June 2011

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  • 06.20.11
    Jackass’ Ryan Dunn dies in car crash, aged 34 Blog Exclusives, Trade News | (2)
    Ryan Dunn, the 34-year-old Jackass star, died in a fatal car crash on Sunday night in Pennsylvania, MTV News confirmed today. According to TMZ, the accident occurred at 3 a.m. on Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. While it's unknown who was driving at the time, an unidentified passenger also died in the crash. April Margera, the mother of Dunn's Jackass co-star Bam, broke the news to WMMR 93.3's "Preston and Steve" radio show. In the last photo Dunn posted to Twitter, he and two friends are seen drinking what may be alcoholic beverages. TMZ also reported that the ...
  • 06.16.11
    SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS Blog Exclusives, Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    I think we need to see other films. It's not me, it's you. SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS Directed by Jonathan Newman. Starring Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Jonathan Silverman.84 mins Rating: Half a Star/Five In cinemas June 17 PAINFULLY BAD NON ROM- NON COM ISN’T SMART, SEXY OR SASSY, DESPITE ITS PROGRESSIVE PREMISE Swinging with the Finkels, a (non)rom-(non)com from (non)director Jonathan Newman is being pitched as a sexed-up Richard Curtis comedy. Now Curtis has had his stupid moments – Bridget Jones 2, having Hugh Grant chose Andie “Is it raining, I hadn’t noticed” Dowell over the goddess that is Kristen Scott Thomas – ...
  • 06.16.11
    Run Film Critic, Run! Blog Exclusives, Trade News | Comments Off
    It's a monumental event in history, ladies & gentlemen: a film critic is actually doing something useful! I mean, not ME, obviously, but I'm blogging about it, so I'm being useful by proxy. Mike Sheridan, Entertainment.ie's resident film editor & critic (also known as Movie Mike or "yer man who does the film stuff on TwoTube before Home & Away") is running a ridiculous 100km marathon in Lapland this July to put my non-existent exercise routine to shame & to raise money for the ARC Cancer Support Centre. It's a great cause so if you feel like sponsoring him please ...
  • 06.16.11
    The Muppets go Green…Lantern. Not in Swedish, promise. Blog Exclusives, Trailers | Comments Off
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  • 06.15.11
    THE BEAVER: Forcing me to talk about the proverbial elephant. Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    THE BEAVER Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence. Rating: Three/Five In cinemas June 17 HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED PUTS IN A MAGICAL PERFORMANCE IN THIS UNCONVENTIONAL DRAMA Right, let’s address the giant, sugar-titted elephant in the room. Supporting Mel Gibson is now practically taboo, and it may well prevent audiences from watching him play Walter Black, a depressive alcoholic who uses a puppet to create a psychological barrier between him and the world. It’s ironic, given that Gibson’s personal difficulties actually strengthen the impact of this must-see role of his career. Because as Walter’s furry ...
  • 06.15.11
    COUNTDOWN TO ZERO: Nuclear documentary is a propaganda-filled near miss Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    COUNTDOWN TO ZERO Directed by Lucy Walker. Featuring Valerie Plame Wilson, Tony Blair, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev. 91 mins. Rating: Two/Five In cinemas June 24 DOOMSDAY DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS IMPLODES INTO PRO-AMERICA PROPAGANDA Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Valerie Plame Wilson, Mikhail Gorbachev, director Lucy Walker and a United Colours of Benetton-worthy selection of vox-pop contributors think nuclear weapons are bad. Not because nukes are bad in general, you understand, but because some eight other countries apart from America have nukes, and that’s bad. Combining compelling footage with lots of interesting talking heads (and lots of uninteresting talking heads), Walker’s doomsday documentary presents chilling evidence ...
  • 06.15.11
    BRIDESMAIDS: Not just The Hangover for the Not-Hung Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    BRIDESMAIDS Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Jon Hamm. 125 mins. Rating: Four/Five In cinemas 22 June A HILARIOUS, OUTRAGEOUS FEMALE LED COMEDY MARKS SNL REGULAR AS COMIC ACTRESS TO WATCH In this long overdue female-driven comedy, SNL regular Kristen Wiig, Freaks and Geeks writer Paul Feig and Judd Apatow finally mange to break down Hollywood’s Madonna/Whore complex about women. In a film where men play the sidekick romantic interests, Bridesmaids allows its female leads to be smart, sexy, hilarious and loveable, even while humiliating themselves, drinking heavily, stealing puppies or suffering a bad case of ...
  • 06.15.11
    BAD TEACHER: Bad experience Reviews, Trailers | (2)
    BAD TEACHER Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch. 92 mins. Rating: One and a Half/Five In cinemas June 17 BAD TEACHER? MORE LIKE BAD FILMMAKING, AS CAMERON DIAZ FAILS TO AMUSE IN THIS CLICHED COMEDY Blame Bad Santa. Apparently Hollywood’s cheat-sheet to writing comedy now involves picking a profession, putting “bad” in front of it, giving their character a drinking problem and expecting us to laugh uproariously. Nice try, but Bad Teacher barely scrapes a pass. A gold-digging alcoholic forced into teaching to pay for a breast augmentation, Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) is selfish, charmless and - unlike Billy ...
  • 06.15.11
    THE MESSENGER: Nothing’s fair in love or war, but the performances are damn good Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    THE MESSENGER Directed by Oren Movermen. Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton. 113 mins. Rating: Three/Five In cinemas June 17 BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES AND A TRAGIC PREMISE MAKE FOR AN AFFECTING WAR DRAMA After being injured in Iraq, Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is sent home and assigned to three months working on the Casualty Notification Team alongside seasoned partner Stone (Woody Harrelson.) Having experienced the unfathomable pain and tragedy of warzones, he’s now forced to relay that pain to the families of dead soldiers, in a job where there’s “no such thing as a satisfied customer.” The notifications are heart-rending, fascinating and realistically varied, ...
  • 06.15.11
    Samuel L Jackson tucking your kids into bed…. Blog Exclusives, Trade News | Comments Off
    Of all the actors out there, who would you like to read a bedtime story to your child? Ian McKellen & Liam Neeson have those beautifully soothing voices but they're so overused. Sarah Jessica Parker is used to giving quippy voice-overs, but your child would run the risk of growing into a neurotic, man & self-obsessed socialite. Personally I'd go with Peter Blegvad (check out his incredible rendition of Charles Bukowski's 'The Man With The Beautiful Eyes' here) but that may be because he has the most seductive voice in history, which is probably not a quality kids look for. ...