Movie Reviews and Previews They found Berger Deadline reported last night that Robin Wright will sign on as Erika Berger in the US version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Not bad. I guess I’d be down with seeing her get into bed with Daniel Craig, sure. But it certainly is a glossy production, non? By Lainey • Aug 06, 2010 06:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Happy Anne & Beautiful Jim Anne Hathaway seems to be really, really enjoying this shoot. Good. I am newly optimistic about her playing Emma Morley in One Day – click here if you missed yesterday’s article and review on the book – and if she’s happy at work it must mean that she likes the By Lainey • Aug 03, 2010 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews But will there be a story? Well... it’s a Michael Bay movie. Transformers 3 continues to shoot in Chicago – here’s Shia LaBeouf in a suit taking a break on set yesterday. So cute. Also Patrick Dempsey and Shia earlier in July and on the weekend shooting a post-destruction scene. They have similar hair, By Lainey • Aug 03, 2010 07:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma, Dexter and my Summer Book List It’s Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. And it really, really is, non? Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess were photographed in Edinburgh this weekend working on One Day. Look at them them! They totally ARE! Jim’s hair. He’s gorgeous. Like so much. And Annie’s clothes, the way By Lainey • Aug 02, 2010 04:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Remind me why Sucker Punch was delayed? I’m blaming it on director Zack Snyder’s animated flick Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. (Really? Owls?) If not for the owls, Sucker Punch could be happening this October instead of next March. I don’t care if there are other, better reasons--somehow it’ By Sarah • Jul 28, 2010 04:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The search for Lisbeth Salander It’s become the most coveted role in recent memory – Lisbeth Salander, the badass heroine of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series now being, ugh, adapted for the screen in America ... because people won’t read subtitles. David Fincher’s heading up the remake and Daniel Craig was just confirmed this By Lainey • Jul 28, 2010 04:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Johnny & Pene dancing in Hawaii Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz are working on Pirates 4 in Hawaii. New set photos have emerged this week showing the two in costume and also rehearsing a drunken dance sequence on a boat out of costume. I love it when his hair is like this and tied back in By Lainey • Jul 28, 2010 04:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A close cast Scott Pilgrim vs the World was all over Comic-Con. It was plastered all over the Hilton Bayfront. It was hyped like almost no other feature. And it is also getting a lot, a LOT of love from critics and fans and nerds and herds. They say that Edgar Wright’ By Lainey • Jul 27, 2010 03:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews No Bond at Comic-Con As you know, Bond is on hold because MGM went broke. But that doesn’t mean he’s not working. He is working a lot. He’s working on Cowboys & Aliens with Harrison Ford, directed by Jon Favreau, and they panelled this weekend at Comic-Con. Am told the By Lainey • Jul 26, 2010 09:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Medieval in Vancouver Check out the cast of Red Riding Hood in Vancouver this week dressed in full costume, refreshingly UNelaborate. After all, they live(d) in a village back in the day, although at some point Amanda Seyfried better have a memorable red cape. Having said that, Shiloh Fernandez (the young kid By Lainey • Jul 23, 2010 04:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The zombies are coming Written by Sarah THIS is why I love Comic Con. At today’s book signing for Avatar Press, Max Brooks (son of Mel) confirmed to MTV News that the long-awaited film adaptation of his novel World War Z: An oral history of the zombie war would be going into By Lainey • Jul 22, 2010 09:04 am
Douchebags Michael Bay is a tool Written by Sarah Thanks to the constant barrage of gunfire, explosions, and jets, planes, and helicopters shooting footage for Transformers 3, the last few weeks in Chicago’s Loop have been deafeningly loud. I left Los Angeles to get away from this kind of stuff but it’s followed me By Lainey • Jul 22, 2010 07:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christopher Nolan as auteur Written by Sarah Christopher Nolan is the only working auteur today. At its simplest level, the auteur theory states that a director is the principal author of a film, despite the inherently industrial nature of filmmaking, in which dozens of parts must work together to create the whole. This is By Lainey • Jul 20, 2010 03:56 am
Amazingness How to give great interview by Bill Murray He doesn’t do it often. He doesn’t work often. He doesn’t have an agent or a publicist. You can only reach him via 800 number. For reals. So when he does talk, he makes it worthwhile. Always. There was a great article about Bill Murray a couple By Lainey • Jul 19, 2010 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews On Inception If you haven’t seen it, WHY NOT? If you’ve seen Eclipse more than once and you haven’t seen Inception, WE ARE FIGHTING. Please note there will be spoilers below. I love a good mindf-ck. Inception is a great mindf-ck. Which is why already there are By Lainey • Jul 19, 2010 04:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Trailers It’s depressing that summer’s halfway through. It’s not depressing thinking about Fall Movie Season. This is when the good sh-t happens, when Academy baiting movies go into full court press, and when there are usually fewer tits and explosions at the box office, replaced by better By Lainey • Jul 16, 2010 08:00 am