For the 70th year, the Hollywood Foreign Press handed out their Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler entertained an audience of TV and movie fans there to bestow awards to shows like Girls, Modern Family, Smash, Breaking Bad, Homeland and Downton Abbey and films like Lincoln, Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Silver Linings…
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This morning Megan Fox, Ed Helms, and Jessica Alba announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the event, is famous for nominating films and performances simply based on their star factor -- if there's an actor that members of the HFPA want to hang out with,…
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Just one month after election night, the 2012 presidential campaign already feels like a distant memory. For most of us, that feels like a good thing. It's a relief to not have to think about debates, polls, stump speeches, email campaigns, political ads, and what have you for another couple of years. But HBO's eagerly preparing…
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HBO recently aired their made-for-premium television movie Game Change, which features Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin. Someone has put together a video which shows scene for scene comparisons of Moore's five star performance side by side with the real Sarah Palin televised footage. Watch the video clip embedded after the jump. via: BoingBoing
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined by Katey Rich from CinemaBlend to discuss the quality of the HBO film Game Change, the ineffectiveness of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, the devastating nature of The Snowtown Murders, and the disappointing box office performance of John Carter. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
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We know that athleisure brands have perfected the puffer vest, but luxury brands are proving that the winter essential can be glamorous.
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While I'm sure that Luck, Life's Too Short, and Angry Boys each have their charms, it's HBO's spring lineup I'm really looking forward to. Between Game of Thrones' return and the debuts of Judd Apatow's Girls and Armando Iannucci's Veep, I already know exactly what I'll be doing each Sunday from April through June. And now,…
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Though the actual presidential elections are still eleven months away, if you've been paying even casual attention to the news you'll know the Republican fight for the nomination is already speeding along. What better time, then, to look back and remember the high drama of the last time we all went through this as a…
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Today has been a good day for politics as Donald Trump announced that he'd stick with what he knows -- business and insipid TV -- rather than leap feet-first into the political arena. It isn't quite as good a day for entertainment that leapfrogs off of politics, but here's one fairly entertaining thing: a new…
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The Tom Hanks company Playtone is putting together Game Change, in which Julianne Moore will play Sarah Palin under the direction of Jay Roach (Austin Powers). The film follows the 2008 Presidential election, and Ed Harris plays John McCain. Now Ron Livingston has been cast as Mark Wallace, senior advisor to the McCain-Palin ticket. In…
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Ed Harris has joined HBO's Game Change, to play the John McCain to Julianne Moore's Sarah Palin. The film is an adaptation of the bestselling nonfiction book Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, about the 2008 presidential race.…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Hunger Games casting controversies, express disagreements about Brooklyn's Finest and Julianne Moore's accents, and wonder what the hell happened to DJ Caruso. Special guest Dan Trachtenberg joins us from The Totally Rad Show. Check out Dan's newest short film! It's awesome. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at…
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Julianne Moore acted opposite Tina Fey last season on 30 Rock; now she'll be stepping into the comedienne's best-known role: Sarah Palin. Julianne Moore will play the former Alaska governor in Game Change, the Jay Roach-directed adaptation of John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's book about John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. EW reports that Ms. moore…
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What do Austin Powers, the Fockers and Barack Obama have in common? As of this weekend, they're all characters directed by Jay Roach. HBO Films has confirmed that Roach would be directing Game Change, about the 2008 presidential race. The script will be adapted by screenwriter Danny Strong (a.k.a. Jonathan from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) from…
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