Will Smith

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) In another bid to be America's most well-liked star, as well as an attempt for a third Oscar nomination, Will Smith has attached himself to star in an adaptation of the popular tearjerker novel "Flowers For Algernon." The original story, a sci-fi-ish (though not at all in the transitional...

By Oli Lyttelton(noreply@blogger.com) You forget now, but the original "Men in Black" is a pretty good popcorn movie. It falls apart in its last act, but the chemistry between Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith is strong, and it's got more good ideas in its brief running time than all the movies Smith's made since, put together. The sequ...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Over the weekend, "Crash" director Paul Haggis deep-sixed any chances of working with Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Beck (don't laugh, he collaborated with everyone) after he quit the Church of Scientology. And maybe ruined his chances at another Oscar? Nobody else could have shoe-horned...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Why He’s a Contender: Who would’ve thought the goofy, sarcastic kid from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” TV show would be receiving Oscar nominations not long after? Not us, that’s for sure. Naturally, Will Smith isn’t the best thespian in the biz and sure he still makes the majority of his mon...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) While some will cite the moment of David Gordon Green's downfall as the release of last year's "Pineapple Express," one could actually go back a few months earlier to the uneven Robert Altman-aping "Snow Angels"— a film that's even more overt in its Altman-ness than any of Paul Thomas And...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) The box office story for "Up," number one again, won't be told in its second weekend, nor in its successful first, but rather in its fifth or sixth, when its weathered a number of box office contenders to have the staying power to earn as much as possible before July 4th brings "Ice Age: Dawn o...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) Oh, Will Smith, how goddamned predictable can you get? The Teflon box office draw, who realized with "Hancock" that his movies didn't need to be middling when they could be out-and-out bad and people would still see them, is set to feed his desperate, needy onscreen hero complex once agai...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Thirst" is the filmmakers first film in Cannes competition since 2004's "Oldboy" (which Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are still trying to sanitize remake for American audiences). We're highly anticipating this one. Focus Features is putting out the film in the U.S. this summer in mid-Ju...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Ever wondered what Eminem's "8 Mile" might be like if it was set in Germany? Well, wonder no more; Berlin-based rapper, Bushido, will be starring his very own biopic created by the filmmakers behind the Academy Award-nominated controversial German film, "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) The film is evidently being tracked for a 2011 release. Presumably, since Eisenberg and Stupnitsky seem to be doing a reboot with the third "Ghostsbusters," Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones needn't have to be signed on and they could probably just continue the film as the continuing adventu...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) Do we have to do the rollcall once again? Fine. "He-Man." "Voltron." "Street Fighter." "Green Arrow." "Captain Nemo." "Hack/Slash." These are the names of pre-established properties that Justin Marks has helped pen in the last few years. The odd, Hollywood issue about this is that none of Marks...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) Ok, Will Smith, we know you really don't care who you collaborate with as long as they make you look good, heroic even. This has worked out for you so far, and no one seems to care you're working with people the world's number one box office draw shouldn't bother with. Quality control didn't sto...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) The Farrelly Brothers are people who never let a film die, and they aren't going to let absurd fancasting get in the way of their dreams. Perhaps you'll remember their long flirtation with "Stuck On You," where they pitched to the studios multiple permutations of Woody Allen, Will Smith, J...

By Gabe Toro(noreply@blogger.com) It looks like Will Smith and Steven Spielberg are soldering along with their ill-advised remake of the Korean film "Oldboy." In an interview with MTV News, Smith says, “It’s the thing that Steven was attracted to... We’re working from the comic and we haven’t done anything other than talk abo...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) 8. "Hancock" - Largely awful from the get-go at least Jason Bateman's everyman humor kept it semi-tolerable at first, by the time the big "twist" happens and Charlize Theron is revealed to be an ancient god just like Will Smith, the film devolves into a sprawling mess of comical, cataclysm...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Like us, the Village Voice greatly respected Muccino's "The Pursuit of Happyness," but they write: "Writing at the time, I praised the film for Smith's superb performance and for its willingness to honestly address the social and economic realities of America's underclass. Watching S...

By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Dear God, someone stop Hollywood and someone pleassssssssse, stop Will Smith and Steven Spielberg from remaking the the classic 2003 vengeance tale, "Oldboy," by South Korean auteur Chan Wook-Park ("Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, "Lady Vengeance,")