Posted by uspostWorldSaturday, September 10th, 2011
Amazon.com When Bryan Singer brought Marvel’s X-Men to the big screen, Magneto and Professor X were elder statesmen, but Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) travels back in time to present an origin story–and an alternate version of history. While Charles Xavier (Laurence Belcher) grows up privileged in New York, Erik Lehnsherr (Bill Milner) grows up underprivileged in Poland. [...]
Christina Hendricks is in the unenviable position of repeatedly answering questions about her boobs. But she’s also in the enviable position of having Christina Hendricks’ boobs, so that about evens out, right? Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks thinks it’s “bizarre” that “people are constantly asking if [her] breasts are real or fake.” In an interview with [...]
“Lucky Nike.” And let’s assume that Mad Men’s Don Draper and Peggy Olson created the shoe company’s new ad campaign repositioning star pitchman LeBron James. It’s good work. James is self-deprecating without being remorseful. He’s feisty toward and humorous at the expense of Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley without being remotely disrespectful. He’s vulnerable and [...]
“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 12: “Blowing Smoke” Sunday night’s “Mad Men” was kind of all over the place. But in a good way. Midge resurfaces and reveals herself as a heroine addict. Don (Jon Hamm) gives her some money to buy smack. Sally is secretly meeting with creepy kid. And Betty (January Jones) is [...]
Ben Affleck worked triple-time on The Town, in which he directs, stars, and co-adapts Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves. Affleck’s Doug MacRay comes from a line of Boston bank robbers. With his father (Chris Cooper) behind bars, he spent most of his childhood in Charlestown with loyal hothead Jem (The Hurt Locker‘s Jeremy Renner). Doug had a [...]