Trailer Debut: The Butler

Lee Daniels is a strange filmmaker, and, from the looks of this recently released trailer, the strangest thing about his latest film, The Butler, is how conventional it appears. Forest Whitaker stars as Eugene Allen in this true story of one man who served as a butler in the White House to eight separate presidents […]

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James Marsden joins Anchorman 2

Everyone’s favourite handsome person – and the love of Liz Lemon’s life! – James Marsden has joined the cast of Anchorman 2, Deadline reports. Plot details are tightly under wraps, but Marsden is said to be playing a rival anchor of Ron Burgundy’s (Will Ferrell). Kristen Wiig is also a new addition to the cast, […]

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Bad girls – Bachelorette review

Bachelorette – Starring Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, and Isla Fisher. Directed by Leslye Headland. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Leslye Headland‘s bitterly unfunny Bachelorette not only squanders a talented cast of comic performers, but also chastises the audience for revelling in the unfiltered awfulness of their characters. And frankly, the only joy anyone could derive […]

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E-Bunnies: Origins – Hop review

Hop – Starring James Marsden, Russell Brand and Kaley Cuoco. Directed by Tim Hill. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. Hop is Hollywood’s attempt to further distance religious holidays from their actual meaning, which I’m not necessarily against, so long as some imagination and effort is put into it. Now that Christmas and Easter have been […]

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Trailer Debut: Hop

The trailer for Hop, the new film from Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me), has debuted online. It features Russell Brand as an animated rabbit who prepares to take on the throne of Easter Bunny. O.K., the fact that this is directed by Alvin and the Chipmunks‘ helmer Tim Hill is an ominous sign. That being said, […]

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What’s in The Box?!!?!?

source: firstshowing.net The trailer for Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly‘s latest thriller The Box has debuted online, and it’s about as confounding as you can imagine. The follow-up to Kelly’s much maligned (and frankly incomprehensible) Southland Tales stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a nice southern couple with money problems. When a mysterious man […]

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