Enemies, Ice Age Battle Evil Transformers Empire
Welcome to a special holiday-weekend version of Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and honoring priceless American ingenuity at the…
Harvey Weinstein Launches Film Criticism Career (and Oscar Race) with Public Enemies Rave
The Daily Beast features a nifty Michael Mann two-fer today, but for once Kim Masters isn't the must-read of the pair (though her detailing of Mann's clashes with Johnny…
MLB Approval Still Murky as Moneyball Circles the Drain
Last we checked, a rumor making the rounds insisted that Moneyball stalled because it didn't have Major League Baseball's stamp of approval. Today, meanwhile, Sony…
Matt Damon Earns The Informant! its Exclamation Point
In this installment of the Two-Minute Verdict, we contemplate Steven Soderbergh and Warner Bros.'s attempt to sell you a story of corporate malfeasance, investigative…
Sperm Donor Comes Between Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in Kids
· High Art and Laurel Canyon director Lisa Cholodenko is returning to the lesbian plot well, beginning production this week on The Kids Are All Right. Annette Bening and…
Academy Welcomes Tyler Perry, Apatow Mafia Among '09 Inductees
Just when you thought the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had made enough seismic changes for June, Sid Ganis and Co. today welcomed 134 new members into the…
George Clooney, Grant Heslov Move Shop to Sony
George Clooney and Grant Heslov are loading up a moving van, headed one-way from Burbank to Culver City. Sony coaxed the producing/writing duo away from Warner Bros. (or…
In Theaters: Public Enemies
For an artist as history-obsessed as Michael Mann, it's a wonder he's made only three period films in 30 years. It's even more surprising how wildly their quality…
Was Michael Jackson the Original Transformer?
In a week when Michael Jackson and Michael Bay share top billing in the zeitgeist, it seems only fitting that some overlap of the two would soon emerge to blow…
Denzel Washington's Unstoppable Not Living Up to its Name
· Fox took one look at the lagging grosses for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, and then a look at the sizable budget for Tony Scott and Denzel Washington's next…
Ricky Gervais Could Be Better at Lying
This installment of Movieline's Two-Minute Verdict has a look at the trailer for The Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais's forthcoming comedy about one man who discovers…
Go Behind the Scenes of Smurfs 3-D!
Almost a year and a half ago, what sounded like an elaborate hoax stormed the Web, readying filmgoers for the CGI renaissance of everyone's favorite three-apple-high…
Fred Travalena Dead at 66
OK, seriously, this has to stop: Death has claimed its fifth American celebrity in a week, yesterday taking master impressionist, vocalist and comedian Fred Travalena…
'Exit Polling' Data Heats Up Transformers Critic Wars
It should probably be enough for critical pariah Michael Bay that his reviled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned a staggering $201.2 million over its first five…
Stoning, Jamaican Odyssey Among Big LAFF Winners
The Los Angeles Film Festival wound down Sunday with the requisite awards news, highlighted by the Caribbean cruise odyssey Wah Do Dem (What They Do)'s selection as the…
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