It seems that most of Hollywood movies of recent years have been based on remakes whether it’s a remake of a movie, book, TV show, musical – the majority of them suck. But here is a list of movies that are actually not too bad.
15. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1986)
Based On: Roger Corman’s horror comedy, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1960)
Director Frank Oz’s second film on the list is this hilariously twisted musical comedy starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene. Between the singing, flesh-eating plant Audrey II (voiced by the lead singer of the Four Tops, Levi Stubbs), Steve Martin as a deliciously sadistic dentist, and the doo-wop chorus girls, this is a freaky but fun musical. We dare you to not catch yourself singing “Little shop/Little shop of horrors” after watching the quirky and campy remake.
14. ‘The Ring’ (2002)
Based On: Hideo Nakata’s horror flick, ‘Ringu’ (1998)
Gore Verbinski’s gothic American take on the outrageously popular Japanese original doesn’t have the “best of horror” credentials of ‘The Exorcist’ or ‘The Thing,’ but it’s chilling enough to elicit audience-wide yelps from even genre aficionados. Without a crazy body count or masked murderers, this is the epitome of scary minus the gore. Naomi Watts is unforgettable as a mom who will stop at nothing to uncover the seemingly unknowable mystery surrounding a killer VHS tape.
13. ‘Father of the Bride’ (1991)
Based On: Vincente Minnelli’s wedding comedy ‘Father of the Bride’ (1950)
If you learn anything from this list, it’s this: when in doubt, enlist Steve Martin to star in a comedy remake. Director Charles Shyer (who’s also responsible for the remakes ‘Alfie,’ ‘The Parent Trap’ and the recently announced ‘Private Benjamin’) cast Martin in Spencer Tracy’s iconic role as the titular father, and the result is a terrifically sweet performance (with help from fellow comedy masters like Diane Keaton and Martin Short).
12. ‘Heaven Can Wait’ (1978)
Based On: Alexander Hall’s supernatural comedy, ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan’ (1941)
Writer-director-star Warren Beatty changed the profession from boxer to quarterback, but the plot’s are essentially the same — an angel accidentally kills off a star athlete several decades too early, so he’s reincarnated in the body of a womanizing billionaire (that should answer the question of why Beatty chose to redo this story). A screwball comedy with a subtly biting ’70s edge, Beatty’s remake is still a charmer 30-plus years later.
11. ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978)
Based On: Don Siegel’s alien-horror classic, ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1956)
Horror devotees still debate, three decades after the remake’s release, whether Philip Kaufman’s special-effects-aided version is as good as (or better!) than its predecessor. We’ll leave it to the genre experts to decide, but one thing’s for sure, both are masterpieces compared to the two subsequent remakes. Smart, suspenseful and socially conscious, this is the kind of crafty psychological thriller that even horror-sci-fi naysayers could love.
10. ‘A Star is Born’ (1954)
Based On: William Wellman’s showbiz drama, ‘A Star is Born’ (1937)
Director George Cukor revived a fading Judy Garland’s career with the comeback role of a lifetime. Playing a talented rising star who falls for James Mason’s controlling, alcoholic singer (James Mason), Garland gave the performance of her career and cemented the unforgettable Ira Gershwin-Harold Arlen-produced standard ‘The Man That Got Away’ into her repertoire. Yes, it was made specifically to prop up Garland, but she delivered the movie equivalent of an amazing one-woman show .
9. ‘Ocean’s 11′ (2001)
Based On: Lewis Milestone’s heist flick, ‘Ocean’s 11′ (1960)
Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the Vegas-set caper stars a much more diverse group of actors than the A-list best friends who headlined the original, but the ensemble’s collective energy is so infectious, it’s easy to believe Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Cheadle and co. are a Hollywood reincarnation of the celebrated Rat Pack. Even the villainous casino owner, played by Andy Garcia, is likable — so much so that he, along with Ocean’s entire crew, returned for two sequels.
8. ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ (1964)
Based On: Akira Kurosawa’s samurai drama, ‘Yojimbo’ (1961)
Sergio Leone’s first Spaghetti Western is more important for introducing the world to Clint Eastwood’s infamous Man With No Name, than for being an unofficial Kurosawa remake. With his air of mystery, narrowed eyes and cool aloofness, Eastwood’s lawless character was so engrossing that Leone’s violent retelling spawned two ‘Dollar’ sequels starring Eastwood’s “Stranger.” Not bad for a relatively unknown director and a star trying to break free from his TV persona.
7. ‘The Fly’ (1986)
Based On: Kurt Neumann’s horror classic, ‘The Fly’ (1958)
Jeff Goldblum has starred in bigger blockbusters (‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Independence Day’), but to us, he’ll forever be remembered for his very first performance as an eccentric scientist in David Cronenberg’s excellent (and very different) remake. Part graphic horror, part graphic romance (it is a Cronenberg movie, after all) co-starring Geena Davis, the movie was both a commercial and critical success that completely transcended the campy original.
6. ‘The Departed’ (2006)
Based On: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Hong Kong crime-thriller ‘Infernal Affairs’ (2002)
Who would’ve thought that Martin Scorsese would finally score Oscar gold for a story not about the New York City mob, but the Irish gangsters up in Boston. Scorsese’s mind-blowing drama about cops, criminals and those who secretly cross the line between both worlds, is nothing short of extraordinary. Starring most of the best actors in Hollywood (Nicholson, DiCaprio, Damon, Baldwin, Sheen, Wahlberg, Farmiga), it’s nearly Shakespearean in scope and scale.
5. ‘The Magnificent Seven’ (1960)
Based On: Akira Kurosawa’s epic ‘The Seven Samurai’ (1954)
Kurosawa’s samurai films obviously spoke to American directors, and John Sturges doesn’t disappoint with his brilliant Westernization featuring seven gunmen hired to protect a besieged Mexican village. The seven spectacular action stars alone make this worth watching (Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn and Horst Buchholz — all of whom truly are magnificent), not to mention the epic gunfight sequences.
4. ‘Cape Fear’ (1991)
Based On: J. Lee Thompson’s stalker thriller, ‘Cape Fear’ (1962)
Martin Scorsese’s second remake in the top 10 is his modernization of Thompson’s infamous 1962 crime thriller. Robert De Niro is frighteningly menacing and seductive as Max Cady, the ex-con out for revenge who Robert Mitchum immortalized. Nick Nolte holds his own as the attorney Cady is threatening, but it’s a teenage Juliette Lewis who steals the show as the object of Cady’s creepy obsession. The squeamish should stick to the excellent original, but this is one of Scorsese’s best.
3. ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1956)
Based On: Alfred Hitchcock’s first ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1934)
This is the only entry of a director remaking his own film (although plenty of other filmmakers have done it). Hitchcock kept the basic premise of his early thriller: a family on vacation stumbles upon top-secret information that leads to their child’s kidnapping, but he updated the setting, shot in color and cast bonafide Hollywood sweethearts James Stewart and Doris Day in the subsequent film. Hitchcock himself proclaimed it the superior version, and who are we to argue with his genius?
2. ‘Scarface’ (1983)
Based On: Howard Hawks’ gangland drama, ‘Scarface’ (1932)
Brian De Palma’s remake is a cultural phenomenon — the kind of movie that nearly 30 years later is still regularly referenced. The genius behind De Palma and screenwriter Oliver Stone’s update is switching from the Italian mob to the Cuban cartels in Miami’s cocaine-fueled drug boom. Al Pacino’s machine-gun-wielding kingpin Tony Montana is as iconic as Michael Corleone, with even more quotable lines, like, “Say hello to my little friend,” or “In this country, you gotta make the money first…”
1. ‘The Thing’ (1982)
Based On: Howard Hawks’ ‘The Thing’ (1952)
Considering this list could’ve been comprised solely of horror films — there are just that many remakes in the genre — it should come as no surprise that John Carpenter’s horror gem is No. 1. A known master of paranoia and suspense, Carpenter’s take on a parasitic alien that can shape-shift into any thing or any body is both bloody disgusting and bloody brilliant. Never has working in a remote outpost seemed scarier, and never has an awesomely bearded Kurt Russell been this good.
What do you think? What are the best Hollywood remakes of all time?
source: The 25 Best Movie Remakes of All Time [Movie Fone]
Have you wanted to see a movie based on the life of Kurt Cobain? Well you’re going to and none other than Twilight star Robert Pattinson is being tipped to play him.
Apparently the dazzling vampire has been in regular contact with Courtney Love, who is one of the main producers for the biopic based on her husbands life.
A source said “This is a big money deal for Courtney. She has agreed to the film on condition that she gets to decide the main aspects of the project including director, casting, screenplay and music. Robert has been calling and emailing her non-stop. She has been a bit wound up by his manners, but he is her number one choice to play Kurt.”
As for who would play Courtney herself? She is adamant that Scarlett Johansson would be the best person to take on the role while director David Fincher is said to have been approached by Courtney to take on directing duties.
I can’t even imagine what a mess this movie is going to be if Robert Pattinson and Scarlett Johansson take on the two lead roles while Courtney Love produces. No thanks.
There has been rumors going around about who will play the next bond-girl in the upcoming James Bond movie, Bond 23, but the latest casting rumor is Rachel Weisz.
Weisz has joked in the past about playing a bond-girl but the producers apparently know that she is too good an actress to just play a bond-girl so they are thinking of making her the head of the evil organization Quantum, which has been going on for the past two movies.
The last woman to play a villain in a Bond movie was Elektra King, played by Sophie Marceau, in The World is Not Enough but that was 11 years ago so it’s about time they had a hot woman play some evil character in my opinion.
What’s working in Weisz’s favor is that she is friends with Sam Mendes, who is set to direct Bond 23, and she is also friends with James Bond himself Daniel Craig. As for when the movie is going to go ahead, it is still unknown because MGM has yet to be sold off and all of their projects are pretty much on hold at the moment.
Do you think Rachel Weisz would be a good choice to star in the next James Bond movie?
source: Rachel Weisz Rumoured For Bond 23 [Empire Online]
In most romantic movies the movie calls for one of the characters to be super hot or cool and the other to be the opposoite, well the casting directors don’t always get that right. Here is a list that Moviefone have put together of the 10 most mismatched movie couples from rom-coms.
Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in ‘I Love Trouble’ (1994)
This is oft-cited as a classic of mismatched coupledom and we can’t disagree. A romantic “thriller” about a competing cub reporter and veteran journalist who risk their lives in pursuit of a Big Story, ‘Trouble’ is pretty silly to begin with. Add the inevitable scenes of the weathered Nolte and fresh-faced Roberts getting all romantic and it approaches absurdity.
Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter/Mira Sorvino in ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ (1995)
Yep, Woody’s a repeat offender in this department, with his long list of leading ladies eons younger and infinitely more attractive than he. But there was something about his incongruous onscreen marriage with the 30-years-younger Bonham Carter, mainly known at that point for her adorably plucky 19th-century innocents, that really got our goat. In the same film, he gets it on with a ditsy young hooker (Sorvino, who won an Oscar), which adds considerably to the ick factor.
Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in ‘A Star in Born’ (1976)
This ill-conceived remake of the already twice-filmed classic has other problems besides the lack of chemistry between the overly slick Streisand and laid-back Kristofferson — she’s completely unbelievable as a struggling young rock singer, for starters — but it sure didn’t help. A killer voice is not enough to save an unconvincing premise.
Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in ‘Maid in Manhattan’ (2002)
Whatever possessed one of the most subtle, intense actors in filmdom to star opposite “Jenny from the Block” in such a bland rom-com? Yes, his smooth Republican senator and her earnest hotel maid are supposed to be from wildly different worlds, but does their romance convince us that they belong together or at least have serious hots for each other? Nope!
Halle Berry, Warren Beatty in ‘Bulworth’ (1998)
It’s hard to say which was worse: director/screenwriter Beatty’s attempt to make his politician character shocking and relevant by rapping his speeches and wearing hip-hop attire or his contrived romance with a young woman from South Central L.A., but they were both pretty darn embarrassing.
Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David in ‘Whatever Works’ (2009)
Yes, this extreme May-December romance between a dim but sexy runaway and a crotchety geezer is played for laughs in Woody Allen’s (who else?) most recent film, starring David as Allen’s equally decrepit alter-ego. But it’s still mighty hard to swallow Wood’s character’s infatuation with said geezer, no matter how unsophisticated she’s supposed to be.
Mira Sorvino, Robin Williams in ‘The Final Cut’ (2004)
There are a lot of intriguing ideas embedded in this sci-fi fantasy about a memory editor who customizes people’s recollections, but Sorvino as Williams’ love interest is not one of them. True, Sorvino hadn’t had a hit movie in years, but that doesn’t mean we want to see her in a romantic embrace with Patch Adams. (Perhaps sensing this, the filmmakers mercifully gave their relationship little screen time.) Still, nowhere as unsettling as her love scenes with Woody Allen (see above).
Heigl and Rogen in ‘Knocked Up’ (2007)
These two have become the poster children for mismatched couples, and with good reason. A lovely entertainment journalist who gets pregnant by a shlubby but decent slacker (Rogen) after a drunken one-night stand, Heigl’s character would never keep the baby and the slacker in real life. But this is a comedy (and a fantasy), so the duo wind up together. Sure.
James Woods and Dolly Parton in ‘Straight Talk’ (1992)
Only in some surreal Charlie Kaufmanesque universe would these two make sense as a couple. Unfortunately, this flimsy rom-com — about a sassy Southern lass turned popular radio DJ and the suspicious journalist who investigates and falls for her — is not trying to be bizarre. Granted, it’s hard to pair the incomparable Dolly with any mere mortal, but the wry Woods is totally out of his element here.
Roger and Jessica Rabbit in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ (1988)
“He makes me laugh,” cooed the curvaceous cartoon siren Jessica (voiced by Kathleen Turner) about her goofy, fun-loving husband Roger. We all know how attractive a sense of humor is, but the huge disparity between the two Toons, both physically and personality-wise, defied logic. Even in a movie where animated characters and humans have conversations.
I’d have to agree with every single one of these, although I did love Knocked Up. What would be the biggest mismatched movie couples for you?
source: The 10 Most Ridiculously Mismatched Movie Couples [Moviefone]
We always here about all the actors who play the same type of good characters, you know who they are so I’m not going to go on about them, but ome of us actually like the evil characters in movies. Here is a list counting down the top 10 most evil actors in Hollywood.
10: Joe Pantoliano
Like that other Italian Joe (Pesci), Pantoliano may be small, but you don’t want to see him angry. Whether he’s a no-good stepdad in ‘Percy Jackson,’ a cold-hearted traitor in ‘The Matrix,’ a double-crossed mobster in ‘Bound’ or Tony Soprano’s blood-thirsty subordinate in ‘The Sopranos,’ Pantoliano is king when it comes to sleazy jerks.
9. Gary Oldman
Oldman is so good at being bad, even his “good” roles are a bit on the dark side, like Harry Potter’s godfather Sirius Black or Gotham police captain Jim Gordon. His unabashedly-malevolent characters — legendary vampire ‘Dracula,’ a wannabe presidential assassin in ‘Air Force One,’ vengeful Lecter victim in ‘Hannibal’ and his latest turn as a post-apocalyptic crime boss in ‘The Book of Eli’ — create a fabulous filmography of bad-natured souls.
08. Ian McShane
Although he’s been an actor for nearly 50 years, McShane made a name for himself in the States in 2004 for playing the foul-mouthed, pioneering pimp Al Swearengen on HBO’s ‘Deadwood.’ Anyone who has seen his Golden Globe-winning performance knows you just don’t cross McShane. In films, McShane’s best of the bad include a London kingpin in ‘Sexy Beast,’ a cruel hijacker in ‘The Terrorists’ and the animated villain Tai Lung in ‘Kung Fu Panda.’
07. Ray Winstone
Winstone is cut from the same cloth as his friend McShane; he’s an expert at playing bad-ass men. As an Irish mob boss’ henchman in ‘The Departed,’ a nasty deserter hunter in ‘Cold Mountain,’ an enigmatic agent in ‘Edge of Darkness’ and a fed-up gangster in ‘Sexy Beast,’ Winstone proves again and again that if you want brilliantly ominous, he’s the man for the job.
06. Jason Isaacs
The steely-eyed Brit’s standout performance as the sadistic Redcoat who kills Mel Gibson’s sons in ‘The Patriot’ set the tone for his popularity as Voldemort’s deliciously evil Death Eater — with awesome hair — Lucius Malfoy in the ‘Harry Potter’ series. On the small screen, Isaacs impressed critics as a hot-headed Providence mobster in Showtime’s drama ‘Brotherhood.’
05. Max von Sydow
The 80-year-old Oscar nominee has 107 film credits, but it’s his turns as corrupt men of authority or even the personification of evil itself that send shivers. Ever since the screen vet became Bond filmmakers’ first choice for the titular role of ‘Dr. No’ (eventually played by Joseph Wiseman), he’s been delivering chills in films like ‘Flash Gordon’ (as the Emperor Ming the Merciless), ‘Minority Report’ and ‘Rush Hour 3.’
04. Sean Bean
Bean squints, scowls and glares his way into villainous roles with such flair that the tiniest narrowing of his eyes can scare an audience. For proof, see him as an IRA terrorist in ‘Patriot Games,’ a double-crossing Bond villain in ‘Goldeneye,’ a violent wife-beater in ‘Essex Boys’ and a psychopathic hitchhiker in ‘The Hitcher.’ Even his Boromir in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy was appropriately edgy and and dark. This is one tough Englishman.
03. Danny Huston
Huston’s eyebrows alone are menacing, and he also possesses beady eyes, an intimidating height and an air of entitlement that makes him a wonderful upscale bad guy. There’s his creepy profiteer in ‘Edge of Darkness,’ the greedy corporatist in ‘The Constant Gardner,’ the head vampire in ’30 Days of Night,’ the killer outlaw in ‘The Proposition’ and the hateful General Stryker in ‘Wolverine.’ Certainly his father, the late director John Huston, who was famously evil himself in ‘Chinatown,’ would’ve been proud.
02. Jeremy Irons
Like Huston, Irons has perfected the art of playing a finer class of villain. Look no further than his Oscar-winning part as blue-blooded wife-hater Claus von Bulow in ‘Reversal of Fortune,’ or his maniacal bomber in ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ or the rich and ruthless rancher in ‘Appaloosa’ for a few examples of Irons’ infamous characters. Oh, and who can forget King Mufasa’s jealous, fratricidal brother, Scar, in ‘The Lion King.’
01. Alan Rickman
Maybe it’s the deep and imposing voice, or because he’s got a mean sneer, but Rickman is always game to play a nasty character. He has memorably depicted the slimy and seemingly-traitorous Severus Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, the greedy and perverted Judge Turpin in ‘Sweeney Todd’ and terrorist Hans Gruber in the original ‘Die Hard.’ We love Rickman when he’s good, but when he’s bad, he’s irresistible.
I think this first type of list that I’ve ever come across which is absolutely perfect. What do you think?
source: Hollywood’s 10 Most Eeeeevil Actors [Moviefone]
You know those movies were there are two best friends who are usually losers but they love each other more than anything else? Well here is a list of the best slackker buddies in the history of movies. Take a list and see if your favorite makes the lsit.
10. Dale & Saul (Pineapple Express)
Dale (Seth Rogen) and Saul (James Franco ) smoke pot.
09. Shaun & Ed (Shaun of the Dead)
A hero must rise… from his sofa. (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)
08. Harold & Kumar (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay)
Two guys (John Cho and Kal Penn) smoke pot.
07. Wayne & Garth (Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2)
Two guys who (Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey) host a public access show.
06. Jay & Silent Bob (Clerks, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Chasing Amy, Mallrats)
Two guys (Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes) smoke pot.
05. Romy & Michele (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)
Two hotties (Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow) go to their high school reunion and lie about their lives.
04. Cheech & Chong (Up in Smoke, Next Movie, etc.)
Two guys (Richard “Cheech†Marin and Tommy Chong) smoke pot.
03. Lloyd & Harry (Dumb & Dumber)
Lloyd and Harry travel to Aspen (Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I’m talking about a little place called Aspen.) to return a briefcase to a woman who left it at the airport.
02. Beavis & Butthead (Beavis & Butthead Do America)
Beavis and Butthead (voiced by Mike Judge) travel across the country in an attempt to get their TV back and score with a chick.
01. Bill & Ted (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey)
Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted†Logan (Keanu Reeves) are destined to form the band “Wyld Stallyns,†but the only thing standing in their way is passing history class.
I would have ranked the top 3 as Beavis & Butthead, Romy & Michelle and Harold & Kumar. How about you?
source: Ten of Film’s Greatest Slacker Duos [Gunaxin]
After looking at my bank account, which is dying a slow death right now, this is not exactly what I wanted to read so I figured why not make everybody else suffer and let you all know that Julia Roberts received a whopping $3 million for 6 minutes of work in the movie Valentine’s Day.
You or somebody that you know has probably gone to see the movie Valentine’s Day, but was Julia Roberts the reason you went to see the movie? Because the executives in Hollywood and director, Gary Marshall , sure think she is worth the hefty price tag.
It is reported that New Line Cinema paid Julia her $3 million figure as well as 3 percent of the grossing that the movie makes, which has so far made over $97 million worldwide. If you break it down, her salary is $500,000 a minute or $8,333 per second she was on screen. If you want to know what she made per word she spoke it works out at about $11,952.
Other than the fact that nearly every single woman in the world loves her, another reason they felt she was worth her salary is because once she signed on the rest of the all star cast signed up which includes the likes of Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Jamie Foxx, Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane.
Apparently the rest of the cast got their usual quote pro-rated to how many days they worked, which most only worked 3 days. Jamie Foxx is said to be the only other one, aside from Roberts and Marshall, getting a cut of the box office grossing as well.
I know a bunch of women love Julia Roberts to death but she really isn’t worth that much money anymore in my opinion. If I was one of the other cast I would be pissed she got so much. It depresses me how much Hollywood stars can earn for a few minutes work.
source: For Valentine’s Day, Julia Roberts Was Paid $500,000 a Minute … All Six of Them [NY Mag]
Cameron Diaz is currently filming her new movie, Knight and Day, with Tom Cruise and when the pair were in Malibu over the weekend she had a little nipple slip.
When she was shooting some scene or something, Cameron was running on the beach when her nipple popped out of her top to wave hello to the waiting paparazzi.
In other news it is reported that Cameron has become the latest victim to Alex Rodriguez, who has previously dated Madonna and Kate Hudson, apparently the pair were spotted flirting up a storm during the Super Bowl weekend in Miami.
For some reason I don’t think that Cameron Diaz‘s nipple slip will be featured in her new movie.
We all know that some men wear makeup, especially in Hollywood, but usually the makeup is done better than the way Bradley Cooper had his done last night?
While attending the premiere for his new movie Valentine’s Day, the actor showed off what a disaster makeup can look like if not done right.
Bradley Cooper should fire his makeup artist, or hire one – if he did it himself, because it looks like only half of his face is done with bronzer while the rest of it it looks his natural white color.
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source: Renee Zellweger’s boyfriend Bradley Cooper suffers a tanning disaster on the red carpet [Daily Mail]
You know how all the magazines, blogs and entertainment channels love going on about Jennifer Aniston and her love life? Well this is not the case with CNN, who are sick of her crap.
The other night CNN’s Showbiz Tonight did a 9 minute segment talking about how they are sick of Jennifer and her fauxmances everytime she has a new movie coming out.
You see Aniston has a new movie coming out with Gerard Butler, called The Bounty Hunter, and at last weeks Golden Globe awards she and Butler were seen hugging and being all “romantic” together.
In the past she has done this with John Mayer and Vince Vaughn when she had new movies coming out. Showbiz Tonight have seen a pattern with Aniston, they say she has a 3 point checklist:
1. Date a famous guy.
2. Racy magazine photos.
3. Tell-all interview about Brad Pitt
All of this is so true but yet we all still want to watch her love life pan out in front of our eyes right? Well not me, I’ve been sick of her for the past 2 years. Her movies aren’t even bad but all the publicity puts me off them instead of making me want to watch. Check out the video below:
There has been some major movie flops in the past few years (I’m looking at you Gigli) but none of them compare to the biggest flops of all time, which is when I take you to the following list.
Nana (1934)
When Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives (1922) went grossly over budget, Universal duly advertised it as “The first million-dollar film” and hoped for the best. When Samuel Goldwyn’s attempt to launch Russian actress Anna Sten as the new Greta Garbo—in Nana—had to be scrapped and restarted after three weeks, doubling the budget, Goldwyn similarly dubbed her his “million-dollar discovery.” Sten’s English was off without being charming, and Goldwyn had to tone down the sensational prostitution elements; the ensuing weak brew was roundly rejected. The first and, to date, only English-language attempt to film Zola without updating the time period was such a daunting flop that Nana only resurfaced (quasi-logically) in Euro-trash “erotic” versions in 1970 and 1984.
Cleopatra (1963)
A prototypical fiasco, Cleopatra brought the profitable cycle of 50s sword-and-sandal epics to a decisive close with a four-year production odyssey encompassing two Elizabeth Taylor illnesses, her affair with co-star Richard Burton, and one shooting location where the harbor was still riddled with mines from the Second World War. Despite the constant cuts in length and dismissive reviews (not to mention studio heads that rolled), Cleopatra is the 38th-highest grossing film of all time; in real money, it’s made more than any of the Pirates of the Caribbean or Lord of the Rings movies. An disastrous shoot it may have been, but it became profitable after three years
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Before working with talking animals was just a matter of slapping CGI lips on a real creature (or conjuring the whole weird spectacle digitally), Rex Harrison had to lie down and be urinated on by sheep to get just one musical number done. Everything seemed to go wrong when Harrison tried to talk to the animals: a goat ate director Richard Fleischer’s script, squirrels chewed throug the set, and one of the disgruntled residents of a town the film was shooting in left a production-disrupting homemade bomb on the set. Still reeling from Elizabeth Taylor’s expensive Cleopatra fiasco, Fox was nearly bankrupted by the $18 million production, which made back only half of its budget initially and took 20 years to turn a profit.
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Michael Cimino’s epic is largely considered to be the ultimate example of a hubristic flop, though the truth is a little more complicated. United Artists had been taking increasingly expensive gambles—the previous year’s Moonraker actually cost more, and Apocalypse Now had been an equally crazed, expensive experiment—and Cimino’s $46 million debacle pushed the studio over decisively. At first widely reviled, it’s inevitably come to be seen as a minor masterpiece, a movie of great flaws but also great accomplishments. But back then Cimino got blamed for killing not only United Artists, but the auteur-driven movies of Hollywood’s 70s golden age as well. (Martin Scorsese: “Heaven’s Gate undercut all of us. I knew at the time it was the end of something, that something had died.”) That isn’t quite fair—Spielberg, William Friedkin, and Coppola all had their expensive flops as well (1941, Sorcerer, and Apocalypse Now, respectively); Cimino just fell the hardest.
Inchon (1981)
In 1978, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Unification Church member Mitsu Haru Ishii decided to get into movies; they contemplated biopics of Jesus or Elvis, but Ishii then reportedly heard from God, who instructed him to make a film about General Douglas MacArthur (a choice validated by psychic Jeannie Dixon, who said MacArthur’s spirit endorsed the film; his endorsement was later quoted in the press kit). With an unlikely cast of Laurence Olivier (who cheerfully admitted he needed the money) as MacArthur, the story also threw in trashy romances featuring Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune, and Richard Roundtree. Moon kept his name off the credits for as long as possible; when it came out, the premiere at D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Acts was boycotted and only 15 congressmen (out of the 48 who accepted tickets) had the guts to show. Despite Reagan’s endorsement—he found the film refreshing for portraying the Americans as the “good guys” in the Korean War—the enterprise did not prosper, losing over $44 million.
Howard The Duck (1986)
If Heaven’s Gate was the ultimate auteurist failure, Howard the Duck became synonymous with cynical corporate miscalulation. Cult comic hero Howard the Duck had already been neutered a bit after Disney sued for copyright infringement upon Donald Duck and forced Howard wear pants, but that was nothing compared to the treatment he suffered at the hands of George Lucas. Needing an FX-blockuster for the summer, Howard went from rude and obnoxious to vaguely attitudinal and sassy; audiences, however, mainly complained that the costumes weren’t realistic enough for this talking duck narrative. Audiences and critics fled; Universal president Frank Price was forced to resign.
Toys (1992)
After a decade of making solid sleepers (Diner, Tin Men) and solid hits (The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam), Barry Levinson finally got to helm the movie he wanted as his debut, a heavy-handed allegory about the power of whimsy and the imagination triumphing over the war-mongers and irresponsible capitalists. It’s defanged Terry Gilliam a decade too late, with Robin Williams leading the dreamers against his brother’s attempt to transform dad’s toy factory into a home for toy war machines. To anchor his flimsy screenplay, Levinson relied upon the madcap improv skills of Williams— then still a commercial monolith, but one whose fast-talking free-association reached annoying new lows here. The public and critical public responded with unnecessary venom, which is kind of a shame: production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti designed the Magritte-inspired toy factory with the same opulence he brought to The Last Emperor, and LL Cool J’s acting debut is pretty creditable.
The Postman (1997)
After three consecutive flops (Wyatt Earp, Waterworld, and The War), Kevin Costner definitively struck himself from the A-list with The Postman, the three-hour saga of a post-apocalyptic postman who galvanizes a feudal population in rebellion against the evil General Bethlehem. The idea is that Costner delivers hope along with the mail (“You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket,” an admirer tells him); David Brin, author of the original novel, insists the movie would have done better post-9/11, now that “the nineties notion that patriotism is sappy” is dead. Regardless, audiences were in no mood to watch a movie which begins with Costner reciting “MacBeth” to his donkey before once more martyring himself for three hours. In the gallery of Costner’s 90s hubris, The Postman is merely the climax to a string of lunatic excesses reminiscent of the ’70s, only as a bad parody.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (unreleased)
The patron saint of cinematic bad luck, Terry Gilliam was the subject of two books documenting his difficulties—1987′s The Battle of Brazil and 2000′s Losing the Light, a painful exhumation of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen—and eventually decided it’d be safer to always document his side of the story in case things finally went completely wrong. Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe chronicled 1995′s Twelve Monkeys and ended up with the relatively calm production diary The Hamster Factor. In 2002, they went from DVD supplement to the main event when Gilliam’s long-gestating Don Quixote project was attacked by monsoons, plagued by noise from NATO jet exercises, and finally derailed by the lead actor’s herniated disk and prostate infection. The resulting documentary, Lost In La Mancha, chronicles a catastrophic Job experience, with the long-suffering Gilliam bearing up heroically, far pluckier and less obnoxious than any of his heroes.
Elizabethtown (2005)
Elizabethtown wasn’t actually a commercial failure for the ages—it made back a little more than its budget worldwide—but the once-beloved Cameron Crowe got a vitriolic reception for his expressionistic rewrite of Jerry Maguire. Kirsten Dunst’s character talks about what it’s like to “fail big and stick around,” a self-prophesying line: like his protagonist Drew (Orlando Bloom) with his shoe designs, Crowe came up with an intensely personal project reviled by pretty much everyone. Mostly, the reviews and public seemed to want something straightforward and warm, like Almost Famous; instead, they got a series of set pieces strung together by nothing more than Crowe’s own veering interests and a Fellini-esque carnival vibe. To quote Drew’s narrative, it’s a “fiasco”: not just a failure, but a failure so spectacular it almost succeeds by sheer distinctiveness. To date, the dispirited Crowe has yet to get another feature into production.
Delgo (2008)
A decade in the making, this $40-million, would-be “adult” C.G.I. epic was supposed to teach us about the importance of world peace and avoiding war. By the time the movie was done, it was the late Anne Bancroft’s last part and the lowest-grossing opening for any film ever to release on more than 2,000 screens, averaging out at two viewers per screening. To add insult to injury, less than half a year after Delgo had come and gone, bored fanboys speculating about how much they hated the Avatar trailer began comparing what they saw as lackluster designs and silly C.G.I. to Delgo, which has become the worst possible insult for any sci-fi/fantasy movie boasting of outsize ambition.
I have never seen any of these movies, I guess I know why, because I never heard of the majority of them.
source: The 11 Biggest Movie Flops of All Time [Vanity Fair]
Zac Efron‘s movie 17 Again has topped a list of having the most movie mistakes of 2009 with 94 counted mistakes.
The movie had a whopping 94 mistakes throughout the movie, it was followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen which both had 71 mistakes.
Jon Sandys, editor of MovieMistakes, said “this isn’t meant to be assigning blame – generally these are noticed by the biggest movie fans, even in films they loved. That said, you wonder how some of these blunders get past the editing room.”
I agree, I just don’t get how some of these mistakes can be put in the final edition because they are so obvious. You would expect something like this to happen in small budget films but it’s usually the other way around. Maybe because the production team on small budget films actually want to work and the big budget team don’t give a shit? Anyway the 10 movies with the most mistakes are:
1. 17 Again (94 Mistakes)
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (71 Mistakes)
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (71 Mistakes)
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (29 Mistakes)
5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (29 Mistakes)
6. 2012 (27 Mistakes)
7. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (26 Mistakes)
8. Angels & Demons (26 Mistakes)
9. Knowing (25 Mistakes)
10. Fast & Furious (22 Mistakes)
It’s been over a year since the news that Will Smith‘s son Jaden Smith was going to be taking the lead role in a remake of The Karate Kid. Well a trailer has just been released which you can see below.
The movie is set to be released on June 11, 2010, and also stars Jackie Chan who takes on the role of Jaden’s mentor in the movie.
I can’t even begin to deal with this right now, why does Hollywood have to remake (and ruin) every single movie that I enjoyed as a kid?
Christmas Eve is just two days away and we all know our televisions are full with Christmas movies, both good and bad, so here is a list of the top 10 best Christmas movies ever according to Moviefone.
Chevy Chase is at the top of his game in this sight-gag-and-one-liner-laden homage to the love/hate event that is the family Christmas. Where, besides this list, is there a place big enough for a movie with Yule laughs this huge? As Clark Griswold would say, “Bend over and I’ll show you.”
9. ‘Babes in Toyland’ (1934)
Mother Goose rhymes come to life in this ’34 classic (reissued in ’52 as ‘March of the Wooden Soldiers’) starring comedy legends Laurel and Hardy as gut-bustingly bumbling toymakers out to save Toyland from the nefarious Barnaby. And if tricking him into a same-sex wedding is what it takes, so much the better.
8. ‘Home Alone’ (1990)
It made Macaulay Culkin the biggest child star on the planet, reigned at the box office for 12 straight weeks and grossed $533 million worldwide, but the best thing about this holiday staple is watching an 8-year-old kid toss burglars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern a good old-fashioned Christmas beat-down.
7. ‘Christmas in Connecticut’ (1942)
Arnold Schwarzenegger was so enamored with this classic he directed his own TV version in 1992. True story. But for the love of Sinbad, stick to the original, a serene screwball comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck as a food writer who misleads her readers in adorably forgivable ways.
6. ‘Elf’ (2003)
Frank Ricard. Ron Burgundy. Ricky Bobby. They’re all unforgettable Will Ferrell personas, but the role he might be remembered for most in 50 years is Buddy the Elf (what’s your favorite color?) from ’03′s instant holiday classic. This non-stop laugher exemplifies all-ages entertainment.
5. ‘White Christmas’ (1954)
Aren’t we all dreaming of a ‘White Christmas’? The movie starring Bing “Mr. Christmas” Crosby and Danny Kaye is as charming as the tune, with all the elements to warm the heart: Two GIs come home from WWII, fall in love with singing-and-dancing sisters and help their general with his failing Vermont inn. Awww.
4. ‘Scrooged’ (1988)
Only Bill Murray could so expertly walk the fine line between pathos and hilarity, as he does playing miserly TV exec Frank Cross. Complete with a taxi-driving Ghost of Christmas Past and a (literally) ball-busting Ghost of Christmas Present, this Dickens send-up is so offbeat and fun, Yule love it!
3. ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (1947)
If this ’47 classic doesn’t make you a Santa believer, nothing (especially the ’94 remake) will. It’s dark stuff for a Christmas flick — Kris Kringle is put on trail to determine if he’s legally insane — but the endgame (in which the US Postal Service saves the day!) is utterly heartwarming.
2. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ (1946)
A tale of depression and almost-suicide doesn’t exactly scream “Christmas classic” — which is probably why Frank Capra’s flick flopped at the box office. But more than 30 years later, it endures as a beloved testament to everything Christmas embodies: family, friends and the joy of life.
1. ‘A Christmas Story’ (1983)
There’s nary a scene to forget in this near-perfect nostalgic look at where Americana and Christmastime meet. The story of a young boy’s epic quest to get his hands on a Red Ryder BB gun provides the hilarious backdrop for a timeless tale rife with family hijinks, frozen tongues and, of course, sex-oozing leg lamps.
I think I’ve seen about 3 of these movies, all of which are good and funny but nothing beats Santa Claus for me… that’s my all time favorite Christmas movies. What are yours?
Does the woman in the poster below look familiar to you? No? She didn’t to me either, but this is apparently supposed to be Sarah Jessica Parker.
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This doesn’t even look like a real person that they put in the new poster for Sex and the City 2, I can’t wait to see what they do with the other three girls.
There is no movie what so ever on this movie because they are keeping it all locked down, so I guess we can judge how fake and shitty it is going go be by this poster of Sarah Jessica Parker.
source: ‘Sex and the City 2′ Poster Premiere [Moviefone]
