The Essentials: The 5 Best Rachel McAdams Performances
The Essentials: The 5 Best Rachel McAdams Performances
Brad Pitt Developing A Pair Of Acclaimed Novels: ‘The Imperfectionists’ & ‘Fortress of Solitude’
Maybe we're blinded by our romantic affection for a dying trade, but The Playlist loves nothing more than a good newspaper movie; "All The President's Men" and "His Girl Friday" are clearly some of the greatest...
Kevin Macdonald To Direct James Vanderbilt’s ‘Murder Mystery’
British director Kevin Macdonald has made some truly extraordinary documentary films, ("One Day In September," "Touching The Void") but his two fictional films to date, "The Last King of Scotland" and "State of...
Ridley Scott to Pointlessly Remake ‘Red Riding’; Steve Zaillan To Write.
Sometimes, words fail us.A little while back, we caught, and loved, "Red Riding," the trilogy of crime thrillers made for Channel 4 in the UK, which will be released theatrically in the US next month through IF...
Facing The Firing Squad At Universal Studios- Two Troubled Execs Give Last Words
The LA Times recently posted an intriguing interview with Universal Pictures chairmen Mark Shmuger and David Linde where the two candidly threw themselves under the bus for the studio's recent unwise decisions ...
Is Russell Crowe The Next Direct-To-DVD Star? ‘Tenderness’ Languishes In Limbo
Ridley Scott. Ron Howard. Kevin McDonald. James Mangold. Peter Weir. Michael Mann. John Polson. That's the list of directors Russell Crowe has worked with in the last ten years. Is one of those names no...
‘The Soloist’ Is Not The Newspaper/Print Valentine Some Would Have You Believe
Jeffrey Wells, writes, "In a 4.20 column, Marshall Fine notes how two semi-major studio movies released within a week of each other -- "State of Play" and "The Soloist" -- are (a) about print journalists and (b...
Weekend Box Office: Tweens Show Up For Further Substandard Programming In ’17 Again’
A week after the boffo "Hannah Montana: The Movie" bow, Disney spawn Zac Efron courted the same audience and won with the insipid body-jumping comedy "17 Again." The laffer, from formerly respectable "Igby Goe...
Box Office Options for April 17-19: 'State Of Play,' 'Lemon Tree' & Not A Lot More More
Back to the weekend box office! As usual, there's seemingly not much to get excited about in wide release this weekend, but there is one political thriller with Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck that surprisingly ...