TEAM AMERICA: Great Matt and Trey Interview!

Here’s “South Park” mastermind Trey Parker, on his way to the editing room in late August: “It’s  brutal. It’s [expletive deleted] brutal.” Here’s “South Park” co-mastermind Matt  Stone, a few minutes later: “I want my life back so  bad.” Interviewed by M.E. Russell for In Focus.

3 Oct, 2004 - 3:50 PM
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Presidential Debate Debriefing

Last night President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry squared off in Coral Gables, Florida, in the first of what promises to be a series of unsurprisingly lackluster showings.  Join the forum for some lively political discussions and tell us: How did your guy do?

1 Oct, 2004 - 11:16 AM
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TRAILER: Final, Nutty ALEXANDER Trailer!

Yeah.  It looks a little nutty (like an Oliver Stone film should).  Get ready for an anachronistic jamboree  - the American, English accents (and a Russian sounding one from Jolie, not to mention an Irish one from Farrell).  Hey, the visuals do look nice, though.

1 Oct, 2004 - 4:28 AM
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SHARK'S TALE Eats Entire Box Office Over Weekend!

Americans must have really wanted to see a movie this weekend. Must be all that "intense reality" circling the election (damn entertainment addicts). Travolta's sap-fest, Ladder 49 earned $22m.

3 Oct, 2004 - 3:08 PM
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X-MEN 3 Has a Screenwriter!

20th Century Fox has contracted Simon Kinberg (upcoming films "Elektra," "Fantastic Four," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") to pen a script for the third installment of "X-Men," the Marvel Comic movie adaptation, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

1 Oct, 2004 - 10:55 AM
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2nd REVIEW: I HEART HUCKABEES!

The high-wire comedy "I Heart Huckabees" captures liberal-left despair with astonishingly good humor: it's "Fahrenheit 9/11" for the screwball set. Chockablock with strange bedfellows — Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin play a hot-and-heavy married couple, Jason Schwartzman gets his groove on with Isabelle Huppert — the film is a snort-out-loud-funny master class of controlled chaos. Written by Manohla Dargis of the NY Times

1 Oct, 2004 - 4:27 AM
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