Holy crap, it's supergigantic, megacolossal Summer Movie Preview issue! Everything
you need to know about all the big pics, including Superman Returns, Mission: Impossible 3,
Clerks II, X-Men 3, Little Miss Sunshine, The Da Vinci Code, and 4 millon others,
including smaller, independent films (note: above link goes to EW's list of movies they're anxious to see -- buy the
issue for the whole summer preview guide).- Steve Carell on mastering the squirrel and finding his nuts.
- Owen Glieberman on which actors and actresses have surprised him the most with their movie singing.
- New movies: they give United 93 an A-, American Dreamz a B , and a C- to The Sentinel.
- Just as The Da Vinci Code is about to open
in theaters, Dan Brown says his
follow-up book won't be ready by the end of this year as originally planned. I guess this means that everyone will have
to find some other book to read.
- Augusten Burroughs talks about the movie adaptation of Running With Scissors, having kids, and why James Frey is like Milli Vanilli.
Summer Movie Blow Out! Entertainment Weekly In 60 Seconds
Oscars 2006 And Schmuck Bait: Entertainment Weekly In 60 Seconds
A glossary of movie terms created by Scary Movie
4's David Zucker and his crew. My favorite is "Schmuck Bait." - Does critic Lisa Schwarzbaum always sit though the end credits of movies?
- New movies: they give The Notorious Bettie Page a B , while Scary Movie 4 gets a C , Hard Candy gets a B and Kinky Boots gets the same.
- New on DVD: instead of giving one overall grade to The Robert Altman Collection, they grade each movie individually. MASH gets a B , while A Wedding gets a C , Quintet a D, and A Perfect Couple a C . I haven't even heard of three of those movies (yes, I've heard of MASH).
- Dave Karger gives his Oscar picks for 2006: All The King's Men (Sean Penn and Jude Law), Dreamgirls, The Good Shepherd, Will Ferrell's Stranger Than Fiction, and The Good German. Soderbergh, Clooney, and noir? I am so there.
- An interview with Bill Paxton (including a "Must" list for his movies), and another chat, with Catherine Keener.
- So, who have been the best movie Jesuses anyway?
Snakes, Sex, And Superman: Entertainment Weekly In 60 Seconds
It's a bird, it's a plane...it's Superman!
Brandon Routh flies at you on the cover. Inside, a preview of the movie, and an interview with director Bryan Singer,
who talks about many of the myths revolving around the new flick (including, yes fans, the
bulge).- Do you know what E.T.'s final words to Elliott were in E.T.? What's the highest-grossing superhero film of all-time? What was the name of the Focker's dog in Meet The Fockers? In the Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers, what was the password to get into the speakeasy? If you know the answers to these questions, you might do well in the annual Great American Pop Culture Quiz. No prizes, but you can brag to your roommate.
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Bad Trailers And Bad Women: Entertainment Weekly In 60 Seconds
Lisa Schwarzbaum discusses the really misleading trailer
for ATL.
It's a roller skating movie!- In honor of Sharon Stone's return as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct 2, EW lists 10 femmes fatale. Some great choices, but do Renee Zellweger and Nicole Kidman really deserve to be in the top 10 of all-time? Who's missing from this list?
- Is American Beauty really the worst film ever to win the Best Picture Oscar?
- New movies: they give Basic Instinct 2 a B-, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown a B , and Slither a B .
- New on DVD (not online, for some reason): they give a B- to The Mel Brooks Collection, a B to The Billy Wilder Collection, an A to 9 to 5, and a B to the Director's Cut of Crash.
The Oscars Aren't Over: Entertainment Weekly In 60 Seconds
It's the superduper, mega, gigantic
post-Oscars issue, with behind the scenes photos, news and quotes from all the parties, and a roundup of what the Oscar winners are going to
work on next.- New movies: the mag gives Failure To Launch a C, The Hills Have Eyes a C-plus, The Shaggy Dog a B, and Ask The Dust a D.
- New DVDs: Good Night, and Good Luck gets an A-, and A History of Violence gets an A.
- The Davinci Code won't be released til May, but you can read all about the lawsuit against author Dan Brown now. It's like a prequel!
- Critic Owen Gleiberman never gave Diane Lane a chance to make it big. He was wrong.
- An online exclusive: a Q and A with X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner.
Awful sequels and Oscar talk: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
So, what's on your list of the 25 Worst Sequels of
All-Time? EW picks Speed
2, Star
Wars: Episode One, Porky's
2, and more, but leaves the number one spot to...- New movies: they give Dave Chappelle's Block Party an A-, 16 Blocks a B , and Aquamarine a C .
- New DVDs: Walk The Line gets a B, while The Weather Man gets an A- and North Country a B.
- On The Must List: stuff snubbed by Oscar but loved by EW, including Shane Black, Grizzly Man, and Jeff Daniels.
- The 10 Most Memorable Oscar moments.
- Why Brokeback Mountain lost the Best Picture award to Crash.
- Backstage with Clooney and other winners.
Oscar flicks and genre flicks: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
The
Oscars are March 5. Take the EW Oscar
Challenge (online-only). - New movies: they give a B- to both Freedomland and Eight Below, an F to Night Watch, and a D to London.
- Do genre flicks get overlooked during awards season?
- In the print edition only: the scoop on James Cameron's next film.
Spring Movie Preview: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
A
preview of all the new spring films,
including Freedomland, 16 Blocks, Date Movie, Thank You For Smoking, and V For
Vendetta. - New movies: they give Firewall a D-, Curious George a B-, and The Pink Panther remake a C.
- Hey, what's James Cameron up to?
- New DVDs: both Proof and Wallace & Gromit: The Case of the Were-Rabbit get an A-.
Guide to the Oscars: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
Your guide to the top Oscar nominees, including Ledger, Clooney, Hoffman, and Huffman.
- New movies: they give A Good Woman a D, Manderlay an F, and Something New a C .
- New DVD: Why Should The Devil Get All The Good Music? gets an A-.
- Predict this week's movie, tv, and music winners and win a prize.
Oscar noms and snubs: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
EW's Oscar expert Dave Karger goes over this morning's nominations. - The Popwatch blog wonders why Joan Allen got snubbed.
- In the print edition, a report from Sundance. (But read ours too!)
- New movie reviews: they give Steven Soderbergh's Bubble an A, Nanny McPhee a C, and Annapolis a C .
- New DVDs: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room gets an A-, while Tim Burton's Corpse Bride gets a B .
- Do critics get emotionally involved in the films they review?
George and Oscar: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
On the cover: George Clooney, the triple threat.- The Oscar race begins, and EW makes the calls.
- Popwatch quiz: what do these four films have in common? Adaptation, Catwoman, Charlie's Angels, and The Players Club.
- New movies: they give Match Point an A, Glory Road a C , and Last Holiday a C.
- New DVDs: The Constant Gardener gets an A, Junebug an A-, and The Aristocrats a B .
Hitch, Hostel, and Hugh: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
King Kong didn't do as well as everyone thought it would? Why not? - New movie reviews: The Matador gets a B, Hostel a B, and Wolf Creek a B-.
- New DVDs: both The Exorcism Of Emily Rose and Serenity get a B.
- What makes a film Hitchcockian?
- In the print edition only: how Michelle Williams went from Dawson's Creek to Brokeback Mountain (I'd say she probably got on a plane and headed west - ha!)
- Online only: an interview with Hugh Jackman about X-Men 3 and more.
Lindsay Lohan gets serious: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
On the cover: the wonders of Narnia.- Stephen King picks the best movies of 2005.
- New movie reviews: King Kong gets an ecstatic A, while Narnia gets a B and Memoirs of a Geisha gets a C+.
- DVD reviews: Cinderella Man gets a B+, Fantastic Four gets a C-, and Dukes of Hazzard gets a C- too.
- Lindsay Lohan's album actually gets a B- from a probably too kind reviewer.
Jake and Heath tell all: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
On the cover: the controversial but critically-acclaimed Brokeback Mountain. Jake and Heath talk about making the film.- New movie reviews: they give Aeon Flux a C, Transamerica a B-, and the aforementioned Brokeback Mountain an A.
- Speaking of Transamerica, star Felicity Huffman talks about her role in the film.
- And for you film folks who also like the theater, they review Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple.
- EW also has an "Ask The Critic" about movie stars that have "overcome their looks to become stars." They think Katharine Hepburn wasn't attractive?
New Hollywood Politics: Entertainment Weekly in 60 seconds
On the cover: George Clooney in Syriana, and a feature story about all of the serious political flicks we seem to be getting nowadays (most of them from Clooney).- Odd question of the week: why do so many reviews reference old or obscure movies?
- New movie reviews: EW gives Syriana a B-, Rent an A-, Yours, Mine, and Ours a C, and The Ice Harvest an A-.
- New DVD reviews: War of the Worlds gets a C+, while the new deluxe King Kong (which I must pick up this week!) gets an A.
