What could be better than spreading your seed around town? Spreading your seed around town and getting paid for it, son! And what’s even better than that? Well, according to critics, HBO’s new series Hung is. The dark comedy, which premieres this weekend, is about a well-endowed, down-on-his-luck high school basketball coach (Thomas Jane) who becomes a male escort to make ends meet. And meet ends he does!
HBO is hardly the first to tap into the gigolo genre. Something about the concept of a male prostitute is oddly tantalizing for creative types, and the idea has found its way into movies, television shows, and music over the years. In honor of the market for meat, we give you our list of the most entertaining gigolos. Trust us, it pays (to read on)…
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A best-of list at the year’s halfway point? Hell yeah, but ain’t a damn thing about it done halfway.
Blow the whistle—it’s halftime in 2009! All week long we’ve been listing our favorite things that floated into the Complex universe in the past six months. We already gave you our picks for the best sneakers, albums, style essentials, and video games; now, we close the week out with The Top 10 Movies. Fortunately movies haven’t sucked like rap has, so we had to really think about what deserved a spot and how it measured up to the rest. What we were left with is a legit list of must-see, worth-the-price-of-admission flicks (or at least the time it takes to download them illegally). Action, comedy, drama, romance, horror, sci-fi, sports, animation, documentary, blockbuster, indie—we’ve got it all. Find out which flick took the top spot and why as we count it down. As always, let us know if you have bad taste and disagree.
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This weekend, low-brow comedy fans will be coming out in droves to watch Todd Phillips’ The Hangover, a movie about a crew of guys who wake up in the aftermath of a booze and hooker filled night to a baby, a tiger, some missing teeth and wedding bands. The concept itself is whatevs, but having Zach Galifianakis in anything makes it a must see. We’ll have a full review of the film on Friday morning, so watch Galifiniakis’ Between Two Ferns while you wait (seriously, do it).
The Hangover reminds us of a few things: Vegas is awesome for the first 8 hours you’re there, bachelor parties can be the most awesome/most awkward few days of your life, and next time you play Best Man, there are a few things that are absolute musts: boobs, booze, drugs, and donkeys. The Hangover isn’t the first big screen banger to capitalize on these uber-American themes—hit the jump for our 5 favorite bachelor party movies of all time…
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What mere mortal dares play the god Thor in a movie?
Many douche bags have a god complex, but who among them is worthy of playing Marvel Comics’ flying, hammer-wielding Norse god Thor in the superhero’s upcoming big screen adaptation? Marvel and director Kenneth Branagh have reportedly decided that the man for the job is Chris Hemsworth. The Australian actor does a fine job playing James Tiberius Kirk’s ill-fated father in Star Trek for like eight minutes, but is he ready to fill Thor’s sandal-boots?
Maybe, but before filming starts, Complex would like to throw out a few fail-safe alternatives. Typically filmmakers could give a shit about who fans think should be cast, but we’re sure Branagh will hear us out. Unless he wants to get hammered, that is.
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With Notorious out on DVD today, you know we had to holla at the number one (and, uh, TWOs) star of the movie. Sure, Gravy did his thing and all, but pause buttons were made for Naturi Naughton. Screw a bootleg—now we can finally analyze her memorable scenes in HD!
Seriously, though: The former 3LW member has already overcome plenty of adversity, from an unceremonious group breakup to harsh words from Lil Kim about her Notorious portrayal. With a starring role in the upcoming Fame remake (out in September), Naturi is ready to leave all the controversy behind. Still, when the lovely Ms. Naughton showed up at Complex last week (entourage-free, mind you), we had to get our Dr. Phil on and allow her to vent a little on the ups and downs of her career thus far. In this edition of YouTubin’ with the Stars, Naturi discusses her breakup with 3LW, her new movie role and why she’s not mad at Lil’ Kim…
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John Cena acts really, really big in his new movie, 12 Rounds.
At its muscular core, professional wrestling is an oiled-up, spandex-clad act. Though it’s a choreographed farce, wrestling does beat a body up, so it makes perfect sense that wrestlers want to change into clothes that don’t hug their nuts and put their steroidal guns and funk-faking abilities to use in Hollywood. Many wrestlers have appeared in movies, but a select few, like John Cena, have achieved leading man status.
This Friday, Cena can be seen making his second star turn as a New Orleans detective in the cat-and-mouse action thriller 12 Rounds. In honor of his power moves, Complex looks back at six other flicks starring wrestlers that will pin you for the full count, with or without the bedazzled briefs…
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It’s only two months into 2009, and we’ve already seen a lot of suspect movies top the weekend box office chart'shit like Marley & Me, Paul Blart: Mall Cop and most recently, Madea Goes To Jail. If you’re like us, you were absolutely crestfallen on each of those Monday mornings when you discovered you inadvertently missed out on “AMERICA’S #1 MOVIE!” Nobody wants to feel left out of the pop-culture convo; it’d be like not having an iPhone, or not Twittering, or not secretly getting off on tranny porn. Millions of Americans can’t be wrong…right?
Well, here’s your chance to avoid that feeling of disappointment next Monday. Those virgins up there? Yeah, they got a movie'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Experience'coming out today. You’d probably rather eat out OctoMom than buy a ticket, but know this: The whole U.S. will watch it, and it will be #1. Not swayed yet? Here’s five more reasons you should watch the new Jonas Brothers movie…
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Ayo! Scott loves twins (especially identical sisters who look so similar that they can’t possibly blame him when he “accidentally” cheats on one with the other). Twin lover that he is, Ayo! was highly offended by The Unborn, a new horror flick that will scare anybody into a good 87 minute nap. The basic premise of director/writer David S. Goyer’s movie, which opens today, is that evil spirits use mirrors and twins as portals into this world. Ridiculous, venomous lies! Ayo! and other men of libidinal fortitude know that twins are only portals to Pleasuretown…
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From the Department of Totally Unnecessary Developments, tomorrow marks the opening of the Uwe Boll Film Festival in Los Angeles. Yes, the man who many call The Shittiest Filmmaker To Ever Walk The Earth has somehow merited a retrospective, albeit one that we have to assume for the sake of our sanity is ironic. But either way, we’re skurred. If the man behind Postal and BloodRayne (1 AND 2!) can attract masochistic film fans, then there’s no telling what’s next. Then again, maybe there is…
Read on to see the other film festivals that could be coming soon to a community college near you…
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The Complex massive was lucky enough to get an invite to an early screening of the upcoming Biggie Smalls biopic, Notorious, which hits theaters January 19. From the moment we heard about the movie, we had our reservations'the film had the potential to be hilariously awful. Well, we watched it last night, and…it’s not hilariously awful. In fact, it’s actually pretty good.
But what makes Notorious so watchable? Let us count down the reasons why…
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