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Jun 24 2011 09:40 PM ET

Are Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn the next De Niro and Scorsese?

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From John Ford and John Wayne, to Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, to Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale, there have been many great actor-director teams. Very quietly, a new one could be budding right before our eyes.

EW has confirmed that Ryan Gosling is negotiating to star in Only God Forgives, a crime thriller set in Bangkok and the third movie he and Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn plan to make together. (Variety first reported the story.) The only problem is that few people have seen a single film the pair has made. More specifically, most moviegoers in the U.S. haven’t seen any of Refn’s work yet. But with the news of the casting and the critical buzz around their first collaboration, Drive, picked up this May at Cannes, there might be some magic brewing between the two artists. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 21 2011 05:03 PM ET

Is the Ryan Reynolds business still booming?

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Green Lantern grossed more than $53 million over the weekend, but in a business where the bottom line is often wrapped in easily-manipulated expectations, the DC Comics’ sci-fi superhero launch was considered a misfire that might not earn enough green to warrant a sequel. Critics inflicted the deepest cuts, branding the film with a paltry 41-grade on Metacritic, but even audiences were listless. According to CinemaScore, men, who made up a whopping 64 percent of the audience, liked the film even less than their female counterparts. That’s a problem for a comic-book film with franchise ambitions.

But if Hal Jordan’s future is uncertain, what of Ryan Reynolds’? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 20 2011 11:59 PM ET

Michael Bay on Megan Fox's Hitler remark: Spielberg said, 'Fire her right now'

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You don’t have to be Dale Carnegie to know that you shouldn’t compare your boss, who can fire you, to Adolf Hitler. So when Transformers vixen Megan Fox told Wonderland magazine in 2009 that her director was like the infamous Nazi mass murderer, well, she was inevitably replaced for the franchise’s upcoming third film. Now, Bay is admitting the obvious, telling GQ that Fox’s departure had everything to do with the führer furor:  “She was in a different world, on her BlackBerry. You gotta stay focused. And you know, the Hitler thing. Steven [Spielberg] said, ‘Fire her right now.’ ” READ FULL STORY »

Jun 10 2011 04:31 PM ET

Will 'Super 8' be another 'Cloverfield'?

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As Mark Twain pointed out, history doesn’t repeat itself… but it does rhyme. So the release of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 — a mysterious film about a mysterious something that mysteriously attacks a group of average-joe Americans — can’t help but remind us of the last time Abrams produced a mysterious film about a mysterious attack, etc etc. Abrams didn’t direct 2008′s Cloverfield, but the film’s marketing campaign bears all the hallmarks of Abrams’ buzz-generating mystery-box methodology. The trailer for Cloverfield debuted before Transformers, and trying to figure out just what, exactly, the film was about became something of an internet pastime in the ensuing six months. (Remember when we all thought it was a Voltron movie?) READ FULL STORY »

Jun 9 2011 09:00 AM ET

This Week's Cover: J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg talk 'Super 8'

What happens when two of Hollywood’s most creative minds team up to make a movie? The answer is Super 8, written and directed by J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Lost) and produced by Steven Spielberg (credits unnecessary, don’t you think?) opening in theaters on June 10. In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, the two filmmakers come together at Abrams’ office in Santa Monica for a wide-ranging discussion about their recent collaboration and their surprisingly long history of working with each other. The relationship began nearly 30 years ago when Abrams — then a teenage wannabe filmmaker growing up geeky in Los Angeles, along with his best friend Matt Reeves (who co-created Felicity with Abrams and directed Cloverfield) — were hired to repair the 8mm Spielberg shot during his youth. “I remember working on this one film and getting to the credits where it said: ‘Written and directed by Steve Spielberg.’ Not ‘Steven.’ Steve Spielberg!” recalls Abrams. “I told Matt: I am totally going to cut one of these ‘Steve Spielberg’ frames out of this film and keep it for myself, but Matt talked me out of it.”

“People only called me Steven after my first screen credit,” replies Spielberg. “I prefer Steve, but those days are long gone.”  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 5 2011 09:00 PM ET

'Star Wars' at E3: Your first look at 'Kinect Star Wars' -- EXCLUSIVE

Star Wars fans, prepare to connect with The Force in a kinectic way. On Monday, Microsoft Studios and LucasArts will formally announce the first Star Wars video game for Kinect, Microsoft’s hands-free, your-body-is-the-controller playing experience for the Xbox 360. Simply called Kinect Star Wars, the game is intended for all ages and will hit stores this winter. Microsoft will preview the game this at E3 (aka the Electronic Entertainment Expo), the video game industry’s annual confab at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Check out the trailer for  a peek at the game and the gameplay:  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 3 2011 02:50 PM ET

'Supernatural': How they SHOULD start next season

About two weeks ago, I pondered (jokingly) how Castle should resolve the cliffhanger that it left us fans on. But your discussion turned so interesting (I read every comment!), how about we play this game again, this time taking on Supernatural, which aired its finale exactly two weeks ago tonight. (And we can hit on a different show every week during the summer, if you’d like.)

Refresher (or read the recap): READ FULL STORY »

May 27 2011 06:00 PM ET

Are there TV shows that scared you as a child that STILL scare you?

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It’s my job to publicly admit my embarrassing secrets, so here’s one to laugh at over the long holiday weekend: I was once terrified of the show Unsolved Mysteries and sometimes still am. 

My fear of the show stems not from my distaste for the creepy and unusual — in fact, some of my current favorite shows deal with exactly that. Instead, I believe my lingering aversion to Unsolved Mysteries stems from the scarring episodes I watched as a wee tot.

My parents were always pretty liberal about my television viewing — there were never any particular rules regarding rated-R movies or age-inappropriate TV programming. I’m not sure why. (Based on the pictures of my parents when they were newlyweds, I think my parents’ liberal approach to parenting is a result of their hippie spirit, but I have never confirmed this theory.) While this generally made for a pretty cool childhood (take that jealous grade-school peers!), it also often backfired, resulting in numerous irrational fears that are still in me today. Example: Occasionally being terrified by Unsolved Mysteries. READ FULL STORY »

May 20 2011 09:15 PM ET

'Supernatural' finale: What did you think? Plus, does it rank among the best finales?

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UPDATE 2: Your season finale recap is live!

UPDATE: Woah, PopWatchers. If you saw that final twist coming, you should probably take your powers of prediction to Vegas. As for the rest of us, we’ll just sit here patiently waiting for this “WTF” face to go away. Here’s the short of it all: [SPOILERS AHEAD]

READ FULL STORY »

May 19 2011 05:19 PM ET

Judgment Day: Hunker down for the looming apocalypse with these 'instructional' movies

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I don’t believe that the world is coming to an end on Saturday, but I’m a strong proponent in being prepared. Sooner or later, some doomsday alarmist is going to be right — I guess? — and it can’t hurt to be ready. While others might brace for the End by spending time with loved ones or in houses of worship, I’m preparing for what comes after the End by watching movies. There’s a lot that can be learned from Hollywood about what awaits the unfortunate survivors of a looming apocalypse, and I’d like to suggest the following mini-marathon to get your mind right. READ FULL STORY »

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