Sacha Baron Cohen is perfectly capable of going after hard targets. And that’s the biggest disappointment about “The Dictator,” which at times suggests he’s going soft. Certainly, the gags are profane, vulgar, and habitually dedicated to annihilating good taste. But the edge that drew blood in both “Borat” and “Brüno” is dulled to harmlessness. Then […]
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There are a lot of new home viewing options available this week, but only one of them (The Grey) is particularly good. Unless you happen to like chick-flicks, in which case Katherine Heigl’s One for the Money is also a solid bet. Here’s our full round-up… Glenn Close had reportedly been shilling Albert Nobbs around
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In 2011, he wrote an Oscar-winning portrait of Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Now, it’s Steve Jobs’ turn to get the Aaron Sorkin treatment. Sony announced today that Sorkin will adapt Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of Jobs, which was published shortly after the Apple CEO’s death last year. The project is being produced by Mark
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After years of drama, viewers will finally get to watch Kenneth Lonergan’s much-discussed and little-seen Margaret, just the way the filmmaker intended. Lonergan notoriously sparred with studio Fox Searchlight over creative differences, causing the film’s release to be dealyed for five years. Searchlight ended up forcing Lonergan to release a 2-1/2 hour cut, abbreviated from
Let’s be honest: legendary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard has fallen off his rocker in recent years. While his 2004 effort Notre musique was a notable bright spot on his New Millenium resume, 2001’s In Praise of Love was tedium personified and last year’s Film socialisme… well, I don’t need to go on about that one. If
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Director Jay Roach is carving quite the niche for himself: making a mockery of our political system. Roach is in talks to direct El Presidente, a buddy comedy about a disgraced former President and his Secret Service agent. The comedy, written by Parks and Recreation scribe Dan Goor, sees a sleazy ex-commander-in-chief targeted for assassination
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I am of the opinion that Michel Gondry’s film adaptation of The Green Hornet last year was colossally underrated; too few understood that it was a parody, not a straightforward superhero film. But nonetheless, it’s good to see the French director return to his roots–low-budget, culture-centric filmmaking–with The We and the I, the trailer for which is embedded
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Now that The Avengers 2 has been officially green-lit by Disney and Marvel, speculation about the sequel has been rampant on the Internet. But bloggers and fanboys aren’t the only ones talking about the soon-to-be-made film — Avengers director Joss Whedon, who will presumably return for #2, had some thoughts of his own, which he shared at a
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Alec Baldwin has more or less been threatening the end of “30 Rock” for several years, but now the time has come. Today, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt announced that the critically-revered sitcom’s next 13-episode season will be its last. “I know Tina, Alec, and the rest will deliver some of their best work,” Greenblatt said.
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It seems like all big blockbusters come with a viral video campaign these days, and Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” is no exception. Take a look at these glimpses of the Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans.
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