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Displaying all articles tagged:
Summer Movies 2011
movie review
Aug. 12, 2011
Movie Review:
Final Destination 5
Kills Again
Heads are filled with ooze and splattered like Gallagher’s watermelons.
By
Logan Hill
race against the clock
Aug. 11, 2011
Watch a Vulture Supercut of Movies Up Against a Deadline
You have one hour to live. Duhn duhn duhn.
By
Samantha Zalaznick
and
Sarah Frank
talk
Aug. 1, 2011
Review
Crazy, Stupid, Love
in One Sentence
And squealing over Ryan Gosling does not technically constitute a sentence.
By
Kyle Buchanan
box office
July 31, 2011
The Smurfs
and
Cowboys & Aliens
: Box-Office Equals
The little blue guys are making a lot of green.
By
Ray Rahman
video
July 29, 2011
Watch Vulture’s Guide to a Male-Makeover Scene
It takes more than just a new suit.
By
Samantha Zalaznick
and
Sarah Frank
movie review
July 29, 2011
Dominic Cooper Breaks Out Twice in
The Devil’s Double
As in ‘The Dark Knight,’ the monster steals the show.
By
Logan Hill
clickables
July 29, 2011
Watch a Twelve-Second Teaser of
The Avengers
Assembled, etc.
By
Amanda Dobbins
movie review
July 28, 2011
The
Smurfs
Is a Smurfing, Smurfed-Up Smurfesty
Smurf you, you smurfing smurf.
By
Logan Hill
trailer mix
July 28, 2011
Tower Heist
Trailer: Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller Make Bernie Madoff Revenge Fantasies Come True
Watch out, Bernie, they’re coming to rob you.
By
Willa Paskin
movies
July 27, 2011
The Smurfs
Has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
It’ll get better, right?
By
Adam K. Raymond
video
July 27, 2011
Watch a Vulture Movie Montage of Big Apple Visitors Befuddled and Confused by New York
They can’t get enough of those big shiny buildings.
By
Alice Urmey
and
Sarah Frank
chat room
July 26, 2011
Glee
’s Jayma Mays on
The Smurfs
, OCD, and Doing It With Mr. Schuester
“I was absolutely terrified when I found out she was still a virgin … I thought, ‘Oh God, what are they going to make me do on-camera?’”
By
Ashley Hoffman
the evil inside
July 25, 2011
Smurf Conspiracy-Theory Roundup: Are They Racist? Misogynist? Closet KKK?
Let’s hit the Internet and find out why people are Smurfing the alarm.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
your box office explained
July 25, 2011
Captain America
Is Victorious
And ‘Harry Potter’ falls off 75 percent.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
live your best life
July 22, 2011
Chris Farley Eating Contests and Christopher Hitchens Dinner Parties: The Fascinating Life of Olivia Wilde
“Chris Farley noticed her and challenged her to a brownie-eating contest. ‘He won, but I gave him a run for his money,’ Ms. Wilde said.”
By
Amos Barshad
movie review
July 22, 2011
Friends with Benefits
Is Fabulously Fake Fun
Will Gluck is a quick-witted, inventive director with a natural touch for contrivance.
By
Logan Hill
party lines
July 22, 2011
Party Lines Slideshow: Patricia Clarkson and More at the ‘Friends With Benefits’ Premiere
JT’s derriere is a topic of conversation. Naturally.
By
Bennett Marcus
the star market
July 22, 2011
Star Market: Is Mila Kunis Leading-Lady Material?
She’s pretty and popular, but is that enough?
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
and
Margaret Lyons
movie review
July 22, 2011
The Appealingly Old Fashioned
Captain America
The retro-nostalgic Captain America is miles ahead of its recent competitors.
By
David Edelstein
flag waving
July 21, 2011
Who Is The Most Patriotic: Sarah Palin, President Obama, or Captain America?
Who is best able to defend America with his or her bare hands?
By
Willa Paskin
party chat
July 19, 2011
Friends With Benefits
Writers Wanted to Create a ‘Jewish Romantic Comedy’
And they haven’t seen
No Strings Attached
.
By
Bennett Marcus
chat room
July 18, 2011
Colin Hanks Has a Bone to Pick With the
Smurfs
Movie
“I am appalled.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
woody allen’s still got his mojo
July 17, 2011
Woody Allen’s
Midnight in Paris
His Biggest Hit Yet
Well, not if you take inflation into account, actually.
By
Andre Tartar
clickables
June 30, 2011
Watch the First of Many
No Strings Attached
–
Friends With Benefits
Mash-Ups
Well-executed, if slightly obvious.
By
Amanda Dobbins
movies
June 20, 2011
Hangover II
Breaks Global Box-Office Record for Biggest R-Rated Comedy
It beat the record set by ‘The Hangover.’
By
Mike Vilensky
movie review
June 17, 2011
Movie Review:
Green Lantern
and the Color of Boredom
This film falls to Earth wicked fast.
By
David Edelstein
last night on late night
June 14, 2011
Last Night on Late Night: Betty White Snubs LeBron James in Her Top 10 Tips to Live a Long and Healthy Life
Plus: Margaret Cho accidentally sexts her mom, on our daily late-night roundup.
By
Caroline Shin
movies
June 13, 2011
When Comedic Movie Stars Go MIA
Jim Carrey is returning to the screen after a long hiatus, but where are Chris Tucker and Mike Myers?
By
Kyle Buchanan
talk
June 10, 2011
Why Is
Midnight in Paris
Such a Huge Hit?
It’s poised to be Woody Allen’s biggest movie in decades.
By
Kyle Buchanan
clickables
June 6, 2011
Watch a Short Clip From
30 Minutes or Less
It’s out August 12.
By
Amanda Dobbins
June 6, 2011
Your Box Office Explained:
X-Men: First Class
Wins the Weekend
And it should have legs.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
weekend box office
June 5, 2011
X-Men
Beats
Hangover
at the Box Office
’X-Men’ made $56 million.
By
Mike Vilensky
movie review
June 3, 2011
Movie Review:
X-Men: First Class
Is Pleasantly Second Rate
Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy elevate the proceedings.
By
David Edelstein
cheek by jowl
June 3, 2011
The Similarities Between
X-Men: First Class
and
Inglourious Basterds
Fassbender’s many accents! Oppressed minorities! Nazis!
By
Willa Paskin
product placement
June 2, 2011
Why a Baby-Seat Brand Wanted to Be in
The Hangover Part II
, and Budweiser Did Not
The C-word is fine for baby gear, but underage drinking is no good for a beer.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
contests
June 2, 2011
Vulture Contest: Win a
Midnight in Paris
Poster, Signed by Woody Allen
Better bring your haiku A-game!
By
Kyle Buchanan
May 31, 2011
Hangover II
Leads Record-Breaking Holiday Weekend
The sequel made $140 million, the weekend made $280.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
movie review
May 27, 2011
Movie Review:
The Hangover Part II
Is Darker, But the Joke’s On Us
Can sex slavers pumping drugs into children and necrophiliacs be far away? They can’t be any creepier than Zach Galifianakis.
By
David Edelstein
summer movies 2011
May 27, 2011
Miranda July, Paul Scheer, and More Tell Which Summer Movies They’re Eager to See … or Fearing
Paul Scheer: “I’m an abused wife for the ‘Transformers’ franchise.”
By
Patti Greco
and
Jennifer Vineyard
movie review
May 26, 2011
Movie Review:
Kung Fu Panda 2
Is Fast, Fun, and a Little Disturbed
It gets a little weird and dark, but the spazzy sequel mostly delivers the same beautifully animated goofball shenanigans as the first.
By
Logan Hill
summer movies 2011
May 26, 2011
How Vulnerable Are Superheroes’ Crotches? A Vulture Investigation
We look for dangerous signs of vulnerability, because evil has no better ally than a wide-open crotch.
By
Amanda Dobbins
anatomy of a franchise
May 24, 2011
Two Writers Watch All Seven
American Pie
s for a Case Study in Sequelitis
Sure, they’re straight to video, but do they have the same problems at heart that this summer’s big-budget sequels will?
By
Gillian Flynn
and
Brian Raftery
chat room
May 23, 2011
The Surprisingly Earnest Ken Jeong on the Secret Messages of
The Hangover
“Todd [Phillips], it goes without saying, he’s changed my life.”
By
Amos Barshad
summer movies 2011
May 22, 2011
The New Summer Blockbuster Economy: Reboots, Prequels, and the End of the Superstar Cash Grab
In a world where “the brand” rules all, big stars’ clout has been drastically reduced.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
cannes 2011
May 12, 2011
How the
Kung Fu Panda 2
Cast Fended Off Insane Press Questions at Cannes
What does Angelina Jolie think about Osama bin Laden? And do pandas have existential problems?
By
Jada Yuan
trailer mix
May 11, 2011
Horrible Bosses
Trailer: Aniston, Spacey, and Farrell Commit Some Workplace Violations
And thus, Bateman, Sudeikis, and Day plot to kill them.
By
Kyle Buchanan
casting couch
May 11, 2011
How Woody Allen Cast Carla Bruni in
Midnight in Paris
Over brunch, naturally.
By
Margaret Lyons
movies
May 6, 2011
As
The Dark Knight
Recedes, Have Superheroes Gotten Happy Again?
’Thor,’ ‘Green Lantern,’ and ‘Captain America’ have turned their backs on the downbeat superheroics of ‘The Dark Knight.’
By
Kyle Buchanan
chat room
May 2, 2011
Thor
’s Tom Hiddleston on Drag-Queen Eyebrows and Terrorizing
The Avengers
“I didn’t envy Chris Hemsworth as I saw the 75th chicken forced down his throat.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
Apr. 29, 2011
Kenneth Branagh on
Thor
’s Physique and Shakespearean Parallels
He should look like “Thor the God and not Thor the bodybuilder.”
By
Shira Levine
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