The notion that comedy always comes in threes is sometimes taken as an absolute. Triples makes it safe, and the conceit is rather effective, but it can be limiting if is taken as an absolute. Comedy ...
The original Hot Fuzz script had one major difference from the movie and Edgar Wright ended up cutting it from the movie, which helped differentiate the story from Shaun of the Dead. The first movie ...
The post Hot Fuzz Knew the Secret to the Perfect Action Satire appeared first on Consequence. Released in late April 2007, the lovingly crafted buddy-cop action-comedy deftly mixes authentic American ...
Disclaimer: This was screened in advance with a crowd of hardcore fans at WonderCon in San Francisco. We're bringing it back up again because the film is finally opening here in the US this weekend.
Tomorrow one of this year's greatest original comedic creations, Hot Fuzz, debuts in theaters across this nation. It's the next film from the same team that created Shaun of the Dead. But there's a ...
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 ...
Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner. While on the beat, Nicholas ...
The buddy film has been a fixture in cinema since before the 1930s; put together an odd couple, throw in a couple obstacles, have them learn to trust each other, and let the shenanigans ensue. In the ...
He’s the new supercop in a placid English village. But the local detectives warn Sgt. Nicholas Angel that Sandford is an arsenal waiting to explode. Detective Andy Wainwright: You do know there are ...