GALLERY: Stars Speak For the Trees at 'The Lorax' Premiere
Why Dudes Man-Crush on Paul Rudd
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That smile. Those eyes. That devil-may-care attitude. Sure, ladies love him -- but who wouldn't be lost in the wily, sardonic sea that is "Wanderlust" star Paul Rudd, the guy who put the "man" in "bromance"?
Having first caught our eye in Amy Heckerling's "Clueless" in 1995, this former bat mitzvah DJ has always had charm to spare and the kind of non-threatening good looks that headliners are made of. Despite featured roles in hit movies like "The Cider House Rules" and "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," not to mention practically becoming the unofficial seventh friend as Pheobe's husband on "Friends," it took Rudd nearly a decade to truly enter the bro-sphere with a little watershed film called "Anchorman." Get More »
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Exclusive First Look at 'Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & the 420 Witch'
Swap breadcrumbs for Skittles and gingerbread for marijuana, and you begin to get a feel for "Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & the 420 Witch," a weed-laced horror comedy in which a witch (Lara Flyn Boyle) tempts teens into her home with pot, then eats them.
Next Movie headed to Stage 4 of Sunset Gower Studios to talk to the cast and get an exclusive first look at the first of three Hansel & Gretel films coming out in the next year.
"Black Forest" will be released April 20, naturally. "All we’re saying in this film," Molly C. Quinn (who plays Gretel) says, "is that if you smoke pot you run a higher risk of getting eaten by a witch."
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Oscar's French Connection
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The unofficial theme of the 2012 awards season could be "Vive la France," with the French-helmed "The Artist" picking up dozens of awards and going into Oscar night with 10 nominations, second only to 11 nods for "Hugo."
The movie has picked up wins for director Michel Hazanavicius and leading man Jean Dujardin at the BAFTAs, Critics Choice, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a multitude of trophies for the film, its score, art direction, editing and costumes. It's not just picking up steam, it's a veritable awards locomotive.
Also Check Out: 2012 Oscar Predictions
With "The Artist" positioned so strongly for the Academy Awards, and its key players, including nominated costar Bérénice Bejo, being French (even though the film was shot entirely in Los Angeles, where it is set during the dawn of the talkies), we decided to take a look at the roster of other French talent that has broken out of the foreign film category to become part of Oscar history. Get More »
Oscar's 13 Biggest Mistakes
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For every winner who leaps up to thank the Academy, at least four nominees stay behind -- and with them, countless audience members wondering why their favorites failed to snag the big award. But there are times when everyone -- maybe even the winner -- believes the wrong name was read and the Oscar should have gone to... someone else.
We've picked 13 unlucky times the Academy made a huge, irreversible mistake, whether out of misguided loyalty to an actor-turned-director, fear of bestowing the Oscar to a violent or controversial film, or for no discernible reason at all (in no particular order). Get More »
9 Essential Anime Movies
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Japanese animation has been pushing the boundaries of the field for decades, and Hollywood is only now catching up to the trends that anime films have already set.
In honor of Disney's American release of "The Secret World of Arrietty," which has already grossed $125 million outside the U.S., we're listing the most important masterpieces of the anime genre ... at least the ones that don't feature pervy monsters and Japanese schoolgirls. Get More »
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Everything We Know About 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' So Far
20th Century Fox
Abraham Lincoln: He was our sixteenth president, the Great Emancipator and, of course, he was also a peerless vampire hunter. Oh, sure, that last part might have been glossed over in your high school history book, but that's fine, because the truth will finally be revealed when "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" hits theaters this summer.
You don't need to wait four score and seven years to get answers, though, because we have everything there is to know about "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" right now. Get More »
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GALLERY: Hot 'n' Heavy Movie Makeout Sessions
Holidays aren't known for being divisive, but Valentine's Day is the rare exception -- your outlook on chocolate hearts and long-stemmed roses might vary wildly, depending on relationship status.
But whether you're madly in love, a satisfied single, or planning to bah-humbug your face off all day long, there's one thing we can agree on: movie stars having sexy time is just plain nice to look at.
So in honor of Cupid's arguably awesome arrow, let's look at the some of the hottest P.D.A. in film.
GALLERY: The CIA's 15 Sexiest Spies (in Movies)
Is there anything sexier than a spy? We shouldn't dig a person who lies for a living as much as we do, but we just can't help it. It's the specialized skills, the crisp wardrobes, the high IQs and the ability to blend in, adapt and fight at a moment's notice. Oh, and there's the whole master/mistress of seduction thing. No one seems to be able to show a girl (or guy!) a good time like a secret agent!
Naturally, we're jealous of Reese Witherspoon's spy-on-spy action in "This Means War." Not only is she juggling Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (when we'd be happy with just one of them), but they're both badass CIA operatives, which guarantees every date is more exciting than if either were accountants.
To console ourselves, we've put together a gallery of 15 of the CIA's sexiest spooks. We don't care if they would have to kill us afterward – we'd happily go undercover with any one of them.
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GALLERY: Celebrities Tell Us Their Favorite Romantic Movies
Valentine's Day is upon us, love is in the air, and we are so on it.
Oh, we don't mean candlelit dinners and flower deliveries -- we mean romantic movies, in which every meet-cute and heartbreak has a soundtrack; and hot, sensitive characters say "I love you" better than your significant other ever will.
You know who loves romantic movies, too? Celebrities. From Channing Tatum to Christina Hendricks, these 20 famous folks name their favorites and give us some pretty good ideas for what we might be watching (again) this Valentine's Day.
Most Romantic Movies Ever ... This Millennium
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Call us predictable, but we at NextMovie can't think of a better thing to do on Valentine's Day than snuggle up to your loved one (or teddy bear, if you're single) and pop in a film to tug at your heart strings.
So to make your Valentine's Day a stress-free affair, we've been thoughtful enough to compile a list of our top 20 Valentine's Day film picks from the new millennium to make the picking that much easier for you.
Pop open that bubbly, pour that bath, gorge on some chocolate-covered strawberries... and enjoy. Get More »
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