Little Miss Sunshine

FILM INTERVIEW: PAUL DANO

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Among such Gen-Y stars as Michael Cera, Ezra Miller, and Jesse Eisenberg, Paul Dano just might be the most unknowable talent in an often rootlessly themed bunch. Capable of going from a whisper to a scream, let alone hellfire and brimstone, Paul Dano radiates acerbic, quiet charm that seems this close to a mental breakdown [...]

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Movie review: Plot slips away in 'Thin Ice'

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Greg Kinnear is one of the most effortlessly likable presences in movies today, which makes him especially good at playing creeps and oddballs. Whether it's the sex-addicted Bob Crane in the creepy-clammy biopic Auto Focus, the about-to-go-broke dad in Little Miss Sunshine, or the paranoid inventor in Flash of Genius, Kinnear is able to incarnate [...]

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First Synopses for Alfonso Cuaron’s GRAVITY and Focus Features 2012 Slate Including SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

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We’ve got a few synopses to share with you today. First up is the very first logline for director Alfonso Cuaron’s ambitious 3D sci-fi flick Gravity. While all we’ve previously known about the mysterious project is that Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play astronauts, and Bullock occupies much of the screentime alone, stranded in space. [...]

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We're Obsessing Over 'New Year's Eve' Star Abigail Breslin In This Week's Girl Crush

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We've been following 15-year-old Abigail Breslin's career ever since she shimmied onto the silver screen (and into our hearts) at the tender age of 10 in the wonderfully weird "Little Miss Sunshine." And with the release of this week's rom-com romp "New Year's Eve," the actress is showing just how grown up she's become, flashing [...]

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Rango Review

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Movie reviews this week look at the very enjoyable animation movie, Rango, starring the superb Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands). It also stars Isla Fisher (The Wedding Crashers) as Beans and the lovely AbiGail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) as an adorable and questioning mouse called Priscilla. We meet Rango, a very theatrical chameleon, who spends all [...]

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'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'American Psycho' Musicals Get Starry New York Readings

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Two closely watched musicals under development – stage adaptations of the film “Little Miss Sunshine” and of the novel-turned-movie “American Psycho” – have been moving forward recently, theater executives familiar with both projects said on Tuesday. La Jolla Playhouse, which produced the world premiere of “Little Miss Sunshine” last spring, held a private reading this [...]

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Filmgoers will have 'No Reservations' about Zeta-Jones' tasty new movie

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"No Reservations" features the most mouthwatering dishes you'll see on screen this year, and we're not just talking about Catherine Zeta-Jones. She's beautiful, to be sure, but the gourmet food on the screen is just as sexy. And, as with "Eat Drink Man Woman," "Babette's Feast," and other pictures of the ilk, the food might [...]

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Story Notes for No Country for Old Men – AMC Blog – AMC

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Monday through Thursday, at 8PM | 7C, AMC presents Story Notes — real-time on-air trivia about your favorite movies. Tonight's movie was No Country for Old Men. Automobile NoteThe villain drives a Dodge Ramcharger. Co-director Ethan Coen points out that the hood ornament even looks like the villain's haircut. Award NotesTommy Lee Jones won a [...]

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UNITED STATES OF TARA SAISON 1 EN DVD

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Le nouveau carton de la chaîne Showtime, la petite soeur de HBO aux Etats-Unis, débarque en France en DVD avec cette première saison aux multiples facettes. Toni Collette, Golden Globes de la meilleure actrice dans une comédie en 2007 pour le désormais culte Little Miss Sunshine, interprète ici la plus « fêlée » des héroïnes [...]

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What's Up, Beth Grant? The Film and TV Scene-Stealer on Her Hell-Raising Role in Tricks the Devil Taught Me

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Film fans with a taste for quirky roles know Beth Grant as the pageant official in Little Miss Sunshine, the Sparkle Motion dance teacher in Donnie Darko, the town drunk in To Wong Foo and the West Texas matron who intoned, “It’s not often you see a Mexican in a suit,” in No Country for [...]

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Sundance puts cell phones in the spotlight

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Robert Redford's independent film organization is teaming with a global trade association for mobile operators to launch a project showcasing short films specifically designed for mobile phones. The six participating filmmakers, who will create 3- to 5-minute films, have all screened films at the institute's Sundance Film Festival. They include Nathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, [...]