Pride And Glory

TMagazine Covers Seth Rogen And James Franco

The New York Times is shifting more and more to online video production and interactive content. They've had audio slideshows and video movie reviews for a while. Their latest move to becoming an internet TV platform is TMagazine and T Exclusive Films.

The names don't do that much for me but I'm liking the content. The latest segment features Lynn Hirschberg talking with Seth Rogen re: being a sex symbol, how he determines what kind of movies he wants to do, and writing 'The Green Hornet'.

Here's the segment with James Franco, about the bromance element of 'Pineapple Express', his inspirations for becoming an actor, and kissing Sean Penn in '(Harvey) Milk'.

So far, I've liked what I've seen from TMagazine. The segments marry the focus of an NYT article with the free-flow energy of an NPR interview a la Terry Gross. It certainly gives NYT more traction online than other news services. I just wish they'd make their content embedable. (Come on, guys, that's par for the course these days and drives a lot of traffic your way).

Rachel Getting Married

Good for Anne Hathaway and thank god Jonathan Demme has made another movie -- he doesn't make enough of them.

Tropic Thunder

Kenny Fischer has a review of 'Tropic Thunder' over at Collider. He likes it:

...Downey Jr. kills everyone in this movie. His line delivery is great, but the blank and cocky expression that follows all the jokes is gold.

and

If you've gotten this far into the review you're probably the kind of person that's spoiled the entire movie and know where I'm going with this, but Tom Cruise is unbelievable in this. Who knew? He has amazing comic timing and his intensity works wonders in this context.

This really surprised me:

Matthew McConaughey's character and his arc actually gives the movie a lot of heart. It's a warm and unorthodox take on the profession and this is the most likable McConaughey has been in his entire career.

There's also a nice full-sized promo pic (reduced above). There's something in the shot I haven't seen in any of the promo material yet. Check out Nick Nolte's right hand:

Nolte's character has a prosthetic hand.

Okay, I checked around -- Nolte's character lost both hands:

Bloody World Of Low-Budget Action Movies

James Franco on the difference between safety precautions on a big-budget movie and those of a small-budget gig.