Clint Eastwood is reported to be eyeing the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys for a big screen treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eastwood would be putting his much-publicised A Star Is Born remake on the backburner to focus on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons for Warner Bros. The […]
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The 10 Worst Films of 2012
December 17, 2012 
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The 10 Worst Films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Halloween costumes for 2012
October 26, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 Halloween costumes for 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Picking the perfect Halloween costume is a tricky business. How do you capture the Zeitgeist, inspire genuine laughter (or chills), display ironic detachment, and still look good? Like we said: tricky. At Halloween parties across the country, you can expect plenty of PSYs and Honey Boo-Boos […]
Continue readingCan’t fight this feeling – Rock of Ages review
June 13, 2012 0 Comments
Rock of Ages – Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and Tom Cruise. Directed by Adam Shankman. Rated M. By Jess Lomas. Doomed to be labelled ‘Glee with a Hollywood budget on crack’, Adam Shankman (Hairspray) ineptly directs this all-star adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Set in 1986 on Los Angeles’ rock […]
Continue readingBateman, Mann, Efron, and Hawn to Leave You
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn are in talks to star in Adam Shankman‘s follow-up to Rock of Ages, entitled This Is Where I Leave You. Departing from the musical stylings of Rock and Hairspray, Shankman’s next endeavour is an adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s novel about four siblings who return home following the death of their father. Stuck […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Rock of Ages
April 4, 2012 1 Comment
The new trailer for Adam Shankman’s Rock of Ages is bad; there’s no nice way of saying it. While Tom Cruise fans (there must be some of them out there) will be happy to get a glimpse of him as Stacee Jaxx rocking out a Bon Jovi tune on stage, the remainder of the trailer […]
Continue readingTom Cruise in talks for A Star is Born
March 12, 2012 0 Comments
Tom Cruise might play an ageing superstar opposite Beyoncé Knowles‘ up-and-comer in Clint Eastwood‘s remake (of a remake of a remake) of A Star is Born. According to Deadline, Cruise is in talks with Eastwood and Warner Bros about taking on the part. Will Smith, Christian Bale, Eminem, Russell Crowe, and even Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z have all been rumoured at one time […]
Continue readingThe President will steal Russell Brand’s girlfriend
November 14, 2011 0 Comments
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Russell Brand will star in and produce the comedy The President Stole My Girlfriend for Warner Brothers. The film was written by Matt Portenoy, whose credits to date include writing a segment for Movie 43, due out in 2012, and submitting a rewrite of the Porky’s remake currently in development. […]
Continue readingFirst look at Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages
June 20, 2011 6 Comments
If you had trouble imagining Tom Cruise as a hard-living rocknrolla in Adam Shankman‘s upcoming musical adaptation of Rock of Ages, let the below picture fill in the gaps. Convinced? Hmm. Cruise stars in Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx, a debauched 1980s rock star. Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Diego Boneta, Bryan Cranston, Malin […]
Continue readingThe Les Grossman movie is still happening
April 12, 2011 0 Comments
Some thought it had all been a beautiful dream. Others felt they were trapped in a waking nightmare. Such was the polarising effect of the news that Les Grossman – the hirsute, foul-mouthed studio exec played by Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder – would be getting his own spin-off. MTV interviewed Bill Hader – who […]
Continue readingAmy Adams to join Rock of Ages?
March 25, 2011 0 Comments
Amy Adams is in talks to join the cast of Adam Shankman’s upcoming musical Rock of Ages. According to Deadline, Shankman wants her for the role of an uptight journalist who is bedded by debauched rock star Stacee Jax (Tom Cruise). Anne Hathaway was originally offered the role, but a scheduling conflict with The Dark […]
Continue readingAnne Hathaway to join Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages?
February 14, 2011 0 Comments
Will Anne Hathaway join the cast of the musical Rock of Ages? Deadline New York is reporting the Oscar nominated actress is in talks with director Adam Shankman to star opposite Tom Cruise, who has officially signed on. Rock of Ages will be an adaptation of the Tony Awards winning Broadway musical of the same […]
Continue reading>Gwyneth Paltrow to join Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages?
December 17, 2010 3 Comments
>Once they start singing it seems as though they might never stop. Gwyneth Paltrow is yet another in a long line of Hollywood movie stars who sings pleasantly but averagely, and yet somehow continues to be asked to sing rather than act. Entertainment Weekly reveals that she has been offered a role in upcoming movie […]
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