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New York, I Love You: A Jigsaw Puzzle That Doesn't Quite Fit
As a city with so much personality and penchant for possibility, it's no surprise that the follow-up to Paris, Je t'aime heads to New York. New York, I Love You is a tale of the connections and personal missteps that occur every single day in the city that never sleeps. It plays out like a movie version of a song mash-up: some story lines are linear and independent of the rest while other characters wander in and out of each other's lives.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/6
- Johnny Depp will lend his voice to SpongeBob SquarePants for the episode "SpongeBob vs. the Big One," premiering Friday, April 17. — Zap2It
- Carrie Underwood was named Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below you can also rent the complete fifth season of Reno 911 as well as the Raven-Symoné comedy (and that's being generous) College Road Trip.
Recast Mermaids and Win a Prize!
Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
Did anyone else love the 1990 flick Mermaids?
Speed Racer: One Long Hangover
My eyeballs hurt. My head hurts. I feel tired.
Box Office: Semi-Pro Semi-Beats Out Competition
Despite earning the top spot at the box office, the predictable laughs in Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro only earned $15.3 million over the weekend. This is considered a disappointing sum, especially compared to opening weekends of other Ferrell films like Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory. Variety reports that this underwhelming performance by the basketball comedy may have been due to mediocre reviews and an R-rating.
Penelope: Fanciful But Not Fantastic
There are some intriguing issues buried within the story of Penelope: what it means for a woman to love and accept herself the way she is, the way beauty ideals are — sometimes cruelly — passed down from mother to daughter, society's eagerness to vilify those who are different and then, just as quickly, to embrace them as "cute" upon discovering that they're harmless. These things are touched on, but mostly with a glazing brush, leaving the pretty film with adorable people lacking anything resembling "oomph."
The story follows Penelope Wilhern who, due to a curse put on her wealthy socialite family long ago, was born with a pig nose.
Movie Preview: Penelope
Despite the star power of Reese Witherspoon (and James McAvoy for that matter), it seems like Penelope has been extremely reluctant to come out in theaters, though it has made the festival rounds since the fall of 2006. Even the newest trailer recently came online with as little fanfare as possible. Why, you ask?
Trippy New Trailer For Speed Racer
I have to say, Emile Hirsch was totally right when he told me during our interview that the Wachowski siblings' high-octane family action movie Speed Racer would be "pretty kooky. Pretty groovy. Very psychedelic."
Buzz News Roundup, 4/13
- Brendan Fraser will return for The Mummy 3, Variety reports, but Rachel Weisz thankfully will not.
- According to Reuters, Julian Lennon has sold his financial stake in his father's music, though it won't affect usage rights.
- Luka and Abby are leaving "ER", says TV Guide.
- The Hollywood Reporter says Christina Ricci is joining the Speed Racer cast, while Tom Hanks mulls the Da Vinci Code prequel.
- This is just mean: "In Case of Emergency" is canceled with just one episode left, says The Futon Critic. Meanwhile, the remaining episodes of "Six Degrees" will stream online.
- GLAAD picks the 2006 movies that best depicted homosexual issues, Variety reports.
- Timbaland's "Give It To Me" shoots to No. 1 on Billboard's Top 100.
- Zap2It has the lowdown on David Mamet's jiu-jitsu movie Redbelt, starring my beloved Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- Showtime has ordered second seasons of "The Tudors" and "This American Life," according to Variety.
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