Man, it’s a slow afternoon.
It’s “Thelma & Louise II”? No, but the next best thing, “Cowboy Girls,” starring younger, potentially sexier versions of Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in Leighton Meester and Amber Heard. It’s directed by Jess Manafort and yes, described as a “younger ‘Thelma & Louise.’ ”
Is Vin Diesel out of “XXX3“? Do you really give a rat’s ass?
Jessica Biel has revealed details about her “A-Team” character. Yeah, we’re clearly interested in her character here. and the deep-seated psychological motivations that are surely behind every “acting” choice. Mmmm, hmmm.
Jonah Hill is going to have his own animated comedy on Fox. It’s a story written with Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul (the two young writers behind “Hot Tub Time Machine”) about a 7-year-old socialite who behaves like an adult but has to go to a public school. Could be OK, but Hill strikes us as one of those younger generation kids that actually thinks the godawful “Family Guy” show is funny. Hopefully he can do better.
Do you want to hear Devin from Chud talk about online ethics for two hours or do you want to self-euthanize? The choice seems fairly obvious if it’s the only two options in life.
Apparently the studio behind Brett Ratner’s (our hero of late) “Beverly Hills Cop 4” (Paramount) is hiring a new writer and are starting over. Hey, if that means it takes an additional year on top of the work they’ve already done to get it onto screens, all the better. Maybe by 2014, reboots and reviving old, tired franchises will just feel really passé and by then they simply won’t bother. We can only bow our heads and pray.
Andrea Arnold’s Cannes’ film bought by IFC, “Fish Tank” will open in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, January 15 2010. It will go wider after that.
Jeff Wells says don’t laugh when he claims Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” deserves to be one of the ten Best Picture nominees. Sorry Jeff, you know we love you, but we’re chuckling already. That’s like Awards Daily’s level of lunacy saying Sharito Copley of “District 9” is a contender for Best Actor.
what's so lunatic about it? dude gave one of the most compelling performances of the year.
you wanna bet $1,000 he won't get a nomination?
so you're talking about his chances, or whether he deserves it?
Both. He was good, but not Oscar level. And there's no way in hell he's getting a nomination. Guaranteed. I need to set up some sort of paypal betting system on the site cause i would seriously put money down on this and lots of other Oscar predix.
HA! Do they have any idea what Thelma & Louise is? Unless it has Ridley Scott it will be no Thelma & Louise! Which is close to masterpiece!
'Taking of Pellham 123' wasn't a great movie, but it was ok.
One of my favourite Tony Scott movies is 'Spy Game' (2001) with Redford and Pitt.
Or perhaps more familiar by its German title 'Spy Game – Der finale Countdown' which is classic Universal-Soldier-esque. But the movies is solid. I read that Pitt took Spy Game instead of Bourne Identity. Not that it hurt his career in the long run, but it would be interesting to see how things would have turned out.
When looking back on Scott's movies from this decade, Spy Game might have been just before the tipping point of his excess editing style and the presence of some kind of green colour over every scene of the films.