Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are the heroic-bromantic couple in David Ayer’s jittery love letter to cops on the beat
Today’s TV Trailer: Watch Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick
Just days after Lindsay Lohan’s arrest for an alleged car-pedestrian accident, the actress is back in the news—but this time for somebody else’s fascinating personal life: Elizabeth Taylor’s. The much-anticipated (a nervous anticipation, but anticipation nonetheless) Lifetime television movie Liz & Dick, about Taylor’s relationship …
End of Watch Director David Ayer on Reinventing the Cop Genre
“When Jake and Mike were given these cameras, they’re not only my actors, they’re my visual collaborators. Now they’re freakin’ shooting it.”
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The 2012 Emmy Awards: My Not-Predictions
Sunday night the Emmy Awards will honor the best shows and performances on television (that the Emmy Awards are willing to nominate). Which means it’s time for Emmy predictions — from people other than me. Who will win Sunday? …
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The Office Watch: Back (I Hope?) In Business
Spoilers for last night’s season premiere of The Office below:
Why did The Office go downhill? Some say the show was Michael Scott’s story and it never should have gone on without him. Others, that even before Michael left, it …
Les Miserables: Will the Film’s Groundbreaking Production Mean an Oscar Win?
It’s only September, but there’s already a lot of talk about Oscar season. Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson is now set for a Nov 23 release—potentially shaking up the nominations for …
Bon Iver in New York: An Indie Group’s Moment to Shine
Known for quiet songs and intimate shows, Bon Iver launched a new international tour last night with the first of four sold-out performances at Radio City Music Hall. For one long-time fan, growing pains were evident
Today’s Movie Trailer: Beautiful Creatures
Fans of supernatural-YA-romance-books-turned-into-movies can exhale a little: Twilight will be ending its movie run in November, but the void may soon be filled. The trailer for the main contender for that title, Beautiful Creatures, is available now—and between a sullen brunette, a furrow-browed heartthrob, creepy magic and talking in …
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TV Tonight: Parks and Recreation Goes Big and Goes Home
“Go Big or Go Home” was the title of the premiere episode of Parks and Recreation‘s third (and best) season and the guiding philosophy of civil servant Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), who since went on to run for and win a spot on the Pawnee, Indiana city council. The season five premiere of the show, tonight, both goes big and goes home, as …
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Celebrates the Reign of the Empress of Fashion
If there’s one thing we learned from this feast-for-the-eyes documentary, made by Vreeland’s granddaughter-in-law, it’s that the mind has to race to keep up with the inimitable Vogue editor
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Emma Watson Goes to Pittsburgh
Harry Potter’s Hermione comforts a lonely high-school freshman in Stephen Chbosky’s film of his young-adult best-seller
Trouble With the Curve: A Solid Hit for Clint Eastwood
At 82, the Hollywood icon and RNC ad-libber gets good wood on a baseball story as venerable and compelling as its star
The Hobbit: What We Know So Far About Peter Jackson’s Epic Trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit turns 75 on Friday, and the folks at Warner Bros. must have thought it was the perfect time to release a brand-new trailer. The new trailer, full of action that will leave you cheering for the …