Moviefone Copyright 2011, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Moviefone Good old fashioned elbow grease. Roman Coppola. His surname, no problem. But compared to the rest of his filmmaking family -- his father Francis-Ford ("The Godfather" visionary), his sister Sofia (who won her first Oscar for the melancholic "Lost in Translation"), his cousin, Jason Schwartzman -- Roman has mainly been behind the scenes.

The 47-year-old got his start in the business, not surprisingly, at a young age. He spent his youth on the set of his father's films, playing with discarded, faux-mutilated flesh during "Apocalypse Now" with an equally-young Charlie Sheen. He eventually carved out a niche directing music videos, and while his feature film "CQ" earned luke warm reviews, he's left his mark on some of your favorite indies (he was a second-unit director on "The Virgin Suicides," "The Life Aquatic" and "The Darjeeling Limited"). This past year, he joined his film-royalty family, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay for "Moonrise Kingdom."

Now, Coppola is center stage with "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III," his first feature since 2001. The movie sees the no-less-notorious Charlie Sheen falling down the rabbit hole of self-destruction -- and salvation -- after a devastating break up. Here, Sheen is flanked by an afro-wearing Schwartzman and Bill Murray. Below, Copolla talks about his new film, defending Sheen and getting pranked by Murray.

I read that getting insurance for this film was a little bit of an issue. Why did you decide to stick with Charlie Sheen?

Well, to me, it was such an obvious thing. I had sensed that Charlie would really be good in this movie and when the insurance company was not into it, it just kind of baffled me. I’ve known Charlie since we were boys together so when he looks at me and says, "Hey, let’s do this thing. I want to do it." It’s a done deal. He’s going to be there for me; he’s not going to be a flake or not follow through so I think the insurance company failed to get some good business and I saved some bucks because I couldn’t get an insurance policy and I couldn’t get a completion bond. Thank god, because I saved two percent of my budget for not giving it to that worthless function.

Your film deals with a self-destruction, did you at any particular time think, perhaps this is hitting a little too close to home?

Not really. I didn’t think about that. A lot of that stuff in the press was kind of over-blown, which is just the way it works. I think if anything, and it’s not my place to make judgement, but I think [Sheen] was needing to get focused on something that was worthy of his creative intention and that’s why I kept dogging him about making this movie. I think it was something he really valued, [to] dive into some creative work. I feel very lucky and I feel very grateful to him and I feel embarrassed for the people who thought he wouldn’t be good in the movie, because he’s great.

Was he dodging it at all or was it a timing issue?

He was dodging it a bit -- it was a little bit of both. You know, knowing him well, I think he was avoiding it a bit that I was asking him to really dig deep, to give a performance that really had to access his full acting, his well-spring of talent, to be charming, to be witty, to learn spanish, to dance, to sing in Portuguese, and this was all stuff that was a little daunting and so I had to nudge and push because he needed that.

There are a lot of musical numbers here, where do you think the art form of the music video is going?

[People] say it's dying away and some say, no, it’s alive and well. I’m just not so present and part of it directly...it’s out there in a different form now. Of course it's on the Internet. In the past, when I was doing it more prevalently, you had a nice venue where you could do things. I'm sure it's alive and well, just in another space.

When did you first meet Bill Murray?

I first met him on set of Sofia’s film ["Lost in Translation"] and I was helping doing second unit, so I shot some scenes with him. There was this scene were he comes into the airport and he’s looking out the window, and he’s seeing Tokyo and he’s kind of drowsy from arriving at the airport and I shot that second unit. [After we shot the scene] I said, “OK, we got that, so you can open your eyes and look around a bit more” and he was snoring. He was asleep. And I’ll never know to this day if he was pulling my leg. And then of course, 10 minutes later he kind of woke up and I don’t know if it was a faux-wake up or not.

In terms of getting him involved with this project, how did that go? He is notoriously difficult to get in touch with.

He is very elusive and I think that’s so cool. He doesn’t have an agent, doesn’t have an assistant. And so, like everyone, you call the 1-800 number and you leave a message...So I just kind of bided my time and when we sort of had it going I presented it to him and he said he would do it and I didn’t hear anything back. I didn’t know where he was; I didn’t know what his sizes were. But the day before he showed up. ]]> Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:26:51 EST 2637669 one of the most enviable bodies in Hollywood -- a fact that she seems to loathe. "It's ridiculous" Mirren said, neatly seated on a sofa in New York's Parker Meridien Hotel.

Although the actress dons a bathing suit in her upcoming role in "Hitchcock," the image is far from that famous photo. Here, Mirren plays Alma Reville, the wife of Alfred Hitchcock (Sir Anthony Hopkins). From Sacha Gervasi, the biopic narrates the behind-the-scenes difficulty of bringing "Psycho" to the big screen and the Hitchcocks' surprising love story.

Mirren sat down with Moviefone to talk about her upcoming film, what she learned from "When Harry Met Sally 2" and her hope to one day work with Tarantino.

Tell me about the first time you saw “Psycho.”
I don’t really remember it, actually...I should probably see it again. I mean, I did see it a really long time ago. I didn’t see it when it first came out -- I was too young -- and then I think by the time I did see it it was like, so many years later. And I was like, “Yeah, that was pretty amazing.” But it wasn’t totally off-the-wall for me.

What’s your favorite Hitchcock movie?
There’s an awful lot of them I haven’t seen. I think my favorite is “Vertigo.” It’s so weird. [Laughs] It’s still weird to this day.

For a biopic on Alfred Hitchcock, this film is surprisingly light.
Well, you know, Hitch was funny. I think there was a lot of laughter around him all the time; he was very witty. He loved laughter, He loved practical jokes. So I think it was appropriate for the subject matter.

There wasn’t a tremendous amount of information on Alama out there, right?
No and yes. There is this book that her daughter wrote -- which is amazing, [it’s] their whole life story and it could not be a more insider’s look, because it’s written by the daughter -- and they were a very happy family and a very loving family. She writes nothing but lovingly about her family; there are no nasty, deep secrets in there.

Your character grappled with being overlooked, however you're considered among many to be a sex symbol...
Well, you can now disabuse them of that fact. Straight from the horse’s mouth.

So when you hear that, you laugh it off?
Yes, it’s ridiculous.

Being the wife of a director yourself, did you relate to Alma's character in that way?
Yes, absolutely. And like Alma, I engage with [my husband, Taylor Hackford] on that. Like, “Yeah, she looks beautiful in that shot, use that one.” “That’s a great moment there.” You’re a part of that process. I mean directors are, by nature, obsessional, voyeuristic; they kind of fall in love with their leading ladies and their leading men. It’s not necessarily a sexual thing, they have to be sort of obsessive. They’re looking at this bloody face all day long, they’re in the editing room all day long. It’s got to be a face that they want to look at. They cast them in their movies in the first place because there’s something in there that appeals to them, that attracts them -- but not necessarily physically. So, if you live with a director, you live with that. That’s a part of the job.

Can you shed some light on “When Harry Met Sally 2”? How did you get involved in that?
[Laughs] Oh, Billy Crystal rung me up and asked me and I just thought it'd be a funny thing to do. It taught me a lesson on how brilliant Meg Ryan was. Because when you’re trying to recreate what she did it was sort of impossible. Because she was so good at it! Her timing and everything was so brilliant. She is a great comedienne and it was very difficult to emulate her.

Are you a fan of the vampire stuff that was depicted in "Harry Met Sally 2"?
No. Absolutely not. It’s so silly; it’s so idiotic the whole thing.

Did you ever have a passion project like Hitchcock's "Psycho” that you felt any sort of opposition to?
No, quite honestly. I’m much more sort of laissez-faire... I do admire the ability to say “No, this is the one. That’s the one we have to do.” I could never be quite so sure about anything.

You said that working with Anthony Hopkins was a kind of cosmic inevitability -- is there anyone else out there that you feel similarly about?
I’d love to work with Tarantino.

That would be amazing, especially now that you’re wielding a lot of guns.
Yeah. Well, I just read that he’s going to retire. So, it’s going to be too late. ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:56:38 EST 2160524
With countless tumblrs, a new (sigh) relationship, and a slew of fan favorite movies, it's been quite the year for the actor. And while that's all fine and good (hey, the more Gos, the better), it's time to look back on the days when Ryan Gosling stole our hearts years ago, as Noah from "The Notebook."

His appearance alongside his real-life lady-to-be, Rachel McAdams in the 2004 Nicholas Sparks adaptation set him on a one way track to the heartthrob hall of fame.

Of course, this isn't the first time we've sobbed swooned over the romance flick, but in honor of the Gos's blessed day, let's take a look at 32 reasons why The Kiss from "The Notebook" is the best. Heart-clentch, locked and loaded.

1. Beautiful duck land
2. Rachel McAdam's lipstick
3. Ryan Gosling's ugly beard, that still doesn't take away from his looks.
4. "What are they all doing here?"
5. She's psyched to feed these birds.
6. Noah's totally thinking: "If you're a bird, I'm a bird."
7. He's so knowledgable about migration.
8. "You look different, too...but in a good way." Oh, go on, Gos.
9. "You know, you're kind of the same, though." Rachel McAdams waxing poetic.
10. "It's beautiful what you did."
11. "Well, I promised you I would."
12. It's thundering, and the Gos is rowing feverishly.
13. Her hair is down now.
14. And the rain.
15. And that laugh.
16. And her laugh!
17. "Noah!" she exclaims, playfully throwing that small towel (?) toward him.
18. Oh, they're really loving it.
19. But a wave of seriousness washes over them.
20. She's stomping away.
21. While the Gos dutifully anchors his boat.
22. "Why didn't you write me?"
23. *Disbelief*
24. "Why?!"
25. And the line, delivered with the same passion as though he were ordering an ice cream cone: "I wrote you 365 letters."
26. "I wrote you everyday for a year."
27. "It wasn't over."
28. Music swells.
29. "It still isn't over!"
30. Rachel McAdams opens her mouth to scream!
31. But instead...
32. The Kiss. ]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:39:27 EST 2119126
Indeed, Mendes was an unexpected choice as the helmer of the newest Bond installment, "Skyfall." But, after the wince-worthy "Quantum of Solace," he was just out-of-left-field enough to renew the spirits -- and curiosity -- of audiences and critics. Here, Daniel Craig returns as the perma-suave agent who is charged with protecting MI6 and M (Judi Dench) from a ridiculously coiffed villain (Javier Bardem) hell-bent on revenge. Luckily for fans, the movie is already being heralded as the best Bond ever -- a fresh take on the franchise, with a nod to bygone tropes.

"I'm so happy," Mendes said of the response, smiling ear-to-ear at New York's Crosby Street Hotel. The director spoke to Moviefone about the roller-coaster ride of making "Skyfall," being compared to Christopher Nolan and why Bond is different than "The Avengers."

How dangerous is hype as a filmmaker?
[Laughs]. Big movies need it now. One of the things that struck me, not having been on this particular rollercoaster before, is that everything is reviewed. The trailer is reviewed. And then the story from the trailer. And then there’s another trailer and then there’s a teaser. And then there’s a snipit about the story and then the poster gets reviewed and then another one-sheet comes out. I mean, that’s what, for me, has been amazing. It’s so difficult to control the information about the film, and when you’ve got some major spoilers in the movies you go, "Christ, how are we going to hold onto these pieces of information?" Astonishingly, we’ve managed to do it.

How much did the negativity surrounding “Quantum of Solace” affect you?
It didn’t at all. One of the things that was nice about is “Quantum” is the second part of the “Casino” story so I knew that was done...We had this one really good stroke of luck -- which at the time didn’t feel like it, but now, looking at retrospectively was -- which was MGM bankrupting, because there was a nine-month hiatus and we just wrote the script. We just carried on working.

With a lot of these movies, the date’s announced before anything exists, let alone a script. The funniest letter I got -- they were sending [a packet for] “The Avengers,” right? For directors to pitch -- and I got a package, which was full of comic books, but no treatment; there was no script. But the cover letter said “Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ will be released on May 3, 2012” or whatever it was. That was the first sentence of the cover letter. Not, “We have the pleasure of enclosing the materials...” or “Here is the script for...” But the release date. That was the first sentence.

Is that when they were shopping around for a director?
Yeah. It was a few years ago.

And had you ever considered it?
No. I wasn’t interested. I mean, that’s not my world particularly. I’ll go see it, particularly with my kids, but I didn’t want to make it. But I was probably one of 50 that got sent it; they didn’t target me specifically.

When Javier first meets Bond, it’s far more, well, intimate than most introductory scenes. How was that to film?
Oh, a joy. We got the giggles a lot. But, also, a bit of tension because [it was] Javier’s first appearance, we all know what it means, and I pushed him hard to make Bond as uncomfortable as possible. I felt like that was his game. And I love all the homoerotic subtext in all the Bond villains anyway.

Did you ruin a lot of takes with giggles?
No, there weren’t many. But when he started unbuttoning Daniel’s shirt, we did get the giggles. [Laughs]. He was like “What the f-ck are you doing?” [Laughs]

Was any of that improv’ed?
Yeah. [The actors would ask] “Can I push it?” And I would say, “Yeah, you can push it further, push it further.” It’s not all that it seems, as well. He’s testing Bond, he’s pushing him to see whether he...he’s f-cking with him.

The Vanity Fair cover story on Daniel makes reference to a much coveted blooper reel...
Yeah, this is bizarre. There is a very long and funny blooper reel. But most of it’s Judi-related. Because she’s the funniest -- she’s the biggest laugher of the lot.

The legend goes that Daniel came up to you at a party and drunkenly offered you this job, true?
That’s basically true. He wasn’t that drunk and he didn’t really offer it to me, he suggested it to me. It was a conversation...And then it kind of went from there. I didn’t really have any doubts. Had I not gone to the party, I think someone else would have directed it. I think it’s true. And it may not have even, weirdly, occurred to me. I know it sounds crazy, but it was because someone said it to me and I thought, “Oh, what a good idea.” Because, it's not like "The Avengers," Bond movies don’t get sent around. You’re in a dialogue from early on, I think.

You’re getting a lot of comparisons to Christopher Nolan, how do you feel about that?
Well, he’s the man, isn’t he? I think he’s amazing. This movie would not have been possible, I think, at least in the way that it is, without “The Dark Knight.” We’re living in a world now where movies are either tiny or huge and there’s nothing in the middle. I mean, the movies that I made for ten years, I can’t make those anymore. I couldn’t make “American Beauty,” I couldn’t make “Road to Perdition”; they just don’t make those films. [Nolan] showed that you could make an A movie -- that is a world class movie, that has in it some sense of reaction, reflection of the world that we live in -- without being ponderous or po-faced or take itself too serious. And it had great acting, and I mean that. I mean, Heath Ledger, that is a great performance. That was a game changer for me, as an audience member. I just thought, “Wow. That’s a proper movie.”

In "Skyfall," you played around with the genre -- Bond didn’t order his drink “shaken, not stirred,” instead there was a bartender shaking a martini and he said, “That’s perfect.” How much of doing Bond is subverting Bond tropes?
That’s me having fun with the franchise a bit.The thing about those moments is the timing of it in the movie. You need to earn it. It’s just about good storytelling to me. It’s being able to keep the thread taut, the narrative, and then you can relax it for a bit. You let the audience just breathe and then you can start again.

RELATED: The 25 Best Bond Girls Ever]]> Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:38:24 EST 2084079 "Skyfall" was released, commenters swooned: Javier Bardem had done it again -- a new creeptastic villain in another ridiculous wig. But when I sat down with the actor at New York's Crosby Street Hotel, he wasn't concerned about his character being read as frightening. Instead, he was concerned about it coming across as funny. "Were people laughing?" he asked.

And indeed, audiences were laughing. Bardem's performance as the coiffed villain was, naturally, terrifying. But also, genuinely (and somewhat eerily) funny. In the newest Bond installment, Bardem plays Silva, a colorful and eccentric antagonist hell-bent on seeking revenge against MI6 and its stalwart leader, M (Judi Dench).

The actor spoke to Moviefone about his hesitation about signing onto a Bond film, passing up Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" and his thoughts on the classic Bond villain Jaws.

Is there a wig that you will not wear?
[Laughs] No. Of course not. If it has a meaning to the character, I will wear it. I would even wear no wig.

You’d go bald?
If it makes sense.

Your character’s aesthetic is very much important to the type of person he is. Did you have any say in that?
Yeah. Sam gave me so many great ideas. [He told me] to create uncomfortable situations, not being scary or threatening -- a guy who [you] really don't know how he’s going to react. In other words, you have to create a situation, all the time, where the other one doesn’t know what’s going to happen next. And then from there, we think about the look and we look for a look that’s uncomfortable to watch. But at the same time, everything has to have some meaning and make sense with the character... It’s not just because you want to be blond.

In this movie there are moments of comic relief amid some very scary scenes. Did you realize that while filming?
No. We didn’t know. The thing is, the material is there, the lines are there, but things have to happen on the set and that’s why Sam Mendes is who he is. He [put] the actors on the right track and we worked the same scenes from different angles and colors and options... We really messed it up to a point where I thought many times that we were like an independent, small-budget movie by the way we were working so close to the joy of performing.

What villain in recent memory do you think of as genuinely terrifying?
Well, I thought Ben Kingsley in “Sexy Beast” was a masterpiece of performance. That was unstoppable. That was really more than scary, it got into my skin... because he was so recognizable. And of course Hannibal Lecter many years ago. But the one that will always stay with me is Ben Kingsley in “Sexy Beast.” Again, he was a real person; he was a person who let their mind go and he went for it and the behavior, the way he was treating the rest of the world, was very disturbing.

Right. And you feel that understanding your villain is the key to being able to play them.
Yeah. A broken person with very definitive, realistic goals is more approachable. Whereas in “No Country for Old Men” I was more of an iconic, symbolic idea of what he should represent in the story rather than a person behind those actions. Here, there’s a person behind those actions.

When you were approached about doing "Skyfall," did you have any sort of hesitation to being in a Bond film?
Yes and no. It’s not that I had that because it was a James Bond movie; I have hesitations all the time. Because, I guess, it’s a sign of insecurity that stays with me. I don’t think you find, especially in movies, that great [of] material -- that just with one reading you go like, “Whoa.” I haven’t in my 25 years. But that’s me, [and that’s my] insecurity. In this case the material was pretty good. When Sam gave me these great key points I was like, “OK, OK. Makes sense.” And then I get excited -- that triggers my imagination. I start to put photos and images together to show and...it’s a whole process and then, before you realize it, you are in the movie.

When you turned down “Minority Report” you were quoted as saying "I don't see myself running on roofs." Was that a clause in you contract?
When you do a James Bond movie, you want to feel a glimpse of [that action]. "Minority Report" was many years ago; my life has changed very much... Maybe at the time I didn’t feel like I had anything to work with in that specific moment, when here I did. It’s like, here’s something with weight and I can play with it, that’s why. But, also, I don’t regret doing or not doing something. Because the movies that are done after you pass on them are done by somebody else and that’s why the movies are the way they are.

Were you interested in James Bond growing up?
When I was 12 I saw “Moonraker” and I remember being in the theater and freaking out, being like “What is this?” I was immediately drawn to Jaws, because I thought he was a great guy.

Really? So you have always been drawn to the villain?
They are great characters. When they are well put together, they are fun to play. But in that particular case, I saw his face and I said “This guy must be a nice person.” You can tell in those eyes. Of course I was scared of it because I was 12. But, at the same time, I felt, in a way, he must be a beautiful person himself. So, I had that feeling. Then with James Bond, it’s James Bond and you go “Wow. That’s great. That’s cool. I want to be like that.” But it was more emotional with Jaws.

]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:46:28 EDT 2010312 "Memories".)

The romance sees Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand as star-crossed lovers, pulled away from each other due to the usually deal breakers -- political convictions, naval service (and, I guess, curly hair?). In the 39 years since its initial bow, even a mention of its title still elicits a wistful "ugh" and a heart-clutch.

But that reaction is practically tepid compared to that of my mother's. When Babs first pushed away Hubbell's golden locks, she was 17-years-old and it has remained her favorite tear-jerker ever since.

Whenever I would remind her that, no, I have not seen "The Way We Were," she would become wild-eyed and throw up here hands. "Oh, my god!" she'd shriek. "We have to see it. We absolutely must. You will love it. Love." (There aren't enough italics in the world to convey her enthusiasm.) It was like that scene from "Sex and the City." All the time.

So, suffice it to say, we never watched the film together. Until now. Yes, it's another installment of my sob-blog! But for this particular rite of passage, my mother will be here, crying to my left. Destiny, here I come.

]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:41:56 EDT 1980355 a dream come true. But when the film rolled out 14 years later -- and in stunning 3D -- something was a little off.

Hardly anyone blinked when the 1997 juggernaut raked in another chunk of change. What was new, however, was Kate Winslet, the film's heroine, sharing her very candid, eye-rolling, vomit inducing-feelings the second time around.

So, it makes you wonder: How did the notoriously fastidious James Cameron feel about this? With "Titanic 3D" being released on Blu-ray on September 10, Moviefone spoke with the director about his feelings about "Prometheus," his antagonistic relationship to TV and Winslet's unflattering "Titanic" comments.

You've said many times that "Titanic" is your baby. How did it feel to hear Kate Winslet convey her not-so-positive feelings about the film?
I have to cut her some slack on that. Because, when you’re an actor in a really iconic film -- I mean, imagine Mark Hamill in “Star Wars” -- and the last thing you want if you’re a really good, versatile, chameleonic actor with enormous potential like Kate and Leo at that time, is to get locked in to everyone’s preconception of you from doing one big, iconic role. And in a way, you’re almost being punished for doing too well, a good part of the success of the film was because of their great work and so now they’ve had this sort of sense that there was a long shadow they had to escape from, so I understand her needing to distance herself from it.

But, on the other hand, you know, it’s been 16 years, like, come on, Kate. Get over it. Take the win, girl! [Laughs] It’s OK. You can relax now. You can unclench...I said I understood [her] response, I didn’t necessarily agree with it.

And what about Leo’s role? Did you wish he did more press?
He was shooting Baz Luhrmann’s "The Great Gatsby" down in Sydney and he couldn’t get away to do press. Ironically, the tables are turned, Leo had done the premiere when "Titanic" was first released and Kate was in the hospital...I don’t know, I can’t remember what was going on. But, she couldn’t come to the premiere. So, they actually switched roles this time.

But even when you showed him some clips, Leo was “crawling under his seat.”
My memory of it, [was] he was guffawing at how young he was. He clearly hadn’t seen the film in a long time -- certainly hadn’t seen it screened on the big screen, probably since back in the day -- so, he was laughing at literally how young he was.

Are there any young actors today that you have your eye on and hope to work with?
I don’t work that way. I’d be hard-pressed to imagine creating a vehicle for an actor that I like. For me, the movie comes first and if the actor fits, they fit. And I’ll think pretty far out of the box about what "fitting" means, even contemplate re-working a character to fit an actor I really admire. But, I can’t imagine writing a vehicle for an actor. That’s just not my process. There are a lot of young actors -- always new actors coming up who are good -- I’m not going to name any names, but I certainly keep my eye out.

As someone who was connected to the "Alien" legacy, what did you think about "Prometheus"?
I enjoyed "Prometheus"; I thought it was great. I thought it was Ridley returning to science fiction with gusto, with great tactical performance, beautiful photography, great native 3D. There might have been a few things that I would have done differently, but that’s not the point, you could say that about any movie.

Did it make you feel like you wanted to revisit the world of "Alien" at all?
No. No, I feel that I’m too far away from it right now, too much other work has been done -- too thickly layered, a palimpsest of other talents from Fincher to everybody that’s come along since.

Do you enjoy watching other people’s movies?
Oh, yeah. I’m a huge movie fan. I love watching films. I love watching films with the family, with the kids; I love watching films myself. I was out there opening night [for] "Prometheus." I didn’t go to the Thursday midnight screening, but I was there Friday. I like to still get excited about movies and whether they pay off or not, that’s not the point -- the fact that there’s still an excitement around a new movie, about the an unveiling of a new movie.

So you’re able to enjoy movies as a viewer?
"Prometheus" is a film I saw twice, and I thought about it ahead of time. The first time I would just enjoy it, go for the ride, not be too analytical and the second time I would allow myself to be a little more analytical about, you know, where the lights were and how they lit the shots with all the people in the helmets, how they probably had to do CG faceplates like we did on "Avatar," things like that. But, sometimes, so that I preserve a fun, fan-like viewing experience, I won’t get into that level. I’ll just go for the ride, like, consciously.

Do you like to watch television?
No.

You don’t watch any TV?
Zero. I don’t have a TV. I took it out of the house. I was watching too much TV, so I took it out.

"Titanic 3D" will be released on Blu-ray September 10. ]]> Thu, 6 Sep 2012 12:24:01 EDT 1861572 "Bachelorette" have arrived and they may just take the cake as the worst bridesmaids around.

From newcomer Leslye Headland, the raunchy comedy follows a group of high school besties, played by Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher, who are reunited for the wedding of fellow group member (Rebel Wilson) ...and catastrophe ensues.

"Bachelorette" screened at this year's Sundance film festival, where it received mixed reviews but went on to earn nearly $500,000 from video on demand and iTunes since its August debut.

Friday will see its big-screen release, so, in honor of the newest best-worst-bender-ever, let's take a look at the pros and cons of "Bachelorette."

PRO: Rebel Wilson
Holding her own against funnylady Kristen Wiig has helped Rebel Wilson plot a course for the top. While her character here is in the same funny-fat-girl vain of "Bridesmaids" and "What To Expect When You're Expecting" -- meaning it always comes up, like, always (more on that annoying theme later) -- here, Wilson vaults over easy laughs (i.e. wearing a dress intended for a more petite figure) and relies on her often spot-on comedic timing.

PRO: Kirsten Dunst
Maybe she's a genius because Kirsten Dunst's character of Regan (kind of a weird/cool name, right?) is supposed to be an acerbic battle-ax and she definitely is. She's incredibly unlikeable. And I guess that's what she was going for?

CON: Kirsten Dunst
Then again, she was really mean. And not that funny.

PRO: Lizzy Caplan
As is the way with all the ladies of "Bachelorette," you're not supposed to like them. With her high school heart still on her sleeve and deadpan delivery, Lizzy Caplan is probably the one you're most likely to talk to at a party. (She's not exactly the Carrie of the group, but she's definitely the coolest.)

CON: Fat Jokes
"Bachelorette" traffics in fat jokes. It's a constant of the movie. The subtext of the film, boiled down, is this: How could an overweight girl be the first one to get married when three pretty, thin girls are languishing in spinsterhood?! The injustice! Calling out the elephant in the room -- so to speak -- over and over again is not funny. It just isn't. "Bridesmaids," as an example, never explicitly used anyone's physical appearance for a cheap chuckle. The content was funny enough on its own.

PRO: Adam Scott
Are we having fun yet?! "Party Down" co-stars reunite in "Bachelorette," making it one of the only endearing things that happens in the entire movie. Plus, gosh, Adam Scott is just really cute.

CON: Adam Scott's character name is Clyde
There's is no way he's a Clyde.

CON: The Plot
What was supposed to be the female answer to "The Hangover" turned out to be a big, coked-up, frilly disappointment. The lack of side-splitting jokes certainly did not help obscure the fact that "Bachelorette" followed three incredibly bad friends through a wince-worthy night of very avoidable mistakes. Get it together, girls.

PRO: Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher sure does know how to play the fun airhead.

PRO: Andrew Rannells
Lena Dunham's ex-turned-homosexual-bestie Elijah in "Girls" finds a natural home as Isla Fisher's homosexual work friend, who moonlights as a stripper at the girls' bachelorette party.

PRO: "I Would Walk 5000 Miles"
That's a good song. And it has a prominent place in the movie. So, that's nice.

CON: Weird Bulimia Theme/ Vomiting
After the fat theme, vomiting/eating disorder is next up in terms of sheer prevalence. SPOILER: Reagan has struggled with eating disorders her whole life and Isla Fisher's Katie throws up a number of times in the film due to drinking/drugs. (Once with Reagan's patented method. Ew.) It's a strange state vacillating between body jokes, drug use and confessions of high school purging. Also: all that stuff is actually really serious.

PRO: James Marsden
James Marsden goes against his marriage-material face to play a womanizing groomsman and he does it really well!

CON: The assumption that being mean, bitter and doing a whole lot of binge drinking constitutes an unshakeable female bound.
Hopefully, this will be the last of "those" films.

"Bachelorette" hits theaters September 7.]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:14:13 EDT 1855723
It's almost a little too in-scene: It's Julie Delpy, the French, indie darling who's doing her whole effortlessly dressed down thing -- a black wrap dress, no bra -- talking about her perma-love interest from "Before Sunrise" and its sequel, "Before Sunset."

Of course, "his little balls" is not the stuff of their bittersweet romance films. But it is the sort of cavalier comment you'd find in her other pair of movies, "2 Days in Paris," and her newest, "2 Days in New York," except maybe a bit more over-the-top.

In the stateside sequel to 2007's "Paris," Marion (Delpy), a new mom who's no longer with her long-time paramour Jack (Adam Goldberg), begins again with another live-in beau, played by Chris Rock. The film borrows a lot from its Frenchie brethren -- this time, as the title suggests, Marion's dad and sis visit New York and proceed to wreak havoc on her life and her relationship.

Here, Delpy speaks candidly about "New York," Goldberg's negative feelings on "2 Days in Paris," her political stance and how she feels about Ethan Hawke calling her crazy.

Was "2 Days in New York" harder for you than "2 Days in Paris"?
Well, the first one was difficult because it was my first film, but this one was a little more difficult...doing a union film in New York, it’s like a moving circus every time you go anywhere.

Your mother starred in "Paris." It must have been incredibly difficult to do a sequel after she passed away.
Oh, that part. Well, that part was hard [during] the writing process because when I started writing the film my mom was alive and then she passed away. Then I kind of gave up the film, I was like, “Forget it.” And then I thought of it as more of an homage to her and I felt like I needed to do it also for my dad. It wouldn’t be fair for him; he was really struggling with a lot of stuff. And I just wrote the screenplay -- also as an homage to my dad as an actor who’s such a lovely, funny guy. But I wanted to do an homage that wasn’t melodramatic because I hate melodrama. I mean, I do love melodrama but not in my life.

And your dad was on board?
Yeah...it was very helpful for me to write this film. And actually I wrote another film that I shot called “The Skylab,” which is also an homage to my mom where I actually play her. It’s a French movie set in 1979 and I play her at 40...and I had to do it. I wrote the two films in 2009, and I had my baby, so I would write this film when he was napping and at night I would write “The Skylab.” But it was very helpful. You know, I couldn’t handle the death so writing was very helpful.

Was Adam Goldberg at all upset that he wasn’t involved in the sequel? Did you confer with him?
Not really. [Laughs] He probably was a little upset. He wasn’t very happy with the first film.

Really? Why not?
He didn’t like it... He didn’t love it. The first time he saw it he sent me a text, he was like, “You could have made a great film and you kind of failed.” I was like, “OK. Thank you.” [Laughs] Yeah, he didn’t like it, which is fine! I was not even angry at him; he’s a very complex person.

And you dated him...
And I dated him. Yeah, I’m not angry at him, I’m not angry at anybody on the planet...I know where Adam comes from and he wanted something a little less funny, he wanted to be taken more seriously or something, I don’t know; it came from some weird place.

In “New York” you got very upset with a critic who was not a fan of your work, so that’s not at all informed by your feelings?
I don’t have that thing about critics. Actually, what’s funny is that all my artist, writer, director friends [that part where I ream out a critic] is their favorite scene in the film, which is interesting. It’s kind of a wet dream of any artist to be facing your critic. But actually I’m not very much like that, like, if people don’t like my films, they don’t like my films.

So, no strangling of any critics?
I would never strangle a critic. [Laughs] I wouldn’t even confront them. Maybe I would make a joke... The worst thing, I could make a joke.

There are a lot of funny political moments in this movie; at one point, Chris Rock chats with a carboard cut-out of Obama. Do you think people will take these moments more seriously because it's an election year?
I am personally a big fan of Obama... A lot of people criticize him, even [among] the democrats, and I just feel it’s not right. Also, people don’t put themselves outside of the country -- the view of the United States since Obama got elected is another world compared to when Bush was in power. You can’t compare. If Romney gets elected, you have no idea how bad the U.S. is going to look to the world... When Democrats actually trash him it makes me crazy because it’s like, What? You want Romney instead? I mean, like, Really? You want that? That’s scary... Having a president that’s an intelligent person, it’s so refreshing -- who’s not in the hands, entirely, of a corporation, who’s not like a whore to the corporate world -- I mean, it’s really important nowadays.

We’re at a tiping point in the environment, we’re at a tipping point in so many places, it’s time to have someone who has his head on his shoulders and is an intelligent person. And even if he can’t do everything [perfectly], please, give him a break. He inherited a country that was in a state of economy that was really bad; the economy problem didn’t come from him. It came from before and from global issues that we need to figure out some economical system that maybe works better...bin Laden is not in this world anymore. If Bush had killed bin Laden, it would have been advertised on the moon for the rest of the century. They would have put a banner on the moon.

I wanted to ask you about Vincent Gallo’s role in this film as a kind of soul-buying devil figure. How did that come about?
Actually, he’s a good friend of mine and I don’t think he’s the devil at all. To me, he’s kind of a saint, actually. But he has something [in] his persona that’s a bit Machiavellian. But also, he’s an art collector for real and he would actually buy a soul if it was an art piece. So, I wrote it for him; I gave it to him.

Was that at all a comment on your relationship to Hollywood -- the selling of the soul and commercialization of art?
Yeah, I think, it’s more a comment [of] Marion saying you can sell anything nowadays; you can be famous for being famous [and] you can sell things that have no value. But what’s funny to me is that she sells her soul as a conceptual statement and then, five minutes later, she feels weird and she wants it back.

Where are you on the much-talked-about sequel to “Before Sunrise”/ “Before Sunset”?
We’re writing.

Are you at all angry with Ethan Hawke for calling you crazy?
[Laughs] Well, he called me crazy but what’s sad is that people don’t understand what he means by crazy. I’m not a crazy person, honestly. I’ve directed four films in five years, maybe that’s crazy -- and had a baby at the same time -- but I’m far from crazy and Ethan didn’t mean it in a mean way...but it’s like you have to really watch what you’re saying about people. It’s like if I was saying he’s crazy, I don’t think he would like it. And if it ends up as the main title, “Oh, Julie Delpy says Ethan Hawke is crazy.” “Is he really crazy?” I mean, it’s like, not very nice. And especially because I’m a woman director and stuff. It’s so easy to put women in that idea that they’re crazy and I’m so not crazy... I mean, there’s no way I would have directed any film if I was crazy. I mean, crazy’s a dangerous word because what does that mean?

Do you have a title in mind for the next film?
“Before I’m Too Fat To Be Filmed.”]]> Wed, 8 Aug 2012 15:08:39 EDT 1757290 Dustin Hoffman's 75th (!) birthday!

The legendary actor has appeared in countless films, including "The Graduate" and "All the President's Men," and given us dozens of lines to quote (cue "I'm an excellent driver" impressions). But, on the big 7-5, we thought it fitting to celebrate one of Dusty's finest roles (and his feminine side) by looking back at 1982's "Tootsie."

Directed by Sydney Pollack, who also plays Hoffman's agent in the film, "Tootsie" follows Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), an actor who has earned a reputation as a hard-to-work-with perfectionist -- "Nobody does vegetables like me! I did an evening of vegetables off-Broadway!" -- and decides to disguise himself as a woman, earning a role on a famous soap opera. However, Michael falls in love with his female co-star. Hilarity ensues.

So, in honor of Dustin Hoffman's 75th, let's take a look at 24 reasons why the reveal scene from "Tootsie" is his cross-dressing best.

1. Dorothy is fumbling with her compact.
2. That home-spun voice; that all-lavender ensemble; that terrible wig.
3. Jessica Lange, you sexpot.
4. "Uh-oh."
5. "He was an unmerciful tyrant. An absolute do-do bird."
6. DO-DO BIRD.
7. The story begins to unravel. Dorothy, stuttering, said that her mother lost all her teeth. And someone contracted a disfiguring disease.
8. Geena Davis, who did your hair?
9. Dr. Bruster, you transatlantic dog: "I never laid a hand on her!"
10. Apparently, stuttering is contagious?
11. "God, here come the terms."
12. "As a woman," Dorothy proclaims, hands on hips.
13. Removes eyelashes.
14. "I'm Edward Kimberly, the reckless brother of my sister Anthea."
15. Wig's off! Mass pandemonium!
16. The camera man went cross-eyed.
17. Les dropped his toast, ate his hands.
18. That producer lady is beaming with pride.
19. "...But proud and lucky and strong enough to be the woman that was the best part of my manhood -- the best part of myself."
20. Dustin Hoffman has tears in his eyes.
21. (Are you moved yet?)
22. Cue music!
23.Bill Murray, nearly stealing the scene: "That is one nutty hospital."
24. "I knew there was a reason she didn't like me!"]]> Tue, 7 Aug 2012 13:10:07 EDT 1752416
A new indie starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg asks just that. From Lee Toland Krieger ("The Vicious Kind"), the film follows a BFF couple whose marriage has hit the skids. Co-written by Jones and Will McCormack, who dated each other before realizing they were better suited as friends, "Celeste and Jesse Forever" is a story about breaking up -- the long, gestating, solitary, drowning-your-sorrows-in-ranch-dressing break-up. And it's as funny as it is impossibly bleak, so much so that when Jones sat down with Moviefone, it almost turned into a cry-fest.

“Yeah, let’s just cry. Just f-ck the interview,” the "Parks and Rec" star said with a laugh. “Let's just cry and talk about relationships.”

Instead of weeping, Jones spoke about her own emotional roller coaster while creating the film, the influence of Nora Ephron and her best-worst pick up story ever.

Do you see this film as a kind of opposition to the “When Harry Met Sally” adage of “Men and women can’t be friends?”
I wouldn’t say an opposition as much as a continuation of the discussion, hopefully, in a way that’s reflective of modern relationships. [Back] then, it was very much women coming into their own and because they were taking on these traditional male roles, they were also taking on these traditional male personal relationships, like, having friendships with men. I think this is the next level because we have these relationships that kind of define us, that would have been the version of your high school sweetheart. But it’s just delayed now... So I feel like “When Harry Met Sally” asked, “Can men and women be friends?” and we’re asking “Can you stay friends with your ex while you’re getting a divorce?”

Well, the tagline for “When Harry Met Sally” is “Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?”And with this film it’s like, “Can two friends marry each other and still be friends in the morning?”
[Laughs] Oh, right, I forgot that was it... [Nora Ephron] shed light on [the topic] in a way that I don’t think movies ever did before, where it’s like men always want to have sex with you, even if they are your friends.

Nora Ephron...
I’m still so sad about that. It’s weird how, I feel like as a country we really mourned the loss of her in a way that didn’t match our present appreciation of her before she passed away... She changed the whole landscape... [Her writing is] the reason I felt like there was a place for me in acting because it was that middle ground where it’s real and it’s also funny. But that kind of dialogue, it made me feel as a writer, there was a way for me to write a voice that didn’t exist.

Your movie was really funny, but it was also incredibly sad. Was this a really hard film for you to make?
Writing it, I was in a very dark place, processing a lot. And so, writing it, yeah. But, weirdly, writing it made the pain easier because I had somewhere to put it. To film it, it definitely was for me the first time...like, I’m not a method actress. I’m pretty much a version of myself every time I’m in a movie or a TV show, and with this I was like, “Oh, I wonder how I’m going to prepare for this part. What will be my process?”…And then actually, the day I got to set until the day I wrapped, I was in a zone. I was kind of crying -- I was at some stage of crying at every point during the filming -- but it was great! It felt really good to be like, “F-ck it. I have a reason to cry and I have a reason to just like, sit on my emotions.” I felt very protected.

Was Andy Samberg your first choice for your on-screen love interest?
Andy and I’ve been friends for a long time and he came up early in conversation. He read the script as a friend. I just asked for his feedback and he really held it close to his chest. He didn’t express interest right away. As the movie kind of took on a bunch of different iterations, I asked him. Be he hasn’t ever done anything like this before, so you have to want to get into it, and I didn’t know if he wanted to get into it, because he’s so funny and he’s so good and he’s such a master that I didn’t know if he had any aspirations to do any more dramatic stuff. And then he said to me, “Yes, I want to do this. I feel like I’m ready to do this.”

Do you audition your friends? Like, how does that work?
We just read together and he was so cool about it because he’s so humble and he really loved the part and was like, “I got it.” And he was right, he totally got it. But yeah, he was so cool about it. We went and we read, it wasn’t like an audition, we just read to make sure that the dramatic chemistry was there. We knew that the other stuff was there because we’ve been friends for years...And then he killed, so, he won.

Was there ever an impulse for you to follow that classic rom-com path -- to give the audience what they wanted -- and just get these guys together?
No. Will and I knew two things going into it: We knew we wanted it to be a movie that hopefully expressed the real trajectory of a heartbreak and the bottom of that -- what that actually looks like -- and we also knew that this was a movie about separation and about learning from somebody else to be on your own. Because that’s the real lesson -- the sh--ty, hard, life lesson of being in your 30s -- becoming an adult is being cool alone.

And you made the stakes really high in this film, so it wasn’t easy for you to be, like, nevermind! Love prevails!
Totally. Because we also didn’t want that because you see that so often in movies where you just do the easy thing to make people feel good. I understand the entertainment factor of films, like, we wanted to have comedy in it...

And it was really funny!
But not enough to make you not depressed about it.

Well, the film pinpoints what’s difficult about the loss of a relationship: losing a friend.
Yeah, totally. It sucks; it sucks! And because we wrote it in a place where I was in pain, it was so important for me to try to crystallize that in a way that felt relatable.

Did you ever feel weird putting yourself out there in such a way?
I definitely did not feel comfortable at Sundance. Like, the first time a big group of people saw my performance and I was sitting in the middle of that, that kind of sucked. I felt panic about it, it was really weird.

You and Will dated very briefly awhile ago, so how much of this was you two?
The friendship -- the Andy and I friendship -- is very much Will and I. Like, the way we talk to each other, the way we jerk off tiny vegetables...

That's a running joke throughout the movie -- you two jerking off vegetables or vaseline tubes -- but you actually do that in real life?
Yeah. We do it a lot.

You must go through a lot of vaseline tubes
We usually go for bigger, farmer’s market vegetables. We aim big and then we get smaller. It’s usually vegetables. The vaseline was for the movie; that was a special thing for the movie.

The scene where Chris Messina is picking you up in the yoga studio, has anything like that ever happened to you? What’s your best-worst pick up ever?
Oh, my god. It wasn’t like a full-blown pick up, but I was in Vegas, on New Years Eve, a couple years ago and this guy was hammered and he came up to me and my friends and he was like “Oh, my god...I’m like the biggest...you are my favorite actress of all time. I just want to take a picture of you. Can I just, like, hang out with you?” Just gushing and gushing and at the end, he was like, “So, what’s your name again?”

"Celeste and Jesse Forever" opens in limited release on Friday, August 3.

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]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:52:38 EDT 1726559 your all-caps "Swear to me!" voice; it's pretty good -- well, think again. There's more to being Gotham's hero than a deep delivery. It requires deep pockets, too.

Just to underscore the fact that becoming a superhero is quite difficult, MoneySupermarket has put together an infographic which spells out the cost of being the caped crusader. Spoiler! You probably cannot afford it.

Eighteen-million dollars for the Tumbler! Fifty-thousand dollars for a Grappling Hook launcher! One-thousand dollars for forearm blades! Brace yourselves, lingering childhood fantasies, and check out the cold, hard reality of how much money it really costs to be Batman.

[via Cinema Blend/Money Supermarket h/t CinemaBlend]

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Together, along with a decidedly less-famous Richard Ayoade, they form a group of laid-back vigilantes who have sworn to protect their neighborhood in the wake of a mysterious crime. The foursome end up stumbling upon an extraterrestrial take-over (naturally) and have to find a way to save their town -- and humanity.

While the plot may seem slap-dash, "The Watch" has been gestating for quite some time. Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jared Stern, the now-infamously named "Neighborhood Watch" (the film ended up changing its name after the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida) began development in 2008, and was initiatively geared toward teens. Two years later, Rogen and Goldberg then re-wrote the project for an older audience and brought on SNL alum Akiva Schaffer to direct.

Fraught with bad-timing, "The Watch" is finally coming to theaters. Unfortunately, it may not be the laugh-tastic treat you were hoping for.

Below, a round up of the good, bad and ugly in this week's Pro-Con.

(MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW)

PRO: Richard Ayoade
And the-guy-whose-name-you-can't-pronounce with the upset! Richard Ayoade showed up all the comedy bigwigs with his performance as Jamarcus, the affable British newcomer. While Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill all struggled to find their particular brand of humor in the sci-fi flick, Ayoade swooped in -- with even so much as a "Hi!" -- and saved the scene.

CON: The plot
An extraterrestrial take-over? A light-hearted buddy film? A commentary on marriage and fatherhood? "The Watch" has a lot going on and most of it felt extraneous. It's obviously possible for a film to incorporate various elements -- and conflicting emotions -- but here, it just felt confusing and off-putting.

CON: Manly heart-to-hearts
Allow me to illustrate this through a moment from another Goldberg-Rogen collaboration: Remember in "Superbad" when Hill and Michael Cera are drifting off into a drunken slumber and they confess their love for one another? That was sweet and hilarious. "The Watch" did not couch its "serious" talks in ridiculous -- or even relatable -- situations and so, the result was somewhat cringe-worthy.

PRO: Jonah Hill
As Franklin, the switchblade-happy outsider, Jonah Hill gets to play the more-silent-aggressive type. The character is a new kind of funny-man for Hill and he plays him well.

CON: Jonah Hill
That being said, Hill's Franklin is not that funny. His tough-guy antics are sometimes amusing -- who doesn't love a little mom yelling? -- but overall, his character does not bring in as many laughs as you'd expect.

CON: Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller plays Evan Trautwig, a polo-tucking overachiever, who founds the Neighborhood Watch. While Stiller is very talented at playing the stick-in-the-mud type, in this film, he's a legitimate a bummer. You know how in Judd Apatow's "40 Year Old Virgin" Steve Carell is a loser in a funny, kind of adorable way? Here, Stiller's Trautwig is a loser in an oppressively lame way.

PRO: Cameos
Because seeing other celebrities for a minute is fun!

CON: The gore
The film featured some pretty nasty shots: hearts being ripped out of bodies, human innards strewn about (and not in the "ha-ha" way, but in the "ew" way).

PRO: The messing-around scenes
The glimmers of humor were at their best when the boys of "The Watch" were just having fun. Blowing up cows -- "That's terrible for the cow, but this thing's awesome!" -- dancing with a passed out alien, this is the stuff of great movies! Or, at least, it's the kind of fantastical hangouts that you'd expect of such a cast.

CON: Too many comics spoil the plot
In the end, there was just too much star power for the film to stand on its own two feet. (Perhaps this is why Ayoade felt like a breath of fresh air -- there was less pressure to deliver side-splitters.) The anger you'd expect from Hill, the motor-mouth speeches from Vaughn and the sweet humor of Stiller was all there, but they ended up canceling each other out.

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Directed by Amy Heckerling, the film describes Beverly Hills lifestyle ("Is this a Noxzema commercial or what?") through the eyes of Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a, like, totally normal teenage girl.

Cher and her bestie Dionne (Stacey Dash) -- "She's my friend because we both know what it's like for people to be jealous of us" -- then meet Tai, a grungy New York transplant, and decide to take her under their wing, showing her the ropes when it comes to fashion, vocabulary and love. Tai is of course played by the late Brittany Murphy, who died in 2009. The rolling-with-the-homies character went on to become one of the actress' most beloved roles.

In honor of the film's 17th birthday, what better memory to relive than when Cher, Dee and Tai first meet? Below are 24 reasons "Clueless," and this gym scene, are still the best thing ever.

1. Ms. Stoeger.
2. Cher's gold cell phone case.
3. "I doubt I worked off the calories in a stick of Carefree gum."
4. She didn't even hit the ball.
5. Dionne is wearing a bandana and a beeper.
6. Amber's the real winner here: Her outfit makes her look like some kind of revealing trapeze artist; her hair is inexplicable -- a full-on Monet, indeed!
7. "Mrs. Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose."
8. Wonderful burn ahead.
9. "Well there goes your social life."
10. Mrs. Stoeger rolled her eyes.
11. Oh, god. Brittany Murphy, so adorable!
12. You = :(
13. "She could be a farmer in those clothes."
14. "Would you look at that girl? She is so adorably clueless."
15. Dionne called Tai "toe-up."
16. Then she said their "stock would plummet."
17. "Dee, don't you want to use your popularity for a good cause?"
18. "No."
19. Tai is the sweetest New-York-transplant-90s-puppy-dog, ever.
20. "I could really use some sort of an herbal refreshment."
21. They don't get it! Because they're from Beverly Hills -- a land devoid of drugs or innuendo!
22. "Well, we do lunch in 10 minutes."
23. "No shit. You guys got coke here?"
24. "Yeah. This is America." ]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:54:19 EDT 1684118 "The Dark Knight Rises" premiered at New York's AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 on Monday night.

The stars -- Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman -- hit the appropriately-colored black carpet to promote the epic conclusion of Christopher Nolan's trilogy.

Below are six tidbits from the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises."

Gary Oldman feels relieved that his final blockbuster is wrapping up, but he'll be back for more.
Yeah, [I feel] a sense of relief... I’m about to start work on "Robocop," which may or may not be a continuing story but they are going to do to ["Robocop"], I think, what Christopher Nolan did to “Batman Begins” and so life in that department continues. But these fans, they won’t be short of anything; I’m sure they’ve got “The Incredible Hulk”... they’ve got ”The Avengers,” another “Iron Man.” Their appetite will satisfied. I’m genuinely happy -- it’s been a fantastic ride -- and it’s been eight years and [the movies have] been really amazing... I’m relieved but it’s bittersweet.

Tom Hardy had some strange sources of inspiration for Bane.
There were things that I set out to do and once I asked Chris [Nolan] some questions and got the feedback of what he wanted then we collaged them together. I hope [Bane] works, for starters, I think he does. I think he works great. We put in Colonel Kurtz, a huge gorilla, and Bartley Gorman, which is the accent as well...and other animals in there as well.

Christian Bale was surprised there were three "Batman" movies.
We were always surprised when we got to make another movie, we always said “it’s probably only going to be one” and then [after] “The Dark Knight” [we said] “this is probably going to be it” and then, wow, we got to do a third one. And we’ve always had a healthy perspective on that and so, I just feel very lucky to be able to do the three of them. And if Chris [Nolan] says it’s time to finish then I think we should listen to him.

Marion Cotillard was amazed that Christopher Nolan changed the production schedule for her.
Well, [Nolan] didn’t stop production, but he arranged the schedule for me to be able to be part of the experience. It was really amazing because when my agent told me that he wanted me to be part of the movie and she told me about the dates and I couldn’t be part of the movie and we had this conversation on the phone... yeah, it was amazing for me to hear him say “well, you know what, I’m in the middle of the writing, so, let me see what I can do.” And a few months later he called me back telling me...we can make it work. So, yeah, it’s amazing.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt had serious deja vu.
I remember seeing “The Dark Knight” in this exact movie theater, I was living in New York and I went to see it on IMAX and that was what? Four years ago. And now to be here is very strange. I actually have a couple buddies of mine -- three people that I saw the movie with four years ago -- in this movie theater here tonight.

Anne Hathaway once spoiled a movie for everyone, too.
Oh, god. I spoiled a movie for my entire English class once. Remember the movie “In & Out” with Kevin Klein? Well, we were talking about Freudian slips and I asked if his line -- you know, when he’s supposed to say “I do” and he says “I’m gay” -- and I asked if that would count as a Freudian slip and the entire class just groaned... and my non-existent popularity plummeted even further.

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"The Dark Knight Rises" hits theaters July 20. ]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:46:11 EDT 1679139