Matt Damon, Josh Brolin Considering Coens' True Grit Juggernaut
· A month and a half ago, moviegoers' eyes alit at the news that the Coens wanted to re-adapt Charles Portis's classic Western novel True Grit -- with Jeff Bridges in…
Roman Polanski's Victim Files for Case Dismissal, Cites Media Pressure
Samantha Geimer, the woman whom Roman Polanski drugged and raped when she was 13 (and with whom the director later settled out of court), has had pretty much enough of…
Wherein We Consider 5 Implications of the Fantastic Mr. Fox Happy Meal
Amid all the Stateside discussion of whether The Fantastic Mr. Fox is a film for the whole family or a kind of high-caliber over-25 broodfest, the film's marketing army…
'And Who Are You Supposed to Be?': Mad Men Recapped
It was Couples Week on Mad Men, an intimate array of men, women and the deep, dark, dog-food-advertising secrets that come between them. And if those weren't intense…
CORRECTION: Stan Helsing Downgraded From Historic Flop to Regular Flop
It's always hard to agree exactly what constitutes a flop, particularly those of the historic variety -- the ones that will join Heaven's Gate, Ishtar, Gigli and the…
January Jones, Diane Kruger Venture Into Unknown
· January Jones has signed on for Unknown White Male, in which she'll play the wife of a man (Liam Neeson) who awakes from a coma to find that his identity has been…
Friday Box Office: Paranormal Overdrive
Finally, in week five of the marketing case study that is Paranormal Activity, the gritty Little Thriller That Could became the No. 1 film in the country. In doing so it…
Parental Guidance Suggested
There wasn't a lot left to the imagination this week at Movieline, which has spent much of the last several days in a bitter ratings war with the shadowy body that…
Our Commenters of the Week Win Personalized Congrats From Dewet Du Toit!
After a rough week of angst, soul-searching and strenuous debate in the Movieline comment trenches, the community bounced back with the high spirits and touching…
Roman Polanski Faces 2-Year Prison Term as US Requests Extradition
No rush, folks: Nearly a month after arranging for the arrest of Roman Polanski in Zurich, Switzerland, the U.S. Justice Department has formally requested the director's…
'This is an Honor Project, Not a Glory Project': Director Kenny Ortega on This is It
Sony yesterday screened 12 minutes of footage from Michael Jackson's This Is It, the late pop legend's accidental valedictory and probably the most hyped documentary…
Soupy Sales Dead at 83
Legendary TV comic and pie-in-the-face receiver Soupy Sales died Thursday in New York after battling "numerous," undisclosed health problems. He was 83. Born Milton…
Yeah, It's That Kind of Weekend
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular one-stop guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or not-so-dazzling at he movies. This week might be the equivalent…
Liza Minnelli Crashes SATC 2, Has Mystery Star 'Sobbing Like a Baby'
We already knew Liza Minnelli would drop into Sex and the City 2 for a rendition of "Single Ladies." But according to one actor who shot the film's big wedding scene…
Roman Polanski's Lawyer on Surrender: Never Mind
I want to apologize in advance for Roman Polanski updates on consecutive days when relatively nothing has happened with the case. That said, the fissure in his defense…
