'A Go-Around Like You've Never Had': Mad Men Recapped
Mad Men took its soapiest turn in a while during last night's episode, eschewing lawnmower hijinx and child psychology in favor of the more conventional sexual and…
IRS: Elvis Mitchell Owes Us $500,000
Former NYT reviewer and current Turner Classic Movies host Elvis Mitchell is experiencing yet another of his notorious financial hiccups, with the IRS having slapped him…
International Turmoil Brews as Roman Polanski Fights Extradition
We're about 48 hours removed from Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland -- a drop in the bucket of what could be a protracted international battle around the…
This Is It Already 1/1,667th of the Way Toward Breaking Even
· A limited supply of advance tickets for This Is It, aka the Michael Jackson pseudo-concert documentary, sold out in two hours Sunday at L.A. Live. A hearty crowd of…
Roman Polanski Arrested In Switzerland, Faces Extradition to US
Filmmaker and fugitive Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, where the director had arrived to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Zurich Film…
Friday Box Office: Even Richer Meatballs
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs rained on Surrogates Friday for the weekend's box-office lead, though neither Sony nor Disney are gloating too much about being at the…
Couples Weekend
Love (or something) was in the air this week at Movieline, where unlikely romances, friendships and other high-profile pairings bloomed full and bright. And those are…
In Theaters: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
I wasn't going to review I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, but then I checked out the Rotten Tomatoes page for the adaptation of Tucker Max's testosterrific memoir romp…
CineVegas Takes a Year Off, Blames Economy
Bad news out of the Nevada desert: The CineVegas Film Festival is taking a year's hiatus until 2011. "Given the current economic climate and the pressures it has…
Angry Critic/Revolutionary Threatens Executions of Universal's Elitist, 'U-Twerp' Pigdogs
You may not know it, but life is pretty hard for critics, junketeers and other species of the film-journalism biosphere. Take Roger Moore, the Orlando Sentinel…
Is A Star is Born Finally Born Again at Warners?
· Warner Bros. is attempting once again to revive its enduring property A Star is Born, which has supported three previous versions with leading-lady showcases including…
Move Along, Folks, Nothing to See Here
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your one-stop guide everything new, noteworthy and/or not-so-earth-shattering at the movies. This week brings us an awkward…
Creation Sells
Newmarket Films today announced a deal to acquire Creation, the utterly underwhelming Charles Darwin biopic that opened this year's Toronto International Film Festival…
Disney Tosses David Mamet's Diary of Anne Frank Into Turnaround
A couple of things about David Mamet's The Diary of Anne Frank, that recently announced remake you know you were never totally comfortable with: First of all, it's not a…
Dancing With the Stars' Patrick Swayze Tribute: Tacky or Tasteful?
As interpretive-dance memorials for fallen movie icons go, you will likely never see a higher-profile piece of work than last night's Patrick Swayze tribute on Dancing…
