Much like the Edward Snowden short film , it was only a matter of time before someone took the story of Wikileaks and Julian Assange and turned it into a film. Enter The Fifth Estate trailer: The Fifth Estate Official Trailer Benedict Cumberbatch plays the Australian Julian Assange while Daniel Bruhl takes on the role of Assange’s first partner and friend, Daniel Domscheit-Berg. While the trailer seems to fall victim to somewhat unclear timeline issues, something that plagued the recent Wikileaks documentary, We Tell Secrets , with Bill Condon behind the camera, the concerns should be few. The man behind such great films like Kinsey and even the Breaking Dawn movies, there’s little doubt The Fifth Estate will be on par with other movies released this fall. Perhaps the most interesting thing to watch going forward however, will be the circus that still surrounds Assange and the Wikileaks organization. Holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy after having rape charges brought against him, Assange has spoken out saying The Fifth Element is a propaganda attack against both Wikileaks and himself. The Fifth Estate opens on October 11th.
Terry Ragland, a 55-year old Tennessee native, visited a doctor in the city of Jackson this April due to extreme pain in her lower back. But she could not believe her ears when Timothy Sweo told her the issue resided closer to another body part. “He said ‘I know what the problem is. It’s ghetto booty,’” Ragland told WREG in Memphis. “I think I blacked out after he said ghetto booty. I think my mind was just stuck on the phrase because I couldn’t believe he said that.” Dr. Sweo admits he used those words to diagnose “lumbar lordosis” to Ragland, but chose them “to take a technical conversation regarding your lower back and make it less technical,” he later wrote to his patient after she complained to the office manager. But Ragland told WREG that explanation just made her even angrier. “It says to me that he doubts what type of intellect I have, how intelligent I am to be able to understand what he conveys to me in a medical term.” Ragland has filed complaint with the state’s Department of Health. “I think I do understand why her feelings were hurt but I don’t understand what’s offensive about it,” says Sweo, who has practiced general orthopedics for 12 years.
Apparently we’ve moved into the “blink and you’ll miss something” stage of Catching Fire related stories. Earlier today it was the new Catching Fire still and talk of the upcoming new trailer, and yesterday it was a new Catching Fire photo with Katniss in a wedding dress. Now? It’s time for inew Catching Fire character posters! Scroll down now to see even more of the cast in their “Quarter Quell” banners. Catching Fire opens in theaters on November 22nd – and remember to stay tuned this weekend for the new Catching Fire trailer !
Apparently we’ve moved into the “blink and you’ll miss something” stage of Catching Fire related stories. Earlier today it was the new Catching Fire still and talk of the upcoming new trailer, and yesterday it was a new Catching Fire photo with Katniss in a wedding dress. Now? It’s time for inew Catching Fire character posters! Scroll down now to see even more of the cast in their “Quarter Quell” banners. Catching Fire opens in theaters on November 22nd – and remember to stay tuned this weekend for the new Catching Fire trailer !
Last time we discussed Spring Breakers it was the ridiculous theory that Spring Breakers is a spiritual journey as opposed to just some self-indulgent tale from the mind of Harmony Korine. I did not think it would get more odd than that. I was wrong. In a story that I wish was a joke, just for the sake of humanity, rapper Riff Raff is suing the creators of Spring Breakers . Why? Well duh, it’s because they based James Franco’s character on him. I totally see it. Actually, I might have maybe gone along with Riff Raff had he not made the mistake so many before him have made, he opened his mouth. In talking with TMZ, Riff Raff tells them that he deserves a lump sum of around $8-10 million because, “It’s like if I have a front yard and you’re planting soil and you’re planting trees and building peaches and houses and selling parking lots on my property… then I deserve to be compensated for some portion of that money.” You don’t plant soil. You certainly don’t build peaches. How big is this front yard that someone is able to go about selling parking lots off of it? Not only that, they’ve built peaches but not the parking lots they are now selling? Your logic is missing some steps here Riff Raff. Why on earth am I trying to apply logic to a statement from a man seeking $10 million from someone who built peaches on his lawn? Good luck Riff Raff. With any luck Judge Judy will catch this case and we’ll all have entertainment for at least an afternoon. Looking for more ridiculous news? Check out this The Rooftop trailer !
A couple weeks ago we were sounding the rally cry with these Kick-Ass 2 videos . I hope everyone chose sides and is out fighting for their faction, but now it’s time to check out the Kick-Ass 2 poster. Jim Carrey (who spoke out recently on the violence of Kick-Ass 2 ) , Chloe Morentz, Aaron Tyler-Johnson, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all have that “don’t cross me or I will mess you up” look in their eyes, which is about right given their roles. I like it. Not going to lie, I’m a little curious as to what is up with the paint splatter thing they’ve got going there, but overall, it’s a great poster. Kick-Ass 2 opens on August 16th. Want some more movie news? How about this Out of the Furnace trailer featuring former superhero Christian Bale?
We’ve seen the Catching Fire trailer , but now EW has released a new image from the film. It’s none other than Katniss Everdeen in a wedding dress! The Hunger Games sequel doesn’t open in theaters until November, but we get the sense things are going to start catching on fire (sorry… couldn’t be avoided) really soon. Already we’ve seen a lot of the cast in these Catching Fire portraits , plus Katniss and Peeta in the Catching Fire poster celebrating their Hunger Games victory… but with so much time between now and November, it’s just a matter of time before posters and images and trailers start pouring in. What are you hoping for next? More Liam Hemsworth? Perhaps another trailer? Or how about some love for Woody Harrelson? Let us know in the comments!
When I wrote about the Sharknado trailer this week, I said there was no was no way on earth I’d be watching this cinematic masterpiece. Well, as I’m sure it will with plenty of others, curiosity got the best of me. Even though I’ve watched it and am writing about it, I’m still not quite sure if it was a good idea. Let’s go ahead and tackle the incredibly deep, complex plot of Sharknado . See, there are sharks, and these sharks find themselves sucked up into a hurricane and the subsequent tornados the hurricane spawns. And then… nope, that’s it. That is the entire plot. Wait, there was an early scene in which we are party to an illegal shark fin poaching operation. Complete with man of presumable Asian descent there to purchase said shark fins. At first I thought, oh, this might be a statement on the awfulness of shark fin harvesting. No. Apparently that was just the best way the writers could think of launching into this story. How on earth can this be anything but spectacular? Well for one, the acting. Ian Ziering tries so hard. So, so hard. It’s like he has taken all the acting energy that he hasn’t been using in the years since 90210 and put it into this film. Amazingly enough, that doesn’t equate to much. Granted he was playing Fin, a surfing bar owner whose ex-wife and children seem to hate who ends up being the rappelling hero of our shark tale. His ex-wife? Oh that’s Tara Reid. The greatest thing she added was her first scene in which she stood on a staircase next to a framed picture of herself. Who has framed pictures of just themselves? It wasn’t her at some type of natural wonder, nope. It appears as if Tara Reid ‘s character went to the Glamour Shots knock-off and got her a pretty picture. So weird. Then there’s Fin’s children. His daughter hates him. Like legit, hates him. While there is a shark swimming around the her living room eating her mother’s boyfriend (who she apparently adores), she just scowls. Call me crazy, I’d be freaking out, but then again I’ve never been in a situation in which there was a shark swimming around my living room eating people, so I guess I can’t be too sure of my reaction. Fin’s son is apparently in the Coast Guard. In flight school I guess. No one has told his father this because the new boyfriend thinks it isn’t any of his business anymore. Who does this new boyfriend think he is? Frankly, he deserved to be eaten by a living room shark. Good riddance. Of course there is also a best friend. Best friend was one of the first victims of the shark invasion but instead of being literally gulped by the shark like one of the poor shark poachers in the first scene (no, seriously – do sharks inhale their prey like that? It looked like Joey Chestnut taking down 69 hot dogs on July 4th) he was merely nibbled upon. When in the midst of a sharkpocalypse what self-respecting shark nibbles? Come on, get it together shark. Sharknado Trailer (Official) Rounding out this rag tag crew is the doe-eyed barmaid who for some reason feels it necessary to literally throw herself at her boss while standing behind the bar during business hours while the bar patrons look on. To say this love interest angle (I’m assuming that’s what they were going for) fell flat is on understatement of epic proportions. One of those bar patrons is none other than the dad from Home Alone , John Heard. He is mainly a non-player until his shining moment as he is being actively consumed by a shark and he says, in a very even tone of voice, “Ow, no. Get off of me.” Again, I haven’t been eaten by a shark so I can’t assume to know my reaction but I’d hope there’d be at least a little bit of screaming. Some honorable mentions have to go out to the small roles in this delightful film. To just get an idea of their incredible contributions let’s look at some of their inspired dialogue: “That’s Johnni with an ‘i’.” — Weather reporter in the middle of the sharknado right before she meets her bloody end. “$15K a year, no benefits, and screaming kids!” — Bus driver as he is being hoisted from bus to higher ground. “My mom always told me Hollywood would kill me.” — Same bus driver who just escaped a shark attack only to be drilled into the ground by flying pieces of the Hollywood sign. “The government knows when I pee and my favorite kind of cheese. Pepperjack.” – Gas station attendant with a very topical concern of the government’s knowledge of our private lives. Not dialogue, but special shout out to the man being eaten by one shark only to have another fall from the sky and land on his head. For all the incredible performances given by actors, it would have meant nothing without the real stars, the sharks. Oh, this group of sharks gave a performance of the ages. They are met at every turn by cars trying to drive over them as they swim by on seemingly dry land. They are just out for a leisurely flight through Southern California when all of a sudden there’s Ian Ziering with a chainsaw. All they want is to take a nice cool dip in a pool, is it their fault that people have managed to ignore ‘Johnni with an ‘i'” and the people screaming, and the MASSIVE TORNADO FILLED WITH SHARKS and kept on swimming? In the end, that is the truly amazing aspect of Sharknado . When there is a regular tornado, most people head indoors. Apparently the people of Los Angeles just laugh in the face of Mother Nature. Well, joke’s on them because Mother Nature sent her sharks to put them in their place. See if they ignore her again! Ha! Of course it would be some sort of crime if I didn’t mention the visual effects. They were about as awful as one could imagine. There, I’ve mentioned them. No, that’s not fair. This is a movie about flying sharks and frankly it could be Michael Bay (please god don’t let Michael Bay make a flying shark movie) and it would still look like crap. However, I would like to think someone like Michael Bay , or anyone else really, would give a second thought to the physics involved in a storm like this. It’s like the makers of Sharknado have never, ever seen a body of water. Water does not just randomly, in the middle of a place with zero water one second create a monsoon type wave the next. It just doesn’t happen! Nor does a car just spontaneously combust just because it’s leaking a bit of gas. Out of everything wrong with this movie, this puzzled me the most. For all it’s faults, and there are many, I actually enjoyed Sharknado . I don’t really know how as it quite possibly was the dumbest thing I have ever watched, but I did. The filmmakers obviously cared very little about actual story but when your story is about a tornado filled with sharks, does it really matter how much it builds on that idea? Congrats to SyFy though. Because of their big ol’ balls in putting it on air in the first place, they surely have a hit with Sharknado that people will talk and laugh about for at least a couple days. Bravo, SyFy and Sharknado!
We’ve seen Electro photos before but now, in a big way, Jaime Foxx has been officially introduced as Electro in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man 2. For their Comic-Con preview edition, Entertainment Weekly went competely in your face with Electro and Spider-Man himself squaring off. So now that we’ve seen Foxx’s Electro and the new Spidey suit, when do we get an official picture of Paul Giamatti as Rhino ? Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens on April 17, 2014.
Kanye West’s mysterious “Black Skinhead” music video surfaced briefly on the rapper’s website last night, only to suddenly disappear with no explanation. A few places still have it up. Check it out while you can: Kanye West – Black Skinhead In the “Black Skinhead” music video, a CGI version of Kanye West bops along to the emphatic hip hop song, which appears on his new album Yeezus . Other animated faces in black hoods appear alongside barking dogs, visuals that are familiar to those who witnessed West’s Governor’s Ball show. The relatively bare bones nature of the video has both fans and critics wondering whether it was even finished or if it was posted prematurely, however. Not that we expect comment from ‘Ye anytime soon. Guy is not one to quell speculation and debate regarding his music. Plus, he has his hands full these days with Kim Kardashian and North West .
