In a battle between two of the more loathsome forces in American life, Ke$ha is feuding with the Parents Television Council, for reasons way too disgusting to go into (Billboard) The best final lines from sitcoms; I’m partial to “sorry, we’re closed.” (Slate) The five strangest celebrity cameos in pro wrestling (Cracked) Maureen Dowd takes more »

Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell made history at this year’s Golden Globes, with probably the funniest skit in the award ceremony’s history, but also by causing the now legendary “not impressed” Tommy Lee Jones facial expression. And after joining forces several times on Saturday Night Live, it was only a matter of time until the more »

Time to add another fan favorite to the already formidable 2013 Awards Season preview. Last seen bringing the beloved children’s book ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to life, ‘Being John Malkovich’ director Spike Jonze latest effort, a technology-themed romance entitled ‘Her,’ will bow in November, according to supporting studio Warner Bros. In a field already more »

As others have noted the script for a “Human Centipede” film is something that must be lovingly chewed over and properly digested before it can be converted into something that can properly “feed” an audience. Befitting a “Human Centipede” film purported to portray a centipede involving 500 stitched together humans, that process has been especially slow more »

Do you know how people say everything the Weinstein Brothers touch turns to gold? Well, even they might have some trouble in making a sci-fi romance movie starring Keanu Reeves and Reese Witherspoon seem like a good idea. Still, The Weinstein Company has acquired the US distribution rights to “Passengers”, with the film likely to more »

Here’s the question I think a lot of movie fans are asking, after now viewing all the trailers for the upcoming Superman film “Man of Steel”: Can it possibly be as good as it looks? The presence of Christopher Nolan’s name in the credits as producer is reassuring, and the trailers certainly make the new more »

Danish director Lars Von Trier is not above courting controversy. Since the very start of his career to founding the no-frills filmmaking style known as Dogme ’95, he’s won numerous awards while systematically angering the movie industry with his support of pornography and outrageous personal statements (like his 2011 “compliments” about Adolph Hitler and Nazism more »

“The Hangover,” the big surprise comedy hit of the summer of 2009, was an audacious, original comedy, featuring a dynamite premise, a cast led by underappreciated talents, and a whole lot of laughs. Its sequel, two years later, was less of a success, playing out the plot exactly the same way with exactly the same more »

I don’t know about you, but I’m super excited with what TV has prepared for the next fall season. And I’m not just talking about cable. The big networks have more aces up their sleeves than… ever, including a J.J. Abrams-produced cop drama, a Fox show starring Greg Kinnear, a small-screen adaptation of “About a more »

Director Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling collaborated in 2011 on “Drive,” one of the best American films of recent years. A new film from the same director and star, “Only God Forgives,” debuted this week at the Cannes Film Festival, and film blogger Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere saw it. And didn’t like more »