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Robert Downey Jr. is richer than God; network television embraces diversity; Chris Pine, actor, writer; the worst and best thing to ever happen to Tuesday nights; Hulk smash television. Continue reading
Glee gets some movie stars; Whalberg asks how your mother is from inside your TV; Taylor Lautner to once again jump into action; the White House gets Die Harded; Pirates on NBC, well, okay. Continue reading
Whitney says I told you so, and we all gag; Dane Cook to probably make finger-guns; a Happy Ending that has no signs of a Travolta…ouch; Gossip Girl has staying power; attention Houston, we have a problem; 30 Rock can’t contain Jack Donaghy; Emmy news! Continue reading
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
I was writing out my Mother’s Day card, and suddenly I was thinking back to Mother’s Day 2004. That year, I took mom to see Kill Bill: Vol. 2 at the movie theater. She loved it (she had already seen and enjoyed Vol. 1). My mother’s taste in movies is probably not typical for a lady her age–she has adventurous taste. Although it might seem like an odd choice for the holiday (murder, revenge, kungfu), one of Kill Bill‘s major themes (especially in Vol. 2 is motherhood. Continue reading
The Office limps on into oblivion; 30 Rock rides out into the sunset; Fox stays animated; McSteamy, Dreamy Underpants defies expiration; Heigl drops something important; TBS likes mountain cats, or ladies over 40, six of one; True Blood finds a reason to chase perps with fangs; Oh, Lisa Turtle. Continue reading
Cameron Diaz to prove she can act; Webmovies are a thing; Does Law & Order make a Chung-Chung sound; Chris Hemsworth to not be Thor in a movie; it’s Britney, Bitch. Continue reading
Nic Cage still has an agent; The Avengers to do what successful movies do…have a baby; and so will Vince Vaughn — about 533 of them; NBC to never be original again; Fox News and Gary Busey, that is all; and Zooey Deschanel talks dirty. Continue reading
Yes, the Redneck is going extinct, so they need a survival challenge. No. Jennifer Love Hewitt’s hands will be even busier on Lifetime; Ray Liotta to continue disappointing us; Anne Heche to produce miracles and maybe find Raptor Jesus; The Arnold will be back; Prometheus will be rated fittingly; and we hate Smash’s Ellis. What else needs to be said? Continue reading