Jim Carrey ups the ante on his coarse anti-gun Tweets by picking on a dead man. Carrey released a new song and video today dubbed Cold Dead Hand which mocks the late Charlton Heston’s films, his stance on guns and
It’s easy to mock Oscar-winner Adrien Brody for co-starring in the new uber-bomb InAPPropriate Comedy. The movie, co-directed by that ShamWow guy and co-starring Lindsay Lohan, grossed an anemic $625 per theater over the weekend. Surely Brody should know better,
The Collection wallows in the kind of torture porn excess that makes it feel like Doc Brown’s DeLorean took us back in time to the dawn of Saw. It’s no accident, since the minds behind the latter Saw sequels, Marcus
Steve “Lips” Kudlow, the lead singer of the heavy metal group immortalized in the 2008 documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil, probably never expected to take a call from Sir Anthony Hopkins. The two very different stars spoke all the
Jack Bauer hasn’t been around to save the day for some time, but the heroic lead from Fox’s 24 is back–sort of–this weekend. Olympus Has Fallen finds a disgraced Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) doing whatever it takes to rescue
Admission could be a terrific satire of college politics, or the story of a childless woman who learns the joy of parenting, or even a rom-com where an uptight professional falls for a tree hugger. Instead, the new dramedy starring
Olympus Has Fallen wears its love for this country on its cinematic sleeve. American flags wave … and wave some more in slow motion splendor. The soundtrack hums with military drumming, the kind meant to inspire awe and respect. We
Jimmy Fallon won’t officially take over as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show for some time, but New York legislators are already rolling out the red carpet for him. Make that a “green” carpet. Not only is NBC planning to ditch
Parents won’t have to worry about wincing through a film directed by Chris Sanders. The animator behind How to Train Your Dragon and the new feature The Croods refuses to add the sort of easy laughs that many kiddie movies offer.
It’s not wise to fire someone in slow motion who has a nationwide bully pulpit. And so NBC is learning the hard way now that we know it plans to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of the
When Olympus Has Fallen star Aaron Eckhart needed to know what if felt like to be physically attacked by a terrorist he didn’t have to use his imagination. The actor turned to on-set consultant Ricky Jones, who onced worked on
The new French import The Other Son serves up a compelling gimmick with which to view a peaceful solution to Middle East violence. Like those Co-exist bumper stickers, Son sings from the “can’t we all just get along?” playbook while
Rush Limbaugh dared to weigh in on the meaning behind Beyonce’s latest tune, and it’s only a matter of time before the race card hits the table. Cue the left’s War on Women outrage meter, too. For now, press outlets
It’s hard to imagine a more textbook case of critical detachment than the reaction to director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The film drew snorts from most critics, including this one, with many saying the film paled in
The only late night talker who sees fit to mock the president is being shown the exit door. All the rumors regarding NBC’s decision to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show appear to be true, according
Color of Change has seen enough of Fox’s long-running reality show COPS. The group, co-founded by 9/11 truther Van Jones, is urging the network and sponsors to abandon the series. It claims one of the original reality shows on television
Tina Fey often sounds sore whenever the subject of her famous Sarah Palin impression comes up. The shtick gave her nation-wide fame and earned her a warm spot in virtually every liberal celebrity’s heart, but to hear her tell it
Celebrity can be cruel when you get your first taste of it as a teen. For every Ron Howard or Jodie Foster there are dozens of former teen stars who struggle mightily to transition to an adult career in the
The next time you channel surf onto a branded TV property, and not original fare, you have only yourself to blame. Last night’s premiere episode of Bates Motel, the prequel saga of a young Norman Bates of Psycho fame, scored
My Spider Sense tingled just a few minutes into a recent episode of Fox’s The Mindy Project. Actually, they started to throb like a rotten tooth is more accurate. The sitcom featured guest star Seth Rogen as Sam, a potential new
CPAC attendees simply couldn’t get enough of late Internet mogul Andrew Breitbart’s inspiration and legacy. Shortly after conservatives packed into Breitbart News’ Uninvited panel, which featured voices too often not heard around CPAC, they squeezed into a screening hall to watch
Andrew Breitbart’s spirit permeates CPAC 2013, from his image emblazoned on T-shirts to the Happy Warrior’s willingness to battle the left without compromise. Andrew’s message that culture is upstream from politics could be heard loud and clear Friday during a
A healthy throng of mostly young readers greeted Coolidge author Amity Shlaes at a CPAC book signing yesterday, eager to hear her thoughts on a president she dubbed The Great Refrainer. President Calvin Coolidge is suddenly chic among some conservatives for
Tom Bancroft says he couldn’t have served as supervising animator on Disney’s Mulan without a little help from above. “There was a lot of pressure on me,” says Bancroft about helping create the 1998 animated film, available this week on
Plenty of documentary filmmakers would love to grill Vice President Dick Cheney on his political career. R.J. Cutler, best known for producing The War Room and directing The September Issue, got the chance after convincing the reticent politician to speak
When Brandon Darby, Anita MonCrief and Lee Stranahan learned the truth about the left, Andrew Breitbart was there to lend a hand. The key players behind Occupy Unmasked, the 2012 documentary exploring the roots of that violent, far-left movement, testified
Steve Carell can be kind of a jerk, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. His signature role on The Office proved he could turn a self-satisfied manager into someone worthy of our pity. That high wire skill eludes
Walter Salles, like his fellow Brazilians during the 1970s, suffered under his country’s military dictatorship. Torture and exile were commonplace, he says. Censorship overshadowed the arts, stripping students like Salles of potential reading material. Then the future director got his
The only surprise in the left’s new attack on podcast king Adam Carolla is why it took so long to happen. Carolla took on Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom during a recent podcast, challenging the liberal politician on his assertion
In a storage bunker, no one can hear you scream, “why didn’t I rent ‘Alien’ instead of this?” Storage 24, a U.K. monster import on Blu-ray and DVD March 12, follows the Alien template without all that messy character development,
Producer Deren Abram says he could have struck a traditional broadcasting deal for his new series Spotlight America. One network embraced the show’s concept, a loving look at colorful communities across America, but suggested they “have a little bit more
Jason Biggs hurled some vile slurs at both Ann Romney and Janna Ryan during the heat of the presidential race last year. The usual members of the Thought Police remained silent, and Biggs didn’t lose any gigs as a result.
The glut of home invasion films gets a welcome boost with In Their Skin, a story that shoves viewers out of their comfort zone right from the start. The film, out March 12 on DVD, offers a treatise on manners,
The History Channel’s new miniseries The Bible proved anew the power of faith-based content to draw eyeballs. The new independent film Emperor, starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, scored a tidy $1 million at the box office over
GLAAD is honoring Brett Ratner for going through the group’s very public apology tour after his gay slur cost him his Oscar producing gig in late 2011. The director has been tapped to receive the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Actress Daryl Hannah says she suffers for her hard-left activism. The Splash star, talking up her appearance in the new assault on climate change skeptics dubbed Greedy Lying Bastards, says being outspoken in Hollywood comes with a price. CM: Do
A syndicated talk show willing to put up with 9/11 truther Rosie O’Donnell is parting ways with its lone conservative voice. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who routinely battles her liberal peers on The View, won’t be offered a new contract. The news
Movie goers already “returned to Oz” back in 1985, and they found that yellow brick road less lustrous than their memories suggested. Director Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful faces not only the legacy of that cinematic turkey but
Cable companies are likely breathing a sigh of relief from a series of studies that say many consumers threaten to leave their pay cable companies but never do. Deadline.com reports Morgan Stanley’s 3rd Annual Streaming Video Survey shows roughly 17
Today’s animated film routinely target both parents and their kiddies. Trot out a goofy slapstick fall one minute, then drop a sly reference to a beloved ’50s TV show the next. It’s calculated, and it works far more often than
