Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: Shawn Levy wants Frankenstein … Rob Corddry could be a Warm body… R.I.P.D. gets a supermodel to play Jeff Bridges… and more ahead.
Grains of salt at the ready! The Daily Mail reports that it caught up with viewers following an early screening of the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady , and fans of the former British prime minister were most displeased, I say.
First came the house that inspired the Fredricksen residence in Up , and now it appears there’s the house inspired by the balloon-lifted domicile. A builder in Herriman, Utah, has constructed a home designed inside and out with the colors, features and dimensions of the one from the 2009 Pixar film. It can be yours for $400,000.
Much of director Olivier Megaton’s female assassin pic Colombiana coasts on a certain popcorn movie badass factor — lithe star Zoe Saldana as stone-cold killer hell-bent on vengeance for the murder of her family, slinking through missions in skintight catsuits (or less) and gracefully blasting away bad guys with beautifully cold precision in the grand tradition of producer Luc Besson’s most famous female killers. But Saldana feels a more weighty responsibility when it comes to her action heroine debut and how its success might affect opportunities for women in film to follow.
Because you don’t own Star Wars on enough platforms, Lucasfilm is releasing the complete saga on Blu-ray in September. The massive and anticipated release will feature loads of bells and whistles — including Original Trilogy deleted scenes! — plus some new stuff. Like a computer-generated version of Yoda to replace the puppet used in The Phantom Menace . Click through for a comparison.
Sad news today from the world of words: the Concise Oxford English Dictionary announced that its 12th edition would no longer include the word “threequel.” (Also gone, “cassette player”; weep for the ’80s.) In honor of the dearly departed “threequel” — defined as “the third film, book, event, etc. in a series; a second sequel,” it will still appear in the less concise Oxford Dictionary of English — Movieline has assembled a list of nine great third films. Click ahead to disagree with the list!
Of all the movies to come out in 2003, did you expect Underworld to produce three sequels? Not The Italian Job ? Or the ever-empowering What a Girl Wants ? Well, in the upcoming fourth installment of the series, Underworld: Awakening (in 3D), Kate Beckinsale reprises her role from the first two films, vampire warrioress Selene, “who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.” Sounds urgent. In the meantime, the movie’s new teaser poster calls to mind 10 unmistakable images — some of which are silly! Join us for some curated Beckinsale art.
Nope, you can’t bring up Dr. Strangelove and feel like a sophisticated comedy aficionado anymore: Charlie Sheen’s Comedy Central roast references the 1963 film in its first advertisement, rendering it almost useless to humanity. That said, I can’t wait for the actual roast — talk about a “war room.”
On Monday, the Internet learned that real human being Ryan Gosling had joined the ranks of hero after breaking up a New York City street fight . (“Street fight.”) Many questions remained after watching the shaky video evidence , though, and the guys over at OMGICU. com tracked down Gosling street fight videographer Valerie Herrera to get to the bottom of the incident.
TV Shows * City Hunter (SBS, 2011) * Personal Preference (MBC, 2010) * Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009) * Get Up (MBC, 2008) * I#39;m Sam as Heo Mo Se (KBS2, 2007) * Mackerel Run (SBS, 2007) * Secret Campus (EBS, 2006) * Love Hymn (MBC, 2005) * Nonstop 5 (MBC, 2004) Movies * Our School E.T (2008) * Public Enemy Returns (2008) * Humming (2007) * Arang (2006) * Ghost Lives (2004) * Repechage (1997) Recognitions * 2010 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award – Actor (Personal Preference) * 2009 K