Larry David

First Trailer for THE THREE STOOGES

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 7th, 2011 at 10:17 am

Fox has released the first trailer for The Three Stooges, directed by the Farrelly Brothers.  Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, and Chris Diamantopoulos star as Curly, Moe, and Larry in the new feature, divided into three segments.  It looks awful, but in a fascinating way.  This has been a passion project for the Farrellys and the final result makes me wonder: could The Three Stooges ever work in the present day?  Doesn’t their slapstick seem quaint while their antics come off as obnoxious?  And yet there’s also something mean-spirited mixed in.  I’m sure the Farrellys thought, “Hey!  Let’s poke Snooki in the eyes!  That will put the audience on our side!”  I almost feel sorry for Snooki.  Almost.

The film also stars Jane Lynch, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Hudson, and Larry David.  The Three Stooges opens on April 4, 2012.  Watch the trailer after the jump.

New Trailer for Season Eight of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: May 23rd, 2011 at 9:25 am

Larry David is back, and he’s as neurotic as ever in this new trailer for the eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO. And once again, this season is rife with some great guest stars which you can see in the trailer including Ana Gasteyer, Paul F. Tompkins, and the one that I can’t wait to see, Michael J. Fox. We also know that Ricky Gervais will show up at some point, so that’s definitely someone else to get excited about. The season premiere hits HBO on Sunday, July 10th ant 10/9c, but in the meantime, you can check out the hilarious new trailer after the jump.

Larry David to Play Mother Mengele in THE THREE STOOGES

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 2nd, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Once upon a time, The Farrelly Brothers’ adaptation of The Three Stooges was a high-profile affair that featured an expensive lead cast of Benecio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and Jim Carrey.  But that line-up fell apart and the project has now been retooled for a cheaper price tag.  However, the lack of big-name stars isn’t a slam against the film.  Instead, the project has assembled some strong comic talent with Will Sasso as Curly, Sean Hayes as Larry, Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe, and Jane Lynch as Mother Superior.  Now the film has added another strong comic talent with Larry David joining the project.  According to Deadline, David will play “Mother Mengele, the unfortunate nun who runs the orphanage where the Stooges grow up and learn to create mayhem.”  While I continue to have my doubts about the Farrellys, I’m loving this cast.

Filming on The Three Stooges begins this month.  As for David, the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm airs this July on HBO.

Teaser Trailer for Season Eight of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: January 17th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Unfortunately, Curb Your Enthusiasm is one of those shows that I have yet to dive into for one reason or another. I’ve heard nothing but good things about the series as well as Larry David himself. As a matter of fact, I also love seeing Jeff Garlin pop up in films and TV from time to time and he’s always on the show! Plus a series that once offered a makeshift Seinfeld reunion had to be great. But when you watch as many movies and series as I do, some of them have to fall to the wayside. One of these days I vow to catch up on this apparently great HBO comedy and find out what all the buzz is about. But for now, after the jump we have a teaser trailer offering a taste of the eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm for everyone who is foaming at the mouth for more.

Ricky Gervais Reveals First Photo from CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Guest Spot; Also Developing Chinese Version of THE OFFICE

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: August 13th, 2010 at 12:53 pm

Back in June we found out that British funnyman Ricky Gervais would spread his hilarity even further across HBO’s comedy line-up with a guest appearance as himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Well Gervais does his best to keep his fans updated on his forthcoming work and today he exclusively delivered the first photo of himself appearing along series star Larry David for what will be the eighth episode of the eighth season which won’t hit HBO until 2011.

Hit the jump to check out the photo an interesting tidbit concerning a new international edition of The Office.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON DVD Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 20th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Most TV shows are worn out by their seventh season.  Curb Your Enthusiasm isn’t one of them.  If anything, the show has become stronger.  I would argue that the show’s real turning point came in season four when Larry was hired to play Max Bialystock in The Producers.  Since then, Curb has found a way to keep an over-arching plotline that helps to balance season-long B-plot with the A-plot of Larry David’s continual comedy-of-manners and errors.  Season five had Larry looking for ways to avoid giving his kidney to Richard Lewis, and season six introduced The Blacks and a beautiful layer of racial humor to the show.  Larry also separated from his wife Cheryl (played by not-his-real-wife Cheryl Hines) over one of the best mismanagements of priorities of all-time.

Ricky Gervais Expands HBO Presence with CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Role and Upcoming Series LIFE’S TOO SHORT

by Ti Alan Chase    Posted: June 11th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

If Ricky Gervais has a home anywhere in America, it has got to be at HBO.   The premium cable station has already aired both seasons of Gervais’ comedy series Extras, his stand-up special Out of England and the animated Ricky Gervais Show, which will be coming back for a second season next year.  Now Variety is reporting that Gervais will be appearing alongside his pal Larry David in the next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Gervais will play himself – which should surprise no one who watches Curb - in the 8th episode of the new season.

It is also expected that Gervais will have another series of his own airing on HBO next year.  He is currently gearing up to begin shooting his third comedy series, Life’s Too Short, for the BBC and it seems most likely that it will air on HBO when it finally makes it across the ocean.  Life’s Too Short will “document” the life of a show-biz dwarf and will star Warwick Davis, with Gervais, and Gervais’ writing partner Stephen Merchant in minor (no pun intended) roles.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Is Going to New York for Season Eight

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 18th, 2010 at 9:34 am

Larry David keeps finding great ways to change up Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Last year was the brilliant Seinfeld reunion and the year before that we had The Blacks.  Now, for the show’s eighth season, David is going back to his roots.  The New York Post reports [via Vulture] that the majority of season eight—which is set to air in 2011—will be shot in New York City.  Susie Essman, who plays Jeff Garlin’s obnoxious wife on the show, let it slip that she’s relieved they’re shooting in NYC because “Now I get to sleep in my own bed. Let [the rest of the cast] stay in hotels.”  Essman also revealed that while she and Garlin usually get to see the season’s outline ahead of time, they haven’t seen anything so far for this season.

Back in March, David mentioned that because of the Toyota recall, there might be a storyline involving his character’s beloved Prius.  David also said that it’s likely JB Smoove would be returning as fan-favorite character Leon.  If that’s still the case, it looks like Larry will have some great company on his trip to New York.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM to Return for 8th Season in 2011

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 20th, 2010 at 11:38 am

HBO has announced that Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for its 8th season in 2011.  Said the show’s star, creator, and writer Larry David: “After much soul searching – and by the way, it was nowhere to be found – I have decided to do another season of CURB.  I look forward to the end of shooting, when I can once again resume the hunt for my elusive soul.  I know it’s here somewhere or perhaps in the rugged mountainous regions of Pakistan.”

Fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm will agree that after seven seasons the Larry David comedy has lost none of its humor or vitriol.  Season seven brilliant last season (with the exception of the episode “Denise Handicapped” where Larry just behaved like a complete sociopath), as the show reunited the Seinfeld cast in a clever way, quasi-apologizedfor that show’s finale, and entered “second-hand semen” into the vernacular.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season hits DVD on June 8th.

Larry David Says There’s a “Pretty Good Chance” CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Will Return for an 8th Season

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 14th, 2010 at 9:42 pm

Earlier today, Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and star Larry David told a nearly sold-out crowd at the William S. Paley Festival that there was a “pretty good chance” the HBO sitcom would return for an 8th season.  In their article, Variety does not specify how many times David used the word “pretty” in making his comment.

HBO keeps the door open for David to new a season (because the network isn’t stupid), but David only does it if he has a good story to tell for the ten episodes produced each season.  In the most recent season, Larry was able to re-unite the Seinfeld cast and make it work damn well.  He also added the term “secondhand semen” to the national lexicon.

David told the audience that if Curb does come back, guest star JB Smoove would likely return (I don’t think fans would accept the show without Smoove’s character, Leon) and that he would consider an arc about the Toyota Prius he drives on the show (“Hey, Prius!”).

DGA Recognizes TV Directors

by Eli Mak    Posted: January 8th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

The Directors Guild of America has revealed its nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television, Drama Series, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials, Children’s Programs and Commercials. Despite the shit TV directors get, TV is progressing toward a greater cinematic atmosphere and TV directors are having greater relevance in the medium. DGA President, Taylor Hackford said, “television directors play a crucial role in eliciting performance, advancing the story and establishing the look and feel in all genres of television”. There’s no better example than Lost, which feels more like an hour-long, big-budget film than a TV show. The two-part season 5 finale received a nod, and Curb Your Enthusiasim director’s Jeff Schaffer and Larry Charles were nominated for their work on the last two episodes of the fictional Seinfeld-reunion that took place on the show. Mad Men picked up three nominations for Drama and Glee, still in the middle of its first season (returning April 13 with the remaining nine episodes of season one) received two nominations in Comedy.  Check out some surprise nominations after the jump.

WHATEVER WORKS Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: October 26th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

There are two things it’s hard to get away from when discussing Woody Allen: the first is that his output is so constant, there’s going to be winners mixed with losers. Over the last couple years, Allen’s talent has been scattershot to say the least, but then he might surprise you with a film like Match Point, or Vicki Christina Barcelona. Even his early funny period had some misfires, but that leads into the second point, which is that Allen has not been strong for a long time. You can never count him out, but the 21^st century is easily his weakest period of cinema. Whatever Works, however, was written a very long time ago, and it shows, so it combines early funny with later Woody. My review after the jump.

WHATEVER WORKS Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 4th, 2009 at 11:46 am

After forty-two films and the current rate of one film per year, Woody Allen remains his own greatest ally and foe.  His innate talent and ability coupled with his freedom to make a film entirely on his own terms with just about every professional actor willing to drop everything and work for him (except Nicole Kidman who couldn’t find a good movie with two hands a flashlight) is refreshing in an age of endless franchises and inevitable compromise to hit all four quadrants in a demographic.  Sadly, Allen’s greatest drawback is his insistence to make one film per year.  Perhaps his process works best at an accelerated rate but I feel that it forces him to retread and neglect the polish that would best serve his film.  His latest, “Whatever Works”, is a good film but could be great with just a little more time and effort. Thankfully, it’s not a disappointing and eye-rolling “been there, done that”.

Meg Ryan Guest Starring on New Season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am

Between “Hung”, “Bored to Death“, and a new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” this September, HBO may be the center for great comedy this late summer/early fall.  And Meg Ryan is wisely choosing to be a part of it as EW is reporting that she’ll be guest starring on the new season of “Curb”.  Presumambly she’ll be playing herself (there’s a fame quotient and if you’re recognized enough, you have to play yourself; character actors and most comedians are free to play anyone they want).  While we still have the great unanswered question of whether or not the Blacks will return (especially Leon (played by JB Smoove); oh please let Leon come back), EW reports that there will be a multi-episode storyline that reunites the “Seinfeld” cast.  I wonder if Leon will get up in Michael Richards’ ass.

Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson Interview WHATEVER WORKS

by Christina Radish    Posted: June 12th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

In the offbeat Woody Allen comedy Whatever Works, a crotchety misanthrope (Larry David) meets a naive, impressionable young runaway from the South (Evan Rachel Wood), and is confronted by her uptight parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.), who arrive to rescue her.

After the failure of his career, his marriage and his suicide attempt, Boris Yellnikoff (David) spends his days irritating his friends with his never-ending tirades about the worthlessness of absolutely everything. A self-proclaimed genius who came close to winning a Nobel Prize for Quantum Mechanics, Boris fancies himself the only one who fully comprehends the meaningless of all human aspirations.

One night, Boris is approached by a young runaway, Melody St. Ann Celestine (Wood), who begs to be let into his apartment. From that moment, Melody becomes such a part of Boris’ life that the unlikely pair end up getting married, only to later uncouple and realign as they seek to fulfill their emotional needs.

This film sees Woody Allen return to a New York setting in fine form, as he illustrates how everyone must learn to be flexible and realistic because it’s whatever works that will get you through life.

Co-stars Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson recently did a press conference to speak about working with a director like Woody Allen. While there to promote the film, Larry David gave some hints as to what fans can expect from the upcoming season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Evan Rachel Wood revealed that she’d just been fitted for the fangs that will help her bring the 400-year-old, gay Vampire Queen of Louisiana to life in the new season of True Blood.

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