The first trailer for The Tourist is now online, and for those who’ve been waiting their whole lives to see A-list powerhouses Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie team up in a dangerously sexy thriller, feel free to check that sucker off your bucket list because here it is. He’s shaggy-haired and bearded, while she looks more beautiful than ever before. In The Tourist, Depp plays an American tourist visiting Italy in an attempt to mend a wounded heart who’s suddenly swept up in a whirlwind of intrigue and danger when the mysterious Elise (Jolie) crosses his path. ….more from www.fandango.com
Ever since Joaquin Phoenix stumbled and mumbled his way through his appearance on David Letterman last year, audiences have wanted to know whether he was faking or not. And when I’m Still Here , Casey Affleck’s supposed documentary on Phoenix’s transition from acting to rap was released last week, it got people even more curious. Well, the jig is up and Casey Affleck has told the truth in an interview with the New York Times , and big surprise: the whole thing is a sham. “It’s a terrific performance, it’s the performance of his career,” he said…more from www.reelmovienews.com
New footage from Disney’s Tron Legacy has leaked online, courtesy of an amateur video taken at the Nokia Connection 2010 trade show in Singapore. The film, starring Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde, won’t be in theaters until December 17th. The leaked footage isn’t much, mostly of Garrett Hedlund riding his motorcycle, and the quality is dodgy, being a videotaping of a video displayed at a trade show booth, but the content is cool nonetheless, and right now, you can’t see it any other way, unless you’re in Singapore. ….more from www.reelmovienews.com
On September 10, 2010, Alice is back in Resident Evil: Afterlife , and this time, she’s bringing the fight into the third dimension! Screen Gems has released two clips featuring Milla Jovovich defying the odds (and physics) in Paul W.S. Anderson’s 3-D addition to the Resident Evil franchise. The first clip, which you can view below, sees Alice making a daringly explosive jump from the roof of a zombie-infested skyscraper, while the second clip, which you can catch after the jump, features one ballsy airplane landing. ….more from www.reelmovienews.com
Focus Features has released four new clips from The American , starring George Clooney, which opens in theaters on September 1st. Clooney plays an assassin hiding out in Italy, who is tasked with one last assignment before he gives up the profession. While laying low, he reaches out to a priest (Paolo Bonacelli) and develops a relationship with a local woman (Violante Placido), But in stepping out of the shadows, he puts his life, and the life of the people he’s connected with, in grave danger. Check out the clips …more from www.reelmovienews.com
All she needs is a stripper pole! Jennifer Aniston plays a “nympho” dentist in the new flick Horrible Bosses , currently shooting in L.A. — and, naturally, the 41-year-old’s character can’t keep her clothes on! PHOTOS: Jen’s incredible body at age 41 In one scene that shot August 10, a set source says in the new Us Weekly , Aniston did a “striptease” for a male costar. Still, the insider says, Aniston “doesn’t think she’s pretty.” Get more details on Aniston’s peekaboo shoot in this week’s Hot Stuff video, as revealed by Senior Editor Ian Drew, plus special guest, hip-hop superstar T.I. …more at usmagazine.com
Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinals safety who enlisted in the Army Rangers eight months after September 11, read Emerson, Chomsky, and, though an atheist, the Bible. Resembling a beefier Seann William Scott, he shunned cell phones, cars, and professional-athlete megalomania. …more from www.village voice.com
This weekend’s release of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World finds Michael Cera in the role of Scott Pilgrim, a hipster-ish slacker from Toronto who falls in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and then must defeat her seven evil ex’s in order to truly win her heart (or so he thinks). Mixing multiple pop culture and video game references, the hyper-stylized, coming-of-age film set inside the world of various video games all mashed together is definitely one you don’t want to miss – if only to watch lanky quip hero Michael Cera transform into a badass action hero right before your very own eyes.[...more from Fandango.com]
Unfortunately some of our greatest talents left us far too early, including comedic greats like Chris Farley, John Ritter, Andy Kaufman and John Belushi. Whether he was making us laugh on the small screen on Saturday Night Live or on the big screen in Animal House, John Belushi was an original in every conceivable way. The guy blew up when he hit the scene, joining folks like Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase as the first to crossover from SNL to feature films. Sadly, though, only two years after starring alongside Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers, Belushi died of a drug overdose. …[more from fandango.com]
Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is every bit as faithful to its source material (Bryan Lee O’Malley’s six-volume series about a 22-year-old go-nowhere man-boy fending off his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes) as Zack Snyder’s Watchmen was to his …[more from villagevoice.com]
