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Little girls across America can rejoice. Here’s a glimpse at the new High School Musical movie. That’s right, in case you hadn’t heard, Troy and Gabriela are coming to the big screen, and for once we’ll find the answers to many of our burning questions: will the high school musical be cancelled? Will the basketball …
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Click for a classic Lucille Austero moment. If Arrested Development comes back, Lucille II wants in. That’s right. Liza Minnelli, who famously played Bluth family rival/siren Lucille Austero, has told the New York Daily News that she wants to be part of the Arrested Development movie. Who knows if producers will heed her request, but …
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I’m not playing a trick  er, illusion  on you. The long-rumored Arrested Development movie has been confirmed by Jason Bateman. Details are still murky (they’re witholding. Look at them, getting off…) but according to The Times, it appears as though the Bluth family is coming to the big screen sometime next year. Now, …
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New York Times film critic A.O. Scott is not a big fan of The Love Guru. Here’s an excerpt from his review: The movie’s takeaway catchphrase is “Mariska Hargitay,†which is used by the title character as a fake-Hindi spiritual greeting. This is almost hilarious the first 11 or so times he does it, but …
What happens when you take audio from the Woody Allen masterpiece Manhattan and pair it with the video from the Jim Henson masterpiece Muppets Take Manhattan? Nothing less than sheer brilliance. Via Gawker
If you’re a red-blooded Amurican, chances are you devoted a few hours this weekend to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and chances are that you also emerged from it with a strong opinion. About three-quarters of the people I spoke with felt the movie was disappointing, and everyone else was more …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about dead celebrities. This is mostly due to laziness, but a small part of me also didn’t like seeing the “death” and “sad” tags having such prominent places in my tag cloud. (IndianJones, meanwhile, is eager to have his name ascend beyond the lower tier, but that’s another …
Is it me, or does Prince Caspian look like his proper title might actually be Countess? And maybe instead of Caspian, his name might be, oh, I don’t know, LUANN? I can’t help but feel that when this high-cheekboned, cleft-chinned hero isn’t slaying dragons and other mythical foes, he’s spending his free time playing tennis …
• Susan Sarandon’s skin looks nice. • Hey, there’s the paralyzed guy from Friday Night Lights. • This is sort of weird. • I like that random hand-drawn sequence. • I never watched the original series; so nostalgia is not making this more enjoyable. • The animé fans are going to be so annoying about …
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Anthony Minghella, Oscar-winning director of the tear-jerker epics The English Patient and Cold Mountain — among others — died today from a massive surgery-related hemorrhage. He was only 54. No word on yet on funeral arrangements, but I’m sure they’ll be SWEEPING (and possibly involving Juliet Binoche). For more information on this sad turn of events, click …
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