Alan Alda Apes Madoff For Brett Ratner's Latest
Remember back in October when word came out that Rush Hour-auteur Brett Ratner was going to be shooting an Ocean's Eleven meets Bernie Madoff flick in town this winter? Well the movie, Tower Heist, has started production on our fair streets—it is filming today at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and around Broadway and Worth Streets—and the first few stills of Alan Alda playing a Ponzi-schemer look... about as good as we would expect from the always game M*A*S*H star—he's got the eyes down pat. Of course, we're still holding out hope that Bill Murray will someday actually play the villain in a real Madoff biopic...
Finally: A Revenge Comedy About Bernie Madoff-Type
If you were casting a Hollywood about a Bernard Madoff-type Ponzi schemer under house arrest in his Manhattan penthouse, would you immediately think Alan Alda? Or would you think to cast Ben Stiller as the manager of the apartment building who rallies his employees to try to get their money from Alda's character? Well, the movie, Tower Heist, directed by Rush Hour auteur Brett Ratner, is in pre-production will be filming in New York.
The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Picks: Wolverine edition
This week the box office juggernaut that is the new , there's still tons of repertory to take in instead this weekend.
Dennis Farina To Law & Order?
Crime Story is available on DVD; the guest stars on Crime Story include Julia Roberts, Gary Sinise, Vincent Gallo, Deborah Harry, Jann Wenner, David Hyde Pierce, and Dennis Haysbert. Farina also played Special Agent Jack Crawford in Manhhunter, the un-official (and much better than the Brett Ratner version) adapatation of Silence of the Lambs prequel, Red Dragon. Michael Mann produced Crime Story and directed Manhunter; it goes without saying that Farina appeared on Miami Vice.
Dirty Little Secrets
The Post kicks off Radiohead's two nights at Madison Square Garden by talking to people who hate Radiohead but have been afraid to admit it because Radiohead are critically beloved and "cool." An entertainment editor says, "Hating Radiohead is the hipster's dirty little secret," and Spin writer Chuck Klosterman, though a fan, can understand the hate as well. "There's definitely now a symbolic value to saying you hate Radiohead - even Kid Rock makes a big deal about hating Radiohead. He even has a video where he's literally using toilet paper with the word 'Radiohead' embossed on it." Kid Rock? Using Kid Rock in an argument about hating Radiohead is like knowing Brett Ratner hates David Lynch - it doesn't matter at all.


