As The Avengers kick off summer movie season today with a bang or two (or 100), it’s easy enough to forget that blockbusters aren’t just about men in tights, showing off their massive CGI effects. On some of those sweltering days, you don’t want to step into a theater to worry about the fate of [...]
Sorry, Snow White. Nothing personal, Thor. Of course we still love you, the Batman. We always will. It’s just that when it comes to summer movies, we love a glowering villain as much as we love a virtuous hero. Maybe a little more. Maybe … a lot more. Luckily for us (and you!), this summer’s [...]
The New York Press‘ Armond White reaffirmed his rep as the world’s angriest film critic at last night’s NY Film Critics’ Circle Awards, throwing barbs at any movie that dared to win despite him hating it. Some on-stage highlights from the circle’s chair: White suggested presenter Tony Kushner, awarding Best Picture to The Social Network, [...]
Leaves of Grass Edward Norton is an actor with such a serious reputation that even watching a popcorn film like The Incredible Hulk is a recipe for a headache. So it’s a lot of fun to see the chin-stroking actor let go in this loopy pot comedy-drama. He plays both Bill Kincaid–a straight-edge philosophy professor [...]
When we see ridiculously attractive celebs driving their Ferraris to some hot Hollywood party with their glamourous spouse by their side, it hurts. To make ourselves feel better, we assume there must be a trade off for being so gorgeous and successful, and that these A-listers must be spectacularly stupid. Our wounded egos desperately try [...]
Courtney Love may be legally restricted from talking to daughter Frances Bean Cobain, but she can still talk about her. Love blamed the split—and the following restraining order—on an October fight, though she says Frances was the abusive one. “Frances came out of my room. She was hysterical,” Love told the New York Daily News. [...]
In a sad sequel to the Kurt Cobain-Axl Rose clash of ’92, Lily Allen has dropped the hammer on Courtney Love for instigating a public argument at the NME awards earlier this week. Love’s beef began when she couldn’t get her hands on a Chanel dress for last week’s BRIT Awards and assumed Allen, a [...]
On May 17th, during the Cannes Film Festival, Edward Norton and Woody Harrelson are set to battle it out on the poker table, but it’s all in the name of charity. According to Ed, Woody is going down. “He’s more of my victim,” Ed says. “I love to take as much money off of him [...]
