Finer Feed: Bueller is back, MacLaine goes ‘Downton’, Farmiga as Mac’s McVie
Ferris Bueller is back! And he’s in a Super Bowl commercial, naturally. [Best Week Ever] Shirley MacLaine is set to stir things up at Downton Abbey. Dowager Countess best watch her back! [Cinema Blend] Vera Farmiga is about to make lovin’ fun as Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie in Dennis Wilson biopic. [Empire] Matthew Vaughn is...
Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist and other Misfit Odd Couples That Create Movie Magic
In The Girl With the Drago Tattoo, the efficient and sideshow romantic relationship between the handsomely weathered Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and the prickly cyberpunk sprite Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) has taught me one thing about odd couples: people LOVE them. Throughout the years, movie audiences gobble up characters that have polarities that spark when...
The Finer Movies of 2011 (Part 2): a monkey, a magnetic man and Marilyn
Project Nim: This is the OTHER simian movie that caught my interest this year. As one of the many documentaries I watched this year, Project Nim tugged at my heartstrings — and as you know, I have the inability to have feelings. There’s just something about a chimpanzee taken from his mother and raised as...
‘X-Men: First Class’ Finds Solace in Insecure Mutants (Movie Review)
Setting the stage for X-Men: First Class is the ongoing trend of “being different.” The movie tells us that it’s OK to be different. You shouldn’t hide it — especially if you could do cool shit like shape shift, read minds and control metal. This cinematic comic book adventure is an origin story done right...
A ‘Pun’ Time with ‘X-Men: First Class’
I went to a screening of X-Men: First Class this morning and am holding off on the write-up to the movie until Friday. Instead, I had to share one of the best things about the movie: Michael Fassbender. In the movie, he plays a younger Magneto — and he is an evil badass with an...
‘X-Men First Class’: The Trailer May be Better Than The Movie
The only reason why I think the trailer may be overhyping X-Men: First Class is because I was once a comic geek of the X-Men variety. I am a tad bit confused and apprehensive in the inclusion of certain mutants in this prequel (Havok before Cyclops?! That’s outrageous!), but it’s directed by Matthew Vaughn —...
The Debut of the ‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer
If you have missed the chance to dork out this week — DON’T FRET! The X-Men: First Class is going to debut on Facebook TODAY in a couple of hours. Make sure you “Like” the X-men page at Facebook.com/XMenMovies so you can get updated on the movie (in theaters June 3). This way, you can...
Three More ‘X-men First Class’ Photos
Do you need more photos from X-Men First Class? Well, here they are — including the teaser poster! At the rate these photos are popping up on to the net, we won’t need to see the movie. We will be able to make a nice little flip book. I personally like the one where James...
First Picture of the Mutants from ‘X-Men: First Class’
Get ready for a barrage of disgruntled fanboy criticism about Matthew Vaughn‘s X-Men: First Class. A picture of the cast from the popular mutant franchise surfaced on FilmSchoolRejects.com. Here’s the rundown of who’s who thanks to the Rejects: * Michael Fassbender as Magneto – Pre-helmet. * Rose Byrne as Dr. Moira MacTaggart – Nobel-winning expert...
Geist Infection: January Jones as Emma Frost
Yesterday, while doing my hourly Twitter feed troll, I came across at least five stories about January Jones‘s turn as Emma Frost in “X-Men: First Class”. The majority of the sites linked to an article from the Los Angeles Times. It mostly talked about the sexiness of the costumes — which is the MOST important...
