Is the Millennium Trilogy the Next Twilight?


Updated 03/19/10 3:30 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 21 comments

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Movie

You've probably seen the Millennium Trilogy in bookstores, our must-read list, or the number-one slot on the New York Times bestseller list, but did you know it has a rabid following in Europe rivaling Twilight? And now the movies are coming. The thrillers, which feature a disgraced journalist and a 22-year-old woman who grew up with an ex-Soviet spy for a father, were originally written in Read more

Oscar Movie Preview: Beaufort for Best Foreign Film


Updated 02/18/08 3:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 1 comment

Oscar Movie Preview: Beaufort for Best Foreign Film

As part of my coverage of this year's Oscars, I'll be posting the trailers for as many of the Best Documentary and Best Foreign Language Film nominees as I can find. Since it's often harder to see these films in theaters, it's nice to at least get a taste of them before Oscar night — not to mention that it might help you when you fill out your Oscar ballot. This week, I'm turning my attention Read more

Battleship: Needs a Lifesaver


Updated 05/18/12 12:25 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Battleship Movie Review

I don't remember aliens making an appearance in my own childhood sessions with Battleship, but I suppose when you try to make a toy into a feature-length film, you're afforded a few liberties. Unfortunately, the producers of Battleship may have spent too much time finding creative ways to explode things and not enough time on a plot, ending up with underutilized actors, in a wishy-washy Read more

Upcoming Cannes Films Take New Looks at World's Oldest Profession


Updated 05/15/12 8:16 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Like Someone in Love Cannes 2012

A young Japanese student who sells herself to pay for school gets hired by an elderly academic. A middle-aged Austrian woman travels to the beaches of Kenya looking for young African men to fall in love with, or at least sleep with. Two new films to be shown at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival will feature these very different scenarios starring the world's oldest profession. If you enjoy Read more

The Watch Trailer: Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, and an Exploding Cow


Updated 05/07/12 4:24 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Watch Trailer

As suburban Costco co-workers, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, and Richard Ayoade make an unlikely crime-fighting team in the upcoming comedy The Watch. The red band trailer for the flick, previously known as Neighborhood Watch, has the foursome fighting an intruder not usually found in cul-de-sacs: aliens. At first, the pals just seem paranoid, eying customers as possible outlanders, but Read more

Angelina Jolie Shares Her Newly Engaged Smile With Ecuador's Foreign Ministry


Updated 04/24/12 3:35 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Angelina Jolie Talks With Ecuador Foreign Minister Pictures

Angelina Jolie was in Ecuador on Sunday meeting with the country's Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino. In newly released photos, she's seen chatting with Patino and touring the ministry's headquarters in Quito. Angelina also toured the countryside, where misplaced Colombian refugees are farming again thanks to help from the UN. Angelina was recently promoted to the position of United Nations High Read more

Michael Fassbender Joins Up With Thor's Chris and Olivia at London's Empire Awards


Updated 03/27/12 8:51 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Michael Fassbender Pictures at Empire Awards 2012

Last night's 2012 Empire Awards in London brought out a range of good-looking, foreign men. Michael Fassbender picked up the best hero statue and posed for photos solo afterward. It was a guys-only night for the actor — Michael was without girlfriend Nicole Beharie, who was his costar in Shame. Michael's X-Men costar James McAvoy was also without the leading lady in his life, wife Anne-Marie Read more

Angelina Jolie Shines Her Star Power on Women's Issues


Updated 03/09/12 8:38 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Angelina Jolie Women in the World Summit Pictures

Angelina Jolie was decked out in Gucci last night at the third annual Women in the World Summit conference held at NYC's Lincoln Center. It was International Women's Day and Angelina's on the East Coast to participate in the three-day conference. She is among the impressive group of speakers, including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Diane von Furstenberg. The inspirational leaders are in the Read more