Who You Gonna Link?
Friday, July 10, 2015 at 4:00PM Samuel Adams has the only appropriate response to news that Ben Affleck will direct and star in a stand-alone Batman movie
Hayley Atwell (and Emily VanCamp) were flirting awesomely @ Captain America himself on Twitter and he didn't respond! Resulting Conclusive Fact: Chris Evans is bad at social media
THR sad. AMPAS lost their swanky screening room in Manhattan
Film School Rejects on Han Solo and other characters who don't need original stories, backstories or prequels. In my opinion that's roughly "all" characters. I need my mystery. I like my introduction to stay an introduction. Hollywood and lemming-like audiences keep stealing the mysteries away!
Guardian in the absolute grossest news of the week Federico Fellini's estate is licensing La Dolce Vita for a remake. Nothing is sacred.
Conan O Brien Jennifer Lawrence does a growly impression of Cher's "Believe"
Movie Dearest gives an advance take on hot tickets at OutFest in LA. I wanna see some of these
Out interviews a very intimidating RuPaul. It's amazing
Variety Teen Wolf renewed for Season 6. Danger! It gets more incoherent each season and they're about to graduate high school, a clear time to end it!
JoopaDoops awesome Muppets/Mad Max Mashup. I love Animal so much. Always have.
Harper's Bazaar interviews Natalie Portman who isnt so sure about the #AskHerMore red carpet trend
I get asked so many questions about the Middle East, and I'm like 'Can you please just ask me about my dress? Let's just talk about the dress!'"
Theatah People
Time Out this is sad. Jan Maxwell, super duper talented stage actress -- I've seen her in two shows and she was best in show both times despite sharing the stage with people I was otherwise obsessed by -- is retiring from acting citing lack of interest in the type of work you can make a living doing!
Gothamist Patti LuPone continues to be a hero destroying badly behaving theatergoers -- she's had it with your cel phones!
Broadway.com The Lovely Laura Linney and Bernadette Peters on "Watch What Happens" they talk Downton Abbey, Into the Woods and more
Playbill John Cameron Mitchell compares each Broadway Hedwig to a Superhero - Fun.
Who You Gonna Call?
Oooh, look. It's the first image of your new Ghostbusters in costume: Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones,Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon. IMDb has no information on who did the costumes yet but Paul Feig has never worked with the same costume designer on a movie twice for some reason so it could be anyone.
On a scale of 1 to 100 how excited are you to see this movie in 378 days when it opens? Frankly, I'd be a lot more excited about remakes of any kind if they gender-swapped like this. If you're not rethinking, why remake?
Magic Mike XXL x 5
RH Reality Check on why straight men should see Magic Mike XXL
Variety Guy Lodge argues that its summers "most subversive studio pleasure"
Pajiba on Channing Tatum & Joe Mangianello's reaction to hearing the movie called "feminist"
Same Same and Glenn Dunks loves it too, Jada Pinkett Smith and all
This is all a way of saying that even though my review (icymi) was somewhat south of completely satisfied I did enjoy it and the positive reviews have left me wanting to see it again (since they liked many of the things I didn't) and the negatives have not convinced me to lower my solid grade (B).
Reader Comments (5)
My response to Ben Affleck actually DIRECTING that movie: Dude. Hope Batman v. Superman bombs. Tell the studio you're willing to make it anyway and you will throw out any narrative continuity or aesthetic inspiration from the prior franchise. Shoot it bright and happy and funny and go with a non-armored Batsuit. Y'know...Go full "Adam West on a mega-budget" on it. (The Schumacher films may have been WRITTEN like that, but the lighting and batsuit being used were antithetical to the new tone.) That's the only great Batman movie you can make where you're in the lead, no matter what anyone else tells you Batman "should" be.
The notion of Kate McKinnon *and* Kristen Wiig in one movie? Honestly, it could be a remake of Gigli for all I care - I'm there
I don't get all the Affleck-Batman trashing. Sure he probably won't be the greatest Batman (that would be Kevin Conroy) but as a director he's proven himself to be a sure-handed, if not exceptional film maker with a knack for ensemble casts. At the very least everyone has to admit he's a step up from Zack Snyder.
moe: Did you read the substance of my comment, though? I'm decidedly NOT trashing the idea of Ben Affleck as Batman on the face of it. I'm trashing the idea of Ben Affleck as a non-Adam West like Batman. As far as a portrayal of Batman as "dark brooding Avenger of the night who's occasionally a jerk, and definitely damaged, but still intelligent and sane"? Conroy gets ALL the wins for that animated series and video game work. (Keaton's a psycho (Batman Returns Clown explosion) and Bale's kind of an idiot (hitting the Joker in the head again in The Dark Knight interrogation scene)). But dark and brooding in any capacity is far beyond Affleck's skill set.
Go Patty! Next time feel free to use violence. People should stay home if they can't help checking their cells every five seconds.
I don't know why, but I'm super excited about the new Ghostbusters movie.