Like we didn’t know this was coming … Kellan Lutz stars as the Greek god Hercules – son of Zeus and Hera – who, once he discovers his true identity as the Son of God (yep) must choose between a mortal life with his human lover or to assume his deity powers and take down an evil king.
Hercules hits theaters February 7, 2014.
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Talk about a rough time at the movies. Yikes.
The weird (and I really mean weird) thing about Oldboy is that it feels like a movie Quentin Tarantino tried to make, got bored halfway thru, and dumped on Spike Lee’s doorstep to finish. It’s an imbalanced mesh of their two trademark styles. It wants to be intellectual and earnest, and it also wants to be absurdly violent and over-the-top. In the end, methinks it’s Tarantino who wins.
The story, for those who haven’t seen the 2003 Korean original it’s based upon, is about a man named Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin) who gets trapped inside a hotel room for 20 years with no reason as to why or who he has been essentially erased from existence. He has to watch his life unfold on the news (i.e. his wife is raped and murdered, and the only suspect is Joe). One day, equally unexplained, he is released. His first – and only – order of business is to find out who is behind his imprisonment. He meets Marie (Elizabeth Olsen), a social worker who tries to help him and with whom he ends up falling in love, and also a stranger played by Sharlto Copley who is such a cardboard cutout of a villain that you should go right now and look up “villain” in your dictionary and find his picture.
Things go from gory and bloody to downright gruesomely unwatchable. More than a couple people in the screening I attended walked out after the first half. This will be one of those I-hated-it-or-I-loved-it-you-just-don’t-get-it movies a la Fight Club or Zero Dark Thirty. Watchable, and then unwatchable, all at the same time.
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News hit a couple of days ago that Derrick Rose would once again need knee surgery and once again would miss the entire season. It’s a tragic story that can’t help but make basketball fans feel bad for Rose, the Bulls and their fanbase. Even the biggest Rose critic can admit that the NBA is better with him in the league. It’s still questionable how Rose, out for basically two years straight, will be able to perform once he’s completely healed again. Will he ever get back to his MVP level? Will he even get to 80% of that form? It’s a gloomy situation in Chicago but despite missing their franchise player, their season and the rest of league must move on. The show must go on, as they say. But what kind of show will we be watching? The western conference is as good as ever but aside from the Heat and Pacers, is any other franchise in the east worth watching on a regular basis? Every team is going to one of “those nights” where they play well enough to upset a superior opponent, that’s just the way the league is. Aside from those nights is where the problem arises. Can fans rely on quality basketball on a regular basis knowing that the eastern conference has very much turned into a two-team race? It’s almost astounding how much better the Pacers and Heat (1 and 2 in the conference) are than the rest of the conference. If the playoffs were to start right now, I don’t see any team giving Indiana or Miami more than a five game series. A lot of the problem lies with the New York teams. The Knicks are usually towards the top of the conference and the new-look Nets were supposed to contend for the top spot in the conference. Right now the Knicks and Nets are a combined 7-20. Astonishing. Could they turn things around? Well they’re going to have to get 100% healthy before their fans can get excited.
On the other side of the country, things are more competitive. The Spurs are doing their usual thing of playing fundamental basketball while taking care of business. Portland, surprisingly enough, is still staying among the best in the west. The Thunder, Clippers and Rockets are fighting to keep up with the elites and then there’s the dogfight for the rest of the spots in the west. But the biggest news around the conference this week was Kobe signing another contract extension to essentially stay with the Lakers for the remainder or his career. The Lakers didn’t officially announce the exact details of the deal but plenty of sources have suggested that it’s an extra two years for $48.5 million. Those details bring up some inevitable questions. If all Kobe really does care about is more championships, why sign for that much money? Yes, we all know that Kobe means much more to the Lakers than what he earns, but does that leave room for anyone else? Most superstars that are hitting tail-end of their careers tend to take less money, knowing that it’s best possible way that they will continue to be on a championship level team. Can Kobe lead another team to a title? Well, i’m not so sure anymore. I’m skeptical because of his age and because of the severity of the injury that’s he is coming back from. That’s taking into consideration that Kobe is a machine and the hardest working player in the league. It wouldn’t surprise me if he reached the same level he left off at but I also wouldn’t be shocked if Kobe only reaches about 75-80% of what he used to be. And if it’s the latter, how room does Kobe’s contract leave for another big free agent to come join him?
Key games this weekend: (tonight) Lakers at Nets; Heat at Cavs; Nuggets at Wolves; Spurs at Thunder; Warriors at Mavs (Friday) Nets at Rockets; Warriors at Thunder; Wizards at Pacers (Saturday) Bulls at Cavs; Wolves at Mavs; Rockets at Spurs.
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Once upon a time (like, late 2009), this movie was to be called The Snow Queen, based, as it is, on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale about love and loss. Upon that same time, it was to be a traditionally hand drawn animated film a la The Princess and the Frog, furthering Disney’s attempts to revive the Golden Age of Animation it oversaw in the 90s from The Little Mermaid thru Tarzan.
Alas, both accounts turned out not to be true. The film is 3D animated (you can charge $20 for the price of just one ticket, see) and apart from the coincidence of names and a lot of snow, there is very little it shares with Andersen’s original tale. That being said, this is one helluva crowd pleaser – and one that will bring critics, audiences and feminist tons to celebrate.
Disney has a reputation (perhaps deservedly so) for making too many of its female protagonists princesses. Why can’t normal, non-royals get their stories told by the Mouse House? (See: Lilo and Alice). Well, Disney succumbs to the fairy tale formula once again, but does so in such a revolutionary and post-feminist way that it hardly matters that the two female protagonists are princesses. They don’t make much mention of their royal heritage throughout, instead focusing on getting things done on their terms – and not for the usual reasons of romantic love or having to get married by a certain point in time. These girls – nay, women- are the real deal. In 3D.
The story is about two sisters named Elsa and Anna: Elsa possesses a dangerous power to turn everything into ice and after a terrible accident early in life she withdraws from society and becomes an isolated danger in self-imposed exile. Anna wants her sister back and goes to find her, though not before she meets a handsome prince . . . but romance takes a backseat when Anna realizes that her dude is cute, but her sister is, hey, her sister.
The film really takes off during its many gorgeous animated song sequences, penned by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon) who really dare to go where Alan Menken never tread. It’s a joyous, boisterous and still somehow serious film – one that harkens to the best of classic Disney and lays out a path for the future that’s to come. The season’s must-see and a surefire monster hit.
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“They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn’t relate to me - or anyone that I knew.”[Interview]
So let’s just all agree that Lorde is hella more talented than any other 16 year old we know (or is she 17?). But it seems like the very quality that makes her a great artist isn’t making her any friends in the music biz: her candidness about her true feelings.
She tells Interview Magazine that she feels isolated from the music of the chart toppers in the music scene, stating, “Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake, as well as pop singers like Lana Del Rey. They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn’t relate to me — or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, How are we listening to this? It’s completely irrelevant.”
How indeed. Don’t look for Lorde as a judge on American Idol any time soon.
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“Roberts and Lawrence may come into direct competition early next year as both actresses have earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar buzz.”[HuffPo]
How many American Sweethearts are there? Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Drew Barrymore, even Katie Couric have all been given that media title at some point during their careers. But with Jennifer Lawrence emerging as The Unstoppable One Whom Everyone Adores, is it time to officially deem her America’s Sweetheart?
According to (by her account) former America’s Sweetheart Julia Roberts, the answer is no. J.Law, it seems, is too badass to be so tidily bowed up and loved by all:
“She shoots flaming arrows. Is this a new cupid tactic? . . . I think she’s fabulous, but she doesn’t seem … she seems cooler than … Oh, she’s too cool to be a sweetheart!”
Is Roberts right? Has J. Law officially transcended the limits of American Sweetheartdom?
Yes, Run Burgundy and Co. are coming . . . and one of the ways you can tell is that they’re out there trying outperform each other in every possible venue (but still staying classy, of course).
Check out their live rendition of the 1976 Starland Vocal classic ‘Afternoon Delight’ at the film’s Sydney premiere. It’s enough to make you go . . . well, just go, actually. To the movie, we mean.
Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson spend some quality time together while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas. You’ll also see in the Gallery that earlier the two were relaxing poolside and when Diane was putting on her dress she had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction and showed off her rear end. As you may already know, Diane currently stars as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX television series The Bridge.