OhLaLa ~Jake Gyllenhaal drinks to Jamie Foxx's new music video Blame It (on the alcohol)... always a good thing to blame it on. Foxx seems to have instructed his celebri-guests (there are a few others, too) to play "attitude" because they don't seem to be having a good time. Just Jared ~more Wolveri...

Directed by David O. Russell Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, James Brolin. Synopsis Jessica Biel gets a nail shot into her brain. Yay! Oh, okay, so after that she starts acting all crazily and ends up going to Congress for some reason and runs across helpful ...

Directed by Mr. Kate Winslet Starring John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Hamilton, Melanie Lynskey, Allison Janney and Maggie Gyllenhaal Synopsis a young pregnant couple travel the US "in search of a place to put down roots" Brought to you by Focus Features Expected R...

Tomorrow the blog will begin to be invaded by brief peeks at 20 films we're excited to see in 2009 (at least at this writing -- trailers could change our pre-viewing feelings). Who is "we" you ask? This year I did the anticipatory mindmeld with Whitney of Dear Jesus , Fox of Tractor Facts , Joe of L...

Agent Bedhead Eliza Dushku is the latest PETA target New Yorker David Denby on Oscar's "Best Pictures" Times Online Slumdog becomes a charity. Is it uncharitable to wonder if this is a really smart move after reports of the production underpaying poverty stricken child actors? Yes it is. So I shan't...

Missed previous episodes? The Hollywood Historian in me was busy last year. See: 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. With the annual Vanity Fair "Hollywood" issue about to debut for 2009 -- I'm guessing we see the new cover in less than two weeks, let's briefly return to our...

Adam of Club Silencio here with a look at my favorite actresses and their distinguishing claims to fame. I've no reason to believe Maggie Gyllenhaal got where she is today because of anything other than talent. She's got a wisdom and savvy well beyond her years and a cool ease on camera. Maggie's on...

Bad and the Ugly Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Or is the photo a fake? Discuss The Big Picture on why Twilight came from Summit rather than a big studio Den of Geek has a list of 75 comic books on their way to the screen -- god help us all In Contention Kris waits and waits for t...

JA from MNPP here, once again playing off a recurring feature I do back at my home blog. This time around, my Thursday's Ways Not To Die series, which, well, every Thursday I take a gander at a movie death scene that tickles my fancy. Yesterday we gandered at Donnie Darko's demise, but since Donnie ...

As you may have heard by now, the rumors were true and Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast as The Prince of Persia in the film adaptation of the popular video games. [src] This news elates, alarms, depresses, and assures me all at once. It multi-tasks. Elates for it promises ample opportunity to gaze upon...