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The ubiquitous gangster movie. Now, we’ve seen this done before, whether as a serious crime drama, as classic noir, or as a bit of slapstick and tongue-in-cheek, take 1990’s Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty for example. The challenge of today’s gangster/mob film is to make it just as entertaining as it is ballsy. Continue reading
Universal reboots a reboot to give us a new and non-original rebooted movie; Marvel wants to know what you’re doing two years from now; Seth Rogen has big dreams; Matt Lauer has news that trumps Seacrest’s not-news; Kerry Washington wants to fix your scandal; Fracking to hit the big screen, and Scorsese picks a monster team. Continue reading
Sunday night is the 84th Academy Awards, ladies and gents, so get ready to indulge in our favorite love-to-hate-it yearly Hollywood ritual of glamour, self-love and flaccid jokes about how long the show is. Set your DVRs (the show starts with red carpet nonsense at 7EST/4PST on ABC) and start planning the themed snacks for your Oscar party now! (Poi for The Descendents? Hot dogs for Moneyball? Ah, hell, nothing’s gonna beat 1993, when in honor of The Piano, my brother made Lady Fingers.) Read on, will you? Continue reading
Yesterday, President Obama released the list of reelection co-chairs who will work to help him stay in the White House for another term. Rick Santorum calls them “Kenyan Muslin Enablers” or “Democrats.” Mitt Romney calls them “People poorer than me,” and Gingrich refers to them as “Hippie baby killers in relaxed fit jeans.” Yes, of course, Newt. It’s hard to rule over someone using Druidic sanctimony if their jeans are comfortable. Everyone knows that. “No, really, former Speaker, go on I’m listening. These jeans, though, they feel like Chenille. CHENILLE! Really, feel them!” Continue reading
Showtime just ordered a second season of its newest “quirky/awful protagonist” series House of Lies. Well, congrats, I suppose, to the writers and producers, the cast and crew, the executives and transpo guys. You have a job for at least another year. And the network has what passes for a hit these days on television. But I wonder if this “quirky/awful protagonist” business—practically patented by Showtime with series like Weeds, Californication, and Nurse Jackie—is starting to fray around the edges, turning from something fresh and interesting into something curdled and coarse. Maybe it’s just over-exposure; these protagonists seem to be turning up everywhere, not just in these half hour cable “comedies” but in feature films as well. At what point do we go from thinking, “Wow, I’ve never seen a character like this before! As the lead! How delicious!” to thinking, “I just want to have a nice cup of tea and make it go away.” For me, I think, that turning point has happened. I’m done. I love you, Don Cheadle—I love you even more, Kristen Bell—but I’m done. Continue reading
It happens every year, and every year, we all (rightfully) get up in arms about it, even though we shouldn’t have expected any better. At this point, it’s like scolding your infant for making a mess; what did you think would happen? And yet, every year, you can’t help but hope for better, because they should be better, because the idea that we can have a black president but we can’t have an actress of color grace the panel of Vanity Fair that actually shows on newsstands is so utterly incomprehensible that it makes me want to egg Conde Nast in frustration. Continue reading
Premiering this morning on Good Morning America, the newest Hunger Games trailer gives us a peek at some of the most exciting and critical points of the film based on Suzanne Collins’ young adult novel The Hunger Games. Fans of the series will recognize some familiar faces – Katniss’s co-tribute Peeta Mallark [Josh Hutcherson], Katniss’s BFF4L Gale [Liam Hemsworth], younger sister Primrose Everdeen [Willow Shields], former District 12 champion Haymitch [Woody Harrelson], Katniss’s hairdresser Cinna [Lenny Kravitz!] and the colorful Effie Trinket [Elizabeth Banks]. We get a solid preview of The Reaping ceremony, and the heart wrenching moment when Katniss volunteers for Prim as tribute for District 12. Continue reading
Ben and Matt are wiseguys yet again. Plagues could beat zombies in a fight. Elvis liked drugs so much he wanted to arrest them. Huh? Sherlock and Watson always and forever. Milla Jovovich has a thought, Chachi is a dad, NBC unsurprises, and Eddie Murphy won’t wear his dancing shoes for you!
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