The Watch
- Director: Akiva Schaffer
- Cast: Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Billy Crudup, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, R. Lee Ermey, Doug Jones, Will Forte, Nicholas Braun, Johnny Pemberton, Jorma Taccone, Justin Wheelon, Willam Belli, Carissa Capobianco
- Language: English
- Theatrical Release Date: September 6, 2012
Tagline: Got Protection?
Synopsis: Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.
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The Playlist News
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Bonjour à nos amis! Here is yet another Friday, and we hope you’re all ready to ring in the next two days of free time. You can dance, you can sing, you can create artwork, you can fight aliens or go canoeing or put a bounty on someone’s head. Or perhaps it’s a quiet night: you can stay home, write ...
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'The Watch' Director Akiva Schaffer Talks The Influence Of 'Alien' & 'Ghostbusters', Working With Doug Jones & More
As one-third of The Lonely Island, the comedy collective behind the SNL Digital Shorts, Akiva Schaffer (along with confederates Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone) efficiently optimized "Saturday Night Live," a flagging late night mainstay, into something vital and immediate. With the Digital Shorts for...
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet: New Trailer For 'The Watch' With Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn & Jonah Hill
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Posters For 'Taken 2,' 'Expendables 2' & 'The Watch' Arrive
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Watch: Interactive Promo For 'Snow White & The Huntsman,' New Green-Band Trailer For 'The Watch'
Once upon a time, you could just release a trailer and people were happy with it: a rare glimpse into a movie that was still weeks or months off. Nowadays, you can't just have one trailer, you have to several, some before the movie's even been made, plus endless TV spots and featurettes and clips an...
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Leonard Maltin Reviews
The Watch—movie review
'The Watch' is the cinematic equivalent of a bag of pork rinds: wholly unappealing to some people and catnip to others.
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The Playlist Reviews
Review: ‘The Watch’ Is A Lifeless Sci-Fi Comedy With Moments Of Spirited Improv
From the outside, 20th Century Fox's comedy "The Watch" seems to have its cup runneth over with the talent at its disposal. The film stars the quartet of Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and celebrated British director/writer/comedian Richard Ayoade (director of “Submarine”). It's directed by A...
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