Tag Archives: tv guide

Man Claims Hangover 2 Is Based On His Life — Well, Except For the Transsexual Prostitute Part

Remember this summer’s Hangover Part II ? The Todd Phillips sequel about American pals who indulge in blacked-out Bangkok escapades involving kidnapped Buddhist monks, a chain-smoking monkey, Toyota car chases, kathoey prostitutes, Russian mobsters and Mike Tyson singing an obscure ’80s song from Murray Head? Well, now someone is claiming that the critically disappointing blockbuster was based on his own life, and he’s suing the filmmakers.

Read the original:
Man Claims Hangover 2 Is Based On His Life — Well, Except For the Transsexual Prostitute Part

Twit Wit: The Best 5 Tweets About Movies This Weekend

It was an underwhelming weekend at the box office, but that didn’t stop Twitter from reacting to the fancy-free stylings of Footloose , the terror of The Thing and even the already-forgotten The Big Year . We’ve racked up the best five tweets about movies this weekend — and the most dubious telegrams comes from one of the film’s own stars.

View post:
Twit Wit: The Best 5 Tweets About Movies This Weekend

VIDEO: Sean Penn Blasts Tea Party as ‘Get the N-Word Out of the White House’ Party

Love Sean Penn or loathe him, you have to at least admire any modern movie star harboring any degree of spontaneity or candor in an otherwise hypersensitive, overcalculated celebrity culture. (To say nothing of having the distinction of having been in both a Terrence Malick film and Scarlett Johansson’s pants at the same time; the man is nothing if not a tireless striver for the American Dream.) Penn’s latest flare-up occurred in the middle of an interview with CNN’ s Piers Morgan, to whom the two-time Oscar winner ranted about the prominence of the Tea Party — or, in Penn’s delectable neologic parlance, the “Get the N-Word Out of the White House” Party.

See the original post:
VIDEO: Sean Penn Blasts Tea Party as ‘Get the N-Word Out of the White House’ Party

Chloë Moretz and Keanu Reeves Reenact Taxi Driver in Scorsese Tribute

Despite Chloë Moretz’s admission that her mother hasn’t yet permitted her to watch Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver , the young actress nevertheless does her best underage hooker impression — alongside Keanu Reeves as Travis Bickle, no less — in a star-studded reenactment paying tribute to the great filmmaker.

See original here:
Chloë Moretz and Keanu Reeves Reenact Taxi Driver in Scorsese Tribute

Which 3 Movies Are the Most Pirated Films of All Time?

Earlier this month, Netflix released a list of their ten most-rented movies ever. It was a strange selection that shocked and saddened us — Sandra Bullock’s films The Blind Side and Crash ranked first and second, while the abominable, Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman terminal illness buddy comedy The Bucket List finished third. But weep for America’s horrendous taste no more — TorrentFreak has ranked the most pirated titles of all time and they are much more respectable selections. Can you guess what they are?

Go here to read the rest:
Which 3 Movies Are the Most Pirated Films of All Time?

At HIFF: Emily Browning Talks Controversial Sleeping Beauty and Mishandled Sucker Punch

As noted earlier, Emily Browning was among the squad of young talent to storm this year’s Hamptons International Film Festival. The Australian actress best known for Hollywood efforts Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events and this year’s Sucker Punch dropped by this time around for something completely different: Sleeping Beauty , writer-director Julia Leigh’s disturbing dive into the realm of somnambulistic sex work.

Read more here:
At HIFF: Emily Browning Talks Controversial Sleeping Beauty and Mishandled Sucker Punch

Happy 86th Birthday, Angela Lansbury! What’s Her Greatest Screen Moment?

I hope Zachary Quinto pegged his coming out to Angela Lansbury’s 86th birthday, because, indeed, it’s a day of thunderous celebration. The brilliant actress was first nominated for an Oscar 67 years ago, and she remains just as vibrant today. (You may have seen her in the recent Mr. Popper’s Penguins ). What’s your pick for Jessica Fletcher’s greatest screen moment?

Read more here:
Happy 86th Birthday, Angela Lansbury! What’s Her Greatest Screen Moment?

REVIEW: Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage Fend Off Half-Assed Home Invasion in Trespass

There’s so much shouting in Joel Schumacher’s hostage thriller Trespass that you start to imagine the cast must have had to take every third day off to sit around in wool scarves with lemon tea focusing on regaining the ability to speak. If you were to down a shot every time someone screams “Go!” or “Run!” you’d expire of alcohol poisoning before the credits ran. Taking place over the course of one shrieky evening, the film presents a home invasion scenario to fit up with our new era of class warfare accusations — a group of desperate thugs posing as policemen force their way into the high-end lakeside home of a diamond dealer and his family, who turn out to be struggling through their own financial dire straits.

Link:
REVIEW: Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage Fend Off Half-Assed Home Invasion in Trespass

REVIEW: Not Just Your Average Remake, Footloose Has All the Right Moves

God save Craig Brewer’s Footloose , which is less a movie for today’s audiences than for yesterday’s — and I mean that in the good way. This is a pop entertainment made with an eye for detail: When our teen hero and the young woman he’s been wooing move in for their first kiss, the setting sun peeps out from behind their conjoined silhouettes. Corny, right? Get this: The rays beam out through a star filter. You can roll your eyes at the obviousness of it all, or you can marvel that a filmmaker cared to make a choice so traditional, so clichéd, that it becomes a kind of pop-culture mission statement. It’s as if Brewer is taking a stand for movies that look like movies instead of audience hipness barometers.

Excerpt from:
REVIEW: Not Just Your Average Remake, Footloose Has All the Right Moves

Beware of Spoilers, Inspirational Storylines in Latest Non-Parody Muppets Trailer

It has been a long, wonderful, trailer-laden lead-up to The Muppets big screen comeback. We’ve enjoyed clever promos of the Green Lantern parody, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo send-up and straight-forward varieties. And now, for the final hurrah before Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and the gang storm theaters November 27, here’s the latest (straightforward) preview. Beware! Uplifting spoilers ahead.

Read the original post:
Beware of Spoilers, Inspirational Storylines in Latest Non-Parody Muppets Trailer