Here’s the first clip and some new images courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films from Jason Sudeikis’ new movie, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. The man seems to be  in every comedy movie coming out recently after Hall Pass and Horrible Bosses and this one looks as silly as the previous two. This new movie is directed by Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck and also stars Lindsay Sloane, Leslie Bibb, Lake Bell, Don Johnson, Martin Starr, Michelle Borth, Tyler Labine, David Koechner.

Jason Sudeikis is Eric, a thirtysomething party animal famous among his close circle of friends for his lavish summer theme parties at his father’s swanky Hamptons pad. But when members of the crew start settling down, and Eric’s dad announces plans to sell the beach house, Eric decides it’s time for one last bash to go out with a proverbial bang–a good old-fashioned orgy. The only obstacles to overcome are actually convincing each of his reluctant friends to join in on the bacchanal, and an inconveniently blossoming romance with the real estate agent threatening to sell the house out from under him before the main event can even take place.

If you missed the trailer, you can see it here. Scroll down for the new images below this brand new clip.

Source: Collider & MovieWeb

For the last decade or so, comedian Adam Sandler has built up a solid business empire with his production company, Happy Madison. Sandler’s own vehicles under that banner have been pretty much critic proof, and for the most part, (inexplicable, many would agree) have continued to bring in incredibly healthy box office takings with relative ease.

Zookeeper, the latest from that assembly line, falls into the more kiddie-orientated strand like 2008’s Bedtime Stories and it star’s Sandler regular Kevin James (also credited as co-writer here) as lovable, yet schlubbish zookeeper and all-round thoroughly caring chap, Griffin. The film opens with his disastrous marriage proposal to vacuous hottie, Stephanie (Leslie Bibb) and he’s left by himself on a beach with a mariachi band he’s hired to celebrate his big moment. Depressed and convinced the reason behind his (now) ex-girlfriend’s reluctance to tie the knot is his less-than-sexy job, he’s on the verge of quitting until one magical night, the animals he looks after reveal that they can actually talk. Working together, the zoo inhabitants intervene and cook up a plan to turn Griffin into a romantic hero and win back his lost love.

The most troubling aspect of the film which continually crops up is this – what kind of psychopath willingly accepts talking animals in such a casual manner and then, almost immediately following this revelation, agrees to be schooled in the way of cool by them!?!? With yet another figure from Sandler’s inner circle onboard as director (Frank Coraci) and boasting the filmmaker behind 2007’s brain-meltingly awful midlife crisis-cum-comic road movie, Wild Hogs, as one of the producers, this was hardly destined to be a future children’s classic, but at least they could have mined a couple of decent gags from it. Alas, that is not the case here, and when the animals out-act the human, you know you’re in big trouble.

The subtle use of real footage and CGI and to help bring the animals to life is actually pretty good, and the voice casting (for the most part) is fairly successful. Unsurprisingly, Sandler crops up playing a gobby and vulgar monkey, and resorts to using that familiar, over-the-top camp Hispanic-sounding accent (and manages to gain the film’s only real laugh), and both Sylvester Stallone as the hopelessly misogynous Joe the lion and Cher as his harassed lioness wife work well together. It’s a mild understatement to say that another star of yesteryear (Nick Nolte) fares less well. He plays the sullen and reclusive Gorilla, Bernie, who Griffin manages to coax out of his shell, and (prepare yourselves) sneaks out for a night of partying at TGI Fridays. What follows is a thoroughly painful montage of the two of them making complete fools of themselves, boozing it up and ogling the waitresses and female customers. All the while, James is performing against an actor in the kind of monkey suit that wouldn’t pass muster in an end-of-pier pantomime. Regardless of the demographic targeted here, modern cinema doesn’t get much more nightmarish than this. Adding to the wince-inducing awfulness, Nolte even starts talking with a horrendous Valspeak inflection as the night progresses. It’s the kind of performance which makes you wonder how long it will be before this once respected actor turns up in yet another police mugshot, looking like the most dishevelled human in the face of the earth. Depressing.

The animal scenes play out alongside a weirdly farcical emotional tug-of-war between Griffin and his ex, and even the zoo’s cool and level-headed vet (Rosario Dawson – sigh) agrees to help the tubby one on his quest, before realising she may have feelings for him (hey, it’s a fantasy film). None of this is amusing in the slightest and things get progressively duller and laboured until the wholly predictable (yet bizarrely action-packed) finale.

Throw in James doing his now customary fat man violently falling over routine and another small yet underwhelming and thoroughly annoying turn by Ken Jeung, and what you have is a tired, formulaic and charm-free entry into the Sandler catalogue, which is hardly an anomaly given the other material in there. Kids will even struggle here, and the sometimes engaging Dr. Doolittle-esque magical conceit of talking animals is not enough to redeem proceedings.

*½~~~ (1.5/5)

Rising comedian Jason Sudeikis leads this upcoming comedy, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, and Yahoo Movies have the film’s first trailer.

Sudeikis stars as a 30-year-old whose parents decide to sell the family vacation home, and he and his friends decide to have one final celebration there at the end of the summer, by having an orgy.

To me, the premise sounds like it’s going to be pandering too much to a really commercial audience, and the trailer doesn’t do much to convince me otherwise. But having said that, it did get pretty good reviews when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, so maybe the trailer doesn’t give it enough credit. I don’t think there’s anything terribly wrong with the trailer, I just think a lot of the jokes fall a bit flat. Also, on a minor note, I’m fairly sure I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase, ‘A good old fashioned orgy.’

Sudeikis has been getting more popular recently after starring in Hall Pass earlier this year and Horrible Bosses, which has just come out here in the UK, and he has been good in what I’ve seen him in so far. But despite the trailer trying to convince you otherwise with a long list of the cast’s names, Sudeikis is the only well known actor in the film, with perhaps the exceptions of Leslie Bibb and Lindsay Sloane, who played one of Melissa Joan Hart’s best friends back in the day on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

In spite of all this, R-rated comedies like this do tend to do quite well at the box office, and usually make good on their budget and then some. They may not be the most brilliant of films, but they can be good fun to watch. Whilst I’m not really convinced by this first trailer, which only really has one Goonies-related highlight (we do enjoy a good bit of Goonies here at HeyUGuys), maybe the film itself has more to offer than its trailer shows. Its reviews point to a pretty strong dialogue as a source of the comedy, and we don’t get a lot of speech in this first trailer, so it could well have more going for it if it does. As of yet, there’s no UK release date, so we may have to wait until its DVD/Blu-Ray release to find out. Without further ado, here’s the trailer.

Samuel Goldwyn Films have released the first official poster for upcoming R-rated comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.

Written and directed by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy stars Jason Sudeikis, Lake Bell, Leslie Bibb, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, Nick Kroll, Martin Starr, Michelle Borth and Will Forte.

A 30-year-old (Sudeikis) is forced to grow up when his father decides to sell the family vacation home in the Hamptons, bringing an end to his tradition of throwing elaborate summer theme parties. Wanting to go out with a bang, he enlists his friends to throw one final party – an orgy.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy will be released in September.

Check out the poster below:

Source: MTV

IMPA have a new poster for a movie called Miss Nobody. It’s directed by Tim Cox and stars Leslie Bibb, Adam Goldberg, Kathy Baker, Missi Pyle and word on the street is Superman himself, Brandon Routh makes an appearance!

Plot: A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.

The movie came out already in the US, not sure when we’ll be getting it here in the UK.

Here’s the new UK poster for Gerard Butler’s new movie, Law Abiding Citizen. The trailer for the movie came out recently and it looks like a great, gritty movie with a dark storyline. Jamie Foxx, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, and Leslie Bibb are also in the movie directed by F. Gary Gray. It’s out on the 27th November so not too long to wait now.

Synopsis: Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a brilliant sociopath who orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia – all from inside his jail cell – and the prosecutor assigned to his case who realizes he is the only one who can end the reign of terror.

Click the poster to enlarge or check out the trailer here.

Source: Empire

***UPDATE*** – Here’s the other poster of release of Jamie Foxx. Click to enlarge.