Blog Wars: The Link Strikes Back
Monday, November 3, 2014 at 5:02PM 
Must Read ICYMI
The Hoopla Frances McDormand suggests that looking your age is a subversive act. Great stuff. It's been great to see her face all over signage for Olive Kitteridge
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Coming Soon strange news: Christian Bale drops out of Steve Jobs biopic two weeks after taking it claims 'he's not right for the role'. Hmmmm, then why take it?
CHUD the poster for Neil Blomkamp's Chappie with Hugh Jackman. It's weird and cute and hmmm.
Previously TV great piece on a key scene in the awesome series Transparent (on Amazon - you must watch it if you haven't, especially if you're interested in the psychology of family dynamics or in trans issues)
MNPP if you missed any episodes of Jason's "13 Phones of Halloween" now is the time to rectify that. Was your holiday good this past weekend?
Towleroad Benedict Cumberbatch responds to complaints that The Imitation Game isn't as gay as its subject
Dissolve JJ Abrams confirms via "thank you" letter (such manners!) that Star Wars Episode VII has wrapped filming
Deadline bonafide crazy person Nicolas Winding Refn is making a female led horror film called The Neon Demon because...
One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women. Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty"
Variety Johnny Depp performed with Marilyn Mason on Halloween
MNPP [NSFW] Awww, it's Dolph Lundgren's birthday today. Remember Showdown in Little Tokyo? a Bad Movies We Love winner
/Film Tom Cruise doing his own Mission Impossible stunts again like a crazy person
Pajiba Taylor Kitsch "Officially" reacts to being replaced as Gambit by Channing Tatum in the forthcoming superhero movie
Pop Culture Crazy thinks The Tale of Princess Kaguya is a knockout (I wish I liked this one more! I want to)
Daily Mail Jamie Dornan refers to his cock as "gratuitous, graphic and ugly" when discussing what we will and won't see in 50 Shades of Grey. How could any part of him be ugly?
Exit Video ICYMI
Every death in the original Star Wars trilogy. The saddest part isn't even a minute in when the body count jumps to 2 billion. Sigh, Alderaanians. We hardly knew thee.
Reader Comments (9)
Hmm. Persona wise, I could now almost buy this becoming another Franco-Rogen pairing, after Pineapple Express and The Interview. They have a good chemistry, so having it rendered through the lens of prestige could be cool.
Episode VII wrapping filming just warms my heart - Now it all feels real - and that video of all the kills in the OT is both great and disturbing. Neon Demons sounds very interesting but if Refn's last two films are any indication of his overall talent then I probably won't love it. Visually, Drive and Only God Forgives are beautiful films. Unfortunately, in terms of their scripts, the former felt too routine and thin in places to be more than good; while the latter was just flat out nonsensical and bad. Hope I'm wrong as there's a few actresses I'd like to see in this thing.
i feel like HBO has barely advertised OLIVE KITTERIDGE at all. i don't think i've seen a single poster anywhere in nyc. which is a shame because i really enjoyed it last night (the second hour much more than the first). i kept thinking about it today and looking forward to the conclusion tonight.
I'm so confused how anyone could see The Tale of Princess Kaguya as a knockout. I'm not being snarky at all - it actually seems to me like I may have missed something.
I know it's a bit silly to take a role and then declare yourself not right for it, but I admire Christian Bale's integrity. I wish other actors would realise when the part doesn't suit them.
Not a big fan of Refn or the Horror genre, but I do like female led Horror films, so I like the sound of The Neon Demon. It also helps that I myself have 'vicious beauty'!
RobMIles -- braggy!
I am totally in love with Frances Mcdormand.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the original Bale as Jobs announcement was just Aaron Sorkin saying it was a done deal, which doesn't exactly scream "official". But maybe I am remembering it wrong.
Jamie Dornan is very pretty, and very dull--both as an actor and when being interviewed. And the Daily Mail article also hints at some serious sexual insecurity (it is the Daily Mail, so that may have been added for effect). I wonder how much uncrusted bread was sacrificed for those CK photos.
I liked him in The Falls, but it was a pretty one note character (psycho killer and all that). I see a new Showgirls launching on VD day.