Why can't Glee star Lea Michele catch a break with parents? First, she posed in that scandalous GQ photo spread and then she allegedly snubbed True Grit sweetheart Hailee Steinfeld -- inciting the wrath of her fans' parents. Now, Cosmo magazine has unveiled its March cover, which shows the actress posing in a plunging neckline alongside headlines like "The Sex Quiz", "Get Naked," and Movieline HQ's personal favorite, "For His Thighs Only." Should we be surprised, and more importantly, should we be angry?
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Even though Richard Pryor gave her a coke-encrusted vagina once, Mars Attacks! seventeenth-lead Pam Grier claims she taught the comic legend to read while they were dating. In her new memoir, Grier recalls, "He would learn his lines phonetically and people would help him learn his lines, but he'd say, 'Baby, I wanna learn how to read, and I wanna read War & Peace." I thought I sensed some Napoleonic angst in Brewster's Millions. [Cinema Blend]
That was fast! Barely three hours after it began circulating that Queen Elizabeth II saw -- and apparently loved -- The King's Speech, The Weinstein Company released a press release trumpeting her royal approval. But will the quick response wind up backfiring?
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This weekend, James Cameron delivers Sanctum, a rare Cameron produced movie that he didn't direct. But how did Cameron, the director of the two most successful films of all time, get to this point after his disaster of a big-screen debut, Piranha II: The Spawning? You can always trace a direct line through a handful of projects (not necessarily his best projects, mind you) to illustrate what led to a director's current success. And with Cameron, it appears, up to this point, everything that he touches turns into gold (literally, because, you know, his movies make a lot of money).
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The gold standard for bad movies getting Oscar love has to be 2007's multiple Razzie-winning Norbit, which earned an Oscar nod for Best Make-up, and from that moment forward demanded to be called by its rightful name: "The Academy Award-Nominated Norbit." (Shudder.) This year's crop of Oscar-nominated critical duds are cinematic masterworks by comparison -- and most of them can thank the thankless effects, costume, and sound mixing technicians for the profile-boost -- but still... who'da thunk these 8 films would have come this far?
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· When the first picture of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man was released, Louis commented on The Social Network star's seemingly 28-inch waist. Well, guess what? He's still got it! Click ahead to see a picture of Garfield in full costume on the set of Marc Webb's reboot, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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After months of dedicated football fandom, Super Bowl Sunday is finally upon us and you're prepared. You've planned your party, installed your Steelers/Green Bay kegerator, made Cory Monteith's five-layer dip and spoiled the Super Bowl commercials for yourself. There is just one more thing left to do: revisit some films, classic and lesser-known, with Super Bowl-related storylines to get you in the mood for Sunday's sports hysteria. Ready, set...
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On Sunday, America will get their first glimpse of Captain America: The First Avenger when the trailer for Joe Johnston's favorite new film rolls out during the Super Bowl. Until then, this brand new poster for the film will have to suffice. Which is good, because you might need a day or so to process what's happening on this thing.
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Technically speaking, Nicolas Cage's ridiculous medieval actioner Season of the Witch has earned the worst reviews of the year thus far, currently simmering at a robust 4 percent over at Rotten Tomatoes. But there's a difference between a cheesy period B-movie that's simply silly and a wannabe heartwarming film whose protagonist actively inspires revulsion, alarm, and twee murder fantasies among the critical mass. World, meet Waiting for Forever: the most despised movie of 2011!
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Last night, Movieline attended the first press screening of Take Me Home Tonight, the upcoming 80's-themed rom-com featuring Topher Grace, Anna Faris and Teresa Palmer -- the latter of whom arrived at the film's afterparty with a famous date whose attendance might have sparked a minor cultural meltdown.
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Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Ben Affleck lines up his next directorial effort with help from George Clooney... Bond 23 potentially adds another heavy hitter... Lone Star's Kyle Killen gets another shot... and more ahead.
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So I was trawling a few sources for any genuinely stimulating context to write about this weekend's new releases, and the best I could really come up with is this: There is no reason to expend much more than a hundred words on a trio of films averaging 28% approval on Rotten Tomatoes (plus The Roommate, which hasn't yet screened for critics, and one acclaimed indie opening on one screen in NYC), especially on a weekend where the bulk of America's focus is on a football game in North Texas. Seventeen syllables per entry sounds about right, no?
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While the idea of Eric Bana raising Saoirse Ronan in the woods to be a ruthless killer a little funny in its way, the first trailer for Joe Wright's Hanna played it's little-girl assassin story pretty straight. Now, thanks to those laughter-loving Brits, we have a new trailer that still looks like fun, and shows off the lighter side of being a lethal, adolescent rogue.
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· This week in prospective Super Bowl commercials: An ad promoting the John 3:16 Biblical verse was rejected by those other Powers That Be at Fox. Watch the peculiar (and laughable) thing after the jump. [THR]
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As you might have heard, Charlie Sheen has released a statement about his recent drug-and-porn binge and the subsequent rehab that has shut down production on the megahit Two and a Half Men. While it's pretty obvious to anyone observing the situation that Sheen is anything but sorry, the actor did make a vague attempt to explain his plan to correct the situation. Actually, no -- this might be the most cryptic press release in the history of press releases. As a service, Movieline has translated and annotated Sheen's official statement where possible:
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