• 'Wanderlust' Review: A Retreat To Safe But Inviting Comic Ground

    Wanderlust, from director David Wain (The State, Wet Hot American Summer) and co-writer Ken Marino, outlines and explores a premise that will probably resonate with many people: a young couple, navigating the grind of city life but trapped by their own fears and inadequacies, is forced to leave the city and take refuge with family…

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  • 'Tower Heist' Trailer #2: Wacky Hijinks With Ben Stiller And Eddie Murphy

    The first trailer released for Brett Ratner's new film Tower Heist was very obviously a trailer for a Ratner film, complete with pumping music, flying shots of the tower in which the action takes place, and a jokey introduction to the story and cast. (Which features Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Gabourey…

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  • 'Tower Heist' Trailer: Eddie Murphy Will Help You Take Revenge On Alan Alda

    Watch the trailer for Tower Heist, below, and see how long it takes to guess who made it. (Assuming you don't already know.) The film follows a group of people who work in a wealthy New York City high rise building. When the building's penthouse resident (Alan Alda, playing a Bernie Madoff-like scumbag) defrauds everyone…

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  • First Look: Brett Ratner's 'Tower Heist,' With Ben Stiller And Eddie Murphy

    Briefly: We just saw a behind the scenes photo from Brett Ratner's Tower Heist in Page 2 this morning, but here's a real still, scanned from Entertainment Weekly. You probably don't need the rundown on the lineup here, but from l-r that's Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Casey Affleck and, yep, Eddie Murphy. They're…

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  • LOL: SNL's 'Back To The Future' Audition Parodies

    Did you know that Alan Alda, Al Pacino, Eddie Muphy, Nicolas Cage, Prince, Bill Cosby, and Robin Williams auditioned for Back to the Future? No? Me neither. Probably because it didn't happen. However, Saturday Night Live "uncovered" a set of never before released screen tests and premiered them on this weekend's edition of the show.…

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  • Casting Notes: Téa Leoni In 'Tower Heist'; Lea Michelle In 'New Year's Eve'

    Brett Ratner's new movie, the thriller/action/comedy Tower Heist, is prepping to shoot in November in New York City. The cast is enough to earn at least an interested glance: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena. Now there are two new additions: Téa Leoni and Nina Arianda. Jeff Nathanson is currently…

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  • Gabourey Sidibe And Michael Pena Join Brett Ratner's 'Tower Heist'

    Is Tower Heist going to be the movie that helps turn around some of the prevailingly bad opinion on Brett Ratner? The guy was doing OK before taking over the X-Men franchise from Bryan Singer, at which point his approval rating went right in the toilet. But the cast for Tower Heist is pretty solid…

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  • Alan Alda Lands Roles In 'Tower Heist' And 'Wanderlust'

    David Wain directing Alan Alda is something I can pretty easily picture. Brett Ratner directing Alan Alda is something of which I'd never even conceived, though I suppose Alda would have been right at home in Ratner's The Family Man, with Nic Cage. Regardless, Alda will work with both directors as he's been cast in…

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  • Allen Ginsberg Biopic, Howl, Adds Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn

    The Allen Ginsberg biopic, Howl, starring James Franco as the American weird beard beatnik poet and intellectual has filled out a lovely cast: Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Mary-Louise Parker (so tempestuous on Weeds), Jeff Daniels, and David Strathairn have all signed. The actors will portray real-life characters involved in a 1957 obscenity trial, which saw…

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  • Telluride Review: Flash Of Genius

    Flash of Genius is one of the surprise films that is being shown at this year's Telluride Film Festival. Based on a true story, Flash of Genius follows Doctor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a Detroit-based inventor and engineer professor, who decided to take on the automotive industry, and more specifically Ford Motor Company, who he…

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