I’ve been behind Elizabeth Banks for some time. Well, not as much as I’d literally like to be, but what can you do with the stalking laws these days? Crazy, right? But I think it’s nigh impossible for pretty much anyone to not be enchanted by the lady. She’s gorgeous, but not in a cheesecake-obvious … Continue reading
It’s sort of a formality, but Dickhouse – the production company started by Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze and Jeff Tremaine – has signed a first-look deal with Paramount. I say that it’s a formality because Dickhouse has been working with Paramount from the start, with the beginning of the Jackass TV show and later through … Continue reading
No, the title of this article isn’t an outtake joke from the infamous CHUD Oscar podcast. besides if you listened to that, you now already likely know every possible variant on Jennifer Hudson fat jokes. What you may not know is that she really seems to be taking this acting shit seriously, and she wants to … Continue reading
Joseph Gordon-:Levitt is going to surprise everybody in the not too distant future. See, the kid’s a great actor, but he’s still got the Third Rock From the Sun thing around his neck and he’s been acting in a lot of smaller indie movies that don’t get seen much outside of specialty circles. But someday … Continue reading
National Treasure always struck me as one of those movies I never actually had to try to see by leaving my house, as I imagined that not too long after theatrical release, it’d be plastered all of premium cable and then a likely home at USA Network or TNT where it would play the round-the-clock slot after … Continue reading
I really don’t enjoy reading reviews that are reactions to other reviews rather than the film itself. I enjoy writing them even less. But I found myself battling with that as I tried to get my thoughts together on Scott Frank’s directorial debut The Lookout. There’s a good bit of praise coming from the critical … Continue reading
The pain of Nintendo’s Friend Code system of online matchmaking only seems to intensify. It was an annoyance on the DS; it’s even moreso on the Wii, where the online component is much more integrated. Slashdot’s running a story from MTV’s Stephen Totilo about employing mnemonic devices and tools such as phonespell.com to turn your … Continue reading
Hollywood conventional wisdom holds that it’s been a rough last couple of years for Jim Carrey, which is pretty remarkable considering that he did star in a movie that made over $200 million worldwide. Unfortunately, that movie, Fun with Dick and Jane, was heavily re-shot to the tune of $100 million; studio accounting never ceases … Continue reading
I think that before you start reading this interview there is something you should know. Just about everything Will Arnett and Amy Poehler say is a joke. While I’m sure that the majority of you readers would be able to figure that out, it is the one yokel who reads this and thinks that Will … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $24.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 113 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary and interviews w/ writer and director• Additional footage from the "Surgical Exorcism"• Theatrical trailer The Pitch "It’s faux-Freudian dream interpretation!" The Humans Tom Cavanagh, Katherine Cunningham-Eves, Kathleen York. The Nutshell Poor George Grieves (Cavanagh). He’s turning forty and he … Continue reading