Blind Side Subject: 'It's Not True That I Was That Idiotic When I Started'
Michael Lewis, the journalist whose books Moneyball and The Blind Side have made for some the most high-profile adaptations (or prospective adaptations, anyway) of the…
Hollywood Ink: Kate Hudson Stretches, Considers Role in Chick Flick
· Goodness knows we can't have a whole week without another development around the romantic dramedy Something Borrowed, so let's hear it for Kate Hudson, who is closing…
Attractions: Who's Ready For Some Box-Office Class Warfare?
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or three-dimensionally explosive at the movies. This week, there is literally…
Robin Hood, Cannes Opener
Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe's big-budget retelling of Robin Hood was announced this morning as the opening-night selection of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It's a…
Handicapping the Breaking Dawn Director Sweepstakes
The "Holy Crap, They Want That Director For Breaking Dawn?" roundelay took another wild spin this afternoon as Stephen Daldry was reportedly added to the group of…
MPAA Kindly Asks Washington to Block Betting on Box Office
Apparently the groundbreaking concept of Flop Insurance hasn't quite caught on with the lobbying arm of Hollywood. The MPAA has officially asked regulators in Washington…
John Singleton Gets Abduction
John Singleton will officially join Catherine Hardwicke, Robert Rodriguez, Garry Marshall, Chris Weitz, David Slade and the handful of others in that elite Hollywood…
Get Ready to Pay More For 3D, Effective Immediately
The 3D-cinema boom is, at this moment, as hot as any fad to ever hit Hollywood. It sounds like kind of an intellectual flatline -- perhaps even a bit of stating the…
Save Dennis Hopper
Recently filed court papers say the 73-year-old actor-director-artist Dennis Hopper is in irretrievably dire straits. He's destitute from divorce, too frail (barely 100…
35 Years Later, Will Pier Paolo Pasolini's Murder Be Investigated Yet Again?
An open letter in an Italian newspaper has ignited yet another round of interest in the curious case of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the legendary (and legendarily challenging)…
Ciarán Hinds on The Eclipse, Ghosts and Being a Director's Actor
As noted here last month when he joined Movieline for a round of My Favorite Scene, Irish actor Ciarán Hinds is known to work frequently. OK, a lot. And this week, the…
Glenn Beck Fails to Accept 'Smurf-Murderer' James Cameron's Debate Challenge
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck likely welcomed his most sizable liberal audience in years Wednesday night, where the right-wing's unofficial Czar of Crazy was expected…
Hollywood Ink: Angela Bassett Hits the Green Lantern Jackpot
· Perhaps someday, when we reconsider the most important paycheck roles of all time, Angela Bassett will make an appearance. The actress can only hope so, as she's going…
Watch the Best Werner Herzog-Narrated Film Ever Made About a Plastic Bag
That headline, while technically true, perhaps undersells the wry, entrancing joy of Plastic Bag, a short film directed by Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop) and…
Oliver Stone's Hugo Chavez Doc Picked Up
Can't wait for the pushed-back Wall Street 2 to arrive this fall? Need an Ollie Stone fix in the interim? Well, there's this: His sympathetic documentary about…
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