Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy courtesy Universal Pictures
Question Much has been made about Paul Greengrass handheld-camera work in The Bourne Ultimatum and the fact that both Supremacy and Ultimatum have been hits makes me certain that filmmakers will keep doing it But I cant be the only person who gets nauseous watching these films The incessant movement is difficult to watch Rarely does the camera stop long enough for the viewer to process a shot even the quietest moments cant be still Matt Damon is great and Id like to say I enjoyed the movies but when I have to go home and take something for headache and nausea that cant be good Am I alone in this DarylFlickChick Youre far from alone some critics and a lot of moviegoers have complained about the restless shaky handheld-camera work and superfast editing in The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 in particular and movies in general Filmmakers generally use restless jittery camera work to establish a you-are-there atmosphere sometimes its meant to look as thoug
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show enjoyed its best ratings week ever the week ending Dec. 18, due in large part to a visit from The Producers stars Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Will Ferrell. The show drew more than five million viewers, the talker's largest single-day audience in two and a half years on the air — which will quite possibly be more people than will actually see the critically drubbed big-screen musical.
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Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria probably isn't feeling too Desperate this morning. The perpetual award-show bridesmaid scored a long-overdue Golden Globe nod on Tuesday morning, joining cast mates Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher and Marcia Cross in the lead actress (comedy) race. Still, Eva's probably not the happiest of the Housewives today. That award goes to Huffman, doubly nominated for the sudser and her gender-bending turn in Transamerica. Housewives itself overcame all that sophomore-slump chatter to score a nod for best comedy, where it will face off against newcomers Everybody Hates Chris, My Name Is Earl and Weeds, as well as HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage. Other newcomers to the Globes race include Fox's Prison Break and its star, Wentworth Miller; The Office's Steve Carell;
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Question: Everybody has been saying that Desperate Housewives is in a slump. I'm not sure if that's an opinion I truly agree with, or merely one I've acquired from others who have been saying so pretty much since the day after the second-season premiere aired. Whatever the case, I have to say there is one part of the show that I have come to loathe: George. In the first season he was a creepy character who proved to be an interesting wrinkle in Bree and Rex's marriage. This season, with Rex out of the picture, George has taken on a bigger role in Bree's life as well as the life of the show, and I, for one, can't say it has been for the better. We have gotten to see just what level of crazy he is, and to what lengths he will go to get what he wants. I mean, not only did he manipulate Bree into having sex with him when she obviously wasn't ready, but now he's killed her therapist and proposed to her just seven weeks after her husband's death (which he, of course, caused)! To me he is a ...
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King Kong
The L.A. Times' awards-show handicapping forum, GoldDerby.com, has announced its early film favorites to earn nods for the Golden Globes — and, well, you ain't see none of 'em yet! In the best drama picture category, the three lead contenders appear to be King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich, while the Best Comedy/Musical slot would seem to belong to The Family Stone, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The Producers and Walk the Line. So why have I been going to the theater for the past 10 months? Oh, yeah, the Junior Mints.
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According to the New York Post, starring in the stage and screen versions of The Producers wasn't enough Mel Brooks for Matthew Broderick. The two have begun discussing the possibility of Broderick playing the title role the Broadway musical version of the Brooks classic Young Frankenstein. I'm sorry, Fronkensteen.
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Question: As a lover of Broadway musicals, I'm excited that The Producers and Rent are on their way to being movies. But I haven't heard a peep about plans to bring Wicked to the screen. It seems to be a natural – great plot, music and stars. Have you heard any buzz?
Answer: There don't appear to be any plans in the works to adapt Wicked as a movie, which may be because everyone's waiting to see how well Rent and The Producers do at the box office. Gregory Maguire's original novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1999), was optioned in 2000 for a four-hour ABC TV-movie, but that project is officially dead.
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Since Kimberlin Brown jumped ship to The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live has hired Broadway actress Cady Huffman to replace her in the role of Llanview doctor Paige Miller. Huffman was a Tony winner in 2001 for her turn in The Producers. She'll first air in August.
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