Dec 23, 2008 -
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.
Burn After Reading
The Coen brothers do criminals well and in this film they got an impressive group of actors to play "accidental" criminals in a very funny way.
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Sep 29, 2008 -
Shia LaBeouf proves he's box office gold once again with the No. 1 movie this weekend, Eagle Eye, also starring Michelle Monaghan and directed by D.J. Caruso.
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Sep 22, 2008 -
Lakeview Terrace, a thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, came in at No. 1 at the box office over the weekend and performed relatively well with an estimated $15.6 million.
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Sep 15, 2008 -
The Coen Bros. helped give the box office a needed Autumn boost with their comedy Burn After Reading, which debuted at No. 1 with an estimated $19.4 million.
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Sep 12, 2008 -
As the opening credits of Burn After Reading blip across a satellite image of Washington, DC, viewers may find themselves wondering if they've wandered into the wrong movie — a Bourne Identity type thriller filled with high-tech secrets and evil intentions. But for every spook with high-security clearance in DC, there is a goofball at Jamba Juice, waiting for his afternoon smoothie. And when that iPod-wearing dude wanders into the tropes of a spy movie, the results are wonderfully absurd and fraught with a different sort of intelligence.
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May 30, 2008 -
OK, now this is a movie trailer! The Coen Bros. latest venture, Burn After Reading, now has a red-band trailer (which in this case means they're using some NSFW language) and it is funny-goofy-weird-dark.
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Apr 28, 2008 -
- Lori Loughlin is set to play the mother in the CW's 90210 spinoff, TV Guide reports.
- And, says Variety, The CW officially wants Hilary Duff on board to play Loughlin's daughter.
- NME has the scoop on a new free music streaming website for Sony/BMG artists.
- Angela Bassett will check into ER to play a doctor in the drama's final season, Zap2it reports.
- Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty were repeat winners at the GLAAD Media Awards over the weekend, the Associated Press reports.
- Paste reports that the next issue of McSweeney's DVD magazine Wholphin will feature a short film starring Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel and written by Michael Chabon.
- The Coen Bros. film Burn After Reading will open the Venice Film Festival in August before premiering in the U.S. on Sept.
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Apr 20, 2007 -
Not long after their Ocean's Thirteen premiere, Brad Pitt and George Clooney will be collaborating again — this time with the help of the Coen brothers. The gentlemen will be starring in the brothers' black comedy Burn After Reading which "centers on a CIA agent who loses the disc of the book he is writing." Other than that tidbit, the details of the screenplay are a mystery.
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