Hysteria
Walk into any comedy club or check out any sitcom, and at some point, a guy will question a woman’s sanity. Women and men both dismiss it as lighthearted fun, but what if there existed a world where people actually believed that women are just inherently nuts? That world was Earth in the 1800s, and the romantic comedy Hysteria shows how a few of the planet’s inhabitants set out to change it with the help of the vibrator?... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsHBO Passes on Adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections
“The Corrections”, Jonathan Frazen’s National Book Award winner, which was being developed for HBO, will not be going any further, according to The Hollywood Reporter. read more
Found in: TV, NewsJames Franco Pulls Out of The Iceman
Renaissance man James Franco has just pulled out of an upcoming biopic about notorious mafia hitman Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski. The film, which is called The Iceman is based off of Anthony Bruno’s biography of Kuklinski and is to be directed by Ariel Vroman. read more
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Found in: ColumnsFox Searchlight Picks Up Jeff Bridges Flick About Fallen Country Singer
The Jeff Bridges drama Crazy Heart, which we've told you about previously, has picked up American distribution with Fox Searchlight. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMore Details Surface About Sam Mendes' Away We Go
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Found in: Movies, NewsThe Dark Knight
Of the recent attempts to reset a moribund Hollywood franchise... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsBridges, Gyllenhaal, Duvall and T-Bone get Crazy
Be warned: isolated coincidences aside, this is not Walk Hard 2. No, Crazy Heart, which will begin shooting this August in New Mexico, is a somewhat more serious tale, based on Thomas Cobb's much-hailed novel of the same name.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsMaggie Gyllenhaal replaces Collette in Mendes/Eggers film
Question: How do you live up to a legacy like American Beauty? Answer: Cast as many great actors as possible. The forthcoming, still-officially-untitled Sam Mendes-directed movie, penned by McSweeney's helmsman Dave Eggers and wife Vendela Vida (co-editor of The Believer), has attracted a new cast member. Maggie Gyllenhaal will play the role originally claimed by actress Toni Collette in the Focus Features film, recently vacated by Collette becuase of scheduling delays, Variety reports. Filming recently began in Connecticut on the romantic comedy, which will star actors John Krasinski of The Office and Maya Rudolph of SNL fame, and explores a... read more
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