UPDATE: Mike Myers’ The Love Guru

Thanks to Lobby reader James, who wrote in with a production update on Mike Myers’ new comedy The Love Guru.
After Wednesday night’s Toronto Maple Leafs’ home game, the Love Guru cast and crew shot what is reportedly the Leafs’ fictional Stanley Cup win. Our friend James hung around as a crowd extra, after suffering the Leafs […]

Darren Star Produces Borat Ripoff, “Raffik”

Hasn’t Darren Star given us enough in the world of television?
The guy behind Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Sex and the City is now lifting liberally from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat for a new show called Raffik — which he’s developing for the creatively bankrupt Fox network.
Raffik is a detective from the small poor country of Albania. […]

MOVIE POSTER MONDAY: No Country for Old Men

History has proven that the Coen Brothers know how to do menacing. Blood Simple. Miller’s Crossing. Fargo. This poster follows right in line with that legacy.
It’s actually one in a series, and the other two have similar shots of guys brandishing weapons. One says “There Are No Laws Left.” The second says “You Can’t Stop What’s Coming.”
Intimidated […]

EARLY PREVIEW: Kevin Spacey In HBO’s “Recount”

UPDATE (4/06/08): HBO has sent along additional information on Recount, in anticipation of the May premiere.
ORIGINAL POST: If you were pissed off by the circus-like debacle known as the 2000 Presidential election, get ready to be angry all over again. HBO has sealed up their cast for Recount, a new film chronicling the Florida Folly, with Kevin Spacey, […]

Ken Burns’ “The War” Premieres on PBS

Ken Burns, a master filmmaker who knows how to turn a movie into a viewing marathon, debuts his World War II opus, The War, on PBS tonight.
Has anyone actually watched any of Burns’ multipart films in its entirety? It’s tough. His subject matter, enormous details and long running times (The War is 15 1/2 hours long) are made for DVD. In […]

DVD Documentaries from The Ramones and U2

Two of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century — U2 and The Ramones — have new performance documentary DVDs.
The Ramones’ documentary is It’s Alive 1974-1996, and it’s about as comprehensive as it gets. Four hours of performance footage, all of it rare or never released. Two discs, 119 songs. “Judy Is A Punk” […]