The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

I’d Never Heard of Amber Heard …

. . . until this morning, when I got a Tweet from King Shamus telling me she will star in the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, The Rum Diary, to be released later this year. Other actresses — including Scarlett Johansson — reportedly shied away from the chance to star opposite Johnny Depp […]

Where Do They Get All Those Great Movie Ideas? Of Course: They Steal Them!

A pretty interesting list: There have been 11 feature films released by Pixar, starting with 1995’s “Toy Story” and running all the way through 2010’s “Toy Story 3”. And, believe it or not, all 11 of them have been accused of ripping off the plot of another movie. You can’t copyright a narrative arc, or […]

Natalie Portman Explains Why Lesbian Scenes Are Like CGI Special Effects in 3-D

Whatever it takes to sell tickets: “Everyone was so worried about who was going to want to see this movie [The Black Swan] . . . I remember them being like, ‘How do you get guys to a ballet movie? How do you get girls to a thriller?’ And the answer is a lesbian scene. […]

Prediction: ‘The Black Swan’ Will Break Record for DVD Sales of Ballet Movies

Here’s the trailer for Natalie Portman’s new R-rated movie: Locking Lips With ‘Black Swan’ Trailer – Watch more horror Whether or not Portman gets an Oscar here, her performance will be watched — over and over and over again — on DVD by guys who never before watched a ballet movie: As Nina becomes paranoid […]

Memo to Members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Congratulations on your good fortune. It’s usually tough to decide the Oscar for Best Actress, but this year’s gonna be a piece of cake: Finally, ladies: A chick-flick that your boyfriend will love! Heart-warming fun for the whole family! I laughed. I cried. It was better than Cats! And I’m completely objective . . .

Alyssa Milano Is Reese Witherspoon’s Slutty Best Friend and . . .

. . . Mark Wahlberg is disturbingly good as the sociopathic boyfriend in Fear (1996), which was on AMC this afternoon. It was about 3 o’clock and I figured it was time for a nap so I could be fresh for the runoff election results tonight in Georgia, where my buddy Ali Akbar should be celebrating […]

Free Movies You’ll Probably Skip

Without comment: Thursdays this summer at the Atlas Performing Arts Center [in Washington, D.C.] will be Gay 101 – a series of films one must see to be a card-carrying gay man. While most are not gay-themed, all are embraced by the gay and lesbian community. Classics such as All About Eve, and Whatever Happened […]

Suck of the Titans

“Overall, the movie suggested that the eighth grade AV club had somehow gotten its hands on a CGI studio,” says Megan McArdle, who calls the remake of Clash of the Titans “one of the worst movies I’ve seen in years.” Assuming she also saw Avatar, that means we could be talking about a historic breakthrough in 3-D suckage. I just […]

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