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'Knight & Day' trailer: Could one movie redeem Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz?

23 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Any trailer that got me past the lamely punny title Knight & Day is worth watching. Any trailer that got me excited about Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise again, even moreso: I still don't know exactly what it's about, and that's what's so cool. What's even cooler? These two superstars reminding us why they're superstars. Cameron Diaz is playing her trademark likable everygirl in an action-packed premise (half Charlie's Angels, half My Best Friend's Wedding). And Tom Cruise somehow seems to be combining his greatest hits -- the flirtatious charm of Top Gun, the gun-toting swagger of Mission: Impossible, the self-deprecating (but still sexy! »

- Jennifer Armstrong

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Their Best Role: Bill Murray

23 December 2009 10:20 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

At first Bill Murray was a goofball, a lounge singer or a guy that tried to blow up a gopher. Graduating to movie stardom, he soon found a style of detached cool that worked like gangbusters, or ghostbusters. In movies like Stripes and Ghostbusters, he would make wry comments while the rest of his co-stars acted their parts; he rarely got involved in the drama. But it worked. A decade later, however, he could be seen giving an actual performance in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998). He was still funny, but he found a real emotional connection with his co-stars, and he was touching. From there, you could easily look back and find other moments of greatness: his bit parts in films like Tootsie, Ed Wood, Kingpin and Wild Things, his abrasive gangster in Mad Dog and Glory, in the very dark, anxious and underrated Quick Change, which was his directorial »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have all to play for in Knight & Day

23 December 2009 7:44 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The title makes it sound like a bad 1980s BBC sitcom, but the this action comedy blockbuster, due out in summer 2010, is probably Cruise and Diaz's best chance to regain box-office cred

Take a look at any "most anticipated movies of 2010" list online and you'll see a familiar collection of sequels and remakes and adaptations. But there's one big summer movie that the list-makers seem to have ignored so far – the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action comedy Knight & Day.

This wouldn't have happened a few years ago. Earlier in the decade, the hype surrounding a high-kicking blockbuster starring Minority Report's Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz from Charlie's Angels would have been building since the moment it started filming. As it is, the past three days have seen a poster and a teaser trailer launched to almost no fanfare whatsoever.

You don't need to be a genius to see why »

- Stuart Heritage

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Saved by the Bell Might Finally Get the Big Screen Treatment

18 December 2009 3:22 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

It's quite surprising that after turning older television shows like Charlie's Angels, Get Smart, The Addams Family into feature films, many of the sitcoms and series from the 90's have remained largely untouched by the property grabbing hands of Hollywood. That has the potential to change soon as Pajiba reports that a Saved by the Bell movie is in the works. And while there's certainly some interest in revisiting Bayside High School (especially from Jimmy Fallon), the film itself would more than likely have an all-new cast with the possibility of cameos from the original cast members. But does anyone want to see this show as a movie? However, I'm not sure if an "all-new cast" means that it will simply have new actors playing Bayside High School's finest. If you're too young to remember the 90's series or just never cared enough to watch, the show aired between 1989 and »

- Ethan Anderton

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The 20 Coolest Movie Cars of the Aughties

17 December 2009 10:16 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Demi Moore exits a Ferrari Enzo in 2003's Charlie's Angels II: Full Throttle. The Aughties (ugh) were an incredible decade for film—if you like superheroes and comic books, romances based on 19th Century fiction, the apocalypse, brah-com, or fragmented narratives of disparate people crashing into each other.  Personally, I hate most of this shit. But if you’re into the kind of stellar goodbad films that I admire, and you happen to like cars, you’re in luck, because what we have here is a gorgeous slide show of the best vehicles in the bestworst movies of the 2000s. Brett Berk writes Stick Shift, Vf.com's gay car blog. Visit him at brettberk.com 2000 Bring it On, Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The decade got kicked off right with this genius cheerleading movie, a proto-Glee that features a rag-tag bunch of losers united in a love of choreography and personal harmony. »

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Open Forum Friday: Are Script Review Sites Good or Bad?

11 December 2009 1:20 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Well it's been an interesting week for screenwriting news. The 2009 Black List [1] was just unveiled today, which is the list of top unproduced screenplays currently floating around Hollywood. This "underground" compilation of rankings was started by Universal exec Franklin Leonard a few years ago in order to draw attention to some of the great scripts that deserve a chance at getting made into movies. (Strangely, some of the top picks this year are already currently in production, so I'm not sure how they can still be considered "unproduced".) This comes hot on the heels of a recent blog post [2] from screenwriter John August (Charlie's Angels, Big Fish, The Nines) in which he criticizes script review websites such as ScriptShadow [3], who post opinions on leaked screenplays before the movies are ever produced. August believes that these sites hurt screenwriters more than they help, because they spoil plot elements, pass judgment on »

- Sean

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New Edge Of Darkness UK Poster

10 December 2009 8:27 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Remakes, eh? Dreadful things: someone takes a great British TV series and puts in a huge star and, er, the same director and...and...wait a minute. This one sounds good! Yes, Edge of Darkness is the upcoming thriller from director Martin Campbell and star Mel Gibson, based on Campbell's acclaimed 1985 TV show, and it emphatically does not sound like another Charlie's Angels.In his first lead role since 2002's Signs, Gibson stars as Thomas Craven, a homicide detective whose daughter is killed in an apparent attack on his life. As he investigates her death, he discovers more to the murder than was initially apparent, and a lot of sinister goings-on that we wouldn't want to spoil.Edge of Darkness is out on January 29, 2010 in the UK and Us.  Looks like Gibson is back, back, back. »

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Cameron Diaz Goes From Charlie's Angel to One Bad Teacher

10 December 2009 2:21 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

It's hard to believe that fifteen years have passed since Cameron Diaz first jumped onto the big screen as Tina Carlyle, the premiere singer at the Coco Bongo in 1994's The Mask. Since then she's kicked asses in Charlie's Angels, picked pockets in Gangs of New York, and survived Vegas with Ashton Kutcher (ugh). But in her next role she'll just simply have to rely on her fine, um, assets as Variety reports Diaz will be starring in Bad Teacher, a raunchy comedy about a a foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher who, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a colleague for the affections of the school's model teacher. Sounds like a great opportunity for Diaz to return to the obscene comedy she hasn't displayed since There's Something About Mary. The real question is who will play the competing colleague vying for the affection of this oh-so-desirable teacher. The script »

- Ethan Anderton

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Cameron Diaz hot for 'Bad Teacher'

10 December 2009 12:44 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Every few films Cameron Diaz returns to the type of outrageous comedy that made her a star in "There's Something About Mary."  Whether it's "Charlie's Angels" or "What Happens in Vegas," Diaz continues to mix up her dramas and occasional thrillers with the easy hits that still make her a box office star.  After the two 2009 disappointments "My Sister's Keeper" and "The Box" is anyone surprised she's jumped for "Bad Teacher"? The Columbia Pictures comedy will be directed by "Walk Hard" and "Orange County" director Jake Kasdan and will find Diaz playing a dirty-mouthed, gold-digging and newly single middle-school teacher »

- HitFix Staff

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Cameron Diaz a Bad Teacher

9 December 2009 11:04 PM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

If you've seen both Charlie's Angels movies, you've already had a taste of Cameron Diaz's comfortability with sexual slash raunchy comedy. Yes, the references are there, and she just giggles at them. Noticing this, Columbia Pictures has picked up the actress to star in Bad Teacher.

Cameron Diaz for Bad Teacher

Directed by Jake Kasdan off a script by scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, Bad Teacher is described as a raunchy comedy that centers on a foulmouthed, gold-digging middle-school teacher who, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, competes with a colleague for the affections of the school's model teacher. »

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'Transformers' Michael Bay's action-packed Victoria's Secret commercial

8 December 2009 11:39 AM, PST | Zap2It - The Dish Rag | See recent Zap2It - The Dish Rag news »

 

Director Michael Bay is doing what he does best. 

As well as shooting action-packed movies featuring gorgeous, scantily clad, half-naked women, he's now filming action-packed lingerie commercials with gorgeous, scantily-clad half-naked women. 

The "Transformers" director -- who has shot award-winning commercials prior to becoming a feature film director -- previously shot a Victoria's Secret lingerie commercial with Gisele Bundchen. 

Now he's finished a new action-packed Vs commercial that debuted at the lingerie chain's annual fashion show.

Some might argue that Transformers" with the luscious Megan Fox was a glorified skin show. 

And his new lingerie commercial doesn't disappoint his action movie fans with black helicopters, a fiery explosion with three underwear clad models doing a "Charlie's Angels" strut.

The girls pose in angel wings, with a motorcycle, in front of a plane,  and parade in unison through an empty mansion.

Where are their weapons? Like you have to ask.

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- editorial@zap2it.com

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Director McG Insists He's Making Two More 'Terminator' Movies

7 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »

Easily, one of the more anticipated films of the summer of 2009 was "Terminator: Salvation " directed by McG  (who also directed "Charlie's Angels 1 and 2").  Adding to the anticipation and hype was the fact that Batman himself, Christian Bale, was taking over the lead role as John Connor, the man who leads the resistance in the future war against the machines.

The film opened to relatively poor reviews (film critic database Rotten Tomatoes reports only 32% of critics gave the film a positive rating while 68% gave it a negative one) and film fans seemed disappointed over all.  The movie also failed to make as much at the box office as the studio had initially hoped for... all leading to the conclusion that despite plans for an entire new Terminator franchise, the films would stop.

Not so.  Well... at least according to McG.

In a live directors commentary, McG has stated that despite the »

- John Campea

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McG Still Set On Making Two More 'Terminator' Movies

7 December 2009 5:31 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

McG (I still will never get over that effing name) did a Bd live commentary for "Terminator Salvation" recently, and apparently it was quite the listen. In addition to comparing himself to Hitchcock, dissing "Terminator 3" (at least that movie almost justified its existence by having an awesome ending), saying nothing substantial about his directing choices on the film, and telling people to "fuck off" if they didn't like his "Charlie's Angels" movies, McG said the following: 7:13: He just announced that he's making another Terminator movie. Seriously.7:16: Oh and for those people who are punching themselves in the face that he's making another one? He said he's making one after that. It's pretty clear from the middling reception of "T3," the failure of the "Sarah Connor Chronicles" TV show, and McG's own under-performing "T4" that no one really cares about the franchise beyond the first two films. »

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McG planning on two more Terminators

7 December 2009 2:55 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

  Terminator Salvation director McG is apparently still planning on directing the fifth and sixth Terminator movies. Following on from this summer's underperforming Salvation, McG has apparently claimed via a Blu-Ray live commentary that he'll be completing his trilogy. Despite the fact that Halcyon are looking to sell the franchise, the Charlie's Angels director believes that he is still attached to direct two more. McG has said he is keen to bring back Sarah Connor, so if he does return to the franchise expect more...

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- Total Film

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‘Chico’s Angels’ is a Gender-Bending Threeway Romp

4 December 2009 10:02 AM, PST | Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news »

So there are these three Mexican transvestites, Kay Sedia (Oscar Quintero), Chita Parol (Ray Garcia), and Frieda Laye (Danny Casillas), who work for a private detective agency. They run around in their cha-cha heels solving crimes while taking orders from and reporting to their boss, Chico, who is never seen, only heard. Sounds familiar, right? The premise of Chico's Angels is freaking brilliant. Seriously brilliant. I hear about a trio of Latino cross-dressers doing anything and I'm in, be it a train wreck of sexual and cultural ambiguity or a great riff on the magic of Charlie's Angels. But does Chico's Angels deliver on the promise of funny and sultry private investigating to a salsa-driven soundtrack? Well, that's kind of where the rub is for me. You see Kay, Chita, and Frieda bedazzled in costumes more fitting for South Beach than crime fighting and you think you're in for an »

- Jake Weaver

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TV Stars Who Died in 2009

3 December 2009 | Getback - TV | See recent Getback - TV news »

Sure, there are lots of great '70s TV stars, but to us the greatest of them all was Farrah Fawcett. The "Charlie's Angels" star wasn't the best actress, but she cornered the market on '70s style - what girl didn't want to have that long, blonde feathered hair? - and she could flawlessly perform "hazardous duties" while wielding a gun in a bathing suit and high heels.

There were lots of lows in Farrah's professional and personal life. But Farrah certainly had some highs as well. No one should forget her triumphant return to television in the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," which earned her the first of her four Emmy nominations. The last nod came just last year, for the documentary "Farrah's Story," the graphic and tragic tale of her long battle with cancer.

And still, when Farrah finally passed away, the news was instantly overshadowed by »

- AmyandNancy

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School of Saatchi | TV matters

2 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

With his no-show in his own programme, Charles Saatchi is part of a TV tradition

Charles Saatchi is a celebrated collector and, through his bizarre contribution to School of Saatchi (BBC2), becomes part of a small and rare collection himself: people who have taken part in a TV programme without actually being seen. (The Invisible Man is excluded because he had a clinical condition and couldn't help it.)

As it happens, the latest person who could wear a T-shirt reading "As Not Seen On TV" shares a first name with the leader of this vanished pack: the disembodied voice that, via a squawk-box, gave the crimebusting swimwear models their orders in Charlie's Angels.

Unlike his fictional predecessor, Saatchi doesn't even allow his voice to be heard. His thoughts on the young artists competing for his patronage are spoken on-screen by an underling, who fulfils the function given to the Boy »

- Mark Lawson

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SCOREcast No. 24: Composers Union Spokesman Alan Elliott Speaks to SCOREcast

2 December 2009 4:03 PM, PST | SCOREcastOnline.com | See recent SCOREcastOnline.com news »

SCOREcast No. 24

Podcast Shownotes

Original Air Date: December 2, 2009

Focus: Composers Union Spokesman Alan Elliott Speaks to SCOREcast

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On our 24th episode, Deane and Lee talk with Alan Elliott, spokesman for the Association of Media Composers and Lyricists (Amcl). The Amcl is the steering committee that is spearheading the unionization of film and television composers in Los Angeles and is comprised of Mr. Elliott, and fellow composers Bruce Broughton, James Dipasquale, and Alf Clausen.

A lot of SCOREcast ink has been devoted to discussing the issue of a proposed composers union, and so we thought we'd just get the straight skinny from the man who initiated this round of conversations four years ago. Mr. Elliott is a composer, songwriter, and musician, and is also the son of television composer Jack Elliott (Charlie's Angels, Barney Miller, Night Court).

Weigh in on this episode — we want to hear your thoughts! Head over to http://www. »

- noreply@blogger.com (SCOREcast Admin)

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Fawcett Speaks To Pal From Beyond The Grave For TV Special

2 December 2009 4:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Farrah Fawcett has spoken out from beyond the grave as part of a televised seance staged for her best friend Alana Stewart.

The socialite agreed to let celebrated medium James Van Praagh try to contact the late Charlie's Angels star on her behalf for upcoming TV special Psychic Hollywood: The Search For Truth, which will air in the U.S. next week - and she didn't have to wait long for her dead friend to make an appearance.

Van Praagh revealed Fawcett was desperate to speak to her pal, stating, "Two days before this meeting that I had with Alana, I felt the very strong sense of someone pushing at me (sic)."

Upon sitting down and making sure Stewart was comfortable, Van Praagh told her, "She (Fawcett) wants to thank you... and she's bringing these beautiful flowers."

Stewart, who helped Fawcett document her battle with anal cancer on home video, wiped away a tear and said, "Oh my gosh!"

The celebrity medium added, "Farrah is right behind me and she's really, really strong, and standing there, like, 'Come on, let's go!'"

Stewart smiled and said, "That is so her."

The socialite sobbed when Van Praagh revealed Fawcett had told him, "Thanks for wearing my bracelet."

The former wife of Rod Stewart said, "She said that? She gave this to me for my birthday two years ago... Oh my God."

Stewart agreed to take part in the show as long as her private psychic reading itself wasn't on camera. »

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This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, Paper Heart, and More

1 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Terminator Salvation There's a certain expectation of quality that comes with viewing a sequel to an established franchise. In Terminator Salvation, the director of Charlie's Angels joins forces with the screenwriters of Catwoman to remind us why those expectations usually result in the metaphorical equivalent of a grown man gleefully defecating all over our most cherished memories. It's the type of film where it's much easier to pinpoint what it does well, if only because it gets everything else so disastrously wrong. The positives can be counted on a single hand, with the action sequences being the primary standout—and the sole reason the film is being listed under the "Rent it" section. If you can separate »

- Adam Quigley

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