Kate Winslet finally won her Oscar, delighting the bulk of fans who have been rooting for her since she dreamt of Hollywood in '94 -- 'they're desperately keen to sign me up!' -- or nearly drowned in '97. She never let go. So, who is next? Or rather... who is most overdue? Contrary to popular belief...

How can you not like Jason Statham driving fast and kicking butt? Okay, yeah, then there’s the rest of the movie… Welcome to the future, just a few years from now. After the complete collapse of the American economy, people turn to their televisions sets as their sole source of relief. T...

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.That's Cuba Gooding Jr. (natch), Lucy Liu, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody (sigh), Ben Chaplin, Wes Bentley, Emma Stone (really?), and the doomed Heather Graham. Well, these are The Playlist's picks for who needs new representation. We ag...

In addition to the silliness that was Wanted , last night's screening filled me with severe irritation because of the previews. First off was the increasingly impressive looking Eagle Eye. I'll grant that DJ Carusso's re-working of North by Northwest the way he re-worked Rear Window into Disturbia l...

Heath Ledger's body language is so... unsettling in its wrongness. It's as if he's got scoliosis of the soul. Ick (in a good way) This is apparently not new but intermittently new as in. Shows up. Gets pulled. Shows up again. People freak like it's new each time. I haven't seen the movie yet so it's...

Filed under: Industry, Casting, Reality-Free Rod Lurie is no stranger to writing strong female characters. In film, he wrote and directed The Contender, with Joan Allen as a woman who was being considered for the Vice Presidency of the United States. Then with Commander in Chief on ABC, he made Geen...

If Jason Statham is really a movie star then why does he keep making movies like Death Race ?  And how in the world did they convince a quality actress like Joan Allen to appear in a film like this?  And I don’t want to pick the plot to death, but these guys are given racing cars tha...

Here's another look at some of the DVDs we have.  No theme other than that -- I've mixed moves and TV.  This is the sort of thing we watch in our house.       A Random Selection of 13 DVDs “My Big Fat Greek Weddingâ€�   Very successful when it was released, this ...

Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals, Remakes and Sequels Last May, word came out that a remake of the Japanese tearjerker Hachiko monogatari was in the works, starring the actor who has had a bum rap when it comes to animals -- Richard Gere. The production was supposed to kick into action back in Sep...