On “Borat”
IFC News’ inaugural podcast finds us looking over two of this week’s releases, wondering at whether “Borat” is half as offensive as its studio hopes and why Penélope Cruz’s cleavage didn’t get its own...
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Holmes, how you’ve changed!
Late yesterday it was announced that Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as Sherlock Holmes with Will Ferrell as Watson in a new, Judd Apatow-produced comedy inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective —...
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SXSW 2009: “Bruno” and Kubrick
A silence fell over the bus full of journalists that were being ferried from a preview of 20 minutes of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedy, “Bruno,” over to see Sam Raimi’s new horror film “Drag Me to...
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Casting Has Begun For My Movie About U2
Inspired by their picture on the cover of SPIN Magazine and my recent review of Cadillac Records, I’ve decided that I’m going to write/direct/produce a full-length motion picture on the lives and...
View ArticleEveryone’s At It
Fiction be damned this week as the documentary makes an impressively strong showing amongst the new releases. For those who simply must make believe, there are vampire slayers, guys and girls in love,...
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Gay Panic
Sacha Baron Cohen’s improvisational prank film “Brüno” is a conceptual mess that’s satisfying as a lowball, turn-your-brain-off snot comedy, but deeply problematic as social commentary. It’s this last...
View ArticleDocsploitation!
Is there a term for films like this week’s “Paper Heart,” which continually blur the line between fiction and nonfiction? Well, if there is, we couldn’t find it, so we decided to coin our own. This...
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The Werner Herzog, Jr. awards.
“The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” open Friday, Werner Herzog’s supposed latest exercise in unhinged lunacy. But as a colleague observed after a screening, “If you didn’t know going in...
View ArticleSacha Baron Cohen As Freddie Mercury
It seems like a stroke of genius casting Sacha Baron Cohen as the charismatic Queen, Freddie Mercury, in the untitled biopic currently in development. Writer Peter Morgan (“The Last King of Scotland,”...
View Article12 Days of Judd Apatow: Day 8 “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
In 2006, Judd Apatow reunited with the star of “Anchorman“, Will Ferrell, to make a NASCAR movie. That’s right, “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”. The film starred Ferrell as Ricky Bobby, a...
View ArticleCelebrating the Proud Tradition of Comedy Saddams
Deadline reported yesterday that “Borat” creator Sacha Baron Cohen is set to star in “The Dictator,” a comedy hased on the novel “Zabibah and The King” by Saddam Hussein. According to the press release...
View Article“Spanking The Monkey” And Other Movies Not To Watch With Your Mom
Tonight at 12:15 p.m. ET we are showing the brilliantly twisted or, shall we say, slightly off, comedy “Spanking the Monkey”. Directed by David O. Russell and starring Jeremy Davies (of “Lost” and...
View Article“The Dictator” trailer shows Sacha Baron Cohen bringing absolute power to...
It’s nice to see a return to form for Sacha Baron Cohen. Ever since 2009’s “Bruno,” the hilarious impersonator has set his alter-egos aside onscreen for roles in “Hugo” and the upcoming “Madagascar 3:...
View ArticleSacha Baron Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen responds to Oscar “banning”
Earlier this week, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a stern warning to Sacha Baron Cohen, the writer and star of the upcoming mockumentary/extended-performance-art-piece,...
View ArticleSacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell leave “Django Unchained”
“Django Unchained” seems to be losing actors left and right. The latest to go are Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell, who follow on the heels of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Costner. There doesn’t...
View ArticleUnrated “The Dictator” deleted scene is very NSFW
If you thought that the one thing “The Dictator” was really missing was a giant-breasted assassin being sent to kill Admiral General Aladeen, then you’re going to be really happy to see this new...
View ArticleSacha Baron Cohen to adapt real-life story “The Lesbian”
Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t afraid of delving into touchy subjects on the big screen. From “Borat” to “The Dictator,” Cohen has used his unique brand of comedy to comment on a variety of topics in his own...
View ArticleFive favorite Ali G interviews
Before there was “Borat” or “Bruno” there was Ali G, Sacha Baron Cohen’s irascible talk show host who made it his duty to annoy celebrities from around the globe. Cohen’s Ali G character was originally...
View ArticleThe 15 Funniest Celebrity Cameos in Music Videos
Directors have long used videos to play around and experiment, and it’s not surprising that celebrities want to get in on that action as well. Before you catch Carly Rae Jepsen on this week’s all-new...
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10 Celebs Who Went in Disguise For a Laugh
Are you ready for Gigi Rotblum? Armed with a hefty bank account left to her by her late hubby, the 76-year-old yenta is grabbing life by the balls and shocking everyone within earshot with her...
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