The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Steven Zeitchik Anne Hathaway is getting so much buzz for her turn as a former addict in "Rachel Getting Married" she actually may be the first actor to make an Oscar joke months before most of the Oscar movies...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | yesterday
The director of Glory, Courage Under Fire and the upcoming World War II resistance drama Defiance, Ed Zwick, will be honored next week when the annual National Association of Theater Owners convention, ShowEast, comes to Orlando. Zwick, who cut his...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | yesterday
The upcoming This Is Spinal Tap Blu-ray is of course exciting to me. After all, it's been what, like seven years since I last hurled money at Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest and the rest of the lot for...
scanners (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
One of the things film critics do for a living is to pay close attention to how people behave, and how that behavior is presented through visual media. This applies not only to actors playing characters, but to people...
High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
MGM has set a late-January Blu-ray release for the classic rock mockumentary 'This is Spinal Tap.' Starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer as aging metalheads who embark on a disastrous...
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Hollywood, in their ever-increasing levels of stupidity, is working on a Cats & Dogs sequel, even going as far as giving it a subtitle – The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Is that supposed to be jab at Bond villain Pussy Galore or something? Reuters reports that they have taken it too far, casting Chris O’Donnell [...]
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Imagine two of your favorite HBO shows that not enough people watched -- The Comeback and In Treatment -- mixed together into a series of bite-sized webisodes, and you'll have Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy, a new 15-episode Web series at...
CNN (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Is Ricky Gervais movie star material? The "Office" actor has been very careful in doing Hollywood material, but "Ghost Town" fits very well. It's a romantic comedy with enough of an offbeat edge to make it worth seeing -- largely thanks to Gervais.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
The British comedian has won more American awards for his comedies than most people in the industry. His original "The Office" series, which inspired the Steve Carell version (which he also produced), is an international hit and beat out some serious competition to win the Golden Globe in America ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
TORRANCE, Calif., Sept 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Protecting the environment is nothing new, but you don't often associate car dealers with being focused on helping conserve energy. Scott Robinson Honda in Torrance, CA. prides itself on taking steps to do its part to clean up our country and keep our air clean. Their dealership was one of three special Honda dealerships in California to offer the new Honda...
Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Shot over 7 days using 4 handheld cameras and a mostly improvised script by a core of 15-16 actors, Valdis Oskarsdottir's "Country Wedding" is somewhat like an Icelandic Dogme 95 film done by Christopher Guest. Only somewhat though, because it stands on its own as a unique and incredibly entertaining trip. On the day of their wedding, Bardi and Ingibjorg are attempting to get themselves, their
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Turn it up to 11! The original 1984 rockumentary returns, still the best film Rob Reiner has ever made. That's owing mainly to the writing and improvisational talents of its main cast (including Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer). Basically you can't go wrong...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Looking back with the man who's played everything from Woody Guthrie to Bill.
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
When Dubya met Laura, Oliver Stone style.
Lessons of Darkness (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Unlike Incident at Loch Ness, no knowledge of Werner Herzog’s career is required to fully appreciate screenwriter Zak Penn’s sophomore directorial effort The Grand. Respectfully sending up the professional poker tournaments that crowd ESPN’s various networks, Penn’s loose, semi-improvised story...
