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Review: 'The Dilemma' Chooses Wacky Hijinks Over Intelligent Comedy
Overrated screenwriter Allan Loeb is curiously one of the most in-demand writers in Hollywood right now, and we're beginning to understand why. His screenplays tend to sell high-concept work which makes executives and producers feel good about themselves, but the actual execution undermines whatever originality and vigor the original premise may have had, keeping things safe for mainstream audiences to embrace without thinking too much, which makes studio heads happy. But if you look closer, Allan Loeb seems to be writing the same script over and over with entire plots hanging on one character struggling to tell somebody the secret he's holdi...
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'The Zookeeper' Duo Of Kevin James & Director Frank Coraci Are Going To Make A Martial Arts Comedy
He was a mall cop, next up he's going to be a zookeeper, and in the slate for Kevin James' continuing run of fat-guy-in-wacky-situations comedies is an untitled martial arts comedy written by the hugely overrated Allan Loeb ("The Switch," "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps").
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Adam Sandler & Kevin James Are Going To Park Cars Hilariously In 'Valet Guys'
There is a very simple formula for pitching and selling a Kevin James comedy. Fat guy + blue collar job + hijinks = comedy gold. He's been a fireman, a mall cop, next summer he'll be a zookeeper and now, Kevin James along with his fart joke companion Adam Sandler, is set to be a valet guy in the app...
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Watch: Kevin James Makes His 'Dr. Doolittle' With 'The Zookeeper'
Kevin James. Talking animals. A fat guy yelling seemingly non-stop. It looks like our cinematic prayers have been answered.
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Watch: Electric Cars Aren't Gay In The International Trailer For 'The Dilemma'
While the battle for comedic free expression has been won on the back of a pretty dumb joke, the international trailer for Ron Howard's "The Dilemma" plays it safe and doesn't reference the "electric cars are gay" joke at all, but actually, surprisingly, did make us chuckle more than the first spot ...
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