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Eminem is expressing his views on President Donald Trump with help from a newly released freestyle rap. In a taped segment that aired tonight on the 2017 Bet Hip Hop Awards, the Grammy winner appeared in a downtown Detroit parking garage where he voiced his disapproval towards the Commander in Chief. "When he attacks the NFL so we focus on that / Instead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada," he raps. "All these horrible tragedies and he's bored and would rather / Cause a twitter storm with the Packers." Eminem continues, "Then says he wants to lower our taxes / Then who's gonna pay for his extravagant trips / Back and forth with fam to his golf resorts and...

Grierson & Leitch: Some Back and Forth on It...

Telluride – The exhibition tennis match in 1973 between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs was truly historic. Over 30,000 people were on hand in the Houston Astrodome and reportedly 50 million watched it on television in the U.S. and 90 million worldwide. It was a signature moment for the women’s liberation movement at the time and was a monster marketing opportunity for women’s tennis. Unknown to many, however, was the personal journey King was undertaking.

Continue reading ‘Battle Of The Sexes’: Emma Stone Holds Serve In Back And Forth Drama [Telluride Review] at The Playlist.

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Sometimes a film will speak directly to a person in an audience: A preternatural, unearthly tendril of luminous light tapping you on the shoulder, a benevolent yet mysterious voice reminding you of an obligation, or a musical, colorful Dream Message entering your eyes and speaking to your soul with wonder, awe and truth. Like other Art forms, film can do amazing things.

For me, there are definitely a few choice films of overwhelming, pristine power. Yet one cinematic work is not just great, deeply special to me: ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’ Directed by the Wonderkind, Steven Spielberg, directly after his landmark suspense-adventure film, ‘Jaws’.

Now, his new flick, released in 1977, also dealt with the fantastic, with riveting moments of terror… but its endgame was something quite dissimilar.

I think it would take either a first-rate Psychologist or an Exorcist with a lot of...

The continuing challenge for Illumination’s popular “Despicable Me” franchise is what to do with Steve Carell’s Gru now that he’s no longer a supervillain. The solution in “Despicable Me 3”: Gru experiences a mid-life crisis and flirts with being bad when he meets his long-lost twin brother, Dru (also voiced by Steve Carell), a flamboyant opposite in every way.

For Illumination, it was an opportunity to draw more out of Gru through Dru in a yin-and-yang way. This allows Gru to get his mojo back by teaming up with Dru to steal back the world’s most expensive diamond from the young supervillain who cost him his job: Balthazar Bratt, a failed child star from the ’80s who never got over the cancellation of his show (voiced by “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker).

Finding the Right Dru for Gru

Designer Eric Guillon made a drawing early on of the long-haired,...

Need to catch up? Check out previous Nashville recaps here.

There’s a brief yet fitting refrain that I found myself chanting at several points during this week’s Nashville: Girl, no.

When new Highway 65 marketing wunderkind Alyssa Greene makes a joke about writing songs about toilet paper in order to pay the bills: Girl, no.

When Hallie considers ditching her first recording contract because she’s in love with her shady guitar player: Girl, no.

When Juliette continues on this ridiculous path of stealing Maddie’s song: Girl, no!

When Maddie starts thinking of herself as a victim, however small,...

Blaxploitation made its move on the horror market with Aip’s Blacula (1972); so successful was the foray that the money wheels started turning towards a follow up. And while Aip was busy cooking up a sequel to their surprise hit, an outsider saw an opening in the window of the American Dream and leapt right through. Frank Saletri may have been a lawyer by trade, but his heart belonged to horror and he gave his all to write and produce Blackenstein (1973) – a movie somewhat better than its godawful reputation, restored for posterity on Blu-ray by the fine folks at Severin Films. Come for the monster; stay to hear Saletri’s story.

Eddie (Joe De Rue) is a Vietnam vet who while in service, danced with a landmine and lost all his limbs as a result. As he arrives back home, his fiancée, Dr. Winifred Walker (Ivory Stone) meets with her...

Elliott Lester’s Aftermath deals with one of cinema’s most popular themes: grief. Why is something so morose utilized so often? Because it makes for inherent drama, as an on-screen character is forced to cope with darkened, crushing realities. Writer Javier Gullón wastes no time smashing two airplanes together during what will be their final descent, but we remain safely grounded. This isn’t about the midair disaster itself, but the pieces that need to be picked up – both figuratively and literally. It’s not what you might consider “fun” or “inviting,” but unhinged performances beckon a hopelessness that comes with a world of scorched memories. This one’s for the serious crowd, out there.

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a construction worker named Roman, who expects to pick his wife and pregnant daughter up once their incoming flight lands. He enters the airport, and is led into a private...

Guillaume Gallienne and Guillaume Canet are Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola in Danièle Thompson's Cézanne Et Moi

Where else can you find Édouard Manet (Nicolas Gob), Camille Pissarro (Romain Cottard), Guy de Maupassant (Félicien Juttner), Baptistin Baille (Pierre Yvon), Auguste Renoir (Alexandre Kouchner), Ambroise Vollard (Laurent Stocker), Francisco Oller (Pablo Cisneros), Achille Empéraire (Romain Lancry), Père Tanguy (Christian Hecq), Frédéric Bazille (Patrice Tepasso), the great Sabine Azéma as Paul Cézanne's mother, and Glasgow's own Freya Mavor (Joann Sfar's The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun) as the mother to Zola's children - all in one film?

Danièle Thompson on Jean-Marie Dreujou: "He's a wonderful cinematographer." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Déborah François (of Régis Roinsard's Populaire) is Hortense, Cézanne's wife, Alice Pol is Zola's wife Alexandrine, and his mother Émilie is played by Isabelle Candelier. Back and forth in time we jump, from...

When I think about China’s Song dynasty, the first thing that comes to mind is Matt Damon. You too, right? A movie like The Great Wall is just screaming for a “William” to save the day, because native warriors surely can’t fend for themselves (duh). A little whitewashing, a dash of CGI monsters and voilà! You’ve got yourself a generic slash-em-up atop, in front of and behind China’s most wondrous landmark. Director Yimou Zhang splatters rocky landscapes with colorful costumes and fiery explosions, but it’s not enough to salvage snooze-worthy drama whenever characters start to jabber. Did you expect something more than swift monster mutilation? I seriously hope not, you crazy loon.

Damon’s William is but a weary mercenary looking for some magical weapon known as “black powder.” The Chinese possess it, so he sets out with a party to “barter.” After a harsh spell of travel,...

IndieWire’s Springboard column profiles up-and-comers in the film industry worthy of your attention.

You know Macon Blair’s face. The Virginia native frequently pops up in childhood pal Jeremy Saulnier’s films — including recent offerings like “Blue Ruin” and “Green Room” — and he even has the requisite “Law and Order” credit under his belt (he appeared on “Svu” back in 2008), but these days, Blair is eager for film fans to check out something different: His directorial debut. The new feature, “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” will open this year’s Sundance Film Festival as one of its slew of “Day One” offerings, before popping up on Netflix just a few weeks later.

For fans of Blair’s acting in Saulnier’s films and those familiar with his writing work on offerings like Brett Simmons’ horror feature “The Monkey’s Paw,” the new feature should...

If you are new to the works of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, Phenomena (1985) is as good a place as any to start. It practically plays like a ‘greatest hits’ of all his virtues, and more than a few of his vices. And for the Argento veteran, it’s a gas for those very same reasons – by combining so many elements from his other films he’s created his most bizarre feature to date – no mean feat. When I need five alarm Dario, I throw on Phenomena.

Released in his homeland in January, Phenomena was picked up by New Line Cinema, chopped all to hell (27 minutes cut!), and released stateside in August under the new title Creepers. Did it do well? Of course not. Argento has always been a cult artist in North America; revered by the horror press and some fans at the time, the Cult of Dario has...

Noah Oppenheim has waited a long time for this moment. Today, his first spec script, “Jackie,” is finally hitting theaters. As you’ll soon learn, there were moments when Oppenheim thought it might never happen.

The acclaimed drama went down a long development road when he first sent it out for consideration five years ago. Darren Aronofsky was going going to direct it at one point, but after deciding against it, he never stopped looking for the right person to do it.

Continue reading Noah Oppenheim On ‘Bizarre’ Back And Forth Of Making ‘Jackie’ And Covering The Election at The Playlist.

While some occult horror films hastily summon demons and creatures, other religiously-tinged enchanters like A Dark Song dabble more in moral challenges and heavenly perversion. Liam Gavin’s satanic ritual invests in the not-so-calm before any heretic storm, and the mindset of someone who’s willing to embrace help from dark realms. Don’t worry, a righteous, pound-for-pound payoff awaits patient fans come Gavin’s hellbound culmination, but we’re pulled in equally by ritualistic offerings and ominous warnings that needen’t rely on monsters and mayhem. Once Gavin’s main characters seal themselves inside what could be a devilish tomb, prime cultist practices lead to a bewitching story sealed with a bloody kiss – genre love without a Ouija board or expected preachiness.

Catherine Walker stars as Sophia Howard, a woman with a hopeful wish. She contacts occultist Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram) hoping that he can provide closure in the...

While watching Sun Choke, most of my time was spent searching for some deeper meaning. It’s an obvious character piece about mental breakdowns and imprisoned healing, but I kept digging for hidden messages amongst all the holistic babbling. But as the film winded down, and tensions reached a boil, it became obvious that everyone was fighting for one constant theme – control.

A deranged woman struggles to control her violent outbursts, a homely caretaker attempts to control her unpredictable patient, and then said patient goes rogue when she cannot suppress her inner-actions anymore. Bad things happen, power shifts, and we witness an ever-changing dynamic between three clashing personalities – everything Ben Cresciman intends to play out, with no overwhelming backstory.

Sarah Hagan stars as a disturbed young woman (Margo or Janie, depending on who she’s talking to, but really Janie), who finds herself under the care of an older therapist/mentor (Irma,...

Larry King has had a big impact on Donald Trump’s success, the candidate says. During an appearance on the podcast King co-hosts with his wife Shawn, “Back and Forth,” Trump told the former CNN host that his show “Larry King Live” played a huge role in his career. “It was — maybe you’re the one that really — you had a lot to do with it,” Trump said. “Because, honestly, Larry the show — there was nothing like what you did. And it was such an important show and I was on so many times, and it really had a big.

As Patricio Guzman’s latest documentary The Pearl Button, which premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, completes its festival circuit rounds, a comprehensive box set of the famed Chilean documentarian’s most iconic works arrives on DVD. One of the world’s most noted masters of the medium, Guzman’s works provide an invaluable framework of his country’s violent past following the socialist revolution and violent coup which resulted in seventeen years of a harsh and violent dictatorship under the rule of Augusto Pinochet. Beginning with the three part saga The Battle of Chile, this eight disc set includes all of his most notable major historical and political documentaries through 2011’s Nostalgia for the Light. Though the collection is not a complete account of Guzman’s filmography, it’s a thematic distillation of a country’s harrowing history, and Guzman’s footage evolves from an initial priceless account of...

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Live from the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York, it’s SummerSlam 2015!

Lilian Garcia introduces host Jon Stewart and we’re under way! He drops a Beastie Boys reference and hypes up the show. ‘I’ve spent sixteen years talking about politics, it’s nice to be back in reality’. WWE? Reality? This is clearly a WWE-scripted intro, then. Huge boos for Cena’s name. This crowd is going to eat him alive. Mick Foley is brought out- cheap pops imminent…yup, there it is. They riff with each other for a while and it doesn’t really go anywhere. Still, nice to see Foley and Stewart looks up for this.

After the customary video package, it’s time for our first match…

Sheamus Vs. Randy Orton

Good choice for an opener. Orton went for an Rko early, but Sheamus bailed and cut a ringside promo and fans looking stupid.

As Britain digests the results of its General Election, a look back at some of the most memorable prime ministers from TV and the movies reveals a bunch only marginally more disconcerting than some of the real-life options.

Operating on a scale from complete idiocy through to full-blown murderous villainy, were they actually on the ballot paper, you'd probably do well to think twice before putting an X in their box. But you can be sure of one terrifying thought - someone out there would.

So who would you vote for, given the choice between the real prime minister and 8 of TV and film's most memorable premiers? Find out more about our fictional candidates below...

1. Baldrick in Blackadder: Back and Forth

Baldrick became an MP in a rotten borough during the opening episode of Blackadder the Third, mainly thanks to the help of a campaign partner who's especially keen to...

As Britain digests the results of its General Election, a look back at some of the most memorable prime ministers from TV and the movies reveals a bunch only marginally more disconcerting than some of the real-life options.

Operating on a scale from complete idiocy through to full-blown murderous villainy, were they actually on the ballot paper, you'd probably do well to think twice before putting an X in their box. But you can be sure of one terrifying thought - someone out there would.

So who would you vote for, given the choice between the real prime minister and 8 of TV and film's most memorable premiers? Find out more about our fictional candidates below...

1. Baldrick in Blackadder: Back and Forth

Baldrick became an MP in a rotten borough during the opening episode of Blackadder the Third, mainly thanks to the help of a campaign partner who's especially keen to...

Just last month, fans of The Legend of Zelda were sent into quite a stir when a rumour was reported, which you can check out here, that the franchise was finally getting a live-action adaptation in the form of a Netflix exclusive series. Back and forth rumours of a Zelda film have gone up and down for decades, but the series has never quite made the jump to live-action. However, given Netflix's recent successes, such as House of Cards and the upcoming Marvel shows Daredevil and A.K.A. Jessica Jones, many fans were excited to see what the platform could do for one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises. Unfortunately, in a recent interview with Time, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata seemingly debunked the report when asked about it: "As of now, I have nothing new to share with you in regard to the use of our IPs for any TV shows or films,...

Better Call Saul, Season 1, Episode 6: “Five-o”

Written by Adam Bernstein

Directed by Gordon Smith

Airs Mondays at 10Pm Est on AMC

After a wild left turn at the end of last weeks episode, “Five-o” is left to follow through on a very sudden change of pace, and elaborate on why it should matter—outside of basic fan-service, that is. Luckily, it succeeds most assuredly.

The episode begins with a standard cold-open, one of Vince Gilligan’s most patented tricks, as Mike exits a train that has just taken him to Albuquerque. There he visits with his daughter-in-law after using a quick little trick (as usual, Mike Ehrmantraut is full of quick little tricks) to procure a tampon and take care of his gunshot wound. We can already see that there’s a lot more going on here than meets the eye, and despite Mike’s best efforts, so can his daughter-in-law.

Before documentaries made news headlines and set out to change the world, nonfiction filmmakers found funding through big foundation grants, public television, and friends and family. And while those sources still provide a steady source of doc financing, there's a new game in town: "filmanthropists." In the last several years, an increasing number of high net-worth, often progressive-minded individuals have gotten organized, gathering together around the idea that documentaries can make a difference. As SnagFilms founder, multimillionaire (and Indiewire owner) Ted Leonsis told Indiewire in 2008, "Filmanthropy is finding these films that shine a light on a tough subject and activate discussion and charitable giving and volunteerism around a cause." Read More: Back and Forth with Ted Leonsis and Eugene Hernandez And judging from the documentaries selected at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, filmanthropists are having a huge influence on what docs are getting made...

Emily Kinney may have left "The Walking Dead," but her time on the show and filming it in Atlanta has filtered into her music.

"Back and forth this season between shooting, I have been recording and I feel like Atlanta is definitely getting infused into my songs or even just the people that I'm meeting and my perspective on things, because one thing I do like to do in my songs is I do like to draw from my life and the things that I'm going through, so that will definitely come through," Emily told Access Hollywood of the ...

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20. Love/Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)

Directed by: Éric Rohmer

Originally titled “Love in the Afternoon,” but released in North America as “Chloe in the Afternoon,” this Rohmer film is a tale of possible infidelity, seen through the eyes of a conflicted man. Frédéric (Bernard Verley) is a successful young lawyer who is happily married to a teacher named Hélène (Françoise Verley), who is pregnant with their second child. While Frédéric is in a considerably good place in his life, he still struggles with the loss of excitement he had before he married, when he could sleep with whomever he chose. It wasn’t so much the sex that thrilled him, but the chase itself. Still, he feels that these thoughts and fantasies, paired with his refusal to act upon them, only proves that he is completely dedicated and in love with his own wife. That is, until he meets Chloé...

Spoiler alert: The Oct. 21 episode of Sons of Anarchy, "Greensleeves," ended with Jax (Charlie Hunnam) receiving a box from August Marks that will haunt Samcro and viewers. Exec producer Paris Barclay, who directed the episode, takes EW inside filming that tragic twist and the other big moments. EW: Let's start at the beginning, with Juice being given back his cut at the site of John Teller's death, then setting off on his mission to get himself arrested so he can kill Lin inside. What is the significance of that site now? Barclay: I believe that it's going to be an...

Back and forth we go with Iron Man 4. Robert Downey Jr. isn’t doing it, then he’s maybe doing it, then he’ll do it if Mel Gibson directs, then joked he’ll do it if Howard Stern directs. Honestly, there’s so much out there about the film, no one knows for sure what’s happening. That was, […]

The post Robert Downey Jr. Confirms ‘Iron Man 4′ Plus Ama Highlights Regarding ‘Sherlock 3, ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Avengers Age of Ultron’ appeared first on /Film.

By J. R. Kinnard

Much like the horror genre, comedy presents an opportunity to explore deeper themes within the confines of an otherwise simple premise. Wes Craven once said you can do anything you want in a horror movie, “as long as you scare the bejesus out of people 6 or 10 times.” The same could be said for generating laughs in a high-concept comedy. On that basis, Neighbors probably squeaks by with 6 solid laughs and plenty of goodwill. More importantly, it boasts a bitingly perceptive script about the painful transition to adulthood and the extreme lengths to which some people will go to avoid it.

Neighbors is the story of two loving couples who can’t let go of their youth. The first is a married couple, Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne). Though they’ve faithfully followed society’s script for a successful life – marriage, job, house, debt,...

Here we are, finally, at the thirtieth annual WrestleMania event, live from the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Let’s get to the results shall we?

There was a two hour long pre-show for this event that aired on the WWE Network and in other areas of media. The pre-show featured a panel of guys like Mick Foley, Booker T and Shawn Michaels, along with Josh Matthews, discussing the upcoming matches and the spectacle of the event itself. The second hour brought us the pre-show match.

The match in question that aired on the pre-show was the four-way tag team elimination match between the defending champions, The Uso’s, The Real Americans, Ryback & Axel and Los Matadores. The match was okay, allowing each team to get some chances to show their capabilities and shine. The final two teams in the match were The Uso’s and The Real Americans, with...

While cruising the Internet (we do that a lot in between working like dogs and appreciating kitten and puppy videos), we have a tendency to explore the darker side of the world weird web. It was during these wondrous moments that we came across the following...

Below you'll find 31 animated Gifs that are designed to keep you awake at night. They ain't kidding either. That thing with the baby spiders and the big spider has had our skin crawling since it appeared, and poor Buz is Still in extreme John Goodman in Arachnophobia combat mode. He's even threatened to move to Mexico, a move that would certainly spell his doom.

Still, though... this collection definitely gets our seal of approval, and we just couldn't resist sharing it with you cats. Enjoy, and happy 2014!

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He’s still waiting for a release date for his forthcoming X album, but Chris Brown figured out a way to hook his fans up with some new music in the meantime.

The “Don’t Wake Me Up” singer brings fellow artists like Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, and Kid Ink along for the ride on his X-Files Mixtape featuring six tracks.

On “War For You,” Chris tells his lady that she’s safe with him- "I'mma make sure you're safe with me/I be smokin' that Cali/Baby me and you can fly."

Meanwhile, Brown laments a broken relationship on “Waiting”- "You're a star now, all up on TV. I made you famous 'cause I put you in the street/Back and forth with the games/Girl you played me."

Chris’ X Files Mixtape is now online, and includes cover art of the singer himself wrapped up in a straight jacket.

In town for the UK premiere of his film Motivational Growth (review) at Sheffield's Celluloid Screams festival, self-described "Engine of Delight" Don Thacker gracefully sat down with us for a lengthy chat about the film and his work past, present and future. What's in that head of his?

The Mold knows, Jack. The Mold knows...

Dread Central: What was the motivation behind Motivational Growth?

Don Thacker: Well, the motivation was to make a movie (laughs). No... I'd actually pitched a completely different film called 'Flexure', which is this awesome sci-fi love thriller that I want to make. I'd actually written it, and I spent a couple of years at Fermilab, the National Accelerator laboratories in Illinois and was visiting there a couple of times a week doing research. I have some guys over there who want to be consultants on the picture. It's a story about a guy who...

Last night, Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake tried to make “hashtag” trend all by itself.

Timberlake, who’s spending every Tuesday this month with his late-night pal, in advance of the release of his new album, The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2, on Sept. 30, was just sitting in Late Night’s guest room, eating some homemade cookies, when Fallon stopped by to hang. Or as Timberlake said, setting off the hashtag olympics, he was just “hashtag chilling.”

Back and forth it went, with Fallon landing the best hashtag shout-outs — hashtag and hashtag .

The guys got carried away — which was the point — but Questlove...

Review Louisa Mellor 1 Sep 2013 - 22:00

What Remains develops into a compassionate, insightful drama in its second episode...

This review contains spoilers.

At the end of last week’s opener, I wondered what could come to distinguish What Remains from every other corpse-fancying, revolving suspect-wheel murder mystery on TV. With its reflections on loneliness and friendship, episode two provided my answer. What Remains stands apart because of its compassion.

Now the morgue drawer has shut on that horrid decomposed-neighbour prop, the second hour of the series felt a great deal less sensationalised, and a great deal more humane.

The identity of Di Len Harper’s cliff-hanger assailant was revealed early on this week to be Mr Sellers’ curious house-guest, Liz Fletcher, trespassing in Melissa’s flat. “Bad things happen” when Liz goes to the top floor, Mr Sellers chastised her, a tease that will no doubt be explained in a future flashback.

This season’s ‘Catfish: The TV Show,’ which premiered Tuesday, June 25 at 10 p.m. on MTV, features so many Omg moments that it is best to analyze each episode with equally expressive reactions. And not just text-based or still image reactions — Gif reactions.

This episode apparently originally aired on Sunday before the VMAs. Did anyone watch it then? Does anyone watch this show at all? Does anything matter anymore? Max makes baby crying noises really well, and that’s all that matters.

Nev needs to stop forcing unnatural banter in these nondescript hotel openers. It’s not a good look.

Ever find yourself at work with a cramped back, stiff wrists and a neck that can't turn fully? Not to worry—we've all been there! To fight the workday fatigue, we asked some fitness experts for simple exercises that can be done right at your desk. 1. Sit Correctly: Jill Miller, founder of Yoga Tune Up®, a company that specializes in yoga training and equipment, offers a simple way to relieve a tight back at work: "You know, the quickest fix is to sit correctly and to stand correctly. And everyone's like, 'How many exercises do I need to do? I do this, I do that…' You need to hold yourself better," Miller said. 2. Push Back and Forth: "When I'm sitting at...

A day or two ago I casually linked to the first poster for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac though this flippant "oh and..." way of dealing with it doesn't do its succinct brilliance justic. So, it gets a whole post.

 

Classic Lars pranksterism Although... does Lars love or hate Charlotte Gainsbourg's punani? This is difficult to suss out. I mean he obviously hated it in Antichrist (rusty scissors anyone?) but despite this tagline "Forget About Love" this strikes me as a very affectionate nod to Charlotte's private parts Best use of the parenthetical since Me and You and Everyone We Know

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Pedro Almodovar probably already has this poster framed... (The Shrinking Lover anyone?) I don't see how this would work for a matching penis poster. No, I was not just trying to figure that out on my keyboard. Shut up. There's been a lot of...

Allen Hughes's Manhattan thriller is a facsimile of a hundred better crime movies

Travel south out of Chinatown, and you'll eventually wash up in Broken City, a pre-fab facsimile of a hundred better crime movies. Allen Hughes's thriller is awash with dodgy land deals, flashing police lights and helicopter shots over nocturnal Manhattan.

It's got Russell Crowe as a disreputable mayor, gulping neat scotch at his desk and complaining that "civilsation's gone to pieces". It's got Mark Wahlberg as the half-bright private investigator, played for a fool before seeing the light.

It's stolid, it's dogged, it knows where it's going. Back and forth around the same old scenery.

Rating: 2/5

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New York — He ruffled feathers. He maybe even turned some viewers off.

But it's likely no one turned off Seth MacFarlane.

Best-known until recently as the bad-boy creator and character voice behind "Family Guy" and last summer's hit film "Ted," MacFarlane seized the camera Sunday as host of ABC's Oscarcast and proved to its vast audience that he's a ridiculously versatile entertainer, a guy who can be as charming as he is famously irreverent, even polarizing.

Here's a guy who could toss off a joke Bob Hope might have delivered decades ago ("It's Sunday. Everybody's dressed up. This is like church – only with more people praying"), then carry off a deliberate groaner like his wisecrack that, while, an actor like Daniel Day-Lewis really captured Abraham Lincoln in his Oscar-winning performance, "I would argue that the actor who really got inside Abraham Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth."

Viewers could have...

Back and forth between "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" as the former has claimed another Best Picture prize, this time from the Denver Film Critics Society. Ben Affleck also took Best Director, while the acting categories followed the template: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anne Hathaway. Check out the full list of winners below and keep track of it all via The Circuit. Best Film "Argo" Best Director Ben Affleck, "Argo" Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master" Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"...

Odd List Juliette Harrisson Dec 18, 2012

Juliette revisits five of the best geek TV Christmas Specials, with help from Community, Blackadder, The X-Files, and more...

This feature contains spoilers.

Like Halloween episodes, Christmas episodes tend to be restricted to contemporary settings (though I should add a shout-out to 1980s British drama sequel Another Flip for Dominick, follow-up to The Flipside of Dominick Hyde, which actually problematized the lack of Christmas in the future). Also like Halloween episodes, they tend to be comedies, horrors, or comedy-horrors. And so, Season’s Greetings from a collection of ghosts, pagan gods and people trying and failing to get through Christmas without getting embroiled in hilarious hi-jinks.

5. The Big Bang Theory, The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

Which Christmas is this? Sheldon complains that he chooses not to celebrate the Roman festival of Saturnalia, but everyone ignores him and gets on with celebrating the secular side of Christmas.

Robert Pattinson,Kristen Stewart reportedly still arguing back and forth. According to Hollywood Life and their sources, Twilight Saga mega stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are still bickering back and forth even though they've been giving off the appearance that everything's ok. It turns out that Rob is still very hurt over Kristen's cheating scandal and can't get fully past it. Sources for Us Weekly claim Rob and Kristen "have the same arguments over and over. It’s hard to get past the hurt." As previously reported, Rob and K-Stew were spotted back out with each other again three days in row this past Saturday,Sunday,and Monday and appeared to not have a care in the world. The October 15th outing had them out at the Casita del Campo restaurant in Hollywood,California. Stay tuned.

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Movie would have starred Rowan Atkinson as illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Robinson as rock drummer named Bald Rick

The team behind Blackadder once planned a movie set in the swinging 60s, cast member Tony Robinson has revealed. It would have featured Rowan Atkinson as a Blackadder who is the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth II, with Robinson himself shifting from his regular role as sidekick Baldrick to that of a rock band drummer named Bald Rick.

Blackadder ran for four series on the BBC between 1983 and 1989, with the second, third and fourth seasons considered the classic runs. A number of specials based on the same historical comedy format have since followed, the most recent being the short film Blackadder: Back and Forth, produced for the Millennium Dome. Speaking at the Cheltenham literature festival, Robinson said there were once plans for a longer outing.

"We had a...

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