By Sara Vilkomerson 8/11/10 1:33am

Will Michael Cera Ever Grow Up?

What is going to happen to Michael Cera’s career when he really grows up? This is one of the things I found myself wondering about when my attention started wandering during Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. (Also: How can a movie so clearly directed at an audience with generational ADD drag on so? Read More

By Meredith Bryan 3/16/10 11:07pm

The Floppy-Haired Fellows

The most striking thing about this year’s Oscars, other than that a female director finally won? The guys’ hair. There was George Clooney, whose longish (for him) do had a distinctly feathered quality in the front. Then there was James Cameron, whose soft, elongated bowl cut channeled ABBA, and was possibly blow-dried. But Mark Boal, Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 11/10/09 10:02pm

Anderson Makes Fantastic Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Running time 87 minutes
Written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
Directed by Wes Anderson
Starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Wes Anderson’s take on Fantastic Mr. Fox, the classic 1970 book by Roald Dahl, is full of the whimsy and cleverness one expects from the man Read More

By Christopher Rosen 12:27pm

The Week in DVR: Remember When Michael Keaton Was a Movie Star? Plus, Albert Brooks, Slumdog, and Bored to Death

Monday: Bored to Death

Since Sunday nights are so crowded, you’ve probably let Bored to Death slip through the cracks. Good thing then for DVR and Monday night rebroadcasts! The HBO comedy, about a Brooklyn novelist-turned-private eye isn’t necessarily the funniest new show of the fall—that would be Community [Editor's note: Modern Family!]—but it’s certainly Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 8/25/09 9:28pm

He’s Mega-Twee, But We Love Him Anyway

“Have you seen the show?” asked Jason Schwartzman, via phone from his home in Los Angeles late last week. “I haven’t yet, not really. I’m just sitting here in a cocoon … not of anticipation … what would you call it? I’m feeling right now that something is in the oven and I’ve been cooking Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 8/25/09 9:27pm

Jason Schwartzman Goes To The Eye Doctor!

Sometimes actors are really fun! And sometimes we can’t find room in our articles to fit all the wonderfulness in. Take, for example, this very interesting exchange we had with Jason Schwartzman recently while talking about his new role on HBO’s Bored to Death. (Read our coverage of the show here.)

JS: Um, Read More