Fox has faith in a New Girl; Paramount pictures loses a staring contest; Angelina Jolie waves a magic wand; Kristen Wiig to cut the umbilical cord; Paula Patton gets ready to reload; Steve Carell stays the anti-Ryan Gosling, and Katniss for Collectors. Continue reading
Movies
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
Bravo unleashes its lineup; Ryan Seacrest cries wolf or something like that; Ashton Kutcher annoys us…forever; Channing Tatum maybe invented the “forbidden dance;” Ryan Gosling leaps tall buildings in a single…you get it; Paul Haggis party-hops; and HBO brings back a favorite. Continue reading
A Broadway favorite rides again; a stupid person achieves something miniscule; Game of Thrones is still awesome; Kate Winslet and Claire Danes share a similar thought; and James Cameron gets nerdy. Continue reading
Well, it was probably only a matter of time before Olbermann’s head truly exploded; the 1980’s don’t want any of these guys back; NBC, you guys just never learn; Winslet has jokes; and Channing Tatum will steal your soul. Continue reading
Oh, holy unblinking eyeballs. That sulky, wallpaper-faced girl from Parks and Recreation has landed herself an indie movie. Continue reading
In a subway station in Tokyo you will find a tiny, windowless, sushi restaurant called Sukiyabashi Jiro. If you are lucky enough to get a reservation, you will pay upwards of $300 for a meal of fish and rice—the restaurant serves no appetizers; no miso soup, no salty bowls of edamame. The ten seats are booked months in advance. Foodies come from all over the world. Because this unprepossessing little underground establishment is one of the only sushi restaurants in the world to have garnered a 3-star (highest) rating from Michelin. After watching David Gelb’s delightful new documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, you’ll fantasize about booking a ticket to Tokyo. Continue reading
Yes, that’s right, that’s a reference to the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic starring ambulatory wooden plank, Keanu Reeves. Now, though, they’ve decided to go with an ever more lock-jawed leading man, Robert Pattinson, best known for rendering a legion of teenage girls speechless upon view of his iridescent torso. Continue reading
Oh, good grief. Johnny Depp is Johnny Depping all over another movie. Continue reading
The premise: Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd (no I’m not talking about Bridesmaids), Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott are a set of pretty good looking set of friends. SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP. Continue reading