Good news if you like alliteration, fish, and The Green Mile flexing in an aura of wacky faces. There’s this new movie from the Broken Lizard people that appears to have all of those things! Here’s your trailer:

Before The Slammin’ Salmon , I wouldn’t have called myself a fan of the boys from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, though I have some mild, slightly embarrassed affection for Super Troopers and Club Dread . But Salmon is 90 minutes of truly inspired comic mayhem. With valuable assists from the rest of their cast, Broken Lizard has crafted the funniest film of SXSW - and they had some fine competition. I know I said that you can’t trust me , but trust me: this is great stuff. Broken Lizard is Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske and Kevin Heffernan. Heffernan directed and the entire troupe is credited for the screenplay. But in a shrewd move, The Slammin’ Salmon revolves around an outsider: Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays a boxer-turned-restaurant owner named Cleon Salmon, a.k.a. “The Champ.” In the best comedy tradition, the Champ combines dim-witted cluelessness with peerless confidence. That, combined with his enormous size, puts his employees in mortal fear of his wrath. So when, one evening, he announces that the waiter with the most sales gets $10,000 while the loser gets a “broken rib sandwich,” the waitstaff - led by their officious manager (Heffernan) - step to. Filed under: Comedy , SXSW , Theatrical Reviews Continue reading SXSW Review: The Slammin’ Salmon Permalink | Email this | Comments

As it turns out, I lied to all of you last week when I said that next month’s SXSW Film Festival had announced its full line-up — and I couldn’t have been happier. It looks like those awesome Austin-ites are bringing summer in March, specifically 500 Days of Summer , the one apparently adorable title I particularly pined for as a non-Sundance-ite. But wait! There’s more! In addition to six picks from the Fantastic Fest crew that have yet to be announced (and are as eagerly awaited by yours truly as anything else), SXSW is bringing Broken Lizard’s latest ( The Slammin’ Salmon ), an Iron Maiden tour doc ( Flight 666 ), Jason Eisener’s already acclaimed horror-comedy short ( Treevenge ), and a handful of other features and shorts programs. Between all of that and all of this , I can honestly say that I’m the most psyched for this fest than I have been in the past three years (nothing personal, Matt !), and again, you can be sure to hear plenty more from our lot in just a couple of weeks. Filed under: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Independent , Music & Musicals , Romance , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , Thrillers , SXSW , Mystery & Suspense , Shorts , RumorMonger Permalink | Email this | Comments