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SNL: ‘Nicolas Cage’ and Liam Neeson Team at Last

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I’ve always had a weak spot for Andy Samberg’s impression of Nicolas Cage on SNL ‘s Weekend Update, which the show revived over the weekend to help pimp the NBC Universal property Battleship . This called for the appearance of that film’s co-star Liam Neeson — or Neese’s Pieces, or Tall Bono, or Leslie Nielsen, or whatever else Cage felt like calling the actor when he wasn’t wondering, “Which Jewish masseuse do I have pork to get a gig in this town?” Your mileage may vary, but hey. I laughed, and it’s Monday. Off we go.

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Read the Winning 10-Word Review in Movieline’s John Cusack Raven Premiere Contest

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Movieline received many varied submissions in our John Cusack -themed 10-word review contest , inspired by films from Say Anything… to Grosse Pointe Blank to Bullets Over Broadway and beyond. “Alas!” quoth the raven. “There can only be one winner!” (That’s how the old Edgar Allan Poe saying goes, right?) Hit the jump to read the winning submission and congratulate the lucky Movieliner that gets to attend the L.A. premiere of Cusack’s The Raven next week. Hearty kudos go to Movieline reader Jen Austin, whose 10-word review of 1997’s action opus Con Air was truly inspired: “After Cameron Crowe, before Poe, Cusack brilliantly rescued Cameron Poe.” Slow clap, Jen. Enjoy the Raven premiere and after party, and receive extra bonus high fives if you find Cusack and recite your poetic entry to him!

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Justin Bieber, Werner Herzog to Finally Square Off for an Award

Posted on December 13, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The fifth annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be handed out next month in New York City, with such inveterate documentarians as Errol Morris ( Tabloid ), Steve James ( The Interrupters ) and Kevin Macdonald ( Life in a Day ) facing off against the upstart likes of Alma Har’el ( Bombay Beach ), Tristan Patterson ( Dragonslayer ) and Clio Barnard ( The Arbor ). But look no further than the Audience Choice Award nominees for the most dynamic, high-stakes clash between old and new.

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WATCH: Video Essay Deconstructs the Faces of Steven Spielberg in Film

Posted on December 13, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In honor of the two Steven Spielberg releases this season — War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin — the folks over at Fandor are paying tribute to the master filmmaker via a new photo essay that celebrates Spielberg’s director trademark: The face. Not just any face though — an expression full of wonder that has washed over all of his protagonists dating back to his 1971 television movie Duel . Relive the many faces of Steven Spielberg ahead.

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Early Report: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is so Awful, You’ll Pee Fire

Posted on December 13, 2011 by | Leave a comment

I guess the new Nicolas Cage fire urination epic Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance did not soar like a blazing motorcycle across the night sky at Buttnumbathon recently. In fact, it tanked. There’s a flamin’ new poster for the film – one that would look impressive on a Hot Topic t-shirt or a bitchin’ Trapper Keeper – but we’ve got three definitely stanky tweets about the movie after the jump. We threw in a dollop of hope at the end, though.

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5 Feasible Storylines for the Where’s Waldo Movie

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In an age of Battleship movies and Carmen Sandiego features, it’s no surprise that another kid-friendly nostalgia icon, the bespectacled title traveler of Where’s Waldo , is purportedly getting his own movie . MGM bought the rights to Waldo, and that could mean a feature adaptation of the smiley boulevardier’s exploits is in our near future. I don’t know how a man in a striped shirt who gets lost in crowds can sustain an audience’s attention for a full movie, but here are five possible storylines I’d tolerate.

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How Much Longer Will the Academy Tolerate Brett Ratner? [UPDATED]

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

It’s been a rough week for Brett Ratner, whose big, ostensibly crowd-pleasing ensemble comedy Tower Heist debuted to lukewarm box-office figures and whose promotional endeavors have found him invoking his sexual history and bedroom technique to cringe-inducing effect. Today Ratner apologized for a “joke” he made over the weekend, responding to a viewer during a Tower Heist Q&A that “rehearsal’s for fags.” Wait, what? This is the guy co-producing the forthcoming Academy Awards? [ UPDATE : Now he’s a homophobe and a liar.]

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My Favorite Scene: Tarsem Finds Common Ground Between Man Bites Dog and an Episode of Cops

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This week, Movieline’s favorite honey badger of directors , Tarsem ( The Fall, The Cell ), unveils his spin on Greek mythology in Immortals , a fantasy actioner that blends artistic influences as vast and varied as Caravaggio, classics, and Henry Cavill’s abs. So who better to invite to a round of My Favorite Scene than the visionary filmmaker, who managed to pinpoint the uncanny cinematic parallels between the 1992 Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog , a Cannes Film Festival awardee, and that one episode from the “brilliant” first season of COPS .

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At NYFF: Martin Scorsese Gives Hometown Crowd a Taste of 3-D Hugo

Posted on October 10, 2011 by | Leave a comment

After a weekend of speculation, guesses and second-guesses about which top-secret “work in progress by a master filmmaker” would in fact screen tonight as a last-minute addition to the New York Film Festival, Martin Scorsese confirmed today’s reports by taking the stage at Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan and introducing his family-friendly 3-D opus Hugo to a loving hometown crowd.

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Joel Schumacher Tells Movieline About the Time He Wrote The Wiz

Posted on October 10, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This week brings Trespass , the latest film from Joel Schumacher. The occasion prompted the opportunity for Movieline to have a candid, wide-ranging chat with the veteran filmmaker about his career, his critics and his humble origins as a costume designer in the 1970s. And despite his glossy new thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, one subject demanded even more attention: The Wiz , the Motown musical directed by Sidney Lumet and written, in his brief, scrappy scribe-for-hire days, by Schumacher.

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