James Franco showed off his newly shaven head for Zeroville, a film about a man in the 70s so obsessed with movies that they become religion to him, at the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Sound and the Fury. Not only did he show up on the red carpet with a bald head and fake stache, he tattooed an image of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on his head. Why? Because bald heads are the new frontier in advertising. Franco said his red carpet appearance, where he was presented with the festival’s “Glory to the Filmmaker Award,” was pulling double duty as scenes from Zeroville. “He was …
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‘Big Hero 6′ Preview: A Sneak Peek At Footage From Disney/Marvel’s Next Big Movie
Just because we’re saying goodbye to summer does not mean we have to say goodbye to summer-style blockbusters. Why? Because Disney and Marvel have one more buzzworthy treat up their successful sleeves via their first animated collaboration: Big Hero 6. Admittedly our interest in the animated action adventure – which revolves around the relationship between teenage genius Hiro and his robot, Baymax…
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‘As Above, So Below’ Review
As Above, So Below milks a surprising amount of richness from its premise and found-footage format, but is hampered by its inability to fully develop both. As Above, So Below follows intrepid scholar/explorer Scarlett (Perdita Weeks), who is trying to complete the mission of her dead explorer father by locating the mythic Philosophers Stone. Thanks to a perilous stopover in Iran, Scarlett determines that the stone is actually hidden somewhere in the catacombs under Paris, and sets out to retrieve it with help from…
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Every ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Ranked By Ron’s Hair
I ranked the “Harry Potter” movies by Ron’s hair, and I’m not sure why.
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Ansel Elgort & the ‘Men, Women & Children’ Cast Talk It Up at TIFF!
Ansel Elgort stops for a picture at the International Conversation Session during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at Fairmont Royal York on Sunday afternoon (September 7) in Toronto, Canada. The 20-year-old actor hit up the session with his Men, Women and Children co-stars Will Peltz, Katherine Hughes, Kaitlyn Dever, Travis Tope, Timothee Chalemet and Elena Kampouris. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ansel Elgort After the event, Will
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Matt Damon to Lead Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Manchester-by-the-Sea’
While Matt Damon has teamed with director Kenneth Lonergan before, you may not have heard much about it. That’s because Lonergan’s drama Margaret hit the festival circuit in 2005, but sat on a shelf waiting for release until it got an unceremonious limited release in 2011 (which is a shame, because the film is pretty good). But now the two are going to work together again in Manchester-by-the-Sea, a drama that looks to be produced by OddLot Entertainment with pre
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Camp Dread (2014) review
Reviewed by Colleen Wanglund Camp Dread (2014) Directed by Harrison Smith Runtime 94 minutes Written and directed by Harrison Smith, Camp Dread stars Eric Roberts as Julian Barrett, a washed-up director of a trilogy of hit horror films who has a scheme for another “big” project. Barrett brings together a group of troubled twenty-somethings who were given the choice of …
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Star Wars Bits: John Boyega, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey, Rebels, A New Dawn and More
The above Star Wars Episode 7 fan poster was created by hobo95 (see more of his art on deviantart). Here is a look at what we’ll be talking about in today’s edition of Star Wars bits: John Boyega tweets a photo tease promising shooting has started on a new planet Liam Neeson comments on if he will return as Qui-Gon Jinn in Episode VII Tina Fey vows to crush Star Wars Episode 7 Rumored descriptions for Star Wars Rebels Episodes 3 and 4 Listen to Vanessa Marshall read an excerpt from Star Wars: A New…