Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, July 2011
Every month at Movieline, we collect the best interviews, smartest features, and most compelling reviews we've produced, and curate them in one easy-to-use table of contents called the Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute to our print magazine history. Here's the Virtual Newsstand for July 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
MOVIELINE
July 2011
INTERVIEWS
Double Vision
Two weeks. Two films. Two hits. Three roles. Dominic Cooper is having what you might call a breakout summer
Smurf Happens
TV and stage hero Neil Patrick Harris is a big-screen leading man at last in The Smurfs. (Unless you count Papa Smurf)
Liv Forever
Liv Tyler on The Ledge, battles of the sexes and The Lord of the Rings at 10
Crazy Lady
Marisa Tomei talks about the Hollywood anomaly of Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Hank Goodness
The Smurfs' Hank Azaria makes a mean Gargamel -- which is just the way he likes it
Rose to the Occasion
Rose McGowan on Red Sonja, Barbarella, and how Conan the Barbarian saved her from retirement
Both in front of and behind the camera, Colin Hanks is a busy man
Tabloid Mastermind
Documentarian extraordinaire Errol Morris maps the crazy spot where sex, love, paranoia, media (and Mormons!) meet
Ari Almighty
We're not laughing at Ari Graynor -- we're laughing with her
St. Patrick
Patrick Stewart opens up about Dorothy of Oz and the legacy of Capt. Picard
The Dark Knight
Playing radically against type, actor Patrick Wilson explores the underside of devout faith in The Ledge
Great Scott
Scott Speedman on Good Neighbors and the unfortunate vampire trend overtaking Hollywood
Hey Joe
Don't know Joe Cornish? With his directorial debut Attack the Block and script for this fall's Tintin under his belt, you will soon
Tech-mate
Indie auteur Andrew Bujalski drops hints (and raises funds) in preparation for Computer Chess
Fighting the Blank Page
Captain America scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely offer tips on how to write yourself a comic-book movie
Dawg Days
A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg and Jarobi get to the bottom of the Beats, Rhymes & Life beef (BONUS: Actor/filmmaker Michael Rapaport weighs in as well)
Bob Stephenson Tells All
The inveterate, ubiquitous actor walks us through one man's Hollywood evolution, from Cary Grant to David Fincher
THE VERGE
FEATURES
Mark Your Calendars
The 9 dates that will shape the rest of 2011
Smith & Lesson
How Kevin Smith took action on his awards hopes for Red State
"The Gorilla Technology Envelope"
Kevin James and Team Zookeeper on the primate state of the art
Tangled Up in Blue
Should you see The Smurfs? Try our helpful flow-chart movie review
Out of This World
Celebrate the genius of Aliens as the classic sci-fi actioner turns 25
Thrill Ride
In honor of Universal Studios' Hostel attraction, 5 other suggested rides based on horror films
Expectations Patronum
Which current stars should the young cast of Harry Potter emulate in the future?
Becoming Moore
9 milestones in the evolution of Julianne Moore
Adaptation Afterlife
In honor of Charlie Sheen's Anger Management, 9 other feature comedies adapted into TV series
Almost Golden
Who are 2011's Oscar contenders to date? Movieline investigates
Earth to Ron?
Reflect on a decade of Harry Potter's best mate looking dumbfounded
Harry Potter Rock
Wizard Rock: A Musical Primer
Everyone's Too Stupid
Ghost World, masterpiece of misanthropy, turns 10
Canada, eh?
In honor of Canada Day, 15 bad-ass Canadians in Hollywood
Surprise!
5 sleeper films from 2011 that you didn't know were hits
SPECIAL SECTION: COMIC-CON 2011
Breaking News
The Twilight gang drops by to offer a first look at Breaking Dawn (BONUS: Director Bill Condon adds more in an interview)
Twixt and Shout
Francis Ford Coppola makes his Comic-Con debut with one of the wildest panels ever
Tintin Machine
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson unveil their great motion-capture hope
Shake the Aziz
Aziz Ansari talks up 30 Minutes or Less and his upcoming Judd Apatow collaboration Spacemen
Just B-Cos
Meet Hit-Girl, one of the many cosplaying delights who spoke to Movieline
Photo Finish
Remember this years 'Con in three handy slideshows
Read Movieline's complete Comic-Con 2011 coverage here.
REVIEWS
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Myth of the American Sleepover
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
BAD MOVIES WE LOVE
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Comments
Dom Cooper does blue steel very, very well.
Hate to nitpick, but shouldn't the headline be "July, 2011?"
That's not what I'd call nitpicking! Foiled again by autofill. Thanks.