Sometimes you come across a movie trailer that makes you chuckle or cry a little or gets your heart racing, but the trailer for The Boat That Rocked just plain makes me happy. With a ridiculously fun cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, and Nick Frost (among many others), and an equally fun premise (a group of "rogue" DJs standing up to the British government in Read more

While there are a zillion World War II movies out there already, I kept an open mind going into the Tom Cruise star vehicle Valkyrie. Sure, this is a movie that has been dogged by bad press from start to finish (even due, in part, to the fact that Cruise is a Scientologist) but I can see that there is a fascinating movie to be made out of a German resistance movement involving Nazi officers in Read more

Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct the live-action Thor movie. — Variety Jesse McCartney and Ken Marino will guest-star in upcoming episodes of Greek. — Zap2it It's official: Bruce Springsteen is the entertainment for this year's Super Bowl halftime show. — Billboard Bravo will air reruns of Swingtown but has no plans to produce new episodes. — Hollywood Reporter Um, wait, what? It Read more

Gawker notes that the posters for the upcoming TV show True Blood and the Diablo Cody movie Jennifer's Body look eerily similar. It's a big day for movie-musical news. In addition to The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake, Cinematical has news that a Hairspray sequel might also be in the works. Stereogum has two videos from the very intense Amanda Palmer, who both intrigues me and scares me. Want Read more

TV Filter is stunned at The Bachelor's actual surprise ending. Kenneth Branagh tells MTV Movies Blog that he'd hoped his character in the Harry Potter series would have turned out to be Harry's dad. Popwatch wonders who has the catchier commercials: iPod or Zune? TV Squad wonders if there will really be a Green Acres remake. Cinematical dissects the news that Jennifer Garner will join Ricky Read more

The full-length trailer for Valkyrie can't be very far off, since it was shown before my screening of Lions for Lambs this week, but for now we can get a glimpse at the making of the movie, complete with commentary by Kenneth Branagh (who has a role in the film) and writer/producer Christopher McQuarrie. While it seems a little cart-before-the-horse to me, the featurette is actually pretty Read more

Jude was still showing off that aggressive tan alongside Michael Caine and director Kenneth Branagh at the Venice Film Festival premiere of Sleuth last night. Hey, at least he found himself some more appropriate footwear. The film is a remake of a 1972 thriller of the same name, and Jude had some self-deprecating words on acting in a new take on a well-loved classic. He said, "From my experience Read more

Jude Law got all spiffed up for his arrival at the Venice Film Festival today. Awww, look, he even put on his very best bronzer for the press conference and photo call for his movie Sleuth. And check out those kicks! Hey, non-red-carpet-appropriate 90s throwback! One thing he was missing, though, was his adorable baby blue tie new lady friend, former Miss Germany Susan Hoecke. I won't bother Read more