Buzz News Roundup, 7/31


Updated 01/19/10 11:39 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

Buzz News Roundup, 7/31

Amy Poehler will anchor a couple of episodes of Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday to promote Parks and Recreation. — Entertainment Weekly Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes are in talks to star in the drama Southbound. — ComingSoon Russell Crowe will star in The Next Three Days, the adaptation of the 2008 French film Pour Elle, for Crash director Paul Haggis. — Variety Jamie Read more

Stop-Loss: Overwrought but Good-Hearted


Updated 03/30/08 12:32 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 22 comments

Movie Review: Stop-Loss

It's an oft-lamented fact that movies about the Iraq war don't do very well — either in box office sales or with audience favor in general. There are plenty of reasons for this, but the fact is it's a challenge for filmmakers to put out movies about a controversial war that isn't yet over. With Stop-Loss, the filmmakers have attempted to make the topic more appealing by getting MTV on board, Read more

Movie Preview: Stop-Loss


Updated 03/28/08 12:34 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 15 comments

Movie Preview: Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss, starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, examines the difficult government policy by which soldiers who have completed their terms of service can be called back to serve again. Phillippe plays a soldier who refuses to return to service, despite being recalled to duty. It's a prickly issue, and so far I'm impressed by how the trailer makes it Read more

3 Concerns About the New Carrie Remake


Updated 03/28/12 8:26 AM · Posted by · 18 comments

Chloe Moretz Cast in Carrie Remake

A remake of the 1970s horror film Carrie is coming, with Chloe Moretz in the titular role of the tortured high schooler turned telekinetic teen. Even though I'm not a huge horror fan, I still consider Carrie to be a classic — and a movie that doesn't need any updating. Still, the reboot is on its way, and while I'm curious to see how it will translate 36 years later, I have some concerns — Read more