Posted 3/21/13 3:33 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Tara Fowler
I know what you're thinking: There probably isn't much you don't know about college admissions. Or at least that's what I believed. But since this weekend sees the opening of Tina Fey and Paul Rudd's "Admission" (her first movie since "30 Rock," you guys!), I decided to look into the dreaded process to see if it's changed any in the five years since I went through it.
Check out what I learned below! Fair warning: Chances are, your admissions officer won't be Tina Fey.
Posted 3/19/13 11:00 am EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Commentary
Yesterday, Deadline broke the news that producer Joel Silver and Studio Canal are planning to revisit the world of John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" with a new trilogy that kicks off with a Snake Plissken origin story. (Let us know when you emerge from your rage coma.)
Needless to say the news was met with the enthusiasm of about five "Escape from L.A."s, and the fans cried out. How could the money grubbing studio execs do this? Isn't anything sacred? To answer your questions in order: because they can, and no.
Even though this is just par for the course with Hollywood, an "Escape from New York" remake is a rare bird because it commit three of the worst sins in modern movie making.
Posted 3/18/13 4:00 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Beckett Mufson
Joss Whedon, beloved writer/director of cult hits "Firefly," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and most recently "The Avengers," is joining forces this summer with the most prolific cult author of all time: William Shakespeare. Whedon directed a strict adaptation of the classic Shakespeare rom-com "Much Ado About Nothing."
Whedon used all of the Elizabethan dialogue that Shakespeare wrote back in the 1590's, à la Baz Luhrman's "Romeo + Juliet." It's a tall order, but fear not — he called in the big guns for this ambitious sixteenth-century throwback. Whedon has assembled a loyal team of actors, kind of like the Avengers, over the last couple decades, and each of their origin stories is almost as awesome as that time the Hulk punched that Leviathan in the face.
Posted 3/15/13 1:00 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary, News
By Amelia Mularz
Grab your Beanie Babies and throw on a scrunchie, everything about this week seemed obsessively stuck in a bygone era. Steven Seagal made the news, Alex Winter and Keeanu Reeves (yes, Bill & Ted) both resurfaced, and we discovered that fans want to resurrect a past TV show (in movie form) so badly that they'll pay millions for it. Literally. Ah, the good old days...
Posted 3/14/13 12:30 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Tara Fowler
The "Incredible Burt Wonderstone" conjures itself into theaters this Friday. Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi star as two Vegas magicians who must team up to take on a new breed of illusionist: a street performer played by Jim Carrey. In honor of this new feature (which will find itself dueling a wizard at the box office this weekend), we combed the Internet for five interesting facts you may not know about one of the world's most elusive arts.
Posted 3/13/13 2:17 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in Commentary
"Upside Down," the sci-fi romance opening in theaters this week, casts Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess as star-crossed lovers separated by a slight difference in gravitational pull. Each lover's world pulls him or her in opposite directions from the other, so when they attempt to cross over and be together, it makes for some fun gravity effects.
In honor of the release of "Upside Down," we've compiled some of the most classic moments of zero gravity effects from the movies. Check out our list below!
Posted 3/7/13 12:30 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Tara Fowler
The psychedelic "Oz the Great and Powerful" arrives in theaters this weekend. Starring the one and only James Franco, the "Wizard of Oz" prequel centers on a small-town magician who winds up in the mythical land after his hot-air balloon gets sucked into a tornado (isn't that always the case?). There, he's confronted with three witches (Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, and Rachel Weisz), one of whom is up to no good.
In real-life, Franco's no magician (though he did many of his own tricks in the film), but he is a mathematician, having interned at Lockheed Martin, an aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company, before he took up acting (among many others pastimes). What else might you not have known about Franco? Check out our list below:
Posted 2/28/13 12:30 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Tara Fowler
Poor Nell Sweetzer just can't seem to catch a break. This weekend sees the opening of "The Last Exorcism: Part II," in which the evil that haunted Nell in the first film returned for, well, round two. Worried the same will happen to you?
Never fear! We decided to educate ourselves on exorcisms, so that if a demon ever comes a-knocking, we'll know what to do. Read on!
Posted 2/25/13 11:00 am EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary, Oscars
By Drew Taylor
By and large, Sunday's Oscar telecast was amiable, inoffensive entertainment and not, like last year, a flaming heap of twisted WTF. Seth McFarlane proved to be a toothy, totally game host, and there were enough oddball surprises both in terms of the winners (say what, two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz?) and what appeared on stage (First Lady Michelle Obama, you looked lovely).
Still, like every telecast, it felt like there were a few missed opportunities that could have been exploited for maximum entertainment value.
Ryan Gosling's Acting Hiatus Was The Week's Most Important News
Posted 3/22/13 2:00 pm EST by MTV Movies Team in Commentary
By Amelia Mularz
On Wednesday, Ryan Gosling let the world know that this is a break, not a breakup. He told the Associated Press that he needs some time away from acting and said, "I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does."
No, Ryan, no we do not.
But regardless of what we think (or how many times we throw ourselves at him), Ryan needs his space. So how will we function without Ryan Gosling the actor? Surely the repercussions will be felt on a global level. Here's how we imagine it will all go down:
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