Early Buzz: 'Black Jesus,' Joaquin Phoenix and more
Happy Monday! I hope you had a fun weekend. My only goal was to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and I'm proud to say I did! If you only see a handful of movies in the theater each year, I'd say this one would be worth the experience. (See Boyhood first, though.)
Headlines:
- Actor James Garner has died.
- Watch a trailer for the new season of Homeland.
- We have a story about comedian John Mulaney's new sitcom.
- I like to think Woody Allen and Diane Keaton will make another movie together.
- Paul Thomas Anderson's new film has a premiere date.
- Marvel has announced release dates, but not titles, for several films. How silly.
- Hear Alec Baldwin pay tribute to his friend and 30 Rock mom, Elaine Stritch.
- Here's a good list of the best Madonna covers.
- See a trailer for Aaron McGruder's new Adult Swim comedy, Black Jesus.
- New York magazine has a long piece about Harper Lee and the recent lawsuits she was involved with.
- Here's an interesting essay about poetry in the age of Twitter.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic is selling Tacky T-shirts.
- Joaquin Phoenix's forehead is just one of many compelling things about him.
- Here's a very detailed review of every deleted scene in the new Twin Peaks Blu-ray set. (I think I'll watch 'em first.)
- "Five bad journalism lessons from Superman comics."
- And finally, here's a cover of Queen's Another One Bites the Dust that consists of movie screams. (Thankfully, it's less than a minute long.)