Martin Lawrence

Single Person's Movie: Bad Boys

Single Person's Movie: <i>Bad Boys</i>

It's 2 AM and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you've already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we're just like you: single.

Need a movie to keep you company until you literally can't keep your eyes open? Join us tonight when we pass out to Bad Boys (starting @ 12:00 on HBO-Z - TWC 206)

Why we'll try to stay up and watch it: It's hard to remember now, but there was a time way back in the mid-nineties when Will Smith wasn't the biggest star in the world. It's true! In 1995, he was just another successful television actor trying to segue into movies. And what better way to start your career as an A-lister than with a hard-R action/buddy comedy where you get second billing to Martin Lawrence!  read more »

Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Who's So Money, Now? Martin Macks Manhattan, While Vince Winces

Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Who's So Money, Now? Martin Macks Manhattan, While Vince Winces
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Lesson learned this weekend: Martin Lawrence still has it, while Vince Vaughn doesn’t always. Out of five—yes, five—comedies released this weekend, Lawrence’s Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (No. 1) was easily the fan favorite in Manhattan, out-grossing its closest competition, the Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey romantic barnstormer Fool’s Gold by over $60,000. (Gold did, however, get the last laugh by claiming more cash nationally.) So, where did Vince Vaughn’s stand-up travelogue, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, end up? Well, for starters, not on our top 10.  read more »