Kenneth Lonergan has finally finished Margaret, his long, long, long delayed follow-up to You Can Count on Me, which stars Anna Paquin as a flirtatious teen who may or may not have caused a fatal bus accident. Allison Janney, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick (who reportedly fronted Lonergan $1 million to finish the project) co-star. Let's take a look at the trailer for the drama and decide whether it was worth the six-year wait.
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Forget The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. I know what movie event you're really psyched to see: the Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore-directed Lifetime film Project Five. Because nothing says movie event like a dramatized breast cancer compilation! So grab your extra large soda and jump ahead to see the trailer, which features Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Bob Newhart and Patricia Clarkson.
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We've all wondered it before in moments of clarity and repose: 'Why the hell do I know what a Kardashian is?' In the latest installment of Verbal Vogueing, Movieline staff editor Louis Virtel dares to ponder the inexplicably famous, many-headed pop culture monstrosity that is the Kardashian brood, led by the one known as Kim. Join him and jam -- turn it up! -- with Episode 4, and chime in with any #RejectedOlympicEvents you've got. Just be warned: with "Kerrigan Wailing" and "STD Relay," the gauntlet's been thrown.
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Children of the '90s were aghast to hear there was a live-action Captain Planet film reboot in the works, courtesy of the producers behind the Transformers movies. Even the good people at Funny or Die took heed, making their own version of what a live-action Captain Planet movie would look like... if Don Cheadle (in horrifying blue face paint and the Captain's trademark green mullet) played the part of the eco-friendly superhero, with folks like Brenda Song and Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite onboard as his multi-culti band of annoying young do-gooders.
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Labor Day weekend has come to mean a number of things over the years. It used to be a tribute to working men and women and now it's a three-day excuse to make irresponsible decisions while simultaneously saying farewell to the summer and hello to football season. Ever since 2001 though, it also marks the eve of 9/11 newscasts and commemorative events. Before we break for the party weekend, let's start remembering those lost in the September 11 attacks with this montage of the Twin Tower's best moments in movie history, courtesy of web wizard Dan Meth.
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It's not often that I'm intrigued, bothered, titillated, confused, and exhilarated after watching a trailer, but A Dangerous Method does the trick. In the new preview for the dazzling Keira Knightley/Michael Fassbender Freud drama, we watch as Knightley begs to be beaten (not sexy), Fassbender reinvents Talented Mr. Ripley sailboat glamor (sexy), and Freud (Viggo Mortensen) drops in for some insight (id-tickling sexy)!
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In case you haven't noticed, it is unofficially Al Pacino celebration month here at Movieline. Last week, we attended a gaudy, Scarface-themed Blu-ray release party where Pacino and the cast discussed the making-of their 1983 cult classic; Monday, we watched the actor go a little crazy in his upcoming documentary Wilde Salome; and now, we present you more Pacino via never-before-seen Scarface outtakes.
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Compared to the other releases set for Sept. 23 (Moneyball, Killer Elite, Abduction, Machine Gun Preacher), precious little is known about The Double. Correction: after watching the new trailer for the Richard Gere-led thriller, everything seems known about The Double. If you thought the trailer for Dream House gave up the farm, you ain't seen nothing yet!
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Warrior is serious. The Oscar-craving movie about mixed martial arts starring Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton and a whole bunch of other fearsome types -- like real-life fighter Erik Apple and wrestling vet Kurt Angle -- is a full-throttle ride around the ropes. In this new clip, Hardy unseats a champ in just a few quick moves. Harsh as hell, and so good.
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Al Pacino might be the kind of guy who agrees to shameful, hot dog-related cameo in an Adam Sandler cross-dress movie, but he is still (partly) a serious thespian. For evidence, look no further than the Oscar winner's next directorial effort, Wilde Salome, a behind-the-scenes documentary that combines footage of his Broadway performance of Oscar Wilde's Salome with video of Pacino obsessing over the poet and directing/stressing out about his project. It's all very meta. Click ahead to see Pacino unravel in the first glimpse of Wilde Salome.
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Whether he is heroically stopping (and then resolving) New York City street fights, making spooky dioramas for journalists or dispensing cryptic sex advice to paparazzi, Ryan Gosling can do no wrong. This point has never been more clear than in the latest clip for Ides of March, George Clooney's fall political thriller, in which the actor flirts with a campaign intern (Evan Rachel Wood) whose name he clearly doesn't remember.
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While the baseball season slowly winds down -- and the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox possibly head for a battle in the American League Championship Series -- there's no better time for New Era to release a fifth commercial in its increasingly awesome ad campaign featuring Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski. In the latest bit of marketing hilarity, Baldwin decides to burn a batch of Red Sox tickets to disastrous results. Click ahead for the video.
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Spanish master Pedro Almodovar reunites with his onetime muse Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In, a horror tale of sorts about a doctor (Banderas) trying to synthesize a special kind of skin in his home laboratory who also happens to have a female prisoner locked up in his mansion. Also, everyone in this movie has a gun, and some folks are clad in chic semi-bondage gear. Who knows what deliciously sordid twists are in store? Watch the English-language trailer for a taste of the new Almodovar.
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If Sean Penn didn't love the abstract narrative Terrence Malick employed in Tree of Life, maybe he'll dig the pretty-similar, much more conventional stuff in the long-delayed Fireflies in the Garden -- a Tree of Life Lite starring Ryan Reynolds as a middle-aged man who returns to his Texas childhood home to deal with his strained relationship with his stern father (Willem Dafoe). Period flashbacks, memories of an angelic mother (Julia Roberts), and a pivotal death that inspires exploration into deep emotional scars? The only things missing are the cosmic clouds of particles laden with meaning. Would Penn approve?
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Jennifer Lawrence introduced a suspenseful, heavily forested preview of The Hunger Games at the tail end of MTV's Video Music Awards in a pre-taped segment from North Carolina, where the adaptation of Suzanne Collins's bestseller is still being shot. And speaking of being shot: In the clip, Lawrence takes aim with a fiery arrow and artfully dodges some woodsy danger. Indeed, she's the new goddess of the hunt. Watch after the jump.
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