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Which Actress Should Play The Black Cat in Spider-Man 4?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:05 -0800

The rumor mill keeps churning about Spider-Man 4. Let's recap: First, word spread that Rachel McAdams would be playing new villain Felicia Hardy, aka The Black Cat in the fourquel - hearsay which McAdams later denied. Earlier this week Julia Stiles's name started floating around instead. And now Anne Hathaway is the latest to be added to the running.

Hathaway and Spidey seem like a solid pairing - she'll up the A-list wattage of the film, and I think a superhero blockbuster would be a nice addition to her resume. But what about Stiles? She's been in the Jason Bourne series, so she does have the experience of working on a mega franchise. Still, I just can't imagine her busting chops and throwing around kicks like Hathaway.

Neither actress is even confirmed yet, which means other ladies could still step into the roles! Let's discuss who you would like to see take on The Black Cat part -Stiles, Hathaway, or do you have another actress that you would cast?

The Bourne Ultimatum: Ultimately Awesome

BuzzSugar — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:55:00 -0700

From the breathless start to the wholly satisfying finish, The Bourne Ultimatum is, well, the ultimate action movie experience. Plenty of suspense, intrigue, and fight scenes that somehow make Matt Damon even sexier than ever all add up to the most exciting and tensely gripping movies of the summer.

From the instant The Bourne Ultimatum begins, the shaky camerawork makes the viewer feel rushed and frantic. Bourne is still running from the CIA, having been deemed a "serious threat until proven otherwise." For his part, Bourne thinks "someone started all this, and I'm going to find 'em." Thus, the cat-and-mouse game continues with Bourne trying to track down the person responsible for the way he is and the sketchy CIA guy Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) hot on his trail and taking down anyone who gets in his way. That's just a part of the tensely gripping plot, however, so read more

To help him get Bourne, Vosen strongarms Pamela Landey (Joan Allen) who awesomely turns out to be not just the brains and the beauty of the whole operation, but ultimately the heart and the guts, too. This is, in many ways, her story as well as Bourne's, which is very cool.

Watching the movie there is a sense of nothing being wasted and nothing being used extraneously - every edit a careful decision, every fight scene beautifully choreographed. Even when the point of view is not of one character spying on another, the camera angles are such that we always have this voyeuristic sense of seeing something maybe we shouldn't. It's this thoughtful direction that firmly and deftly places us inside this world of espionage, CIA-sanctioned murder and constant suspicion.

There is a blessed absence of unnecessary gore, zero sex scenes (save a flashback to Bourne making out with Marie), and no gigantic, masturbatory explosions. In this movie, less is more - way more. There's just a haggard man on a mission to find out the truth about his life, and a theater full of people cheering for their hero.

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Link Time! 7/26

BuzzSugar — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:31:13 -0700

Stereogum tells us where to hear Green Day covering "The Simpsons" theme song for the big screen.
MTV's Movie Blog has an interview with Julia Stiles regarding her upcoming adaptation of The Bell Jar which she doesn't consider depressing "at all." Um, what?
Meanwhile, Cinematical has a pretty adorable interview with Gretchen Mol in which she talks 3:10 to Yuma and The Ten.
Give Me My Remote is bummed that "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas has left his latest ABC project, "Miss/Guided."
It is possible for the hit-tastic Rihanna to miss sometimes, as Idolator proves with this Bob Marley cover.
Popwatch tries to figure out whether or not the Backstreet Boys' reunion album (minus Kevin Richardson), releasing October 30, is worth caring about.
You can see some first images from Jessica Alba's thriller The Eye on BloodyDisgusting.com.
TV Squad is very excited about the "30 Rock" DVD set.
This interview with Holly Hunter about her new series "Saving Grace" (as posted by BestWeekEver) is the most awkward thing I've seen in a long, long time.
Vulture brilliantly chooses to illustrate yesterday's ABC vs. NBC executive showdown with Simpsons characters.

Movie Preview: Bourne Ultimatum

BuzzSugar — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:30:00 -0700

The Bourne movies are action flicks that I can get behind. What with the high-speed chases, clever plots to elude the authorities and Matt Damon (who I enjoy watching despite my suspicion that he's not quite the sharpest tool in the shed - sorry, Pop!) looking cute while fighting the bad guys, there's enough stuff going on to keep me engaged.

So the fact that this new, full-length trailer for The Bourne Ultimatum has me excitedly awaiting the August 3 release is no big surprise, but it is a happy one. According to the IMDB plot description, "Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow." To check out the trailer, read more

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Julia Stiles Cast in The Bell Jar

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:32:17 -0700

Julia Stiles has been cast to play the main character in The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood, a woman whose depression leads her to undergo electroshock therapy and attempt suicide. However, the production team - of which Stiles is also a part - seem to want to veer away from anything too sad.

According to Variety:

Book has many dark overtones, but Rattray said the project will emphasize some of the more uplifting elements.

"Esther Greenwood has a strong outlook on life, and we're really looking to bring out the humor in the character," she said. "We don't want to do a depressing descent into the world of suicide."

To find out why I'm not completely thrilled about this, read more

To be honest, this movie news made me cringe when I first read it. The Bell Jar is sensitive territory for obvious reasons. And until recently when Stiles made her own short film starring Zooey Deschanel (which will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival, by the way) I could not take her very seriously.

Yet apparently Stiles has "been seeking to bring a new version [of The Bell Jar] to the screen for several years" which makes me think this is not something Stiles is just doing for the heck of it. Besides, the reality of the matter is, I can't imagine anyone in the role of Esther Greenwood, so Stiles may as well be the one.

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Zooey Deschanel to Star in Julia Stiles' Short Film

BuzzSugar — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:13:29 -0700

Elle Magazine just got so much cooler: The women's magazine is getting into the production business, and it's kicking off a series of "creative projects" with a short film directed by Julia Stiles and starring Zooey Deschanel. The 20-minute movie, titled Raving, is about two strangers in New York "on destructive paths who, over the course of an extended encounter that starts out hostile, nudge each other toward something better." The film debuts on May 8 on the Sundance Channel.

As a 26-year-old who has never done anything remotely like directing, Stiles may seem like a shaky choice for this kind of project. But Deschanel's co-star, Bill Irwin, told Elle he was very impressed with her abilities:

"As an actor - and this is the ultimate compliment - I would love to do it again," says the Tony-winning Irwin. "A first-time director can give you pause, but even under the pressure of a four-day shoot when it's 102 degrees, Julia had the presence of mind to stop and think-and then say something just right."

In fact, the trailer for the film looks pretty good, especially the part at the end when Deschanel is singing "Hello, Dolly!" in her sultry voice. Check out the preview and tell me what you think.