From the ingenious mind of game designer Tim Schafer ("Day of the Tentacle," "Psychonauts") comes an uber-fun fantasy adventure starring funny man Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, an aging roadie who longs for the glory days of heavy metal music.
Sandra Bullock will surely be popping open the champagne as her new romantic comedy, "The Proposal," accepted the top spot at the box office this weekend by grossing $34.1 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Comedy isn't evolutionary. Hollywood has been plundering ancient history for yuks at least since Buster Keaton's day, and there's little in "Year One" to suggest we've progressed much over the last 90 years.
In the midst of the ongoing culture wars, can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible?
Buoyed no doubt by repeat business and premium 3-D ticket prices, Disney/Pixar's "Up" lifted past the bona fide surprise hit "The Hangover" to be the first film of the summer to land at number one at the box office two weekends in a row.
The House, M.D. TV doctor tops Maxim's Hot 100 list
Video nominees for the 13th annual Webby awards, which honor excellence on the Internet, have a decidedly political flavor -- reflecting a year dominated by a historic presidential election.
The Heroes star launches a Web site to increase awareness about his son's condition
The funnyman does some disco on his 2-year-old son Samuel's favorite show
Hudgens held court with Efron, Aniston cozied up with Mayer, Lane & Brolin matched and the Jolie-Pitts did date night
From the ingenious mind of game designer Tim Schafer ("Day of the Tentacle," "Psychonauts") comes an uber-fun fantasy adventure starring funny man Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, an aging roadie who longs for the glory days of heavy metal music.
Sandra Bullock will surely be popping open the champagne as her new romantic comedy, "The Proposal," accepted the top spot at the box office this weekend by grossing $34.1 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Comedy isn't evolutionary. Hollywood has been plundering ancient history for yuks at least since Buster Keaton's day, and there's little in "Year One" to suggest we've progressed much over the last 90 years.
In the midst of the ongoing culture wars, can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible?
Buoyed no doubt by repeat business and premium 3-D ticket prices, Disney/Pixar's "Up" lifted past the bona fide surprise hit "The Hangover" to be the first film of the summer to land at number one at the box office two weekends in a row.
The House, M.D. TV doctor tops Maxim's Hot 100 list
Video nominees for the 13th annual Webby awards, which honor excellence on the Internet, have a decidedly political flavor -- reflecting a year dominated by a historic presidential election.
The Heroes star launches a Web site to increase awareness about his son's condition
The funnyman does some disco on his 2-year-old son Samuel's favorite show
Hudgens held court with Efron, Aniston cozied up with Mayer, Lane & Brolin matched and the Jolie-Pitts did date night
The two women share smiles, not tension, at the Kodak Theatre
More A-listers join an already high wattage lineup for the Feb. 8 show
The Tropic Thunder star says he's too rotund for the posh department store. Bring on the Big and Tall!
"I cry all the time," the dad of two says. "I always cry at movies and sometimes even cry at ads"
There's a certain kind of lamely domesticated, corporate, lit-like-a-floor-wax-commercial rock 'n' roll comedy that makes you feel faintly embarrassed for the people who made it.
Truly, it's been a summer for jokers -- and I'm not just talking about "The Dark Knight."
Tropic Thunder is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled
Rodolphe Guenoden, 39, originally from Noyon, France, is an animator at Dream Works, and a martial arts veteran. He's worked on blockbusters like Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, and Madagascar.
Ever since Robin Williams' turn as the Genie in "Aladdin," voice artists who specialize in character work for animated movies have been sidelined by celebrities, no doubt tickled to do something they can show to their children.
Jolie was "relieved" after his gaffe, he tells Today. Plus: his baby's name revealed!
The funnyman balances work and late-night feedings as he and Tanya Haden add to their brood
Jack Black, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell will also hand out golden popcorns
The film festival is "always a good time," the pregnant Jolie tells PEOPLE
Angelina Jolie is the talk of the Cannes Film Festival.
The actress adds that French "is the second language in our house"
Angelina Jolie is indeed expecting twins, and it was Jack Black who let the news slip with a Brady Bunch crack
The actor playfully poses with 40 faux pandas to promote his new movie
The teen sensation is named 2008's Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Singer at the awards show
"Being in the studio again has been really great," Lohan says
In the week that Blu-ray consigned HD DVD to the remainder bins of history (and standard DVD will surely follow in the foreseeable future), Michel Gondry, one of the movies' most idiosyncratic innovators, unveils a quirky, nostalgic tribute to the antique charms of VHS with "Be Kind Rewind."
An homage to both the spirit of filmmaking and the resilience of antiquated technology lift Michel Gondry's latest movie.
Jack Black and wife Tanya Haden are adding another baby to their family, the actor said Saturday.
Noah Baumbach's dysfunctional-family comedy thinks it's being funny and serious. But it's mostly just self-indulgent
"Balls of Fury" is a joke of a title in search of a movie with a single good joke. It's the kind of comedy that finds Asian people hi-lar-ious because they're ... Asian. (Are you laughing yet?)
1. Filibuster
The NFL will consider a "three strikes and you're out of the league" policy for players who break the law, the Associated Press reported this week. The proposal is the result of a meeting between NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, union head Gene Upshaw and a small group of NFL players.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The MTV Music Video Awards are about to get a dose of Jack Black.
"Smoking," crocheting, and eight other things we recommend this week:
Pair an Academy Award-winning filmmaker with one of the most talented video game designers and you'll end up with "Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie," an interactive version of the feature film, designed by Ubisoft's Michel Ancel.
What do you do after creating the multiple Academy Award winning "The Lord of the Rings," arguably the greatest film trilogy of all time? Well, if you're Peter Jackson you immediately jump behind the camera and direct "King Kong," a film that became a classic when it stunned audiences back in 1933.
When the sullen and fearless blond teenage boys in "Lords of Dogtown" ride their skateboards, never pausing to think about anything that isn't directly in front of them, the movie joins them right on the pavement, racing forward with grungy velocity, showing us what the skaters are seeing and feeling as they ride along back alleys, dilapidated asphalt playgrounds, and any other available surface: a world of trash transcended.
Have you ever been trapped in a small space -- say, a bus, subway car or elevator -- with a deranged or intoxicated person spewing nonstop, free-associative verbiage in a singsong manner?
Do you remember what your career dreams were when you were a kid?
"Shark Tale" is a fine kettle of fish that should be irresistible to anyone who loves movies, while also offering some interesting subtext giving the feature an extra little bite.
Now would be a good time to stop and take a look at the state of comedy in film.
If you listened to your English teacher, you'll remember that there are seven basic plots, four basic conflicts, and it's always "i before e except after c."
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