Posts by Lane Brown

  • Just How Good Is Al Pacino In Jack and Jill?

    Riding a tsunami of critical disapproval into theaters this weekend is Jack and Jill, in which Adam Sandler stars as twin siblings of both sexes. Predictably, Sandler’s performances have gone unheralded by critics. Al Pacino, though — who plays an exaggerated version of himself who falls in love with Jill while being wooed by ad […]

  • Box-Office Preview: Here Comes Jack and Jill

    It’s Friday and Hollywood has disgorged another batch of movies into multiplexes. Which will reign supreme and why? Below, our predictions for the Top 5 films at this weekend’s box office. 5. J. Edgar Leonardo DiCaprio puts on a rubbery old-guy mask and even less plausible accent to play the titular FBI director in Clint […]

  • Bomb Shelter: Why Did Tower Heist Fail?

    The failure of Brett Ratner’s $75 million Tower Heist last weekend was overshadowed by the director’s bigger failures as a human. Still, it must be asked: What went wrong? Heist had plenty going for it, including a timely premise, a release date light on competition, the usually bankable Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy in his most […]

  • Five Reasons to Be Excited for R. Kelly’s New Autobiography

    1. The title. 2. The subtitle. 3. The cover photo. 4. The release date (it’s out next week already) [Update: Actually, it’ll be out next spring, reports the Village Voice]. 5. Kelly’s co-author is this guy. (via BWE via Vulture)

  • Box Office Recap: Tower Heist’s Small Haul

    It wasn’t just new releases Tower Heist and Harold & Kumar 3 that disappointed this weekend — it was everything: total box-office receipts were down 30 percent from the same three-day period a year ago. “The fear is that our total business is in the toilet,” a studio exec tells Nikki Finke. Before we flush, […]

  • How Bad Was Yogi Bear?

    So bad that the mere mention of its title is enough to make dudes’ heads explode. At least Yogi Bear star (and friend of Grantland) T.J. Miller — whose standup special No Real Reason airs on Comedy Central on November 12 — has a sense of humor about it.

  • YouTube Hall of Fame: The Man Without a Face Trailer

    In theaters next Wednesday is Clint Eastwood’s slightly anticipated Razzie-contending Hoover biopic J. Edgar, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and 50 pounds of sweaty, wrinkled silicone as the titular FBI director who nobody under 30 has ever heard of. To celebrate, Grantland’s YouTube Hall of Fame is remembering the best, worst, and least explicable movie-star physical transformations […]

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    Andy Serkis’ Apes Oscar Campaign: It’s On!

    This morning, 20th Century Fox announced that Andy “The Motion-Captured Olivier” Serkis just signed a “healthy seven-figure deal” to star in the sequel to this summer’s $453 million-grossing Rise of the Planet of the Apes as main ape Caesar. Also returning will be director Rupert Wyatt and writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who haven’t […]

  • HOLY CRAP: Here’s the Grand Theft Auto V Trailer

    Look at this thing! The trailer for Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V was posted moments ago at the company’s website. As predicted, the game will be set in Los Angeles (or some photorealistic simulacrum) and feature an all-new cast of playable malcontents and murderable civilians. Here’s hoping that Rockstar remembered to include Grantland HQ […]

  • Hollywood Goes 0-for-5 on Eighties Remakes in 2011

    Over the weekend, Footloose and The Thing stiffed at the box office, opening to a respective $16.1 million and $8.7 million and placing second and third behind week-old Hugh Jackman robot comedy Real Steel ($16.3 million), itself a burgeoning disappointment. Which means that all of 2011’s eighties remakes have officially failed. Including: April’s $40 million-budgeted […]

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