I recently had a chance to take part in a short press conference with Melissa McCarthy. She talks a bit about how she got started, after the recent controversy with Rex Reed, I asked her if she fears getting typecast and she called me Honey :).
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Identity Theft Suffers Identity Crisis!
Identity Theft takes a comedic look at one of the most frightening possibilities of the computer age. While it’s an odd choice of subject for a movie, let alone a comedy, the combination of the straight man’s straight man, Jason Bateman, with one of the hotter comedic talents in recent years, Melissa McCarthy, is inspired […]
Bridesmaids – Two Crap Trailers; One Pretty Darned Funny Movie!
I think I laughed maybe twice over the course of the two trailers for Bridesmaids. Despite this, I decided that I would check out the film for a couple of reasons – the producing directing team of Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, and the combination of Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy. It didn’t […]
Mike and Molly Bring Fat Jokes to CBS!
CBS’ new multi-camera sitcom, Mike and Molly [Mondays, 9:30/8:30/C], could easily be The Courtship of Roseanne – and frankly, though it is sporadically funny, it is weird in that most of the best jokes come from the two overweight leads: Melissa McCarthy [Molly] and Billy Gardell [Mike]. The rest come from an acerbic waiter named […]