Anyone who has ever worked in a corporate setting or been trained in some unique job or activity has had to sit through an outdated, ineffectual instructional video. When I worked as a data operator for the US Postal Service I was treated to several rounds of carpal tunnel-based warning videos in which both the [...]
Leslie Nielsen, the once dramatic force who traded in his tear-jerker skill set for a bucket o’ laughs died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84. The Canadian-born actor, best known for his roles as various bumbling, accident-prone characters like detective Frank Drebin in “The Naked Gun” comedies and the hapless doctor in “Airplane!” [...]
“The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium” [Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray]. Stephen Dorff’s growling black Ferrari shields its driver from the yellow California sun like a pair of overpriced designer shades. Sofia [...]
Two-time Oscar-winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, has reached a deal to play Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s biopic about the 16th president of the United States. Several false starts and glitches cast doubt on whether the film would ever be made. But Friday’s announcement that the notoriously fickle method actor would star as the Great Emancipator [...]
Source: Heatvision Denis Leary is in talks to play the father of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in Columbia’s reboot of the “Spider-Man” franchise. Gwen Stacy is a classic love interest in Spider-Man lore of the webslinging hero, best known in the comics for her untimely death at the hands of the Green Goblin. Leary [...]
Hot on the heels of a successful box office take with “Paranormal Activity 2,” the sequel to Oren Peli’s hand-held horror flick, Bloody Disgusting has learned that Paramount Pictures has firmed up October 21, 2011 to release the third film in the “found footage” horror series, “Paranormal Activity 3.” The Tod Williams-directed prequel/sequel “Paranormal Activity 2″ [...]
Daniel Craig stars in Jon Favreau’s “Cowboys & Aliens” as Jake Lonergan, a mysterious stranger with no memory of his past who stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. Aliens appear and begin to abduct the townsfolk and Craig bands together with his former foes to fight off the invasion. Also starring are Olivia [...]
The first real teaser trailer for Warner Bros. “Green Lantern” starring Ryan Reynolds has hit the web. Here’s the synopsis: “In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn [...]
Fashion icon-turned film director Tom Ford has been less than forthcoming with details about the followup to his highly acclaimed debut feature “A Single Man,” but Vogue managed to wrest a few tidbits from the tight-lipped talent. Until now, all we knew about the project was that it would be “very different” and that he [...]
Gawker just posted a photo (via the AP) featuring favorite 1980s angst-maestro, John Cusack, in full digs as the Hamlet of Horror, Edgar Allen Poe. The film, directed by James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta,” “Ninja Assassin”) is called “The Raven” and features Poe chasing a serial killer who commits murders based on the writings of the author. [...]
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