My Sister’s Keeper stars Abigail Breslin as a girl “genetically conceived” by her parents Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric to provide organs for her cancer-afflicted sister. From the director of The Notebook, My Sister’s Keeper is a film about friendship, family, love, and most of all, cancer. Roger Ebert says, “I cried so hard I queefed a bon bon.” Ben Lyons called it “heartwarming, homey.”
In The Ugly Truth (trailer after the jump), Katherine Heigl plays the bitchy career woman who’s unlucky in love, who gets stuck working with an incorrigible male chauvinist played by Gerard Butler. They can’t stand each other at first, but before you know it, blah blah blah it’s pretty much like 27 Dresses. Let’s see if you can guess how this one ends:
A. We find out Katherine Heigl was a man all along.
B. Rosebud was the sled
C. Katherine Heigl discovers Gerard Butler is really a sensitive soul and they fall in love when she convinces herself that she can change him
D. Just when the aliens are about to win, we find out they’re allergic to water.
E. Money shot
It’s a good thing Heigl isn’t forced to do sexist movies like Knocked Up anymore. Now she can devote her full focus on these empowering stories of feminists, who find true happiness only when they meet the right guy. Woohoo, girl power!
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The movie, based on Sophie Kinsella’s best-selling book, stars Isla Fisher as the adorable, silly, and sassy heroine Becky Bloomwood.
Trailer here. Try not to stab anything.
This character is so “adorable, silly, and sassy” that she runs up massive credit card debt on ridiculous-looking outfits (silly!), then lies about her credentials to land a job at a magazine (sassy!), makes several clumsy mistakes while a cute guy is watching (adorable!), and ultimately finds a husband (inevitable!). That’s the template for every one of these chick flicks: goofy girl works for a big city media outlet, has bad first impression with future husband, hears lecture from sister/mother/friend, ignores lecture, does something stupid that angers future husband, buys ice cream, realizes sister/mother/friend was right, apologizes to future husband in front of onlookers, is forgiven, buys wedding dress. Roll credits featuring the “Feel the Rain on Yo’ Skin” song.
Rob Corddry from The Daily Show has been cast as former white house press secretary Ari Fleischer in Oliver Stone’s W.
It’s unclear how big a part Fleisher will play in the movie, but if Corddry’s recent roles in What Happens in Vegas and Heartbreak Kid are any indication, Fleisher will be Bush’s kooky best friend. Bush will play the inveterate lady’s man until his buddy Ari bets him $5,000 he can’t stay with his latest hook up Condoleeza for more than 40 days. After a few days, W is almost ready to throw in the towel, but forces himself to think of the five grand and power through for a few more days. As time goes on, he gradually discovers that she’s more than just a sex object and starts to fall in love. "I think… I love… my black tail on the side," Bush is surprised to hear himself saying. But just when it looks like things are going perfectly, she finds out about the bet and is furious. Then Bush has to prove his love was real, and in the process, they all learn a little something about finding love in the strangest of places.
[via MTV]
A while back I brought you news of Made of Honor, a rom-com that joins a proud tradition of bad made/maid titles, and whose plot is virtually identical to My Best Friend’s Wedding.
Anyway, thanks to a new contest, YOU can get married at the premiere – it’d be like a McDream come true!
[To enter] go to the website and submit a photo of you and your beloved, along with the story of the moment you realized you were meant to be together [From the first second I saw her I just knew she was the stackedest Ukranian on the whole dang internet]
[From the entries will be chosen] 20 semi-finalists, who will submit videos of themselves answering the same question…The contest will be featured on Entertainment Tonight. The top four will move on to the coveted final round, where your video and story will be judged and voted on by the public to determine which lucky couple gets the grand prize… A trip for four to the premiere city [Fingers crossed for Wilmington!]. …The bride’s gown (provided by Selia Yang), the groom’s tux, a bridal bouquet (provided by Fleurop), his-and-hers wedding bands (provided by Damiani), and a $3000 gift card to Bed Bath & Beyond. [Cinematical]
Bed, Bath and Beyond is the 9th circle of hell. You go in looking for a bath mat and spend the next three hours feeling like a failure because your ceiling fan cord doesn’t match your duvet cover (sweet lord, doesn’t anything go with mauve?). But I guess it’s either or that or forever hold your piece. Get it?? Oh my God, feel the PUNishment! *sigh*
