Critic: Flimsy, Terrible Movie Will Make You Happy
"I do like the Fox series [...], but I'd resisted the idea of the concert film. It just seemed an inherently thin idea. And when compared with some of the greats, say…
REVIEW: In Search of Fresh Style, Brighton Rock Loses its Soul
Graham Greene's 1938 masterpiece Brighton Rock is an enduring curio of fiction: A literary pulp novel ahead of its time, a gangland allegory of sin and the cost of…
For Sale: A Full-Scale Replica of the House From Up
First came the house that inspired the Fredricksen residence in Up, and now it appears there's the house inspired by the balloon-lifted domicile. A builder in Herriman…
Report: Thatcher Devotees Slam Iron Lady After Early Glimpse
Grains of salt at the ready! The Daily Mail reports that it caught up with viewers following an early screening of the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady, and fans…
Introducing ENTV, the Entertainment Minute From the Movieline Mothership
The labs at Movieline's parent company PMC are always developing cool and creative ways to improve their comprehensive entertainment-media machine, and so it should come…
How Your Magazine-Movie Sausage is Made
Magazine editors are increasingly looking to place their stories at studios -- for what it's worth: "'Hollywood is essentially in the business of not making movies,'…
Something Called The Worst Movie Ever! Made $11 Last Weekend
Last weekend was an especially brutal one for new releases, with Fright Night, Conan the Barbarian and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World all performing well below…
VIDEO: David Cross, Keith Olbermann Redeem 17 Minutes of Awkward Chatter with Arrested Development Update
David Cross appeared on Countdown on Monday night, where host Keith Olbermann coaxed an update about the development of the long-gestating movie adaptation of Arrested…
VIDEO: Take a Look at the Mercy-Killed Gremlins Video Game
About 10 years ago, someone thought it might be a good idea to adapt the 1984 hit Gremlins to the video-game realm. And maybe it was a good idea! In practice, however, a…
Weekend Receipts: Help, Apes Hold Off Anemic New Releases
On a weekend congested with reboots, remakes, prequels and sequels, it was a book adaptation that stirred Americans to visit the movie theater. Indeed, week two of The…
Sean Penn Didn't Like Tree of Life
Translated from a French-language publication by The New Yorker's Richard Brody, Sean Penn apparently has issues with Terrence Malick's recent film: "I didn't at all…
Friday Box Office: Help!
Hoo boy. The late-summer movie bottleneck has caught up with Hollywood, relegating this weekend's trio of new wide releases to the bottom of the top five at the box…
Movieline's Week in Review: Je Veux Pisser
Well, that happened. Has a long, sultry late-August week ever been summed up with a more succinct phrase than Gérard Depardieu's willy-wagging protestation? Maybe so…
First Trespass Trailer: Give Them the Money!
The long, strange saga of Trespass is piling on the milestones of late, with this week's TIFF premiere announcement supplemented today by a new trailer. Is this…
Chasing $50 Million, Midnight in Paris Set to Expand Again
Word just over the transom at Movieline HQ has announced Sony Pictures Classics' plans to give Midnight in Paris one final push to end the summer, expanding the film…
