In Theaters: Downloading Nancy
The poster tagline for Maria Bello's new Downloading Nancy promises "the most controversial film you will see this year." Clearly the marketers either weren't paying…
Thai Police on David Carradine: 'He May Have Died From Masturbation'
Look, I'm as stunned and and disturbed as everyone else about the sudden demise of David Carradine. But let's just cut to the chase about his cause of death, OK? Today…
Discuss: Michael Bay Made $80 Million Directing Transformers
You don't need to be some Hollywood naïf to recoil in shock from its biggest extravagances. Which goes a long way to explaining my migraine this morning after browsing…
World's Strangest Trailer Finally Yields World's Strangest Film
After Last Season had the distinction of being the very first subject of Movieline's Two-Minute Verdict feature, in which we fell for the crude sets, shoddy camerawork…
Will Ferrell Battles Tyrannosaurus Zach in Summer Comedy Showdown
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and lost in time (or in Vegas) at the movies. This week, Will Ferrell's…
Showrunner's Terminator Rant Draws 1 Share, Canceled After Five Paragraphs
Josh Friedman, writer and executive producer of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, naturally isn't very happy about Fox having recently canceled his show. So he…
Watchmen-esque Lawsuit Threatens Jack Black Video Game
It's not quite Fox vs. Warners, but it's kind of amusing nevertheless to see a couple of entertainment industry warriors fight it out over the rights to the Jack Black…
'It Was Our Favorite Day': Todd Phillips on Mike Tyson's Hangover Breakthrough
Candid as he was last week about everything from Las Vegas to the inappropriateness of supplying weed to teenagers, director Todd Phillips might have yielded his most…
Titanic Indeed: James Cameron Joins CAA
· James Cameron has closed a deal with CAA, his first with any agency in 15 years. The Death Star was already packaging his next film as producer, Sanctum; Cameron's…
What's Up with My Life in Ruins's Big Fat Greek Homophobia?
Maybe it was short attention span, maybe it was just traumatic repressed memory. Whatever happened, I can't believe I omitted one of My Life in Ruins's worst…
Bingo Mishap Results in Historic First Bruno Lawsuit
It felt like it took forever, but Sacha Baron Cohen and NBC Universal finally have their first lawsuit to contend with from the making of Bruno. A Palmdale, Calif.…
Michael Sheen Appreciates New Moon's Reprieve From 'Old, Ugly People'
Michael Sheen is all done with his Volturi-boss stint in New Moon, which went exceedingly well if his liberal flow of tweets and other commentary are any indication. But…
In Theaters: My Life in Ruins
Really, Nia Vardalos should be a superstar. She's smart, beautiful, a Second City alumna with sharp instincts and exquisite comic timing. She understands audiences, and…
Movieline On the Scene: Edie Falco Unleashes Nurse Jackie in NYC
Even Edie Falco, at Tuesday's lavish premiere for her new series Nurse Jackie, wasn't quite sure if the world needed another show set in a hospital. Not because of the…
Emile Hirsch Gets Hamlet-ized
· Having already taken on the Bible and Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke has zeroed in on yet another of the world's great literary masterworks: Hamlet, in which she'll…
