Everyone will be quoting The Foot Fist Way this year...

I usually know these things ahead of time. When I saw an advanced screening of The 40 Year Old Virgin, I knew it was going to be the breakout comedy, not The Wedding Crashers which a lot of other people assumed would be. Same goes for the double whammy of Superbad and Knocked Up. I love both those films, but Superbad has a special place in this 80's kid's raunchy comedy heart.

Now with The Foot Fist Way, the whole marketing is pushing it as such a funny film, even Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (director of Anchorman and stars in various shorts he and Will make on Funny Or Die) have seen it 20 times and speak about it every blinking second. That's some hefty praise. But I've been hearing about this film since 2006 when it was completed. I know CHUD.com and AintItCool.com have spoken about it repeatedly, and now a red band trailer (the hot new marketing tool besides flash games and making the film seem real with various fake websites) has surfaced and it shows a lot of promise to what everyone's been speaking about.

Danny McBride will probably be the next comedic genius everyone says they've loved for years, yet didn't know him until E! or MTV has jizzed all over his face. And ours as well.

Sad news today though. Devin at CHUD has said Warner Bros. has scrapped plans for a DVD release of Ken Russell's The Devils, a film in which I have not seen but have only heard fantastic things about. And being a fan of Russell's doesn't hurt either. Here's hoping that they're just taking a few months to get some commentary from Ken and maybe make it part of a box set of his films. That'd be fan-fucking-tastic.

In a month I'll be attending Upright Citizen's Brigade classes, to hone my comedic skills. I will invite everyone and their mother to see me June 1st when they have me starring in a performance of improv genius. I will keep track of it all on here, my blog.

Hopefully more than 3 people read this.

-J