Tag: Hot Fuzz
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Edgar Wright’s 10 Favorite Comedy Movies, Ranked by Letterboxd
Edgar Wright may have moved away from making comedies in recent years, given Baby Driver was mostly focused on action/thrills, and Last Night in Soho was a psychological horror/thriller film, but he’s still largely known for his more humorous movies. The films in the Cornetto Trilogy — Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The…
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The Best Fight Scene in a Comedy Saw Two British Heartthrobs Square Off
A good fight scene is the secret ingredient for any good comedy film. Whether it is 40-year-old stepbrothers having it out over a drum set, or some of the biggest comedic names coming together for an ultimate anchorman battle — a great fight scene has the power to immortalize any comedy film. It is where…
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Edgar Wright’s Unmade Movies, From ‘Ant-Man’ to a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Sequel
Many, many directors have careers filled with passion projects that never got made, scripts that died in early development, or projects they were attached to briefly before departing. Edgar Wright has a lot of those misses in his back catalog, but the “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director can rest comfortably knowing that…
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Mondo’s The World’s End Vinyl Score Soundtrack Completes The Cornetto Trilogy Swirl Set
“We want to be free! We want to be able to do what we want to do! We want to get loaded, and we want to have a good time. So that’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna have a good time.”What better way to have a good time than sitting down and spinning some…
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‘Bridesmaids’ Isn’t the Best R-Rated Comedy, This Is
Slapping an R-rating on a film can denote a few things to the audience. For a comedy, that usually means exhaustive swearing, nudity, and maybe a gross-out slapstick violence sequence. Generally speaking, using that kind of content can almost be a crutch, to hold up an otherwise tepid movie with not much else to offer…
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‘I’m not that geeky guy any more’: Simon Pegg on comedy, action heroes and staying at home
Simon Pegg has called time on the nerdy stuff, and says he’d rather watch Succession than sci-fi. As for his A-list status, friendship with Tom Cruise and box-office pulling power – well, he’d take Hertfordshire over Hollywood any timeLast summer, the actor and writer Simon Pegg and the writer-director Edgar Wright holed up for a…
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The Daily Stream: Hot Fuzz Is The Best Of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy. Change My Mind.
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Hot Fuzz” (2007)Where You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Sophomore efforts from promising young filmmakers often result in disappointment, but thankfully, that was not the…
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Church Spire Topples & Swan Escapes In Town Where Hot Fuzz Was Filmed
A church spire has suddenly fallen over in Wells, Somerset. Is this the work of natural forces? A sign of the end of the times? Or could it be the work of the Nwa? No, not that Nwa, but the bad guys from Edgar Wright’s 2007 buddy-cop comedy “Hot Fuzz.”In “Hot Fuzz,” a seemingly peaceful…
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Simon Pegg Says He’s “Circling” A Project That Would Reteam Him With Edgar Wright
While Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have fully branched out to have amazing careers on their own, most film fans discovered them as filmmaking cohorts on features such as “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” Over the years since the release of 2013’s “The World’s End,” the two men haven’t really been able to…
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Tales From The Box Office: How Baby Driver Became A Mid-Budget Miracle
Edgar Wright somewhat quietly asserted himself as one of this generation’s most interesting and talented filmmakers in the early 2000s with movies like “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” It’s pretty easy to argue that the man has a perfect track record, with even his “worst” movie (certainly changing dependent on the viewer) still…