Monthly Archives: June 2010

[UPDATE: Kristen Stewart on The Late Show with David Letterman, now attached on page 2.] Last week’s EW cover declared Eclipse “The Best Twilight Movie So Far” without a single word inside to back up the claim. Today the trades weigh in with the same assessment and give us a few reasons to believe them. THR’s Kirk Honeycutt praises the three leads...

(thanks to Ryan Griffin for the lookout) The eternal conflict continues: “The Finale of the Worldwide Phenomenon” …torn between Good: “The Motion Picture Event of a Generation” …and Evil: “Complete the Journey in 3D” As we go forth with anxious anticipation, alas, what dark magic we’re forced to face. With such consistently...

I’m not sure how this will play with modern audiences, but it does sort of have a Glee-like feel. ¬†As far as the original Grease goes, I used to feel like you had to be around then to appreciate it, but maybe it still has some nostalgic value for younguns. ...

It’s hard to see these as anything but tough sells, but Slate’s Abby McGanney Nolan has listed ten of the best films that never saw the green light. Some highlights: Life of Christ – Orson Welles would direct, Gregg Tolland would lens, and Welles himself would play Jesus. As Woody would say, “Well, I gotta model myself after somebody.”...

There is much to appreciate about Woody Allen, but his frank confessions coming out now really do reveal much about the artist, art in general and his outlook on life, which, I find, far preferable to anyone else’s. ¬†Says Woody about his career in this Times UK article: Out of 40 films I should have 30 masterpieces, eight noble failures and two embarrassments,...

All Helvetica breaks loose in the promo for Season 4 of Mad Men. Dialogue is reduced (or elevated?) to bold typeface face-offs, and snappy comebacks become catchy slogans. Slick reminder that great advertising and great drama have one thing in common: a memorable way with words. Sell it. ...

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism “is the first documentary to dramatize the rich saga of American movie reviewing.” Offering an insiders view of the critics profession, For the Love of Movies screened a couple of weeks ago at the 10th Annual DeadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City. Earlier this year Brandeis Film Professor Thomas...

Candy Darling & Joan Rivers Ignite P-Town By Stephen Holt Having just returned from the sunny Cape Cod shores of the Provincetown International Film Festival, I can safely say that two blonde divas divided the excitement at PIFF this year. They were the late Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and the very much alive, the liveliest wire of them all, Joan Rivers! ...

A comedy that might actually make me laugh? I thought Hollywood stopped making those. Based on the novel by Jonathan Ames, one of the few authors who can make me laugh out loud. The trailer quotes the Times, “Kevin Kline’s funniest role in years,” as if that’s not already readily apparent. ...