Your New Oscar Producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer: A Movieline FAQ
Thanks for everything, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic. While your stint as this year's Oscarcast producers helped draw a significant ratings surge over 2009, you are…
Deadliest Catch's Stroke Episode: Did Discovery Channel Show Too Much?
After the cosmos tragically answered the question of whether or not Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris would pull through following his stroke last February (he…
Don LaFontaine Immortalized (Again)
In a world where late, legendary voice-over artist Don LaFontaine lent his singular baritone to more than 5,000 trailers and TV spots, there's only one way to truly…
Hollywood Ink: DreamWorks Animation Collects Trolls
· In some parallel universe, DreamWorks Animation would have outmaneuvered Pixar's staggering weekend by announcing an animated remake of the abjectly bad cult classic…
Muppet Enthusiast to Battle Piracy
While President Obama studies game film to restructure his strategy regarding the oil spill, V.P. and Muppet buddy Joe Biden today went before cameras to announce the…
Anyone Wanna Buy Anne Hathaway's Illegally Obtained Bling?
I know it seems like his exploits were only yesterday, but infamous, God-swindling Vatican CFO* Rafaello Follieri is about halfway through his prison sentence for fraud…
The Tillman Story Trailer: Get Ready to Get Angry
I really can't wait to see how a certain right-wing movie blog deals with this one -- who's smearable, who are the easy ideological targets in The Tillman Story. The…
When Will Pope Joan -- AKA the Lady-Pope Biopic -- Come to the U.S.?
There is so very much to recommend the new film Pope Joan, the epic German-made, English-language biopic of the legendary (and, many would say, apocryphal) ninth-century…
Hollywood Ink: Dr. Strange Latest Attempt to Make You Care Passionately About Marvel Films
· Disney has reportedly hired a pair of writers to adapt Marvel's Dr. Strange as a feature, sparking the instant rumor that the character will be the first of the Marvel…
Who's the Divorced Filmmaker Prowling For a 'Live-In Girlfriend' on Craigslist?
Hey, ladies! One "feature film director" in Los Angeles has just the opportunity for you, and you don't even have to have any talent. Unless walking to the bus stop is a…
VIDEO: Your Definitive Guide to the Gayness of Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Somehow this all escaped me as a 12-year-old horror viewer and in the intervening decades since its mythology has burrowed its way into pop culture, but: A Nightmare on…
Last Call For Tonight's Animal Kingdom Preview in NYC!
Are you in New York? Do you like movies? If you answered "Yes" to both of these questions, then hightail it down to Tribeca tonight for a preview screening of the…
Adventures in Fan Fiction: When Twilight Met Mad Men
"A promotional campaign for the third Twilight movie at Burger King takes advantage of the rivalry between Twilight fans enamored of the two main male characters. The…
Would-Be Food Network Villainess In Search of Good Home
In last night's third episode of The Next Food Network Star, Dzintra Dzenis more than lived up to her burgeoning reputation as the reality-TV villain of the future. She…
Cove Finally Lands Japanese Theaters
It only took forever, but exactly six theaters in Japan have answered the call to screen the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. This follows a bout of feverish…
