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… Continue reading →
On his Hollywood Elsewhere blog Jeffrey Wells has begun a campaign to “take down” Eddie Murphy in the Oscar race. We’re not even going to get into whether or not a blogger can “take down” anything besides the buffet at a junket – we’ll take Wells at his word.… Continue reading →
Quick, what was the last great volcano movie? Now, just as fast, what was the last great Roman Polanski movie? The second question is easier to answer, but that doesn't make it much easier to get excited about the fact that Polanski has taken on Pompeii as… Continue reading →
“Why is this day different from all others?” is a question every Jewish family hears at the Passover seder. “Why is this biopic different from all others?” is a question that no one seems to hear in Hollywood. Factory Girl is the latest in a string of… Continue reading →
Jason Schwartzman has never been someone I've paid attention to one way or the other. The best way I can describe the guy is chicken broth. By that, I mean, he's a good person for other people to play off of and he's reliably consistent. But if people rave or… 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… Continue reading →
I don’t know what this site would be today without Smilin’ Jack Ruby. Working the screening and junket circuit in LA, he helped the site straddle the line between fanboyism and professionalism, and many of the contacts I have today in the film business… Continue reading →
Castlevania fever is in the air. Actually, it's more like a mild trend toward Castlevania-like symptoms, but whatever. Portrait of Ruin came out recently for the DS, Symphony of the Night is expected before the heat-death of the universe on Microsoft's Xbox… Continue reading →
As the second Batman film inches closer to production, casting rumors are intensifying for the juiciest of the new characters, particularly current-friend-of-Bruce/future-foe of Bats Harvey “Two-Face” Dent. Both Eion Bailey and Jamie Foxx's names have been… Continue reading →
Will Ferrell's upcoming New Line comedy Semi-Pro seems to add comics like Tyra Banks is adding pounds. Today, the cast grew just a little bit bigger with the addition of Rob Corddry of The Daily Show fame. Interestingly enough and much like this week's other… Continue reading →
It appears Andy Bernard passed his anger management training – Ed Helms is becoming a regular on NBC’s The Office. Look, Greg Daniels and his team of writers have proven over the last two and a half seasons that they know what they’re doing, so they have the… Continue reading →