I was asked to name a great comedy sequel. Should be easy... right?
I started mining my memory banks, and started thinking of movies with...
- 6/4/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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