Judd Apatow directs his third movie (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Apatow's real life wife Leslie Mann.
Also--Aziz Ansari as Randy, Aubrey Plaza as Daisy, and best of all Apatow's go-to laugh machine Ken Jeong.
Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (August 14)
Piven plays super-agent Ari perfectly in Entourage but the jury is out on whether he can carry his own comedy. Both the writers and the director of The Goods are questionable, but with Ed Helms/Ken Jeong (The Hangover) at Piven's side and a very funny red-band trailer, we have hope.
Couples Retreat (October 9)
Written by Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau who also star in the movie alongside some other big names: Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Ken Jeong (See Who Dat?), Malin Akerman (Watchmen), and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, The Break-Up). Has to be funny.
Must-See Trailers
Shutter Island--Oct. 2 (Scorsese/DiCaprio)
Couples Retreat--Oct. 9 (Vaughn/Favreau)
The Book of Eli--Jan. 15 (Denzel/Oldman)
Tron Legacy--2010 (Michael Sheen/Olivia Wilde)
Extract--Sep. 1 (Bateman, Affleck)
Weekend Box Office/Percy and Chase Ratings
1. District 9 (HS)
2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (DC)
3. Time Traveler's Wife (DC)
4. Julie & Julia (DC)
5. G-Force (DC)
6. The Goods: Live Hard/ Sell Hard (HS)
7. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (90/100)
8. The Ugly Truth (DC)
9. Ponyo (HS)
10. Funny People (71/100)
Honorable Mentions:
(500) Days of Summer (83/100)
Key: DC-Don't Care, HS-Haven't Seen
Can't Stand Dat
Everything about The Orphan
Justin Bartha's forced comedy in The Hangover
G.I. Joe the Feature Film?
Julie & Julia or whatever that awful movie is called