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WIN a Girl's Night out to see Bride Hard

West Australian

11 hours ago

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West Australian

WIN a Girl's Night out to see Bride Hard

Grab one of your besties and the popcorn – it's time for the ultimate girls' night out with the chance to win a double pass to see the hilarious action-comedy Bride Hard . Die Hard meets Bridesmaids, as Australia's very own Rebel Wilson stars as a secret agent forced to play maid of honour for her childhood best friend's wedding. With suspicious bridesmaids watching her every move and the entire wedding party held hostage, it's up to her to do what none of the other bridesmaids can – wage war on anyone who would ruin the most important day of her friend's life. In Cinemas July 31st. Watch the trailer here. For your chance to win, look for the code word in PLAY magazine in The West Australian and enter your details below. Entries close 12:00pm, Friday 4 July 2025 . Terms and Conditions apply .

This Unexpected Wedding Movie Was Just Named One of the Best Films of the 21st Century

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13 hours ago

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This Unexpected Wedding Movie Was Just Named One of the Best Films of the 21st Century

This week, the New York Times released their list of the top 100 movies of the 21st century, as selected by notable directors, actors, and Hollywood insiders. Bridesmaids, the hit 2011 wedding film starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Melissa McCarthy, was ranked as number 32. The film beat out other beloved wedding movies released since January 1, 2000, like Wedding Crashers, 27 Dresses, and Bride far as classic wedding films go, movies like Father of the Bride, My Best Friend's Wedding, and Four Weddings and a Funeral are generally consider to be some of the very best. What do these flicks all have in common—beyond a wedding serving as significant part of the plot, that is? They were all released in the 20th century. There have been more contemporary wedding hits, though, like Wedding Crashers, The Wedding Singer, The Wedding Planner, and 27 Dresses, which were all released in the last 25 years. But the modern wedding movie that officially reigns supreme is none other than the 2011 cult-classic Bridesmaids. That's not just our opinion—the movie was just named one of the top 100 best movies of the 21st century by the New York Times. The list, which was released in full today, June 27, highlights the top 100 movies from the last 25 years. To compile their winners, the New York Times asked 500 "influential directors, actors, and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world" to cast ballots for their favorite films released after January 1, 2000. Voters included names like Sofia Coppola, Barry Jenkins, and Julianne Moore. Related: Julia Roberts Wants to Do a 'My Best Friend's Wedding' Sequel One standout winner spotted by the editors at BRIDES was the 2011 cult-classic wedding film Bridesmaids, which was ranked at number 32. Starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, and Melissa McCarthy, the hilarious movie follows a group of women as they prepare to support their pal, Lillian (played by Rudolph) as she prepares to walk down the aisle. Wiig stars as Annie, Lillian's longtime best friend and maid of honor, who instantly feels competitive with the bride's newest girlfriend, Helen (played by Byrne). The movie follows the group doing everything from the engagement party and choosing bridesmaids' dresses (an unforgettable scene for those in the know) to planning pre-nuptial events and trying (and failing) to head to Las Vegas for a bachelorette party. "What surprises is how deeply felt this Paul Feig film is: Annie is sad and jealous, unable to get out of her own way," The New York Times writes of why the film made their list of the top 100 of the century. "We've all been there, though perhaps not with explosive diarrhea." The movie is the only one on the list centered around a wedding, beating out other contemporary favorites people might expect like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bride Wars. Up Next: The 30 Best Movie and TV Wedding Vows to Inspire Your Own Read the original article on Brides

Review: Yippee ki‐yay, Rebel Wilson is a one-woman killing machine in ‘Bride Hard'

San Francisco Chronicle

6 days ago

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San Francisco Chronicle

Review: Yippee ki‐yay, Rebel Wilson is a one-woman killing machine in ‘Bride Hard'

In a directing career going back almost 30 years, Simon West has never even tried to make a good movie. His filmography is a catalog of intentional mediocrity — 'Con Air,' ' The General's Daughter,' ' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,' ' The Mechanic.' Yet it takes a certain discipline to stick to what you're sort of good at and never make an audience suffer through your deepest feelings about life and existence. Like his latest effort, 'Bride Hard,' West's movies are never exactly good, but they're almost never boring — and boring is the only unforgivable sin. His latest movie's title, 'Bride Hard,' says it all. It has become a cliche of the Hollywood pitch meeting for would-be filmmakers to describe their proposed projects in terms of two previous box office hits: 'It's like 'Dracula' meets 'The Avengers'!' 'Bride Hard' doesn't try to hide the fact that it's a mashup of ' Bridesmaids ' and ' Die Hard.' So, even though it's a cynical effort, with no aspiration behind it, there's something playful about it too. Everybody's in on the fact that they're doing something silly. Like 'Bridesmaids,' 'Bride Hard' focuses mainly on the maid of honor, Sam (Rebel Wilson), who finds herself in a competition for the approval of her best friend (Anna Camp), who is getting married. Sam keeps falling down on her maid-of-honor duties, and one of the bridesmaids, the wealthy Virginia (Anna Chlumsky), keeps showing her up. But what Sam's friends don't know is that Sam isn't being negligent. She's trying to balance the imperatives of a social life with a career as a world-class secret agent, a one-woman killing machine. The first 20 minutes, which almost amount to a 'Bridesmaids' parody, are a little slow. The bridal party is in Paris, and Sam keeps having to ditch her friends every few minutes to do spy work. But the movie picks up when it moves to an estate in Georgia, where the wedding is to take place. At that point, the 'Die Hard' aspect of the story kicks in. In place of the late Alan Rickman, who played the villain Hans Gruber in the 1988 action flick, we get Stephen Dorff and a team of mercenaries bursting into a wedding ceremony with machine guns. They take everyone hostage, except for — guess who? — Sam, who just happens to be apart from the wedding party at that particular moment. So you have a situation in which a really bad guy is looking for money and probably intends to kill all the hostages. And you have one talented but unarmed person, Sam, who has to figure out how to rescue them. Sometimes even a humble, not-so-good movie can teach us lessons about filmmaking, and this is the lesson of 'Bride Hard.' You know that whole 'Die Hard' formula, in which it's one person, facing long odds, trying to rescue everybody? That formula is indestructible. In the case of 'Bride Hard,' we barely believe in the characters or their relationships. Wilson — the hilarious Fat Amy of the 'Pitch Perfect' franchise — isn't convincing as an action star, and the movie's light tone all but guarantees that nothing truly bad will happen. And yet, when Sam goes on the attack, we're right there with her. Somehow, we end up caring. Wilson is fun, as always, and she's nicely supported by Chlumsky as the passive-aggressive Virginia, and Camp who, as the bride, walks a nice line between sincerity and comic absurdity.

HBO's Steve Carell Comedy Series Adds Annie Mumolo

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20-06-2025

Entertainment
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HBO's Steve Carell Comedy Series Adds Annie Mumolo

EXCLUSIVE: Annie Mumolo (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) has joined HBO's untitled comedy series from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses as a recurring. She joins a cast let by series regulars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Phil Dunster, Danielle Deadwyler, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai. Set on a college campus, the single-camera comedy centers on an author's (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter, Katie (Clive). More from Deadline 'Somebody Somewhere's Tim Bagley On Finding The Humor In The "Depth And Darkness" Of Life & Showing The "Openness Of Your Heart" In Song Kim Cattrall Turned Down 'Sex And The City' Role 4 Times Due To "Self-Inflicted Ageism" HBO Family Among Cable Networks Being Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery The first of 10 half-hour episodes was written by Lawrence and Tarses. Lawrence executive produces the series with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer of Doozer Productions. The comedy is produced by Doozer in association with Warner Bros Television, where Lawrence's Doozer banner and Tarses are under overall deals. Mumolo, an Oscar nominee for co-writing Bridesmaids, was a series regular on NBC's About a Boy and guest starred on the final season of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Most recently, she was seen in the Amazon feature The Idea of You opposite Anne Hathaway. Mumolo is repped by UTA, Thruline Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More 'Bachelor in Paradise' Cast Announcement: See Who Is Headed To The Beach For Season 10

‘Bride Hard' is neither ‘Bridesmaids' nor ‘Die Hard.' Discuss.

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