Entertainment
Director Pete Docter Talks about Up
By Broadside Staff Writer Ross Bonaime
Photo Courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios & Walt Disney Pictures.
With only nine films, Pixar has become world renowned for their great animation, overwhelming stories and incredible characters. This summer, Pixar will release their tenth film, Up, written and directed by Monsters, Inc. director Pete Docter, about a septuagenarian who flies his house to South America with the help of thousands of balloons.
Pixar Releases Up and Away
Photo Courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios & Walt Disney Pictures.
By Broadside Staff Writer Ross Bonaime
After last summer’s WALL-E, it was hard to imagine that any Pixar film would be as emotional, heartbreaking and gorgeous as the little worker robot that could. But with Up, all those fears are put to rest.
At the age of 78, Carl Fredricksen, voiced by Ed Asner, is exhausted with the world around him. After losing his wife, whom he has loved since he was a child, he just wants to be left alone in his home that reminds him of her. As children, they grew up loving the same explorer, Charles Muntz, and promised each other that one day, they would go to the last place Muntz was ever seen—South America. Unfortunately, they never got that chance.
A Haunting Past
Photo by Ron Batzdorff.
By Broadside Staff Writer Josh Hylton
Matthew McConaughey has hit a milestone in his career. He went an entire movie without gratuitously removing his shirt. Let a light shine through. But fear not, ladies—you still get to see those scrumptious abs, but this time, his upper body nakedness serves a purpose in the story.
Coming to Theaters
By Broadside Staff Writer Ross Bonaime
- May 8
Star Trek
Lost creator J.J. Abrams reboots this classic sci-fi franchise by telling the origin story of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise. - May 15
Angels & Demons
In this prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, must try to stop a terrorist act that could bring an end to the Vatican. - May 21
Terminator Salvation
An older John Conner, played by Christian Bale in the fourth of this franchise, tries to figure out just why and how Skynet plans on destroying all mankind as the war with robots rages on.
Shia LaBeouf Talks about Sequel
Photo Courtesy by DW Studios L.L.C/Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Q: Since the first movie got so many great reviews how is the second movie going to top it off?
Shia La Beouf: It’s fucking bigger, stronger, faster, better—it has to be. You got to realize you know this movies is being made by a lot of dudes who have a lot of pride. There’s no way that we’re going to promise you something and then have it be a piece of shit. It would just be a real problem for everybody’s psyche.
New Kirk and Spock Talk about Star Trek
By Broadside Staff Writer Patrick Wall
Photo Courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic.
“Space, the final frontier...”
These are the words that changed science fiction and entertainment, as we know it.
For over 40 years, Star Trek has captured the imaginations of audiences the world over. On May 8, director and producer J.J. Abrams will bring the popular series back to the big screen with his new film based on the Trek series.
Tinted Windows Releases First Album
By Broadside Correspondent Anthony Cusumano
Collaborations between established musicians are, to say the least, a mixed bag: for every winning combination like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, there is a Velvet Revolver, a black mark in the careers of those involved.
However, few super groups are quite as peculiar as Tinted Windows, with vocalist Taylor Hanson, ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos.
Curiosity’s the Key
Photo by Adam Auel.
Todd Kashdan, Associate Psychology Professor at GMU.
Todd Kashdan, Associate Psychology Professor at GMU.
By Broadside Writer Kyle Ridley
Dr. Todd Kashdan, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University, shares the key spice in life’s recipe with his first book, Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life.
“I wanted to write about curiosity because it is such a neglected, under-appreciated positive experience,” said Kashdan, 34. “Without curiosity, our ability to explore, discover, and grow would be at a standstill… the goal was to create a book on a topic that has somehow escaped attention in both the scientific community and the world at large.”
A Bit of Cajun Flavor
By Broadside Staff Writer Dylan Hares
The best thing about rock ’n’ roll from the Deep South is how naturally soulful it is without being pretentious or repetitive. I’m not a huge fan of southern rock’s cousin, country, but I simply think it lacks the soulfulness that southern rock seems to have in every note. Or maybe what I’m feeling is just what the newest album from the Benjy Davis Project has left me with.
Hailing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the BDP has been rocking the Deep South for the better part of the last seven years. I had never heard of them before I got a hold of their newest album, Dust, but I have to say I was impressed from the get-go.
An Interview with Femme Fatale Ali Larter
When you first read the script, what immediately attracted you to this character?
AL: The first thing that attracted me was the idea of, you know, getting a chance to play a femme fatale. The movies that I loved were Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Rita Hayworth in Gilda, the real classic femme fatals are one of the reasons I always wanted to get into this business. And this movie is really a kiss more to that kind of sexy thriller genre of Rebecca De Mornay in Hand that Rocks the Cradle, and Fatal Attraction. So, you know, getting the chance to play that really delicious, you know, female villain was my first draw.