And when I say ‘job,’ I don’t mean to imply that going out to parties and premieres isn’t hard work. If Twitter accounts are to believed, and if Lindsay Lohan is telling the truth, she’s gotten herself a job that requires showing up and doing something in exchange for money. Apparently, this weekend Lohan tweeted …
While I was watching Woody Allen’s latest movie, “Whatever Works,” I kept wondering if this was the end- if we were through with seeing great Woody Allen movies. I only had to remind myself that his last film won one Oscar, was nominated for a couple others, and also took home a couple of Golden …
The trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest movie has been released. “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” is stop-motion and is based on the book by Roald Dahl. (He’s the guy who wrote “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and “James and the Giant Peach.” Anderson’s movie features the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep and, beacuse it’s …
Variety is reporting that Steven Spielberg is excited about a new script based on novelist Donald Hamilton’s super-spy character, Matt Helm. The script was written by Paul Attanasio, (“The Sum of All Fears,” “The Good German,”) and is reportedly more Jason Bourne and James Bond than the previous Matt Helm movies. (Those starred Dean Martin …
Roger Moore took over the role of James Bond in 1973’s “Live and Let Die.” Made at the height of the black film explosion, (better known as blaxploitation,) Moore’s debut featured an African-American villain, with African-American henchmen.
The Coen brothers have released the trailer to their latest movie, “A Serious Man.” I’m not sure what the movie is about, but it looks like a classic Coen story. Dark, funny and very odd. The trailer is put together almost like the building of a song, with each shot adding a sound into a …
Charlize Theron’s production company Denver & Deliah has acquired the rights to Christopher Buckley’s novel “Florence of Arabia,” for her to star in. Buckley also wrote the book, “Thank You For Smoking,” which was turned into a hit film by Jason Reitman. His novel, “Little Green Men,” is reportedly being adapted by Whit Stilman. “Florence,” …
“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort. The movie is called “The Town,” and is based on Chuck Hogan’s novel, “Prince of Theves.” (I haven’t read the book myself, but am assured by those who have read it that there is no mention of Kevin Coster in …
Peter Jackson was at Comic-Con this year and appeared on three different pannels. Of course, he was swamped with questions about “The Hobbit.” Jackson said that they were three weeks away from delivering a budget for the first film. Once that is done, they will use that script as a basis for the budget for …
If you’ve been tooling around the internet, you might have found the website Flynn Lives. It purports to search for Kevin Flynn, the main character of the popular 80’s sci-fi film, “Tron.” Now, comes a little more info. Previously titled “Tr2n,” but now called “Tron Legacy,” the film’s makers screened footage at last year’s Comic-Con. …