Awesome Comedy

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(NSFW) The latest trailer for Neighbors shows how the war between frat and family began. If you’re into men, prepare for your hormones to be thoroughly confused by the alternating sights of Zac Efron and Seth Rogen’s bodies.

Patton Oswalt pokes fun at True Detective’s Rust Cohle, philosophising with a statement which coincidentally is the name of his upcoming Comedy Central special “Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time.” Also, there are five dimensions.

(NSFW: Gore, Language) Meat Loaf rocks a mustache while attempting to manage a snooty performing arts camp being stalked by a musical-theatre hating, blood-thirsty killer, in Jerome Sable’s future camp classic Stage Fright.

(NSFW) It seems like Ron Burgundy hasn’t heard of Blu-ray and DVD releases. Because for one week starting 2/28/14, an extended and R-rated version of Anchorman 2 will be shown in theaters, apparently with exactly 763 new jokes.

Jonah Hill dresses up as a goth kid, gets an octopus to the face and says he won’t get hurt but does get hurt in the action-packed trailer for 22 Jump Street. Jefe, you need to work on your impressions Holmes!

The latest trailer for The LEGO Movie sums up its plot – an ordinary minifigure (voiced by Chris Pratt) is mistaken as being the heroic “Master Builder” – while spoofing Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The movie drops on 2/7/14.

(NSFW: Language) Nick Frost and Chris O’Dowd star in this politically incorrect flick about a couple of bros who decide to take salsa dancing lessons so they can score with the ladies. Out Valentine’s Day (in the UK). Alt trailer here.

From director Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7) comes a comedic re-telling of the legendary Chinese novel Journey to the West. The movie portrays the tale’s hero as a pacifist demon hunter.

(NSFW: Language) Community both flaunts and mocks the return of creator Dan Harmon at the helm while bringing us a taste of the wild ride ahead in this latest trailer. It needed more Annie, but Chang makes up for it.

(NSFW: Language) Jenko and Schmidt are going undercover once again. This time they pretend to be college freshmen to bust a fraternity crime ring. Nick Offerman and Ice Cube return alongside Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

Community miraculously returns for a fifth season and with series creator Dan Harmon back at the helm as well. It seems like all isn’t well for Greendale alumnus Jeff Winger though. The fun starts – sans Chevy Chase – on 1/2/14.

(NSFW: Language) Jason Bateman stars in his directorial debut. Bad Words is a comedy about a 40-year old man who exploits a loophole to worm his way into a national spelling bee that was originally intended for 8th graders.

(NSFW) Dom Hemingway just got out of prison, and he wants life to grope his balls. This uncut trailer for Dom Hemingway gives us a peek at the insanity and decadence of its protagonist and the tour de force performance of Jude Law.

H. Jon Benjamin is the unmistakeable voice behind Bob Belcher, Sterling Archer, Coach McGuirk and many others. The guys from the new show Worst Gig Ever asked him to voice a few new characters for our amusement.

(NSFW: Language) David Rees, “the number one #2 pencil sharpener in the world”, explains the nuances of his craft. Peter Smith-Buchanan would approve. Read his book if you want to know more. We can understand if you’re good though.

(NSFW: Language) Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a hardcore team building coach who takes a group of office workers to a remote island, only for their retreat to devolve into a horrible retelling of Lord of the Flies.

A rookie postman’s first stop turns out to be quite an unsettling affair when the young girl who receives him at their door relays her family’s tragedy. An adaptation of H.H. Munro’s short story The Open Window.

The new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street lays out the life story of stock swindler Jordan Belfort. We’re not sure if it would be appropriate or ironic if Leo won his first Oscar with a comedy flick.

(NSFW: Language) Louis C.K. is selling an extended version of his brilliant stand-up comedy special Oh My God. It has 12 minutes of footage not shown on HBO. $5 gets you standard and HD copies as well as audio versions.

A black comedy starring Jude Law as Dom Hemingway, a wisecracking loose cannon who used to be a safe cracker for the mob. After 12 years in prison, Dom seeks out his former boss to get his reward for keeping his mouth shut.

(NSFW: Language) A critically-acclaimed “geeksploitation” film, Zero Charisma is about a hardcore tabletop RPG fanatic who brings an unlikely new member to his small group, only to be usurped by that newbie.

It’s the Raging Bull versus the Italian Stallion. Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone play boxing rivals who come out of retirement to fight one more time in this holiday comedy. We really hope this doesn’t poop on their legacies.