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My eyeballs hurt. My head hurts. I feel tired. Watching Speed Racer has me feeling all the nastiness of a hangover but without any of the hard-partying fun. I tried coming up with other analogies for the experience of seeing this nauseating, candy-colored whirlpool of a movie, with most of my attempts having to do with sugar, dizziness and a resultant sad, empty feeling, but it appears that most Read more
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." Indeed, the new trailer for the film, in theaters May 9, looks like a candy-colored trip. I got a little dizzy watching it, but it's also pretty darn cool looking. To make things more Read more
Tom Hanks is taking on one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the past 10 years: the actor has signed on to star in Cloud Atlas. The film is an adaptation of the David Mitchell book, which follows six nested stories ranging from the distant past to the postapocalyptic future. Each tale is abruptly cut off, and the following one starts with a reference to the one prior. For example, the Read more
Natalie Portman and her fiancé Benjamin Millepied took their son Aleph out to browse an LA farmers market on Friday. The family of three picked up fresh veggies as well as a truck full of gardening supplies! Natalie, Benjamin, and Aleph are hanging out together on the West Coast and enjoying a low-key few months together. At this time last year, Natalie's life was quite different. In 2011, she Read more
