Shrek the Third Screenwriter Adapting Harold and the Purple Crayon?

Before Where the Wild Things Are, and even before Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze was developing a big screen adaptation of the acclaimed 1955 children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harold and the Purple Crayon tells the story of a curious f

Kevin Smith is Too Fat to Fly Southwest

Just why anyone gives a fuck about Silent Bob is beyond me, but it seems Kevin Smith’s being booted from a Southwest flight for being such a lumbering fatass and his subsequent twittering about it has everybody up in arms. Southwest posted their

Director Kevin Smith Kicked Off Plane for Being Too Fat

He unleashes a tirade of more than 50 angry Tweets slamming Southwest AirlinesGet more Us! Follow us[...]

CBS Early Show host is having a baby

What's a sure-fire TV winner? Having a baby. Remember when Lucy had Little Ricky on I Love Lucy? Even the reruns that have been running for 50 years are still favorites. So, with that in mind, don't you think America will be overjoyed that Maggie Rod

New Photos: The Book of Eli, A Couple of Cops, The Town, Flipped, and Going the Distance

Warner Bros has released the publicity materials for their 2010 film slate preview, which as you might expect, contains a bunch of new production photos for the upcoming films: The Book of Eli, A Couple of Cops, The Town, Flipped, and Going the Dista

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The folks at our sister site Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:Live Free

Kevin Smith Finds Funding For Red State? Will Wil Wheaton Hit Somebody?

It's been two and a half years since Kevin Smith first mentioned plans of writing and directing a low budget horror movie.  But is has been over a year since Red State was given a pass by The Weinstein Co. Havey Weinstein called the film "quite dist

Movie Music Update: Up in The Air Song Might Not Qualify For Oscar, Smith Wants Beverly Hills Cop Composer for Couple of Dicks, and James Horner’s Avatar Score Is EPIC

Over the past few days, the internet has been flooded with interesting tidbits about the movie soundtracks and scores for some major upcoming releases. After the jump, hear about what's going on with the title song for Up in the Air, who might score

Paul Shaffer on David Letterman's extortion scandal: "(silence)"

One notably close figurehead in David Letterman-gate seems to have gone overlooked, a shiny bald one. Letterman's longtime sidekick and band leader Paul Shaffer has just released a new memoir called We'll Be Here the Rest of Our Lives about his rise

Will Smith's Kids "Lend a Hand" to AIDS Charity

Jaden and Willow serve as youth ambassadors to raise awareness for 15 million children suffering in [...]

/Filmcast Ep. 69 - Surrogates (GUEST: Eric D. Snider from Film.com and Cinematical)

In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the ongoing Roman Polanski saga, praise Community and Cougar Town, reflect on the similarities between Lost and FlashForward, remind you of the greatness of LA Confident

The Karate Kid Remake Art and Title

The saga of the ever-changing Karate Kid remake title continues. You might remember when we posted a couple set photos earlier in the week, we mentioned that the Will Smith-produced remake/re-imagining of The Karate Kid had been officially retitled T

First Look: Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in The Kung-Fu Kid

This is the first set photo I've seen from the Will Smith-produced remake/re-imagining of The Karate Kid, which thankfully has officially been retitled The Kung-Fu Kid. What are they doing? As you probably know by now, Jaden Smith plays Dre, a s

Warning! Don't get too close to CBS Early Show host Harry Smith!

Harry Smith wasn't on The CBS Early Show this morning. Well, he was, but via webcam from his house. Why? He may have H1N1! But he got to appear on the show and wear a comfy t-shirt!By the way, H1N1 & Harry is a new show this fall on CBS. [via TV News

Watch This: Joel & Ethan Coen's 'World Cinema'

In 2007, a film called Chacun son cinema was created for the 60th anniversary of Cannes (briefly mentioned here). Like a Paris je t'aime for the cinematically minded, the film collected 33 shorts from directors across the world capturing their feelin