It’s been a horrible year for the movie industry, the worst in 16 years. Naturally Hollywood is blaming everything but its largely unwatchable product. The result: projected domestic revenues for the year of $10.15 billion, down 4 percent from 2010′s, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. Taking higher ticket prices into account, movie attendance is off [...]
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Hollywood can’t figure out why filmgoers aren’t excited by another ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ sequel
The only thing worse than a hack …
Is a hack who contends he isn’t. Ladies and gentleman, Garry Marshall, the man who introduced Robin Williams to a gullible public and director of such gems as “Runaway Bride,” “Exit to Eden,” “Valentine’s Day” and it’s follow-up, “New Year’s Eve”: In Marshall’s defense, he was a part of one of the smartest comedy scenes [...]
Robert DeNiro’s descent into the abyss continues
Pretty people rhapsodizing about the mythic qualities of New Year’s Eve, from the garbage recyclers who brought you “Pretty Woman” and “Valentine’s Day”:
Filed under: Film, Obnoxious celebrities
Cosell-a-palooza
What might’ve been (excerpted from the New York Times’ review of “Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports,” by Mark Ribowsky): Cosell did not mind self-parody but refused Allen’s offer to play a pervert in “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.” I’m guessing this was the role Cosell [...]
It’s not you it’s me
Mary Hartman breaks up with Woody Allen.
Filed under: Clip du jour, comedy, Film
Bill Cox’s outfit has fixed its last lawnmower
Sad news — Rick Dial, a memorable character actor without really trying, has passed. Actually, Dial died in May but I just found out about it. Dial went to school with Billy Bob Thornton, who cast him in his first role, as amiable repairman Bill Cox, in “Sling Blade.” The former furniture store owner would [...]
Cosell du jour
A little carryover from the previous post but these clips, located after several futile searches, deserve to stand alone:
Filed under: comedy, Cosell, Film, icons, legends, Woody Allen
A gratuitous Woody Allen list
I’ve been rough on Woody Allen of late but watching this American Masters documentary reminds me of his unparalleled resume. These are not necessarily his best, just my favorites (I’ve yet to see “Midnight in Paris”): Crimes and Misdemeanors (Often my favorite, with big assists from Martin Landau and Alan Alda’s pink socks) Hannah and [...]
Weird overgrown adolescents camping out to see crappy flick
If you see an adult “Twilight” fan camping out for Friday’s premiere of the tween favorite do me a favor and mock them. ”It’s grown from something so small into something so huge,” says Eloisa Aguayo, 26, of San Diego, who also camped out for “New Moon” and “Eclipse.” Clutching Robert Pattinson fan magazines in [...]
Now playing: Adam Sandler’s challenge to humanity
Mary F. Pols
TIME Magazine
Top Critic
More than 24 hours has passed since I watched the new Adam Sandler movie Jack and Jill and I am still dead inside.
Filed under: Film, hathos, Hating Adam Sandler
Hollywood studio chief: We got nothing
Words like “original,” “clever” and “smart” have been officially banned by the movie industry. NEW YORK – Paramount Pictures is “developing ideas for Paranormal Activity 4″ and a fourth Transformers movie, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said Thursday in highlighting a … Continue reading →
My eyes are bleeding
Tom Cruise plays an aging rock star in the oh-so-cleverly titled “Rock of Ages.” Turns out he really liked doing a musical. What a surprise. Filed under: Film, Obnoxious celebrities, Scientology
I’m not above quoting Rex Reed
Particularly when he’s critical of a certain Oscar-winning screenwriter‘s new film, “J. Edgar”: For now, we have another miscalculation in a bloodless film about a monster more pathetic than dangerous, with an odd, rambling screenplay by Oscar-winning writer Dustin Lance Black (Milk) that meanders all over the place unable to tell a story with any [...]
