Cinema Royale #75- Reliving the Year's Best Interviews

For Cinema Royale's landmark 75th episode we're looking back at some of the best celebrity guests of the past year! Locke director Steven Knight talks about working alongside Tom Hardy; Jason Bateman joins Cinema Royale to talk about his directorial debut, Bad Words; and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards reveals all about the king of monsters!

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Cinema Royale #55- Divergent; Muppets Most Wanted; Jason Bateman

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, Jason Bateman calls in to talk about his raunchy, R-rated directorial debut, Bad Words.

Does Shailene Woodley and Divergent have what it takes to join The Hunger Games as the next great YA adaptation? We'll take a look at the futuristic action film and what it means for Woodley, Kate Winslet, and the rest of the phenomenal cast. Plus, we'll join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Tina Fey, and the rest of the gang for Muppets Most Wanted!

All this plus the latest news, DVD releases, and more!

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Interview: Jason Bateman Talks His Directorial Debut, 'Bad Words'

It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for Jason Bateman, but in truth it hasn't been that way in quite awhile. The Arrested Development star has found his niche in R-rated comedies of late, scoring major hits with Horrible Bosses and Identity Thief, and it's a genre he wants to stick with as he enters the next phase of his career. Bateman's made the move to directing with his debut feature, the wildly-inappropriate comedy Bad Words, about a middle-aged school drop out who forces his way into 8th-grade spelling bee competitions.

I had a chance to sit down and talk with Bateman about the challenges of directing Bad Words, his appreciation for edgier material, and whether acting remains a part of his future. You can check out that interview below, and then go see Bad Words when it opens March 21st.

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New Posters for 'The Raid 2', 'Need for Speed', and 'Bad Words'

I consider Gareth Evans' The Raid: Redemption to be one of the great action flicks ever made, and as someone who considers himself a connoisseur of the genre that's something I take very seriously. And yet The Raid 2 is not just bigger, it's got tons more action and a pace that is even more breathless. It's going to make a Hell of an impact upon arrival on March 28th (April 4th here in DC), but for now eager fans will have to settle for this new poster featuring many of the colorful characters who will be bringing the pain. Of course there's star Iko Uwais as Rama, but you also get a look at Hammer Girl and my personal favorite, Baseball Bat Man.

In a few days we'll be feeling the Need for Speed with star Aaron Paul (who was just on WWE Raw last week hyping the film), and now we have eight new character posters. The one-sheets show off the cast which includes Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson, Rami Malek, and more. Apparently Michael Keaton doesn't do acid trip character posters. Need for Speed opens March 14th.

And here are three suggestive "character" posters for Jason Bateman's foul-mouthed directorial debut, Bad Words. I'm sure you can figure these out with no help. Bateman plays an angry middle-aged high school dropout who enters a prestigious national spelling bee for his own mysterious reasons. Not only are we giving away passes to the film right now, but look out for an interview with Bateman in the coming days. Bad Words co-stars Kathryn Hahn, Philip Baker Hall, Rohan Chand, and opens March 21st.

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'Bad Words' Advance Screening

After scoring with a couple of R-rated comedy hits in Horrible Bosses and Identity Thief, Jason Bateman is making his directorial debut with the black comedy, Bad Words. Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a surly high school dropout who exploits a loophole allowing him to enter spelling bees as an adult. We're offering you a chance to check out this new film early by attending a free advance screening.

The screening will be held at Regal Gallery Place on March 18th at 7:00pm. To qualify, you MUST be a fan of Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook,so if you haven't "Liked" us yet please go there and do so now. To win, simply email punchdrunkcritics@yahoo.com with your name and favorite R-rated comedy. Easy enough? Winners will be selected Friday, March 14th and given access to an Admit-Two pass.

Bad Words hits theaters March 21st.


Bad Words - Official Red Band Trailer #1 [HD] (2013) Jason Bateman by myfilm-gr

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Two Clips from Jason Bateman's Directorial Debut, 'Bad Words'

Imagine if Michael Bluth was less neurotic and more psychotic, and that's a pretty good description of Jason Bateman's character in Bad Words. The film marks Bateman's directorial debut, and it's a vulgar, very R-rated effort about Guy Trilby, a vengeful man who uses a loophole to worm his way into the National Quill Spelling Bee against a bunch of little kids. And he has no problem psyching them all out with every manner of racial, ethnic, and gender-specific insult.

Two new clips from the film have been released, showing the rough and soft side to his character as he deals with a 10-year-old competitor (Rohand Chan) who just wants to be friends. Kathryn Hahn co-stars as a reporter and Trilby's occasional lover trying to figure out why he's doing what he's doing.

Having only recently seen it, I can't really comment on how it all comes together, but I can say that Andrew Hodge's script was clearly influenced by Bad Santa. Bad Words opens on March 14th.

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Jason Bateman's directorial debut 'Bad Words' gets a trailer

Well, it was bound to happen eventually, right? Jason Bateman, after years of doing his thing in front of the camera with "Arrested Development," "Horrible Bosses," and "Identity Thief," is taking his career resurgence behind it. His directorial debut, "Bad Words," got picked up by Focus Features (for $7 million in Toronto in September), and should come out next year. And if all you ever wanted was to watch Bateman curse up a storm, hang out with a prostitute named Marzipan, piss off suburban parents, and befriend an ethnic child who is precocious and adorable, then you're in luck! Because "Bad Words" looks like a crazy mish-mash of all those things.

So the general gist is here that Bateman's character is a middle school dropout who never passed eighth grade, allowing him to compete in a national spelling bee with kids - who then, along with their parents, hate when Bateman ends up beating them. But then Bateman forms a friendship with a lonely competitor Chaitainya (played by Rohan Chand) and decides to teach him about life, meaning that all women have nipples and all men want to touch them. ... Helpful, I guess?

I don't know; this trailer seems all over the place to me, and as much as I enjoy Bateman's specific kind of half-smug, half-aloof snark, I can't see this movie being anything but grating. What do you guys think?


Bad Words by Teaser-Trailer.com

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Jason Bateman Takes a Seat In the Director's Chair!

One of the most popular lines to say on a movie blog these days is "No more remakes", I offer a resolution. Every time Hollywood wants to remake something they should automatically make something with Jason Bateman. Balance will come to the world. I was never a member of the Arrested Development fan club when it first aired but have since submitted my application, specifically for Bateman. He's just one of those actors that I could watch in every movie and never get tired of. If you haven't seen Extract it's a definite suggestion from this guy.


Variety reports that the Teen Wolf 2 star whom I've grown to love is set to direct a new independent comedy called Bad Words. In addition he's likely to star in the film which is where my interest comes in:

Sources tell Variety that Bateman will likely play the main character, a bitter thirtysomething who uses a loophole in the system to enter a national kids' spelling bee.

Yes, it's not really a stretch from his usual role but I don't think everyone needs to stretch, if it ain't broke don't fix it and all that.

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