NYU Disavows Todd Phillips's Insurance-Fraud Production Method
It's one thing to be a fraud as a director. It's another entirely to actually practice fraud as a director. This is the simple lesson imparted today to New York…
$9.99 Signals Triumphant Return of Puppet Sex
As recommended this morning in Movieline Attractions, the stop-motion puppet animation $9.99 offers heady doses of drama, comedy, perversion and bittersweet romance in…
Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker to Class Up Experiment Remake
· The German thriller Das Experiment is the next Euro-hit in line for English-language reimagining, with double-barreled Oscar talent Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker…
This Weekend in NYC: Asian Film Festival Takes the Crazy Reins
Let's say that some minor logistical constraints -- like, oh, living 3,000 miles from California -- will keep you from attending the opening weekend of the Los Angeles…
LOLZ at the BO
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and relentlessly upbeat at the movies. At least it feels relentlessly upbeat this…
Everything But John Cusack Destroyed in 2012 Trailer
The first full trailer for the Roland Emmerich disaster epic 2012 is online, introduced by the filmmaker himself in a decidedly downmarket, casual-day-at-Sony greeting…
In Theaters: Whatever Works
Woody Allen hasn't made any secret of the recycling job that is his new film Whatever Works, first written three decades ago as a starring vehicle for Zero Mostel and…
About That Time Michael Cera Auditioned for The Sixth Sense...
Esquire cornered Michael Cera recently to glean his penetrating life insights for the "What I've Learned" feature. Beyond the requisite Arrested Development movie update…
DiG! Director Ondi Timoner Takes On eNarcissism in We Live in Public
Josh Harris saw all of this coming. The ubiquity of the Internet, the reality-TV craze, social networking, the surging access to (and increasingly desperate chase for)…
Movieline Hits the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival
After an all-too-brief stay at CineVegas, Movieline is headed a little closer to home for its next festivalgoing jaunt. Or maybe a lot closer -- as in Westwood, where…
Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams Return to Impossible Dreams
· Tom Cruise is reportedly set to return to Paramount, where he and J.J. Abrams will co-produce Mission: Impossible IV for a 2011 release. Which still isn't as…
Crazy David Carradine Cause-of-Death Theory #428: 'Lady Boys'
The speculation surrounding David Carradine's death has cooled considerably in the last week and a half since he was found tied up in Bangkok. Yet while suicide has…
What is Robert Pattinson Saying in New Remember Me Photos?
Robert Pattinson is currently in New York shooting the film Remember Me, photos of which have trickled out this week during production. But Tuesday offered one of the…
Ex-New Line Chiefs Going Into Business With Paul McCartney's Squirrel
It's good to see exiled New Line bosses Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne back in the trade mix today, spoon-feeding Variety the scoop on the bundle of films in development at…
Harold Ramis: 'I Think Anything Can Be Made Funny'
Harold Ramis has a busy weekend coming up: First, the veteran actor-writer-director will uncork his latest comedy, the historical Jack Black/Michael Cera farce Year One…
