Thursday, October 6, 2011 4:00PM - By Damon Houx
George Clooney is some kind of machine. He’s in two movies this year, including The Ides of March, which he also co-wrote, directed and produced. And like everything he’s directed it’s good, but falls short of greatness. Ryan Gosling stars as Stephens Myers, a wunderkind political analyst who’s one of the most important men behind Governor Morris (Clooney), but as the campaign comes it’s most contested primary, political and personal drama shows what these men are made of.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:32PM - By Mali Elfman
Crazy, Stupid, Love, is another simple, funny, easy to swallow and in no way challenging comedy that was made for everyone. It’s got some fine actors, giving good performances (though none of their best) with some solid comedic lines and quite a bit of heart. My only problem is that it really wasn’t anything that new or different. That’s not to say that this is a bad film, it’s just not great, it’s perfectly mediocre…
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 12:38PM - By Damon Houx
Crazy, Stupid, Love, the new film from Glenn Ficarra and John Requa opens July 29 this year, and a trailer has just been released. The film stars Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei. The trailer promises a lot of heart, a couple of laughs, and seems to lay out everything that happens in the movie from start to finish. Take a look…
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:35PM - By Krystal Clark
Three new clips have been released from the Lionsgate drama The Lincoln Lawyer. Matthew McConaughey plays the title character and he’s surrounded by a cast that includes Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, and William H. Macy. All of the said actors appear in the following clips from the film. Take a look…
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:56PM - By Mali Elfman
Salvation Blvd is one of those films that I would have thought would never receive a home outside of festivals. It’s not that it’s not fun, or that it doesn’t have an entire cast fill of friendly A-list faces — but it’s a film that mocks religion outright and doesn’t really have any reason for doing it. But, once again, I’ve found myself saying “I was wrong” because IFC Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) announced yesterday that that the two companies will be partnering to acquire North American rights to the film. Lets take a look at if they made the right decision…
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:45PM - By Krystal Clark
George Clooney is getting that director’s itch again. The Oscar winner and recent recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award has his eye on a new project. According to Vulture (via JoBlo), Clooney is interested in helming the drama Farragut North, and he already has a dream cast that includes Chris Pine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, and Marisa Tomei.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:30PM - By JC
Do NOT be deceived by this box office hungry trailer: Jonah Hill will perform sans Judd Appatow flare and John C. Riley offers more than half-nude tomfoolery. That being said, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents Cyrus written and directed by the Duplass brothers. Hill, Riley, and the always fabulous Marissa Tomei comprise the quirky trio that will leave you both slightly charmed and slightly confused.
Check out the review below…
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Friday, January 22, 2010 10:00AM - By Krystal Clark
Last year, I remember hearing about the film Cyrus and the one thing that stuck out from it was the casting of Jonah Hill. It wasn’t because he’s so funny, or he’s the best actor in the world, it was because he was cast as Marisa Tomei‘s son. Even though the Oscar winning actress could play a young mom to Hill, physically they sound like an odd pairing. Over at Apple, they released the first trailer for Cyrus and we finally get to see the relationship between these two in action…
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:00AM - By Krystal Clark
It’s that time again. This Sunday, February 22, the 81st Annual Academy Awards will air on the ABC network. Every year one thing’s for certain, some nominees will take home a gold statue, while others will leave empty handed, which basically means someone will be disappointed. Any and everything that happens before the winners are announces means nothing once someone has a little gold man to hang on to. And yet people still talk about the “woulda, shoulda, couldas” of the night, especially when the sure thing, loses to the unexpected.
As much as everyone likes to bag on the Academy Awards for being stuffy and predictable, every once in a while you get thrown a curve ball. Sometimes it’s a refreshing surprise and other times it’s an complete snub. Over the eight decades that the Oscars have been awarded they’ve had their fair share of surprises and upsets that continue to be talked about years down the line.
Let’s take a walk down memory lane, and look at some of the greatest upsets in Oscar history.
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