“It’s not the winning, it’s the taking apart of the other team that counts.”

New hockey comedy, Goon, looks pretty funny. (Director Michael Dowse is responsible for the under-rated indie comedy It's All Gone Pete Tong  as well as the forgettable Take Me Home Tonight from earlier this year.) Maybe it's because I like hockey. Maybe it's because I liked the grand-daddy of hockey comedies, Slap Shot (with Paul Newman). I don’t know, but Sean William Scott seems born for this role.  Kim Coates (who is so brilliant in "Sons of Anarchy") yelling at his players in the trailer is hilarious. And I absolutely love that big ole daddy bear Liev Schreiber is the villain. We have a new UK poster and a clip, thanks to HeyUGuys,  with Jay Baruchel like you’ve never heard him before. More F-Bombs than the Blitz.

The synopsis is: "Goon is the story of Doug Glatt (Scott), a down-on-his-luck bouncer, who’s been touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and skates, he joins a hockey team destined for the cellar and inspires them into the playoffs." (Although if you aren't instantly hooked by the trailer it probably doesn't matter.) 

Goon stars Scott, Schreiber, Coates, Baruchel, the wonderful Allison Pill and Eugene Levy. It was picked up by Magnolia’s Magnet Pictures and opens on January 6 in the  UK, February 24 on VOD and 30 March in limited US theatrical release.

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I have to say, Michael Dowse's new hockey comedy, Goon, looks pretty funny. Maybe it's because I like hockey, especially the grand-daddy of hockey comedies, Slap Shot (with Paul Newman) and I even liked Mystery, Alaska (with Russell Crowe.) Mystery's not really in the same vein as Goon, but Slap Shot sure is. 

The synopsis : "Goon is the story of Doug Glatt (Scott), a down-on-his-luck bouncer, who’s been touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and skates, he joins a hockey team destined for the cellar and inspires them into the playoffs."

Seann William Scott I can take or leave, but Kim Coates (who is so brilliant in "Sons of Anarchy") yelling at his players might be enough to get me into the theater. And I absolutely love that big ole daddy bear Liev Schreiber is the villain here.

JoBlo has new trailer, which is essentially just a longer version of the trailer we showed you a couple of months ago. More flying fists, but somehow a little less blood splatter. Just good dirty hockey fun. 

Goon also stars Jay Baruschel, the wonderful Allison Pill and Eugene Levy. It opens February 2012

The 2010 WonderCon took place in San Francisco over the weekend and mister Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal looked positively delicious as he attended to promote his film.  What the hell was Reese Witherspoon thinking giving up this yummy piece of man meat?

Milla Jovovich, and Ali Larter attended promoting Resident Evil:  Afterlife with Milla’s director/husband Paul W.S. Anderson.

Also attending WonderCon was Nicolas Cage rocking a long blond hairstyle that made me want to hurl my breakfast at my laptop.  Some people think his money issues are a big deal, I’m thinking that hairstyle is just bad karma all around. I’m just saying.

Pictures after the break

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