Ryan Gosling is one crafty fella. Lightweight (Remember the Titans!), heavyweight (The Believer!) and weird choices in between (The Notebook), the dude has earned himself a rep as a true thesp, as evidenced by his recent Academy Award and SAG nomination for Half Nelson. In the mean time, while toying with the idea of whether … Continue reading
Way back in 2002, when Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise could do no wrong and were cuddling and snuggling with Paramount, the two worked out a deal to buy the remake rights to the Chinese horror film, The Eye. Now that it’s the morning after, Lionsgate received the studio handoff and will be releasing the … Continue reading
The last time Richard Gere and Diane Lane met, Gere was thumping some sensitive, wife-porking sissy on the head with a snow globe. That philandering bastard will think twice before he shows Gere’s wife the way of the French love machine again. Well, you know– if he wasn’t dead.My, my, my how the tables have … Continue reading
Walden media, home of one hit wonder Narnia (not for long- Prince Caspian hits this year) and wholesome family underperformers (Charlotte’s Web, How to Eat Fried Worms and, possibly, Bridge to Tarabithia) is going back to its Christian moneymaker by announcing its next project: C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. If you thought Narnia was a … Continue reading
China is currentyl receiving their first legal dose of Bond uncut and uncesnored. Casino Royale premiered on Monday and despite pirated DVDs being preemptively available for weeks, the whole thing is going over like 007’s fingers on a brastrap.Amidst all the hubbub, director Martin Campbell killed speculation rumors and let the crowd know he would … Continue reading
Forget Diane Lane’s long and well-regarded acting career, that woman ranked on VH1s Hottest Celebrity Bodies. I don’t remember what she was ranked, but she’s in there. Anyone else could have retired with that honor, but to her credit as a career professional, she keeps on keepin’ on.Next on her list? Untraceable, where Ms. Lane … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of crappy sci fi comedies over the years. Men in Black sequels, Pluto Nash, Underworld and Ultraviolet. But at least none of them ever featured the horrible gimmick of a time traveling port-a-potty. Until now. Dreamworks has picked up Gullible’s Travels, the story of the most gullible man in all the … Continue reading
The poster for Flushed Away pretty much says it all: The last chance desperation of the Shrek and Madagascar references, the threatening tag line and prophetic title. Now word is out that the partnership between Aardman (the home studio of Academy Award winners Wallace and Grommit) and Dreamworks is over. See, Dreamworks likes to make … Continue reading
To think- a few years ago people were prognosticating on the demise of the book. Psssshaw. Hollywood would collapse as we know it, that’s for sure. — With an ability to pull off poignancy and action, Paul Greengrass has rooted himself in the terra firma of solid, immediate filmmaking. He’ll further extend those roots with … Continue reading
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: The TV Show! is all kinds of serious about taking a big league crack at your viewership and TV advertising dollars. Having recently announced plans (read the story here) to make the Pitt/Jolie movie a boob tube adaption of the insanely good-looking super-assasins just trying to get by with a l’il … Continue reading