Vol. 9
No. 50
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Stuck on You
Outrageous comedy and a lot of heart are joined at the hip in Stuck on You, the
latest envelope-pushing exercise in hilarity from The Farrelly Brothers. Bob and
Walt Tenor are more than just brothers they're conjoined "Siamese" twins, who
are winners at everything from flipping burgers at the diner they own, or
performing miraculous feats on ice for their local hockey team. They never leave
each other's side and wouldn't have it any other way. That is, until Walt
decides he wants to follow his dreams of making it as a Hollywood actor, and
persuades his reluctant sibling to go along for the ride. Tinseltown may never
recover as Bob and Walt find fame, romance and a new perspective on their
inseparable bond.
On DVD
Assassination Tango
Seductive
thriller directed by Robert Duvall. Veteran hit man John J. Anderson (Duvall)
has just received the toughest assignment of his career: travel to Buenos Aires,
take down a corrupt general and be back in the U.S. in less than three days. But
when the general delays his return to the city, John has to put his hit on hold,
and finds himself prowling the city's intoxicating tango clubs only to be
seduced by a sultry dancer (Luciana Pedraza), tempted by the dance and betrayed
by a lethal conspiracy.
Gift Ideas
Buffy the
Vampire Slayer Series 5 Ornaments
Moore
Creations, Inc. presents their next series of Buffy ornaments. This finely
detailed series focuses on everyone's favorite witch, Willow, in three of her
incarnations from the series: as her beloved normal smiling self, as the
bloodthirsty Vampire Willow, and as the heart-broken, anger-filled incarnation
of destructive energy, Dark Willow. These three ornaments come fully painted and
ready for display.
The Buzz...
Lizzie McGuire
star Hilary Duff is selling out her first string of headlining theater
dates as a pop star in less than 30 minutes on the strength of 1.2 million in
sales for her debut album, Metamorphosis released in August.
When Linkin Park hits the road next month for a North American
tour with P.O.D., Hoobastank and Story Of The Year, singer
Mike Shinoda says the act has plenty of surprises in store for loyal fans.
"We're playing an all-new set and we've added some songs that people haven't
heard us play live before."
Despite Fox's announcement that an Elektra spinoff movie is in the works, along
with a Daredevil 2, Ben Affleck has revealed that he has no
intentions of reprising the role for a sequel. He went on to say, however, that
he would do a cameo in Jennifer Garner's Elektra movie should it
be needed.
Adam Sandler has selected his next
project. Sandler will produce, as well as star, in Click
for Sony
Columbia Pictures. Written by Steve Koren and Mark
O'Keefe (Bruce Almighty), the film tells the story of
workaholic who finds a universal remote that allows him
to rewind or fast-forward to parts of his life. When his
remote begins to make the decisions for him, however,
complications begin to arise.
Uma Thurman is taking on the lead role in
Be Cool, MGM's sequel to Get Shorty. The film stars
John Travolta again as former loan shark
Chili Palmer, who is quitting the movie producing
business in order to work in the music industry. Thurman
will play the widow of a record label owner. The movie
also stars Danny DeVito and The
Rock, with Vince Vaughn in talks to
join as well.
David Zucker of the Naked Gun series and
Scary Movie 3 revealed fourth movies were possible for
either franchise. As for getting people back from Scary
Movie 3 for the fourth film, he says, "Sure, I’d like to
try and get everyone back. There’s not one person I
wouldn’t like to come back for it."
Horror mastermind Clive Barker has
selected Tortured Souls to be his next directing
project. The movie is based on Barker's own line of
action figures. Each figure has its own chapter in a
much larger story.
Frances O'Connor and Allison Janney have joined Sam
Rockwell and Tom Wilkison in
Piccadilly Jim, which will be directed by John McKay.
Based on a comic novel by P.G. Wodehouse, the script is
adapted by Julian Fellowes and tells the story of an
American rogue in London in the 1930s, where he tries to
escape his scandalous reputation back home in order to
search for the woman of his dreams.
Billy Connolly (Timeline) is joining Brad Silberling's
Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events. The film
currently has Jim Carrey, Meryl
Streep, and Jude Law attached to the
project.
Based on the children's book series by Daniel Handler,
the film will tell the story of the Baudelaire orphans
on a series of adventures and unfortunate turns while
mixing it up with the evil Count Olaf.
Dimension Films and producer Mike Fleiss have acquired
the film rights to Hyde, a comic book by Steve Niles.
It's being described as a reimagining of the classic Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story.
Bryan Singer is negotiating a two-year
deal with 20th Century Fox, which would include Singer
directing X-Men 3. Unfortunately, getting everyone else
back will be the hard part. The original cast members
were signed for only one sequel, and it will be expected
that the negotiations to get everyone back will be both
costly and difficult due to conflicting schedules. The
third X-Men movie is projected for a possible 2006
release.
Former Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman
has been approached to form a supergroup with singer
Chris Robinson and former Stone Temple
Pilots members Dean DeLeo (guitar) and DeLeo (bass).
Rumors of the DeLeo brothers working with Robinson
surfaced on the official STP Bulletin Board a few weeks
ago, and were semi-officially confirmed by Robert DeLeo
when talking to fan.
Christian rock act P.O.D. have apparently had
their latest CD banned by 85% of Christian bookstores in
the U.S., who say the album cover is occult.
