"A series of talking heads does not a movie make," says comedian-turned-filmmaker Jordan Brady, and that automatically puts him ahead of about 70 percent of the documentarians in the marketplace today. It also helps explain why I Am Comic (now available on DVD from Monterey Video) is so bracingly entertaining when it could have just been a bunch of funny people sitting around being funny about being funny.
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Michael Costello was a lightning rod for controversy during this season of Project Runway. Ivy accused him of cheating, Gretchen accused him of being "either an idiot savant or an idiot," and the judges' continuous praise of his work baffled some of his fellow designers. During last night's episode he revealed two unfortunate personal truths: His parents haven't been very supportive of his ambitions, and his own boyfriend outed him to his family. To top off that headiness, we watched as the 27-year-old Palm Springs designer bawled on the runway after Heidi announced his elimination at episode's end. This morning Movieline caught up with Costello to discuss the "panic attack" he says we didn't see on TV, his relationships with Ivy and April now, and choice for the winner of season eight.
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Andie MacDowell's latest feature, As Good as Dead, is a relatively radical departure in the model-turned-actress's nearly three-decade career: As Helen, the vengeful widow of a powerful white supremacist, MacDowell literally limps into New York City on the hunt for the man who ambushed her family in the South years earlier. Burned and scarred over exactly 54 percent of her body, Helen and her grown son join a ruthless killer (a scene-stealing Frank Whaley) in tormenting Ethan (Cary Elwes), a photographer who may or may not know who attacked whom that fateful day -- and who should pay.
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You may recognize Maryland-born actor Shawn Hatosy for his roles in The Cooler, Outside Providence and Alpha Dog but you would probably have a hard time pegging him to Dexter. Not because you haven't seen Showtime's serial killer drama series, but because Hatosy was completely unrecognizable as Boyd Fowler, an offbeat sociopath who collects roadkill for the Department of Sanitation by day, and tortures, electrocutes and disposes of young women by night.
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Bob Gale, who co-wrote (along with Robert Zemeckis) and produced all three Back to the Future movies, can't believe it's 2010 and we're still talking about Back to the Future. He's got a point: The original film is nearly as old today as "Johnny B. Goode," the Chuck Berry hit that Marty McFly co-opts in the first film, was in 1985 (as pointed out in Chuck Klosterman's latest book). But considering how it is Back to the Future's 25th anniversary and footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly has finally been made public, there's quite a bit to talk about.
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Lately, it seems that whenever music and comedy need to be mingled, Craig Robinson is there. As Daryl on The Office, he frequently tickles the ivories of his keyboard (look for him to accompany Ed Helms during tonight's all-new episode), while in Hot Tub Time Machine, he led a bar sing-along of "Let's Get It Started." This isn't surprising, of course: Robinson is an accomplished musician and was even a music teacher before becoming famous. The Office star and frontman for The Nasty Delicious rang up Movieline on the way home from the gym to discuss where the hit series can go without Steve Carell, why fans should be excited to see his band perform live next month, and just what it's like to work for Tyler Perry.
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Erin Andrews, Movieline's trusty new Dancing with the Stars commentator, has processed all of this week's dance madness, which included Bristol Palin's gorilla suit, a Bewitched throwback, and a triumph for Brandy and Erin's former partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. And she's ready to talk! Let's chat with the ESPN hostess about her feelings on this week's episodes.
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If it seems like Chuck has been on-the-bubble since premiering in the fall of 2007, that's probably because it has been. Like NBC stablemate Parks & Recreation, Chuck is a fan-adored, critically lauded television show that simply has trouble breaking through to larger viewership. For once though, things are looking slightly less eleventh hour: NBC picked up the backend of Chuck's fourth season yesterday, ensuring that fans will get a total of 24 episodes between now and May. Then the waiting starts all over again. Co-star Ryan McPartlin is used to this, but that doesn't make him any less excited at the prospect of more Chuck. The man who plays Captain Awesome rang up Movieline on the day of the full season order to discuss the good news, his thoughts on the season thus far, and, of course, fantasy football.
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When Gilmore Girls went off the air in 2007, Scott Patterson hung up the iconic flannel shirt and backwards baseball cap that defined his character Luke Danes and tried out a few other television roles that didn't stick: The father of a teenager on Aliens in America, a sheriff in a Lifetime movie and an ex-convict on the new 90210. Things have changed though for the Philadelphia-born actor with his juicy network job on NBC's The Event. As Michael Buchanan, a pilot dragged into a government conspiracy after his daughter goes missing, Patterson has not only found a role that lets him explore his full range of emotion on-screen for the first time, but also a stable home, as yesterday's full-season pick-up can attest.
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"My movie is not about Vietnam," Francis Coppola once famously noted about his epic Apocalypse Now. "My movie is Vietnam." And now you, too, can have Vietnam -- or, rather, Apocalypse Now -- in your own home with more bells and whistles than ever thanks to this week's new three-disc Full Disclosure Edition, which boasts stunning Blu-ray presentations of both the movie and its longer "Redux" re-release, the feature documentary Hearts of Darkness, new interviews with actor Martin Sheen and screenwriter John Milius, a never-before-seen Roger Ebert interview with Coppola from the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, the 1938 Orson Welles Mercury Theatre radio production of Heart of Darkness, and scads more goodies. On the eve of this new set's release, Coppola spoke with Movieline about making movies like Apocalypse Now in the pre-CGI era -- and packaging them today for home video.
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Oct. 29 marks the theatrical debut of the James Gandolfini/Melissa Leo/Kristen Stewart drama Welcome to the Rileys, which premiered last January at Sundance and whose high-octane cast joined director Jake Scott to meet the press today in New York. We'll have more on the film -- about a couple grappling with the death of their teenage daughter, and the runaway stripper/prostitute (played by Stewart) who enters their lives -- later in the week, but for now, in grand Movieline tradition, here's a comprehensive rundown of this afternoon's momentous disclosures:
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Marissa Jaret Winokur is the vivacious Broadway star and cancer survivor who tackled a hosting gig on the first season of Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off, but she might be coming into her own as co-host on CBS's new daytime chatfest The Talk. Alongside Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson-Peete, Leah Remini, and Julie Chen, Winokur will offer insights on parenting and gather opinions from people on the street. We caught up with Winokur to discuss the new show (which premiered today), feeding fast food to her kids, and her opinion on Dance Your Ass Off's second season with new host Mel B.
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Zack Pearlman wants you to see Jackass 3D. Now, keep in mind, Zack Pearlman isn't in Jackass 3D -- though, considering that the movie he is actually in, The Virginity Hit, admittedly underperformed at the box office (while sharing much of the current hit's DIY aesthetic), we might as well discuss the current number-one film in the country. Oh, and masturbation -- the completely natural human act that led Pearlman to a chance encounter with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
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April Johnston was Project Runway's baby this season, a 21-year-old college grad from Savannah, GA, who preferred black garments, light fabrics, and a droll one-liner every so often. We spoke with her about the show's pressing issues going into Fashion Week: the fairness of her elimination, the lionization of Michael C., and the mystery of Gretchen. She does not disappoint.
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Upon meeting Sam Rockwell for a chat this week, I probably shouldn't have been surprised to find the actor not in his seat, but rather doing a series of stretches in his Soho hotel room. Rockwell has always given the impression of being a guy bursting with energy, whether it be the manic mannerisms of Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind or his dance moves as Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. Even in his latest film, Conviction, it doesn't take long before there's a scene of Rockwell dancing with frenzied energy onstage -- nude, I should add.
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