Anna Faris Plus Every Recently Relevant Dude In Hollywood In ‘What’s Your Number?’
It doesn’t matter how many times I get burned, I’m always going to try out the latest romantic comedy.
Anna Faris stars in a new one this fall, called ‘What’s Your Number?’ where she tracks down all of her old boyfriends to figure out if any of them might’ve been Mister Right. Luckily for her, all of her past flames happen to be every male actor who got added to the hot list in last couple years. Although, spoiler alert: her ‘it’ guy is probably Chris Evans, who plays who the guy friend that helps her locate all these ex-whatevers.
They had me as soon as the trailer started and Zachary Quinto appeared, but then the addition of Anthony Mackie, Martin Freeman, Joel McHale, and of course, Chris Evans really just guaranteed my ticket purchase on September 30th.
Wim Wenders’ Dance Tribute Movie ‘Pina’ Gets US Distribution Deal
Here’s some amazing news that I missed last week: director Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary about the famous German choreographer Pina Bausch, Pina, will now get a limited US release.
In a recent interview with Dazed Digital, Wenders described the film as “the complete reversal of what theatre and dance usually is.” It was originally meant to be a collaborative project between Bausch and Wenders, but when Pina Bausch died in June 2009, the work became a celebration of Bausch’s style. Pina is now an elegy, realized by Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal company players through Wender’s lense.
“She discovered a new form. The language of our body has always been there, of course, but we didn’t know so much about it,” Wenders told Dazed.” We feel we know something about this as filmmakers and that we can judge it and give advice to actors and make corrections, but when you see Pina’s work? Then you realise we are all fucking amateurs in this language…”
The Guardian’s review of the film even dared to say that presenting the film in 3D helps created an “immensely attractive” theater space rather that detracts from the choreography. There are no definite US release dates yet, nor any official word on exactly where people should be able to see the film, but keep your ear to ground, because this Pina will definitely be a must-see for 2011.
‘30 Minutes or Less’ Trailer Online
I know what movie I’m going to lose a couple hours of my life seeing August 12 — 30 Minutes or Less.
More 30 Minutes or Less Videos
In the ‘Michael Cera vs. Jesse Eisenberg’ debate, I have always championed Eisenberg, and Aziz Ansari brings me to real-life laughter constantly. This movie looks ridiculous enough to be amazing.
Trailer for ‘The Social Network’ as a Comedy
Speaking of The Social Network, I’m really glad a friend of mine just showed me this remix trailer for the movie. What if the movie about Facebook had been summer comedy?
Bradley Cooper Plays Performance-Enhancement Drug Douche in ‘Limitless’
I only realized this morning that Bradley Cooper’s next movie, Limitless, is the film adaptation of Alan Glynn’s The Dark Fields I heard about almost three years ago and that the trailer’s been out since December:
I was originally interested in this movie because Shia Labeouf was tagged to play the lead role. I’m inexplicably drawn to that guy on film and the way he balances his characters between douche-y and surprisingly ingratiating. When he dropped the film because he’d just done Eagle Eye, the whole production fell off my radar, so I missed that they aged up the character again and brought on Bradley Cooper, a more seasoned character douche.
(No, honestly — it’s my basic understanding that Bradley Cooper only plays wretched, unlikeable characters unless he’s portraying a gay character. See: He’s Just Not That Into You, The Hangover vs. Wet Hot American Summer, Valentine’s Day. An interesting career split. Also, I like him better when he’s in love with dudes, so he should just do that more.)
I’m intrigued by the Cooper/De Niro combo, and any mild interest I had was tipped over to full as soon as a Kanye song appeared in the trailer. As suggested and confirmed by The Social Network, any movie trailers or spots that use ‘Power’ obviously plans to cater to attraction to movies about power and personal corruption.
Limitless hits US theaters March 18. I’ll probably see it.
