Confession time: I love Justin Timberlake. Not his music career, mind you — though who doesn’t love a little ” Rock Your Body ” every once in a while — but his acting one. You can grumble that he jumped the shark with endless appearances on SNL and his performance as himself — er, Sean Parker in The Social Network , but for my money, Timberlake constantly hits it out of the park. He even makes something as disposable as Bad Teacher look moderately watchable in a “Let’s wait to see it on a Wednesday night on HBO2 !” sort of way. All of which is a long way around saying that his presence in Friends with Benefits is key to making this summer rom-com look positively charming.
www.youtube.com twitter.com Hey boys and girls, it’s time to Cop Out with a couple of dicks as Carrie Keagan, takes on Seann William Scott, Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis from the new film by Kevin Smith. Sit back, relax and learn all you need to know about double penetration and cock craving disorder!! It’s MAGIC!! Directed by Kevin Smith, “Cop Out” features two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. But before they can recover the prized `52 Pafko, they must first rescue a Mexican beauty who holds the key to millions of dollars in off-shore bank accounts–and who has already witnessed one high-profile murder because of them. Veteran detective Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) needs to cash in on his perfect Pafko in order to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, but in the tradition of everything that can go wrong…it’s pilfered before he has a chance to collect. Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) is Jimmy’s “partner-against-crime,” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball, or his mind on the crime. Already in trouble and with nothing left to lose, Jimmy and Paul will have to break all the rules–including enlisting the aid of stoner thief Dave (Seann William Scott), who’s working Paul’s last nerve as Paul and Jimmy try to work the case. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, A Marc Platt Production, “Cop …
In this weekend’s surprisingly not-near-as-bad-as-it-could-have-been release, No Strings Attached , Natalie Portman plays a doctor who’s too busy for a proper relationship, and instead creates a pact with Ashton Kutcher that develops into a “sex-only” one. How did Portman transform herself from child star to the odds-on favorite to take home Oscar gold (note: not for No Strings Attached ) next month? You can always trace a direct line through a handful of important roles to illustrate what led to an actor’s current success, and with Portman, that line has been on a steady uphill climb sine her debut in Léon . So let’s look at eight performances — including something called “World Patrol Kids” — that trace the evolution of one Natalie Hershlag.
It’s almost easy to forget now, but, a year ago today, Kristen Wiig was the dominant force on Saturday Night Live . Today, for whatever reason, that’s not the case. (The recent airing of last season’s A Very Gilly Christmas notwithstanding.) So, with that in mind, now that we are at the halfway point of Saturday Night Live ‘s season, let’s hand out some awards to those cast members who have replaced Wiig at center stage.
Posted onDecember 22, 2010by|Comments Off on Jon Lovitz on Casino Jack, Replacing Phil Hartman and Lorne Michaels’ ‘Cheap Shot’
Jon Lovitz still gets visibly annoyed when the subject of a 1991 Saturday Night Live joke is the topic of discussion. On Dennis Miller’s last show, there was a short sketch where Lorne Michael’s asked Miller, “You’re not going to come back every week to hang out on the set like Lovitz, are you?” (Lovitz, who had left SNL the year before, had made four cameos during Miller’s final season.) When Miller responded, “No,” Michaels continued, “Because that would be pathetic. I mean, the man has no life … I mean, thank God every now and then he gets a movie.” Of course, it was a joke, but that doesn’t mean Lovitz wasn’t livid at the “cheap shot.”
Posted onDecember 16, 2010by|Comments Off on Adam Scott Shares His 10 Favorite Things From 2010
As you may have noticed around these parts, the end of the calendar year brings a plethora of Top-10 lists from an assortment of categories. But why should Movieline’s staff have all the fun? Let’s hear from Adam Scott, whose Parks and Recreation returns to NBC on Jan. 20th and who wrote in to share his own favorite things from the last year in pop culture. Take it away, Adam.
Posted onDecember 10, 2010by|Comments Off on First Spider-Man Set Photos Confirm I Could Get Used to Emma Stone as a Blonde
The Spider-Man reboot is going to be so awesome , if only because it may very well be the first film in the history of Hollywood from which we’ll apparently have paparazzi photos delivered to our desktops every single day , followed by total speculation educated guessing about what’s happening in said photos, thus creating our own parallel Spider-Man universe where gossip, comic-book narratives and photo-agency spoilers converge in a continually evolving fanboy fantasia. Excited yet? Anyway, my point is that my first impression of Emma Stone’s return to her natural blond hair color was wrong: She looks great. Click through for the first shots of Stone, in character as Gwen Stacy, from the first day of shooting.
Filed under: SNL It’s not like TMZ has revealed the secrets of war and peace, but ” Saturday Night Live ” found a nexus between WikiLeaks and our little shop. Come to think of it, there is a connection with what “SNL” did with Hillary Clinton and Mel Gibson ‘s new movie… Read more
