In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
Throughout Bond movie history, one thing has remained constant: the plot of each new entry in the series has jack all in common with the others. Quantum of Solace immediately breaks with tradition by featuring a story that picks up 20 minutes after the last one. It even explains why Vesper Lynd betrayed Bond. Sort of.
As Daniel Craig returns in the series’ first direct sequel, a number of predictable complaints will be made:
- “It’s not as good as the last one!”
Of course it isn’t. Ever tried photographing a especially gorgeous sunset, or capturing a particularly sprightly wild animal? Twice? It isn’t easy the first time. You can shock our systems once by reinventing Bond with Daniel Craig. Inevitably our systems will be shocked again once the next Bond rolls around. If Bond was changed every movie, we’d stop becoming shocked and beg to see the same actor twice. Get over it.
Also: Casino Royale was not a great movie. It was a great Bond movie. There’s a difference.
- “It’s a lousy title!”
It’s unwieldy, yes, but:
A) Quantum = a small increment or parcel into which many forms of energy are divided; solace = to console, soothe, provide peace. Makes sense, given the ending of Casino Royale;
B) It refers to a super-secret secret agency, QUANTUM;
C) Many Bond titles don’t make a lot of sense anyway.
- “Daniel Craig is not as good as (insert previous Bond)!”
People are still complaining about this?
- “The action sequences are incoherent!”
Actually, that one’s me. Here’s the odd thing: the Bourne movies have been fingered as the source of this modern tendency to utilize dozens of quick cuts within a two-minute period, which I’ve chalked up to bad directing (and it is) but am now having to accept as the modern norm. Indeed, Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction) hired Dan Bradley, the second unit director of the Bourne films, to helm the second unit of this movie, and it’s the second unit director who handles the stunts. So Forster cut everything this way on purpose.
And yet… during the Bourne films I always knew exactly what was going on. Paul Greengrass would show us Matt Damon running, followed by a crowded subway tunnel, followed by a display that told us what time it was, followed by a bad guy pursuing, followed by a… you get the idea. We still experienced the action along with Bourne; the picture on screen was augmented by a second one inside viewers’ heads. Quantum of Solace has no such mastery of montage. Instead we’re basically given a few snapshots (with less than half a second to look at them) after missing the action.
“The title song sucks!”
Imagine something written for Amy Winehouse and performed by Pete Doherty. On the upside, the animated sequence that accompanies it is terrific.
Simply put, enough of Casino Royale’s rough edges remain to give Quantum of Solace the same gritty feel. The action sequences (when you can follow them) are creative, and the villain (played by French actor Mathieu Amalric) is refreshingly realistic. Judi Dench is nearly given a full supporting role. And the location work (except for the villain’s headquarters, oddly enough) is spectacular. Like Royale, Quantum of Solace is very good – for a Bond movie. It will not, however, win the series any converts, and I feel obligated to mention that during at least three action sequences, I had no clue what was going on.
