One Week Until Community! New Trailer, New Webisodes, and Hope for a 4th season?

One week. One week till the horror we’ve had to endure from NBC ends. One week until our faith in television is restored. One week until Community! And I couldn’t be happier. The staff of Grizzly Bomb couldn’t be happier, the entirety of the Internet couldn’t be happier, and I couldn’t be happier. I said that already.

So to celebrate the return to the airwaves, check out this trailer for Community‘s return to Thursdays! Pop Pop!

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Grizzly Review: Goon

Everyone loves an underdog. The idea of a loser rising to the top and beating all odds is something that a lot of people can relate to. We root for these characters because we love them, and we know that they deserve nothing but the best. Sports films are especially good at this, and last year’s Warrior AKA, the MMA movie that had everyone crying, is a prime example of the sports genre at its finest.


I’ll be honest I’m not too keen on the entire sports genre. Frankly it’s because I’m not a sports fan in general and I don’t even know what the hell is happening most of the time. But there are certain sports films that are just great. How do you know they’re great? Because you love it just the same, even if you aren’t familiar with the sport portrayed.

Seann William Scott has made almost an entire career out of being an ass. From the American Pie series to pretty much everything else he’s done, he’s had the honor of being that one douchebag that we hate to love and love to hate. Still, when taking a deeper looking into Scott’s filmography, there’s some solid evidence that he’s actually a good actor.

In particular, films like The Promotion and Southland Tales have given him the opportunity to do some much-needed flexing with his acting muscle. But I don’t think he’s had a role quite as contrasted as the role he plays in Goon. Scott plays Doug Glatt, a dim-witted but good-hearted bouncer at a local bar. Making minimum wage, Doug spends most of his days kicking out drunks, brawlers, and underage kids who try to sneak in.

After going to a hockey game with his best friend, the filthy mouthed Ryan (Jay Baruchel), and getting into a physical altercation with a player of the away team, Doug is drafted into the local hockey team as the goon. In hockey world, the goon is basically the guy who goes onto the ice and beats the crap out of anything standing in his way. The team, known as the Assassins, is one of the worst in the league. After Glatt shows that he has true talent as a goon, he gets moved up to the Halifax Highlanders, home to Xavier Laflamme (Marc-Andre Grondin).

After an encounter with notorious hockey player Ross “The Boss” Rhea (Liev Schrieber) three years prior that resulted in a major concussion as well as a 20 game suspension for Rhea, Laflamme has been unable to recover from the incident due to a fear of being hit again. Now it’s up to Glatt to get Laflamme out of the minor leagues, and back on top where he belongs. Rhea, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to fight Doug Glatt. And win.

Goon is an interesting and successful blend of raunchy comedy and inspiring sports drama. With a script co-written by Jay Baruchel, an avid hockey fan, and Evan Goldberg, a screenwriter known for his ability to aptly mash together comedy and drama (see: Superbad). Together, the two craft an original and surprisingly heartwarming story of an underdog rising to the top. Seann William Scott plays the role to perfection, stepping out of his comfort zone for a role that requires an emotional vulnerability that he’s not used to.

Michael Dowse serves as director and includes some breathtaking on ice shots of Doug’s games, fights, as well as his fellow teammates. The thing that separates Goon from the rest of the other sports movies that have come out recently isn’t just its endlessly quotable script, pitch-perfect performances, or visionary camerawork. It rises above the rest because, like its protagonist, it’s an unexpected bending of genres because no matter how much the film makes us laugh, it also puts us in a story that had me at the edge of my seat. The subtleties of factual accuracy enhance the story, especially considering it’s based off a true story.

Goon is a sports film that despite the often crude humor that encompasses most of its running time, is a treat for the entire family to enjoy. It has the makings of a comedy blockbuster, with a good amount of action, comedy, inspiration, drama, and romance to keep the story interesting at all times. It’s a film that demands your attention, and transcends most of the sports cliches that it comes into contact with. As far as sports movies go, it’s this year’s Warrior, but funnier.

4.5/5 Bears

ITGS: Todd & The Book of Pure Evil’s Alex House

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

I’ve made no secret of my love for Todd & The Book of Pure Evil, one of the best Canadian shows in a long time. The second season recently finished airing on SPACE in Canada, and will air on FEARnet soon. I urge you all to check it out, and prepare to have your brain destroyed. If you were a fan of the first season expect bigger and better things from the second, and if you haven’t seen the show yet I suggest you get to it immediately.

Todd is a show filled with moving story lines, great characters, funny, frightening, and unforgettable moments. Here to talk about some of these moments is Alex House, the star of Todd & TBOPE!

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Will Ferrell Talks ‘Step Brothers 2’, ‘Three Mississippi’, and ‘Anchorman’

Well, folks, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is, the Anchorman sequel is pretty much a no-go. Will Ferrell claims that there were places for the film to go, but the sequel itself isn’t really holding up. Now for the good news. Back in May, Ferrell said that he, John C. Reilly, and Adam McKay were considering doing a sequel to Step Brothers. That consideration has now become a reality. The trio is now working on a script that they will hopefully begin to film in Fall of 2012.

Another script that Ferrell and McKay have been talking about is the film Three Mississippi. The story would follow an annual game of Thanksgiving tackle football that gets a little bit out of hand. Knowing Ferrell and McKay, they can make literally anything funny, so I’m actually really excited to see that finally come to life. But until then, Step Brothers 2 is something that I’m also quite excited to see come to life. The first one, to me, is a modern comedy classic just based on how raunchy and childish it is. Ferrell, until that point, had found a nice niche in PG-13 comedies, but as soon as the line, “I’ll drop that motherf–ker!” was uttered from his mouth, I knew I was in for a good time.

It’s just that John C. Reilly is such a talented and respected actor, and it was hilarious to see him like a complete man-child. When you’re watching Mr. Cellophane tell somebody, “We’re here to f–k shit up!”, there’s a little bit of shellshock going on.

If you want to relive some of the zaniness that was Step Brothers, check out this video right here:

‘The Human Centipede III’ Is Definitely Happening

For those of you brave enough to watch The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence, you know that anything that resembles dignity or decency is completely void for those 88 minutes. The first film had at least a little bit more self-respect, and played out like a movie. But the second just threw away anything that can even be confused with art and really just gave us what we wanted; gore.

Writer and director of the first two films, Tom Six, has confirmed that a third Human Centipede film, entitled The Human Centipede III: Final Sequence, is now in production, with a shoot slated to begin in either May or June. Here’s the thing that makes it interesting, though. Both Dr. Heiter and Martin, who were the villainous surgeons from the first two films, will be returning for this third and final installment in the series. Tom Six himself will also have a supporting role (time to get a taste of your own, medicine, you bastard!), and considering the meta-film turn that the sequel took, I can only imagine what the third film will bring.

I’ll be honest, I’m a big fan of the first two. I know damn well that they aren’t well made movies, but they’re a hell of a lot of fun to watch, and I get a kick out of seeing people sewn together. Not in a sadistic way, I just think it’s amusing in the context of a movie. Regardless of the masochistic pleasure I take in watching a film of such degraded morals, The Human Centipede III, as promised by its title, will be 100% politically incorrect.

‘Muppets’ Sequel in the Works, Segel Not Writing

A sequel to the November hit musical, The Muppets, is moving into development after an announcement from Walt Disney confirmed the film. Director James Bobin and screenwriter Nicholas Stoller will be returning, but it seems as if Jason Segel won’t be returning for another round of writing for the sequel. This isn’t to say that he still won’t co-star, but he cites his commitments to “How I Met Your Mother”, as well as other projects he’s working on, as the reason he’s not returning as writer.

Now, Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel have been collaborators for quite a long time. Stoller directed Segel’s screenplay for Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and then took over as writer and director for the spin-off, Get Him To The Greek. Both of those films are absolutely hilarious, so I have no fear that The Muppets sequel won’t be great. My hope is that Segel will return to star in the sequel, and that Bret McKinzie will also return as composer. I mean, the guy won an Oscar for “Man or Muppet”, he probably has a pretty good incentive to come back, right?


Images: Disney, The Muppets