Michael Bay is known for a few things: Barking orders on set, casting (and some might say, verbally abusing his) curvy female leads and explosions! Gloriously explosive explosions that give his testosterone-fueled blockbusters that certain je ne sais quoi-splosion. But just how many explosions has the filmmaker directed? A brilliant infographic from the good folks at Frankenspace.com breaks it down and displays the answer below.
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Happy Wednesday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Steve Carell faces a Conviction... Notes from the Expendables 2 stunt-death aftermath... The least-sexy award in Hollywood? ...and more.
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Lovelace, the Linda Lovelace biopic that both Olivia Wilde and Kate Hudson were rumored to topline (as opposed to the other Lovelace biopic, which traded in Lindsay Lohan for Malin Akerman), may have new leads in Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard. The legendary porn actress Lovelace would mark a shift for the In Time/Mean Girls star, and Sarsgaard's potential role as her husband/pimp Chuck Traynor is just as dramatic a turn. Can we just agree to make this thing and stop recasting it for the next five years? Thanks. [Variety]
Yesterday it was announced that Bill Murray had signed on to star in Roman Coppola's upcoming film, A Glimpse Into the Mind of Charles Swan III alongside -- drum roll please -- Charlie Sheen. In honor of this out-of-left-field pairing, let's recall some of Murray's best onscreen partners in film and consider who has been the best.
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We're on the verge of a star-studded Oscar season, but before we dig into the potentially embarrassing J. Edgar, the probably overblown War Horse, or the already-cloying Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, let's take a second look at five great films from fall and remember that they weren't so flawless either. In fact, these films all possessed one ridiculous moment that completely took me out of the otherwise believable drama. Did you have the same problems with Moneyball, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Drive? Click through for our rundown.
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· I can't quite tell whether he's being facetious or aggressively bitter, but Colin Quinn tweeted today that Will Ferrell used to have a bad drug problem. Is he clowning? You tell me. Also in Buzz Break: Roger Moore bashes Quantum of Solace, Eddie Redmayne gets a fantastic new job, and Anderson Cooper uses his journalism powers to put the Kardashians in perspective. [ONTD]
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Yikes: TMZ is reporting that veteran Oscar producer Gilbert Cates has died. The awardscast guru, 77, was said be discovered in a parking lot at UCLA, where Cates was a professor. No other details are available at the moment, but like I said: Yikes.
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Look, I'm excited to revisit American Pie, all right? Jason Biggs is hilarious, Thomas Ian Nicholas is still winsome in his hirsute state, Chris Klein has hilarious Street Fighter cred now, and Seann William Scott has apparently updated his repertoire to include Twilight jokes -- at least according to the movie's new trailer. Check it out after the jump if, like me, you're game for yet another hornball summit.
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"I know my best angles," the actress jokes in a wide-ranging new Vanity Fair cover profile. "They were sent to my husband [Ryan Reynolds, now Johansson's's ex]. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like I was shooting a porno. Although there's nothing wrong with that either." Fair enough. But that bit about her and Woody Allen squirting Purell in each others' hands is disgusting. [VF]
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Big-screen Fall Guy reboot gains speed... An evangelical Christian blockbuster is en route to a reboot... A Verge favorite lands a new role... Guess who's getting the porn treatment... and more.
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Every month at Movieline, we collect the best interviews, smartest features, and most compelling reviews we've produced, and curate them in one easy-to-use table of contents called the Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute to our print magazine history. Here's the Virtual Newsstand for October 2011.
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And you thought your Contagion Matt Damon costume was elaborate. This past weekend, one celebrity/sometimes actress trumped all of the ghoul-like get-ups you and your uninspired friends will wear in an entire lifetime by jumping into a skinless corpse bodysuit...and employing two extras in surgeon costumes to push her down the red carpet on an autopsy table. Can you guess who is responsible for the most elaborate Halloween costume thus far?
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Tilda Swinton's extreme exasperation is always a cinematic treat, but We Need to Talk About Kevin looks like it will achieve record levels of mania. As the mother of a sociopathic son (Ezra Miller), Swinton is giving it her all, which makes her underdog status in the Best Actress race a bit disappointing. Here, watch as Kevin tortures his mother to the tune of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" and adds some believable terror to your Halloween. Cannot wait for this movie.
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James Mangold was just as apprehensive as the rest of you when the idea of a Wolverine movie fell into his lap -- so much so that he spoke with predecessor Darren Aronofsky, who was originally set to direct, before taking on the project. So what enticed him to take the helm on the Hugh Jackman-starring X-Men spin-off, anyways? And how exactly will it evoke such American classics as Chinatown and Clint Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales?
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