Still scrambling for a holiday gift for the skin fan in your life? Well, you can’t do much better than these classic slices of ’70s and ’80s skinema, newly restored to their original nude glory and newly available on DVD. Join us after the jump for Mr. Skin’s top DVD re-releases of 2011!
Kevin Smith was tickled when his Red State star Melissa Leo won the Oscar last year, as he tells it in Movieline’s exclusive behind the scenes featurette from this week’s DVD and Blu-ray release of the provocative horror film. In the clip, meet Leo’s Sarah Cooper, the steely and devoted daughter of Red State ‘s fire and brimstone villain Pastor Abin Cooper, as described in Leo’s own words.
If you need yet another sign of how impossible it’s become to separate the public persona of Kevin Smith from his films, look no further than the posters for Red State proclaiming it “AN UNLIKELY FILM FROM THAT KEVIN SMITH, ” as if the film were actually directed by the man’s prolific Twitter account . In the last few years, the funny, profane voice that’s made Smith’s dialogue so distinctive has essentially outgrown the films that used to showcase it, as Smith’s podcasts, his sometimes pugnacious social media feed and his speaking tours have made any cinematic output all but beside the point. When he made a splash at Sundance in January premiering his latest work Red State , it was more for the live auction he was reportedly going to hold to sell distribution rights after the screening than for the film itself.
Ricky Gervais — the troublemaking Golden Globes host who made callous, hilariously truthful jokes about such esteemed statesmen as Hugh Hefner, Tim Allen, and Robert Downey Jr. during his last hosting gig — claims he’s been asked back to the ceremony for a third straight year. And the Oscars, too. That’s fantastic. But is Gervais willing to take up the offers? The giggling imp explains.
A giant British costume collection that included several of The King’s Speech military uniforms was destroyed in a fire purportedly set by 29-year-old Christopher Donnachie, who was arrested. I’m sorry if any of this was spurred by Movieline’s fever dream where Helena Bonham Carter sets fire to Melissa Leo . This wasn’t our intention. The arson comes on the heels of the giant homosexual fire that ripped through The King’s Speech ‘s set when it was a gay porn hub . [ Contact Music ]
If you’ve been wanting to prove your masculinity by dropping $999.99 on Scarface , you’re in luck: As of Sept. 6, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing a limited edition package of the film for nearly $1,000 which includes everything except a real-life Cuban drug lord and a pile of cocaine big enough to correct your inferiority complex.
If you’ve been wanting to prove your masculinity by dropping $999.99 on Scarface , you’re in luck: As of Sept. 6, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing a limited edition package of the film for nearly $1,000 which includes everything except a real-life Cuban drug lord and a pile of cocaine big enough to correct your inferiority complex.
In Monogamy , Chris Messina plays Theo, a burnt out wedding photographer who starts a side job that involves photographing clients in a more natural, unaware surrounding. When one of his clients with the provocative handle “Subgirl” (Meital Dohan) shows up for her session and puts on quite a show, it leads Theo down a road of obsession that puts a strain on his current engagement to Nat (Rashida Jones). Movieline sat down with Messina to discuss the dark twists of Monogamy , an audition outburst that led to him being banned for life from the future work of The Sopranos ‘ David Chase, and why it was unfair that Devil got caught up in the stink left over from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender .
Oscar-winners like Jane Fonda know TV is an ideal medium for actors seeking a challenge, but non-Oscar-winners like us know that TV is also a good way to forward an actor’s reputation. Don’t want to be a frightening character actress anymore? Join NBC’ s new legal drama! Want to maintain the prestige of your early career? Take up a lead role on Showtime’s new historical series! TV has become such a viable forum for thespian respect that some Oscar-winners are heading to the small screen before taking home the gold (Melissa Leo on Treme , anyone?). Here are the eight stages of Oscar-winners who move to the small screen — usually with great success.
Oscar-winners like Jane Fonda know TV is an ideal medium for actors seeking a challenge, but non-Oscar-winners like us know that TV is also a good way to forward an actor’s reputation. Don’t want to be a frightening character actress anymore? Join NBC’ s new legal drama! Want to maintain the prestige of your early career? Take up a lead role on Showtime’s new historical series! TV has become such a viable forum for thespian respect that some Oscar-winners are heading to the small screen before taking home the gold (Melissa Leo on Treme , anyone?). Here are the eight stages of Oscar-winners who move to the small screen — usually with great success.