Dollhouse May Dodge Fox Executioners
While preparing the final touches for next week's upfront presentations, the higher-ups at Fox left their Series Gas Chamber unattended for a few minutes. That was all…
Cannes Lightning Round: Hot Star, Chilly Woodstock
· Jane Campion's Oscar-probable Bright Star, which sold before the festival began and had a release date (Sept. 18) by the time today's press screening was out, has…
Bad Movies We Love: Angels & Demons
Despite some serious consideration by Movieline's blue-ribbon panel of camp aficionados, you will not find The Da Vinci Code in our deep, distinguished, and recently…
New Yes Men Film Receiving Under-the-Radar Oscar Run
Despite critical raves and cult word of mouth, the 2004 prankumentary The Yes Men stumbled to a disappointing $250,000 theatrical gross before shuffling off to DVD…
Hanks, Angels Set to Soar Over Light Competition
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and potentially church-tweaking at the movies. This week: Tom Hanks is a bull in…
Terry Gilliam Suddenly OK With Pushing Heath Ledger For Oscar
Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus doesn't screen at the Cannes Film Festival until a week from tomorrow, but he's staying plenty busy on the Croisette…
Star Trek's Debt to Star Wars Now a 30-Second Video
It's not exactly news (or a spoiler) that the new Star Trek and original Star Wars share uncannily similar narrative and thematic arcs. But there's something to be said…
Cannes Lightning Round: Tetr-OK, Martin Scorsese Unpacks Shoes
· A smattering of critics have had a look at Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro, which officially opens Cannes' Directors Fortnight sidebar today. And so far, the praise is…
50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, Abel Ferrara Raise Crazy Jekyll & Hyde Stakes
Screw Cannes: The most historic movie news of the week is unfolding here at home, where Abel Ferrara is reportedly planning to direct an adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde…
Half of World's Living Oscar-Winners Populate First Nine Trailer
The first trailer for Rob Marshall's Nine debuted online this morning, and it seems to fulfill the promise of its development-phase hype: Flash, music, skin, bombast…
Martin Scorsese Onboard (Again) For Frank Sinatra Biopic
Maybe it's a new annual tradition: Just before the anniversary of Frank Sinatra's death on May 14, 1998, the legend's family blasts the trades with news that Martin…
Sony Classics Revs Up Cannes with Acquisitions Two-fer
After all that debate about their visibility and reach, Sony Pictures Classics made a pretty conspicuous pair of purchases this afternoon at Cannes: Michael Haneke's…
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus Trailer: Something's Fishy
"That's a pretty expensive joke!" writes a commenter at MTV Movies, which this week unleashed the trailer for a Z-grade monster flick known as Mega Shark vs. Giant…
McG Backs Off Michael Bay's Junk, Jumps on Arnold Schwarzenegger's
For those of you keeping the faint flame of hope alive, I've got bad news for you: McG and Michael Bay, those 'bot-fetishizing legends of contemporary film, will not…
Cannes Lightning Round: Deals Made, Parnassus Pics Leaked
After much ado and some big Weinsteinian talk, the Cannes Film Festival finally opens in a few hours with the world premiere of Up. But healthy helpings of advance talk…
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