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Indie 'Breaking Upwards' Goes Viral With Raunchy Music Video

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Apr 1st 2010 1:30PM
Filed under: Video, 'Fone Finds
A couple years back, Zoe Lister-Jones went to her boyfriend, Daryl Wein, with an unorthodox suggestion: she wanted to take "days off" from their relationship. On those days, they wouldn't see each other or talk to each other; they'd be free to do whatever they wanted to do, even if it meant sleeping with other people.

Wein was intrigued, and not just about what was happening to his relationship. Lister-Jones and Wein are both actors, and writers, and filmmakers -- a couple of New York-based grade-A, Type-A personalities. They don't lie around waiting for their phones to ring. So they took the idea one step further: They made a movie about it. The result, 'Breaking Upwards,' opens this weekend (and like most IFC Films releases these days, will also be instantly available on-demand).
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Zack Galifianakis Puts Ben Stiller in 'Two Ferns' Hot Seat

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:00PM
Filed under: Video, 'Fone Finds
There are celebrities who seem to view the whole internet thing as one of Hollywood's red-headed stepchildren, avoiding it at all costs. And then there are stars like Zack Galifianakis, who embrace it with both arms, and maybe even a little leg.

Once a rising underground comic, Galifianakis was thrust into the public eye, tighty whities and all, with last year's smash, 'The Hangover.' Lucky for us, Galifianakis isn't going to let his sudden mega-success (see where he ranked on Moviefone's list of the Top 25 Funniest People in Hollywood) stop him from continuing his long-running Chris Farley-inspired FunnyorDie talk show series 'Between Two Ferns,' where he's conducted some of the world's most awesomely awkard interviews with stars like Michael Cera, Charlize Theron and Natalie Portman.
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Michael Cera Gets Awful Hair, Fist Pump Lessons From 'Jersey Shore' Crew

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:00PM
Filed under: Movie News
Michael Cera's ('Juno,' 'Superbad,' 'Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist') upcoming bad-boy comedy, 'Youth in Revolt,' takes place largely in New Jersey. So it was only fitting that Cera -- Canadian by birth, Californian by choice -- recently returned to Jersey to promote the new film.

But the lovably droll actor didn't take all those bridges and tunnels to hang with the good people of the Garden State, he went to hook up with the cast of MTV's 'Jersey Shore.'
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The Heath Ledger Decade: A Look Back (VIDEO)

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Dec 23rd 2009 8:00PM
Filed under: Features, Video
Terry Gilliam's new film, 'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,' contains not only the fantastical contents of the notoriously unlucky writer-director's deranged mind, but also the final performance by the late, great Heath Ledger.

In his brief career, Ledger made a lot of excellent films and, as happens, a fair amount of head scratchers. Here's a look back at The Best ... and The Rest.
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'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Getting U.S. Remake

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Dec 16th 2009 1:00PM
Filed under: Movie News
'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Getting U.S. RemakeSony Pictures has obtained the English-language rights to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's crime thriller trilogy, The Millennium Series, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Larsson, a Swedish journalist and novelist, died in 2004 of a heart attack, leaving behind three unpublished novels -- 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' and 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' -- that have since been published to wide acclaim.

Scott Rudin shepherded the deal and will produce the films along with Ole Sondberg and Soren Staermose of Sweden's Yellow Bird Films. Yellow Bird has been instrumental in bringing remakes of several Swedish films to American screens, including 'Brothers' and the upcoming 'Let Me In,' based on the beloved Swedish art-house vampire poem to pubescent angst (no, not 'Twilight'), 'Let the Right One In.'
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'Twilight: Eclipse' to Be Released in IMAX

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Dec 10th 2009 1:30PM
Filed under: Movie News, The Twilight Saga
'Twilight: Eclipse' to Be Released in IMAXIf you thought 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' raking in $500 million worldwide in its first three weeks of release was big, get ready for something even bigger. According to Variety, the next film in 'The Twilight Saga,' 'Eclipse,' is getting the IMAX treatment.

Lately the format has become an obvious repository for explosive, man-tastic action pics like 'The Dark Knight' and the upcoming 'Avatar,' or for animated family fare like 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,' but originally IMAX was known for showcasing lush nature films, like 1990's 'Blue Planet' and the recent 'Wild Ocean,' since the format offers an immersive experiences unique to the IMAX technology.
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Taylor Lautner Is 'Max Steel'

By Mike Harvkey (Subscribe to Mike Harvkey's posts), Posted Dec 7th 2009 2:30PM
Filed under: Movie News, The Twilight Saga
In a move sure to please fans of 'The Twilight Saga,' the franchise's shirt-hating, six-pack-sporting star Taylor Lautner has signed on to bring Mattel's popular 'Max Steel' character to the big screen, Variety reports.

After years as a child actor, Lautner struck gold and reached international stardom as Jacob Black in the worldwide phenomenon of 2008, otherwise known as 'Twilight.' A comparatively small role in the first film expanded into a pivotal part in 'Twilight: New Moon,' and the actor notoriously expanded with it, in all the right spots.
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