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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. I should probably mention that in addition to the following titles, Apocalypto is also out on DVD today. Oh, and the Girls Next Door Workout. Letters From Iwo Jima This is perhaps the better of Clint Read more
Nothings better than kicking off a Monday with new Clooney pics! George is still hard at work on the set of Leatherheads, which he is both directing and starring in himself. We're sure he's got his hands full with all those responsibilities, but at least there's one big hurdle that he doesn't have to worry about this time. Turns out, while filming The Good German there was a little bit of on-set Read more
Cate Blanchett looked classy as always at the opening of the Berlinale International Film Festival this weekend. She was there for the premiere of her film The Good German, which was one of 22 films at the festival up for the top Golden Bear award. We were surprised that it didn't do better in the states, but director Steven Soderbergh is hoping for a warmer reception in Europe. After seeing Read more
Even before the opening credits roll, it's clear that The Good German is going to be a visually arresting film. Everything from the Warner Brothers logo to the film quality looks straight out of the 1940s, and until Tobey Maguire makes an appearance, you might mistake it for a movie made 60 years ago. Set in post-war Berlin, Steven Soderbergh's latest tells the story of American journalist Jacob Read more
Just watching the trailer for The Good German gives me chills. Opening nationwide December 22, this black-and-white murder mystery stars George Clooney as a journalist sent to Germany to cover the Potsdam conference. At the same time, he reconnects with his old girlfriend, Cate Blanchett, and the two soon become embroiled in a jumbled-up Nazi/Soviet/American conspiracy. Tobey Maguire takes a shot Read more
Just as the best TV shows are going on hiatus for the winter break, plenty of new movies are coming out to fill the void—many of them likely Oscar contenders. Which of this season's new releases are you most psyched to see? Source Which Upcoming Movie Are You Most Excited to See? The Pursuit of Happyness Dreamgirls The Holiday The Good German Blood Diamond We Read more
George could be the hardest working man in showbiz these days. He is currently fulfilling his People's Sexiest Man Alive duties as well as promoting his latest project The Good German. Now he has signed with Warner Bros. to appear in two thrillers. The only slight problem is the studio isn't sure when filming will begin or which thriller will be filmed first because Clooney's schedule is so Read more
I'm not much of a German food aficionado, but a few years ago, I read a New Yorker article about Germany's "king of cakes" that's been forged in my mind ever since. In the story, Mimi Sheraton embarks on a fervid quest for baumkuchen, a ringed, hollow cake that's made on a spit with layer after painstaking layer of batter, then iced with a coating of chocolate or sugar. Source: Flickr User Read more
Queen Elizabeth is marking her Diamond Jubilee, but she already celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary back in 2007. Before Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth in 1952, she married the handsome foreign prince from Greece who happened to also be her third cousin, now Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. According to Sally Bedell Smith's new biography, Elizabeth the Queen, Philip came from a Read more
German-Irish sexpot Michael Fassbender has been the Ireland-hailing actor du jour, thanks to his Shame-less breakout role starring him and his, ahem, member. But with all of his steamy Irish goodness taking over the screen and St. Patrick's Day around the corner, we got to thinking about other Hollywood hunks with similar Irish blood and that super-sexy accent. Some are prim and proper, but Read more
