Lindsay Lohan stalks a legend; AMC to become Good again soon; a new hunk joins the stable; NBC loses at nearly everything; ABC has a hard time finding a place for cougars; and a race war and vagina fight at CBS! Continue reading
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Never ones to rest on their contrived laurels, Metallica has decided to follow up their masterpiece my favorite album, Lulu, with a 3D film. Continue reading
He isn’t well known. In fact, he’s pretty much on the level of Richard Jenkins or Charles Durning, you don’t know his name but you know his face. He was the traitorous brother, the dumb scapegoat, and always a supporting character to leads like DeNiro and Pacino. While he was never nominated for any Academy Awards, his co-stars collected numerous nominations and awards. Also, each and every film he acted in received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. This is a statistic that is unmatched in the acting world. Continue reading
Former celebrities decide Donald Trump is as good a Pension plan as any; your boss is still horrible; Olbermann just can’t stop doing that thing he does; So You Think You Can Dance trims the fat, and Melissa McCarthy may be asked to continue a franchise. Continue reading
The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg, is essentially an Indiana Jones cartoon without Indiana Jones. Imagine that in the last Indiana Jones movie, greaser Shia LeBoeuf is replaced with a pleasant, studious red-haired kid who’s being chased by Russians. Then, in a sequel, which involves pirates and treasure instead of goddamned crystal skulls, Indiana Jones just never shows up. It’s ok, though, because you don’t really miss him. There’s a chase through a market that looks a lot like the one in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” so maybe you miss him a little bit there, but otherwise, no. Continue reading
Three times I have gone to a movie specifically to see a trailer. In the dark times before the internet, I saw Saturn III, a horrific stinkfest with Harvey Keitel, Kirk Douglas, and Farah Fawcett solely for the previews. This was the worst movie ever to feature naked Harvey Keitel or Farah Fawcett. However, this crapulence was the first time eager fans got to see a full trailer for The Empire Strikes Back. I went to see “The Bounty” to see the trailer for Star Trek III. The last movie I saw just for the preview was the Cuban Missile Crisis movie Thirteen Days, directed by the same guy who made “The Bounty.” Thanks, Roger Donaldson, for creating vessels for two such fine trailers! I sat through Kevin Costner’s terrible “Thirteen Days” Boston accent just to see the trailer for “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” If the internet did not exist, I would have been in the theater today watching whatever crappy new Roger Donaldson movie was showing the trailer for “The Hobbit.” Thanks, internet, for sparing me “Thirteen Days II” or “Return to the Bounty”! Here it is, the trailer for “The Hobbit.” Continue reading
Vying for the title of Most Anticipated Tentpole Release of Summer 2012 (that’s a long title, huh?) is Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Check out the trailer below and discuss in the comments! If Fox takes it down, get on over to Apple to watch it there.
Historically, when a female character takes on the role of hero–especially that of action hero–her motivation is singularly feminine: to protect her young. Whether it’s Ellen Ripley shouting, “Get away from her you bitch!” to divert an alien’s attention from her surrogate daughter or Beatrix Kiddo embarking on a bloody revenge odyssey to punish those who robbed her of her unborn child, women are generally only allowed to take on a traditionally masculine role when there’s a feminine motivation to offset it. Continue reading
Well, that whole Dark Knight Rises thing was fun while it lasted. We’re now back to viewing poop-quakes on film. Continue reading
Well, finally we get to the good stuff. After last week’s slogging through the butthole of forthcoming 2012 movies, it looks like maybe we’re starting to get somewhere. Continue reading