Typically, powerhouse writer/director Jay Roach is exploring such questions as "Do I make you horny, baby?" and "I have nipples, Greg; could you milk me?" These days, however, the "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" filmmaker has his mind on a far more important, political question.
Could it happen again?
"It definitely could, unfortunately," explained Roach, whose HBO film "Recount" will debut on the network Sunday night and detail the chaos surrounding Florida's role in the 2000 Presidential election. "Despite how traumatic that experience was. I think of it like a disaster film: When's the boat gonna turn right-side up? Despite what we went through, not a huge amount of reform has occurred. There have been efforts, but there's a certain resistance to reform…Why we made the film is to say ‘Hey, don't forget this; take it seriously. It's worth working on'!" Read More...
These days, Ray Winstone is preparing to become an overnight success after nearly thirty years in the business, thanks to the double-barreled blockbuster power of this week's "Beowulf" and next summer's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Now, to capitalize on his fifteen minutes, he's also aiming to become one of the "Minutemen."
Zac Efron winks, Lex Luthor thinks, and Halle Berry dons pink in our news of the day. Us? We link...
Don't forget to call your dad this weekend and say "I love you." But before you do, stroll through our links of the day, with news on "The Dark Knight," "Watchmen," and more.
Thanks to the TV juggernaut "CSI", Marg Helgenberger is one of the most-watched women in the world; in movies, however, it's been a very different story thanks to duds like "Fire Down Below" and "Always." Now, with a sweet-sounding heist flick on the horizon, Helgenberger might have better days on the big-screen ahead. 
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