We really shouldn't have expected much from a film adaptation of a Saturday Night Live sketch. After all, of the ten movies that the show has spun off, you can count the ones that are entertaining on one hand (The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, Superstar, list over). But the MacGruber sketches are so funny, with a bomb-defusing Will Forte getting held up by father-son issues, political correctness and heroin addiction, that we thought there was no way the movie could fail -- especially with co-star Kristen Wiig on board. But the redband trailer, which surfaced last week, makes it look like a huge mess. Maybe they're focusing on the more risqué elements for this particular trailer, but since it's the first one we've seen, we're gonna go ahead and assume the rest of the movie is like this, meaning a shoestring assembly of far too on-the-nose jokes.

Tags: Kristen Wiig, MacGruber, Reviews of Movies We Haven't Seen Yet, Saturday Night Live, SNL, trailer, Will Forte

There was a strange phenomenon happening with MacGruber in its early months of test screenings -- the project quickly went from a laughably ill-advised idea to a buzzed-about, anticipated comedy, and nobody could believe it. I saw the movie last night, and I can tell you that although I definitely did laugh quite a bit, it is far from a classic, and anything but brilliant. Stupid, childish, forgettable fun, however? That, it absolutely is. And I think that's all it wants to be.

Tags: MacGruber, review, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Val Kilmer, Will Forte

Mark Wahlberg has been out promoting Max Payne over the weekend, and in the process making -- and breaking -- a lot of news.

- In a Q&A with ComingSoon.net, Wahlberg said that Darren Aronofsky's The Fighter might not be happening at all, much to Wahlberg's disappointment (and ours). Wahlberg says he's not going to stop training for the tale of real-life boxer Mickey Ward (whom Wahlberg was to play), but that he's doubtful it will happen now, but he wouldn't elaborate, saying it's "too depressing to talk about." Maybe the reason is that Brad Pitt's no longer involved. (I have to wonder: Does Pitt have something against Aronofsky, because he keeps signing up for his movies and lending them a high profile, then dropping out. The Fountain recovered with Hugh Jackman, but sounds like The Fighter might not.

Tags: Cocaine Cowboys, Darren Aronofsky, Entourage, Mark Wahlberg, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Saturday Night Live, Smoke Jumper, SNL, The Departed 2, The Fighter

Star Wars fanboys. They're everywhere -- especially in Hollywood. So when it was announced that someone was making a movie called Fanboys, chronicling five Midwestern geeks' cross-country trip to steal a copy of Star Wars: Episode I for their friend with terminal cancer, there were plenty of famous fanboys ready and willing to be involved. Director Kyle Newman lined up a host of celebu-nerds to make cameos in the film, ranging from geek icons to actual Star Wars film legends. If the killer leads (Sam "Superman Returns" Huntington! Dan "Balls of Fury" Fogler! Jay "Tropic Thunder" Baruchel!) weren't enough to convince you to see it, we thought we'd run down the celebrity eye candy that will teach you the true meaning of the Force. (Note: While we try to avoid giving out any spoiler-ish plot information, we are totally killing any surprise that you may get from these actors showing up. Be warned!)

Tags: Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Fanboys, Kevin Smith, Kristen Bell, Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia, Seth Rogen, SNL, Star Wars, The Office, William Shatner

Whether or not you've read the children's book it's based on, you're probably as curious as I am to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the upcoming animated film from Sony. I mean, come on -- it's a movie about food falling from the sky! Even if you don't consider the more horrific aspects of what that implies, it's something that's never been seen on film before -- although Adam Sandler's new movie Bedtime Stories apparently features a hail of gumballs. But does it feature as amazing a cast as Cloudy?

Tags: 30 Rock, Andy Samberg, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Get Smart, James Caan, Mr. T, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The House Bunny, Tracy Jordan, Tracy Morgan

There's apparently a growing market these days for "dorky guy" movies. Movies like The Forty Year Old Virgin, Superbad, and last month's Forgetting Sarah Marshall take characters who might normally be laughed out of online dating services and turn them into big-screen heroes and romantic leading men. Guys who were once relegated to the roles of sidekicks, best buds, and jokes are taking the forefront of stories as the stars. One of the latest entries in this reborn genre is A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, about a thirty-year-old man who throws a sex party when he's forced to move out of his parents' vacation house. (Another article even describes the character as an "Apatowian manchild.") But it's not just the dorky guys having all the fun this time; The Hollywood Reporter reports that Lindsay Sloane has just joined the comedy cast.

Tags: Apatow, Lindsay Sloane, Orgy, SNL