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Move Over Turkey and Santa…Here comes Bond, Vampires and Jim Carrey

By Hilary Dickinson | November 12, 2008

The leaves have fallen, the snow’s on its way and so are the season’s Oscar-worthy movies and holiday fare to take you through that long, delicious Thanksgiving dinner and those countless Christmas songs on the radio.

Slumdog Millionaire (Nov. 12) The newest film from genre-shifting Danny Boyle is about a man (Dev Patel) participates on the Indian version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Pieces of his life – including the story of his love with a childhood soulmate- are depicted throughout the film as the super smart contestant is questioned on how he knows all the answers. Critics are already calling it a possibility for Best Picture.

Quantum of Solace (Nov. 14) The latest in the 007 franchise picks up right after last year’s “Casino Royale” left off when Bond and Mr. White came face to face. On his mission to find out who blackmailed his deceased love, Vesper, into betraying him, Bond will travel to Austria, Italy and South America while, of course, meeting some new Bond girls.

Twilight (Nov. 21) Step aside, “Harry Potter,” the first installment in the almost-equally popular “Twilight” book series is on its way. Instead of “Harry’s” witches, warlocks and muggles, “Twilight” brings us the story of a typical teenage girls who happens to fall in love with a devastatingly handsome vampire.

Four Christmases (Nov. 26) Unless you have to attend four Christmases as well, you’ll have time to see this romantic comedy in which Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn have to split up Christmas between each of their divorced parents after their tropical getaway flight gets cancelled. An all-star cast includes Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek, Robert Duvall and Jon Voight.

Wendy and Lucy (Dec. 10) No, Wendy and Lucy aren’t two best girlfriends – at least in the human sense. Michelle Williams of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Dawson’s Creek” fame is Wendy and Lucy is her dog and traveling companion on her trip to a new job in Alaska. She already only has about $600 to her name but it gets worse when her car breaks down and she loses Lucy. Williams could possibly get an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

Nothing Like the Holidays (Dec. 12) John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez and Debra Messing star in this holiday-themed family drama movie. The Rodriguez family gathers in Chicago to celebrate Christmas and the return of their son from Iraq. Expect secrets to be revealed and family drama to ensue. If you liked Jodi Foster’s “Home for the Holidays,” this one may be for you.

Yes Man (Dec. 19) Jim Carrey used to say “no, no ,no,” but now he’s saying “yes, yes, yes.” Throughout the course of a year, Carrey pledges to say “yes” to everything as part of a self-help program he signs up for. Of course its Jim Carrey, so expect silly hilarity to ensue and look for costar Zooey Deschanel whose shone brightly in small roles in “Elf” and “Failure to Launch.”

Bedtime Stories (Dec. 25) Another not so little-known funnyman by the name of Adam Sandler stars in this family holiday comedy. Sandler is an uncle who tells crazy bedtime stories; but instead of reading a normal book with ordinary pictures, his stories come to life with crazy CGI effects to keep the little ones both in the movie and in the theater entertained this Christmas.

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Cinema’s Crowning Couples

By Hilary Dickinson | October 6, 2008

Diane Lane and Richard Gere teamed up once again for “Nights in Rodanthe,” which opened last weekend, but they’re not the only actors who can’t get enough of working with each other. From present day to Old Hollywood couples - and even some silly boys in between- here’s a look back at some of our favorite on-screen pairs.

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy: This classic old Hollywood duo was off-screen and on-screen couples. In their nine films together, including Woman of the Year and Adam’s Rib, they became notorious for their battle-of-the-sexes theme.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: Doing things just once was clearly not enough for Taylor and Burton. Not only did they marry twice, they appeared in 12 movies together some of which include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cleopatra and The Taming of the Shrew.

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire: Rumor has it they hated each other off-screen, but you couldn’t tell from watching them dance away in their ten musicals they made together including Top Hat and Shall We Dance.

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks: If Hanks wasn’t married to Rita Wilson, he should be married to Ryan. Time and time again America’s sweethearts have made us all believe in fairy tale endings with their undeniable chemistry in Joe Versus the Volcano, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail.

Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler: Whether she’s a waitress and he’s a heartbroken wedding singer in the 80s themed The Wedding Singer or she has short-term memory loss and he has to romance her every day in 50 First Dates, Barrymore and Sandler are the cutest and funniest recurring couple.

Diane Lane and Richard Gere: Three movies, three very different roles. They were young musicians in love during the jazz age in The Cotton Club, a suburban couple in a troubled marriage in Unfaithful and two middle-aged strangers who strike up a romance in Nights in Rodanthe.  

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson: Who says the movie’s best on-screen couples have to be a man and a woman? These silly real life best friends have made us laugh again and again in The Cable Guy, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Night at the Museum, The Royal Tenenbaums, Starsky & Hutch and Zoolander.

Julia Roberts and George Clooney: Hollywood’s current classiest actors have made one of Hollywood’s current classiest couples in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and all three Ocean’s movies.

Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton: Film icons like Nicholson and Keaton were bound to end up in some movies together during their long reigns in Hollywood. They played a couple in the romantic comedy, Something’s Gotta Give and starred together in Warren Beatty’s epic Reds.

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The “Comedy Mafia” – The Next Generation of Hollywood Funnymen

By Admin | August 2, 2008


OK, so maybe they are not as easy on the eyes as Brad Pitt, but Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and the like have introduced a new class of men to Hollywood, affectionately dubbed as the “Comedy Mafia”.

Flashback to high school and these self described “nice Jewish boys” would surely have generated a few laughs but would probably not have been a girl’s first choice for a prom date. Well, talk about Revenge of the Nerds (or comedians, in their case).

This month, Rogen graces the cover of GQ, a spot typically reserved for Hollywood’s quintessentially beautiful men. Although Rogen fondly cites Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler as inspirations, neither Ferrell, who Rogen calls “the funniest guy ever” nor Sandler can tout a GQ cover as one of their many accolades.

Proving he’s more than just a pretty face, Rogen not only acts in his movies, which have grossed over 400 million, but also has contributed to the writing and production of many, along with childhood friend Evan Goldberg.

Although Rogen and company’s films may appear entrenched with pot smoking and bodily fluids, the films have been surprisingly well received by critics.

Rogen and Hill’s mark on the Hollywood scene was even conceded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, notorious for shunning raunchy comedy, when the two nascent comedy kings were chosen to present at the 2008 Academy Awards.

With Rogen’s charm and growing fame, he was able to secure ’80s pop-rock superstar Huey Lewis to record the title song for his new, highly anticipated movie, Pineapple Express.

It appears that wit, a good sense of humor, and not taking yourself seriously will make you the boss of the mafia in Hollywood.

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