Anna Faris is hot enough that I’d typically be happy to run two stories in a day about her onscreen antics. But if you thought the Playboy bunny/sororoty house/inspirational flick Micah wrote about this morning sounded like horseshit, it’ll seem like a rose-scented blast of fresh air compared to what Cinematical is reporting. Namely, that … Continue reading
Judd Apatow has blossomed into the Guy Who Can Do Anything. Seriously, if he showed up on Christmas Eve instead of Santa Claus I wouldn’t be surprised at all. If I saw him walking down the street at this point I’d expect to see flowers and bunnies and rainbows blossoming at his feet, with a … Continue reading
Don’t get too excited yet; this ‘leaked’ image may or may not be official marketing for Todd Haynes’ very ambitious biography of Bob Dylan. I really hope it is legit, though, because it gets several things quite right. First, it’s eye-catching, and presents several of the actors without resorting to duly despised big heads. In … Continue reading
Variety reported earlier on Hasbro’s new merchandising strategies, and there are a few facts I need to parrot on to you, so that they’re out of the way and I can get to the point of this article. So: Hasbro was with CAA for a while, and is now berthing in William Morris’ harbor. That’s … Continue reading
So, uh, Denzel Washington kinda has a thing for Kimberly Elise, huh? She was in his Manchurian Candidate remake as well as John Q which, to my continuing disappointment, wasn’t Nick Cassavete’s remake of Takashi Miike’s homage to lactation and family values. I keep picking up the DVD case, hoping some magic has happened since … Continue reading
It’s Monday, so I don’t have anywhere near the thick skin that I’d have on a Wednesday or Thursday, so I don’t have what it takes to dress up the spec script that’s just been picked up by Disney for Scott Rudin to produce. All About Adam, by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, will … Continue reading
A month ago I wrote a news item about Bertrand Tavernier’s new movie, in which I proclaimed his Coup de Torchon to be the best (and my favorite) Jim Thompson film adaptation. But everyone has to have the last word, and a few brought up the notion that I might be overlooking something. What about … Continue reading
I’m pretty proud of myself — I made it through May without seeing Shrek. Even with it being the only movie I haven’t yet seen at my favorite local theater, I’ve resisted the occasional urge to see it just so that I can go to the theater and not see 28 Weeks Later or Pirates … Continue reading
In the past fifty years, pretty much everyone who’s tried to strike gold with a screwball comedy has just struck out. It’s like the genre vanished with Bowery flophouses and sidewalk apple vendors and literally can’t be recreated. Equal parts phsyical slapstick, razor verbal wit and satiric social commentary, the screwball comedy might be the … Continue reading
ABC’s Good Morning, America is one of those shows that broadcasts to folks a couple generations ahead of me. People who saw The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in their first runs. This might, in part, explain why Paul Newman chose a relatively quiet appearance on the show last last week to … Continue reading