Sadly, there are no Monkey Ghosts or catfish cunnilingus in the trailer for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, the Thai mindf*ck that won director Apichatpong Weerasethakul the Palme d'Or at Cannes on Sunday. But there are plenty of the lush, laconic images international moviegoers have come to know and love (or at least appreciate) in good old "Joe" W.'s baffling metaphysical exercises like Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady and Syndromes and a Century.
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Weren't able to make it to the Cannes Film Festival this year to see, among other things, Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest depressing affair? Good news: Following in the footsteps of David Fincher, the famed director has used his considerable technical talents to create a new World Cup television spot for Nike. Titled "Write the Future," the three-minute ad feels like noting Iñárritu's ever done, and not just because it features cameos from Homer Simpson, Kobe Bryant and Gael Garcia Bernal. This thing is infectious, fun, incredibly watchable and manages to coherently say something about how one event can tie the entire world together. In other words, it basically accomplishes everything that Babel didn't. Check out the clip after the jump and prepare to order yourself a Ronaldo jersey.
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As Liz Lemon said recently about those famous Helen Mirren-in-a-bikini photos: "How is it possible? Is she a wizard?" Judging from the new trailer for Love Ranch, a based on true events tale about a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada, the answer is yes. To wit: Mirren's character is married to Joe Pesci, but ends up rolling around in bed with a hunky and decades-younger Argentine boxer, played by actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Hey, it's Peris.
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Over the past week, Movieline has reviewed all kinds of network series featuring a range of cops and crime-fighters. There have been funny, overweight cops looking for love; handsome police officers patrolling Hawaii, three generations of squabbling Irish badges, Detroit detectives and Chicago heat. But nowhere in these line-ups was there room for a gorgeous CIA trainee who shame-eats pints of cookie dough ice cream when she's not taking down deadly assassins. Fortunately, USA Network has that subgenre covered.
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Hey, here's something new you can ask Sarah Jessica Parker to explain when she calls you up next week: What is up with that Liza Minnelli cover of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"?! After months of teasing the Oscar-winner's cameo in Sex in the City 2, the cultural terrorists responsible for this... this... gahhh have finally kicked out the jams for the world to hear. Kanye West will not be cutting off any award speeches over this one, believe me. Hear it after the jump.
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Are you ready for the Sex and the City 2 tidal wave that's about to hit? Michael Musto is, but as he tells us, Michael Douglas may not be. In this week's installment of The Hollywood Kid, Musto talks scheduling conflicts, the gaying-up of Sex and the City (is such a thing even possible?), blind items, and Life During Wartime's unlikely nude scene featuring Allison Janney. This is certainly her year for head-scratching career choices!
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Sure, Sarah Silverman may have broken up with Jimmy Kimmel ages ago, but why should she let him have all the Lost-hogging fun? Before Kimmel gets to host his "Aloha to Lost" special this Sunday following the series finale, Silverman interviewed the show's creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for Funny or Die, asking important things like, "I couldn't help but notice that you're both huge f***ing nerds. Do you think that informed the writing of this show?" Oh, Sarah. Don't you know that every question will just lead to another question?
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The egos, age, money and cynicism thwarting any reasonable hope for Ghostbusters 3 clearly have a lot of people down. Just look at the sullen group of New York Public Library visitors in the video after the jump. What they need -- what we all need, really -- is a little reassurance that our appreciation isn't misplaced. And as if on cue, it seemed to walk right through the front door.
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We may not be getting an Arrested Development movie anytime soon -- or ever -- but at least there's the new Fox sitcom Running Wilde to whet our appetites. The show reunites Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz with his erstwhile GOB Bluth, Will Arnett, and as in that show, he plays a wealthy, oblivious blowhard. This time, though, he's palatable enough to romantically intrigue Keri Russell as his do-gooder opposite. Here's the trailer. Taste the happy?
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Move over, sexually ambiguous sixth grader wailing "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga! This week, Chris Klein may take your viral video crown. The Election and American Pie actor is the star of an excruciating new YouTube video that purports to be his audition tape for Mamma Mia!, and it involves a level of singing and cringing not experienced since The Comeback went off the air. At Movieline HQ, we're split over whether the video is a put-on or not -- I'm leaning toward "fake," but even so, I don't know what to do with this information. Maybe he just wanted to be a trending topic on Twitter for once?
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There's good news and bad news about Lady Blue Shanghai, the latest short film in Dior's Lady Dior campaign featuring Marion Cotillard. The good news: It's a 16-minute effort directed by David Lynch, which means, regardless of its content, a new David Lynch film has arrived. Rejoice! The bad news: It really, really wants to sell you a handbag.
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For those of us who jones for some bloodsucking action in our lives, the good people at True Blood have heard our cries, and have given us a full, two-minute Season 3 trailer to whet our appetites in advance of the June 13 premiere. So what can we expect from our merry band of vamps, shape-shifters and mind-readers this season? Looks like healthy portions of hungry werewolves, bared fangs, bare asses, and enough spilled blood to make anyone blanch.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt, you've got some competition. The trailer for Zac Efron's new film Charlie St. Cloud has made its way online, and it casts the former Taylor Lautner as a smart, rich, loving, yachting, Stanford-bound mensch who loves to wear sleeveless shirts. Can it get even better for our hero? It can: an accident leaves him able to talk to ghosts. Well, one in particular.
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We told you not long ago about Rubber, the Cannes title about a homicidal radial tire on the loose in the California desert. Here's another juicy morsel from this year's program to tide you over until something more palatable (or even more ridiculous than Rubber) is served on the Riviera.
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After a workweek like this one, couldn't you use a little industry gossip to jolt you back to life (and to give you something to discuss over drinks this weekend)? Our Hollywood Kid, Michael Musto, is only too happy to oblige, with dish on Iron Man 3, Patrick Swayze's final project, and an intriguing collaboration between Elton John and Ben Stiller. As always, Musto closes things out with a pair of delicious blind items, and I'd hazard a guess on the Craigslist-trolling actor if I felt like I had a better lawyer. Enjoy!
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