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The 10 Most Painfully Awkward Moments of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards

By Jason Bailey on

At risk of putting too fine a point on it, complaining about the crassness and low entertainment value of the MTV Movie Awards is somewhat akin to complaining about the impersonal touch at your local whorehouse. While the show has yielded a few memorable moments over the years, it’s usually a vapid exercise in Twilight and Transformers recognition, wrapped up in the by now pro forma technical clumsiness and vaguely directionless air of any MTV live show. The 2013 MTV Movie Awards, which went out live (or not quite live, considering the number of Samuel L. Jackson’s “motherfuckers” that didn’t make it to air) last night, was about what we expected it to be: non-stop shilling for this summer’s big movies, back-patting for last summer’s big movies, awards for those who showed up (which is about the only way we can explain, as one example, Tyler Lautner beating Channing Tatum for Best Shirtless Performance), a few laughs and more than a few winces for host Rebel Wilson, and endless, endless vaguely patronizing thank-yous for “all the faaaaans” who voted for the winners. But beyond the expected yuckiness, there was awkwardness a-plenty, and our picks for the night’s most peculiar moments await you after the jump. … Read More

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David Gordon Green Might Be Directing a ‘Little House’ Movie

By Caroline Stanley on

While we realize that there’s a lot driving the decision making process in Hollywood that we’re not privy to — people taking on projects because they owe someone a favor or they need a quick paycheck — today’s news that David Gordon Green is in talks to direct Sony’s big-screen adaptation of Little House on… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. R. Kelly says that he realized his marriage of 12 years was over after he watched The Notebook. No, seriously. “As the film credits started to roll, I couldn’t move,” he writes in his new memoir. “I burst into tears. People walking past me patted me on the back, trying to console me.” [via… Read More

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Is ‘Your Highness’ the Best or Worst Stupid Movie of All Time?

By Judy Berman on

Fresh off an Academy Award nomination and win, respectively, James Franco and Natalie Portman are back — in a Middle Ages-set stoner comedy that seems like it may well have been built around its titular pun, Your Highness. The film also stars Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Theroux, and it’s directed by David Gordon Green, whose impressive range has taken him from George Washington to Pineapple Express without a major misstep.

There’s no doubt that Your Highness is a stupid movie — that it was, in fact, conceived and executed by a lot of smart people who knew all along that they were making a stupid movie. The question is, has it turned out to be a great stupid movie, the kind that provides hours of altered-state hilarity and demands repeat viewing on DVD, or an irredeemably terrible one? So far, the critics are split. Take a look at what they’re saying after the jump. … Read More

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The 2011 Movies That We’re Already Excited About

By Caroline Stanley on

There’s been a lot of talk about how 2010 has been an awful year for film. In fact earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal, novelist and screenwriter Joe Queenan dubbed it the worst movie year ever. While we don’t necessary agree (just look at The King’s Speech, Toy Story 3, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network, and Black Swan), we do know that the upcoming year looks even more promising. After the jump check out ten of the films that already have us excited for 2011, and be sure to add anything that we’ve missed in the comments. … Read More

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Pic of the Day: Fight For Your Right Revisited

By Caroline Stanley on

Earlier this week it was announced that “Fight For Your Right Revisited,” a short film written and directed by Adam Yauch, would premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Now, thanks to Stereogum, we’ve got a photo of Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride, who are presumably playing Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA. The cast also includes Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black, and while we don’t know anything about the plot, we do have this tagline: “After the boys leave the party.” We’re intrigued. Click through if you need to refresh your memory on the original clip. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we tried to understand the multiple levels of symbolism at work in Katy Perry’s Simpsons cameo. We looked at famous skylines made out of old computer parts. We wished that TRON: Lebowski was getting a theatrical release. We met the female filmmaker spearheading the… Read More

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Sneak Peek: George Clooney in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air

By Caroline Stanley on

According to Slashfilm, Jason Reitman’s follow up to Juno is an adaptation of Walter Kim’s novel Up in the Air that stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, and Danny McBride, and will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month. It tells the story of Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert who falls in love with another traveler just as he’s about to reach his goal of one million frequent flyer miles. Find the official movie poster after the… Read More

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Rate-a-Trailer: Despicable Me

By Lauren Hubbard on

We hadn’t heard much about Despicable Me before now, mostly that it has an amazing voice cast (read: Steve Carell, Will Arnett, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Russell Brand, and Julie Andrews), but Universal has just put out the first trailer; an unusually-long-as-first-trailers-go 2 and a half minute scene.… Read More

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What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we read the reactions to the New Moon trailer’s debut and scoffed over the idea of a Where’s Waldo? movie. We found it funny that a German publisher made Paul Auster a children’s book author without him even knowing it. We thought it was awkward that Morrissey decided to denounce Twitter on his MySpace blog. We weren’t sure if the New York Times ads are sexist, but we’ve always been convinced that they are completely annoying. We pondered the question, “Is Bruno good for gays?” We wanted some Will Ferrell sunscreen. We loved the newly-released Marilyn Monroe pics (She was only 24! Huzzah!). And finally, we felt more confused than ever about the upcoming Danny McBride/David Gordon Green movie now that Natalie Portman has signed on. Weird,… Read More