Though the British scourge's movies went number one and number two this weekend, they were mostly number two. At least there's good news for that little assassin girl this weekend, plus it was good news for Jesus, because it really almost always is.
Depending where you are, it's either still cold and dreary early spring, or it's already gotten too hot to do much outside. So why not go see a movie! Lots of things are opening this weekend, ranging from a documentary about a beloved comedian to a Euro-trippy kiddie assassin thriller to a medieval stoner comedy.
Here's a trailer for brutalist director Lars Von Trier's lastest film, a sci-fi flecked drama about a miserable bride and the end of the world. The film actually bills itself on its website as "A beautiful movie about the end of the world." So there. Plus naked Dunst!
Here's a trailer for Anonymous, a Shakespeare conspiracy movie directed by 2012 and 10,000 BC genius Roland Emmerich. The movie's about the theory that Billy Shakes wasn't, in fact, the author of the plays attributed to him, but it's also about slo-mo action scenes and Vanessa Redgrave wondering just what the hell kind of picture she's wound up in.
Here's a trailer for the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, a sort of Hitch for hip(per) people about a lothario (Ryan Gosling) teaching a dweeb (Steve Carell) how to get the ladies, all the while falling for a lady immune to his magic.
Here's a trailer for Everything Must Go, a dramedy (ick) based on Raymond Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance." In it Ferrell plays a sadsack who loses his job and his wife on the same day, has something of a psychic break, and decides to live with all of his stuff on his front lawn.
[Biggest Star in the Universe] + [Cornrowed Product of His Seed*] + [Widely Loathed Director Addicted to Twist Endings] = Apocalypse Soon.
This week there are no movies coming out. April Fool's! There are lots of movies coming out! Movies about a creepy animated Easter Bunny, some sad adult superheroes, sexy gun-shooting criminals, and a murderous rubber tire. Seriously on that last one. No fooling.
Watch as Emma Watson ruins several takes on the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 by laughing. Hermione Granger would certainly not approve!
Jay Forry lost his sight 28 years ago, yet that didn't deter him from pursuing the very visual medium of film. In this video, he discusses how going to the movies is still an escapist experience for him, despite no longer being able to see the action on the screen.
No, silly, not that kind of bondage! Instead, the stars of the upcoming Your Highness teach MTV's Josh Horowitz about male bonding, and put Horowitz through several "official" male friendship tests like, you know, Twister and breakdancing.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Johnny Knoxville showed a deleted clip from Jackass 3D, featuring everyone's favorite pop princess participating in the famous port-a-potty bungee stunt. Why was it cut? Said Knoxville, "Sometimes in film, you've gotta kill your babies."
Let the good vibes flow while you watch this fun montage looking back at 25 years of PIxar movies and shorts. Can you name them all?
Over the weekend, the Today Show got the cast of Stand By Me back together with director Rob Reiner to relive the memories. Believe it or not, Jerry O'Connell still swears he was "healthy" as a kid, and not fat.
Here's a trailer for Woody Allen's latest European romp, Midnight in Paris, a comedy about Owen Wilson staggering through the streets of the world's prettiest city while feeling jealous about his wife, Rachel McAdams. You see, his wife is, in typical Allenian (Allenic?) fashion, infatuated with a worldly intellectual, played by Michael Sheen (McAdams' real-life beau). What is one to do?
In this scene from their 1992 classic, To Grandmother's House We Go, watch the young Olsen twins dance awkwardly to the music of a street performer before chucking fried chicken into his saxophone case.
A burst of orchestra music is all you need to make an animated movie about toys assume the gravitas of an epic story. Especially hilarious is the scene where Woody/William Wallace orders a bunch of toys to return to England.
Now that the weekend is finally here, why don't you enjoy your time out of the office by getting some exercise? Just kidding. Go see movies! Opening this weekend are a Palestinian drama, a wimpy comedy, and hot chicks with guns.
Here's a trailer for the new Three Musketeers 3D movie that someone thought was a good idea to make. It's all CGI'd and Matrixed out, with slo-mo fighting and diving and swordplay and all that nonsense. It also features Milla Jovovich and Orlando Bloom, two of our finest actors, not to mention Logan Lerman, the up-and-coming young fellow who starred in the beautiful gem Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
