Spring Breakers

Spring Breakers opens with a slow-motion montage of young, scantily clad revelers, grinding, drinking in excess and giving the middle finger to the camera. That very much sets the tone of the film, which shows beauty and care in the shooting and composition but whose content is ugly and misanthropic....  read more

James Franco to Pen Column for Playboy

There are people who work odd jobs, and then there’s James Franco, who works a bunch of enviously cool (but actually odd) jobs. His latest resumé entry is monthly Playboy columnist, which will, in an uninspiring turn of events, be named “Francofile.”...  read more

Catching Up With... Selena Gomez

When it comes to a film like Monte Carlo, most Paste readers who are interested at all want to know two things — will my kids like it, and will I hate it? Fortunately, in this case, the answers are yes and no, respectively. For kids, it’s a fun fantasyland tale of a small town girl who gets to live the life of an heiress for a few days. For adults, it’s mildly entertaining, with some beautiful scenery (Paris, Monte Carlo) and some nice nods to classic romances of the past (the celluloid image of Grace Kelly even makes a...  read more

Movie Moments get DynaVox-ed

And what do you do when you find a machine that makes people sound like creepy robots? Why, use it on your favorite movie lines, of course!  read more