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Sundance Review: The Company Men I’ve already heard several folks here in Park City draw lines between John Wells’ recession drama The Company Men and Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air. That’s not exactly true. But it also isn’t a bad thing. By Neil Miller on January 25, 2010 | View Comments |
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The 15 Worst Movies of the Decade There were a lot of bad movies released during the past decade. That’s not anything that distinguishes the aughts from any other decade before it, but then most of these movies were bad in the usual, torturous ways. By Robert Levin on December 14, 2009 | View Comments |
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6 Actors That Should Probably Not Watch Their Own Movies With Bill Nighy’s claim that he doesn’t like watching himself in movies, I figured I’d take the opportunity to suggest the practice to a few other actors. But it’s not exactly what you think. By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 23, 2009 | View Comments |
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Chris Pine Enlists as Next Jack Ryan Remember when Ben Affleck was Hollywood’s new dramatic ‘it’ kid? Well, it looks as if Chris Pine is ready to follow in his footsteps… By Neil Miller on October 14, 2009 | View Comments |
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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 09.04.09 Kevin Carr looks ahead to this week’s movie releases, taking aim at Gamer and All About Steve while being a little kinder to Extract.. By Kevin Carr on September 4, 2009 | View Comments |
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A hilarious concept, a great cast, a talented director and yet somehow Extract falls flat. By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 4, 2009 | View Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 130 – Shenanigans! So here we are with another weekend of movies that Hollywood deemed unfit for critical consumption. Meh! Such is Labor Day weekend. Go rent a DVD or Blu-ray instead of heading to the cinemas. There’s much more quality stuff out at the video store than in the theaters this week. By Kevin Carr on September 4, 2009 | View Comments |
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Final ‘Extract’ Trailer Has Jason Bateman By the Balls With just a week to go, Miramax is (gasp) actually marketing a new Mike Judge movie. It’s like it’s a real movie! Hitting theaters near you and everything! By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 31, 2009 | View Comments |
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Blake Lively Goes to ‘Town’ for Ben Affleck Gossip Girl star Blake Lively is getting herself into some real drama. This time, it won’t be of the high society variety, it will be as part of the ensemble cast of director Ben Affleck’s The Town. By Neil Miller on August 27, 2009 | View Comments |
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Mad Men Star Jon Hamm Goes to ‘Town’ on Ben Affleck Mad Men uber-star Jon Hamm, also known as Don Draper, has signed on to star alongside Rebecca Hall in Ben Affleck’s upcoming directorial work The Town. By Neil Miller on July 28, 2009 | View Comments |
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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 04.17.09 Kevin Carr reviews this week’s new movies: State of Play, Crank: High Voltage and 17 Again. By Kevin Carr on April 17, 2009 | View Comments |
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Review: ‘State of Play’ is Boring, Period. When veteran print reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) begins investigating the murder of a young drug addict and notes connections to a story regarding the supposedly accidental death of one of Congressman Stephen Collins’s (Ben Affleck) aides, he teams up with the newspaper’s political blogger Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) and digs deep enough to find a major corporate conspiracy that threatens the democrat nature of our homeland security. By Dr. Cole Abaius on April 17, 2009 | View Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 111 – State of Fat Neil has his tail between his legs because he hasn’t seen any movies this week, but he still maintains that he is awesome. Kevin enjoyed a nice dose of Zefron, and the Fat Guys remember two important things: If you white, you Ben Affleck; and Chic-fil-A is delicious! By Kevin Carr on April 17, 2009 | View Comments |
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First Poster for Mike Judge’s Extract Has Nuts, Literally The folks over at Hitfix have debuted the first teaser poster for the upcoming Mike Judge directed comedy Extract. And we think its funny. By Neil Miller on April 13, 2009 | View Comments |
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Watch This: First Trailer for Mike Judge’s Extract Mike Judge has some skills. He also has a comedic style that is all his own. And in his new movie Extract, he also has Mila Kunis sporting a low-cut top. As I said, the man has skills. By Neil Miller on April 8, 2009 | View Comments |
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Costner and Jones Join Affleck As ‘Company Men’ Variety is reporting today that two more distinguished actors have joined Ben Affleck on the unemployment line. By Rob Hunter on March 20, 2009 | View Comments |
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Sofia Vergara Sexes Up ‘Smokin’ Aces’ Prequel Universal Studios’ prequel to the underwhelming Joe Carnahan action crime thriller Smokin’ Aces now boasts actress Sofia Vergara, who made the announcement while conducting interviews for her latest film, Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail. By Paige MacGregor on February 10, 2009 | View Comments |
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‘State Of Play’ Trailer Manages To Be Simultaneously Exciting And Generic For fun, having already watched the trailer, watch it again… but this time imagine Brad Pitt as the reporter and Ed Norton as the Congressman. They were originally cast in the roles but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. It would have been their first onscreen reunion after Fight Club. By Rob Hunter on December 24, 2008 | View Comments |
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Ben Affleck Supports the Congo. The Daily Diversion. We are well aware of your general distaste for our political musings, but don’t think that won’t stop us from joining with our friends and neighbors in Hollywood to support worthy causes. By Neil Miller on December 18, 2008 | View Comments |
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Director Ben Affleck Heads for ‘Arizona’ It would appear that Miramax wants Ben Affleck back behind the camera for Arizona, a fact-based crime drama about a murdered journalist. By Neil Miller on December 9, 2008 | View Comments |