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This guy single-handedly ruined the word Motherfucker,' Ryan Reynolds protection agent character says about Samuel L. Jacksons hitman character in a new trailer for Lionsgates The Hitmans Bodyguard . Judging from the clip, the meta statement alluding to Jacksons infamous MF-wielding status hints at a film that likely pokes fun at itself while delivering action-packed scenes. The plot involves a Triple A-rated executive protection agent (Reynolds) being assigned the task of guarding a notorious hitman (Jackson). The pair clearly dislike each other. While sitting in a car, the hitman threatens, I will bust a cap in your ass. The protection agent queries, Have you ever said, Please?' to which the hitmans (obvious) response is, Please , motherfucker! Lots of things explode and blow up, there are car chases, loads of guns and plenty of punches thrown, including Reynolds character hitting Jacksons character. There are also, naturally, tons of expletives. To ratchet up the self-refere...

Sheryl Crow debuted her new song "Easy" last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live , which turned out to be more like Matt Damon Live after the actor tied up Kimmel and took over the show. Wearing a Western blouse worthy of the golden age of Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, Crow strummed an acoustic guitar on the rootsy song, backed by trebly electric guitar licks, pedal steel and rich backing vocals on the chorus. The song is the first single from an upcoming album that Crow is calling her "country debut."

That would be three days actually a Friday, Saturday and Sunday that amassed $31 million cash money for the inane, critically savaged Keanu Reeves remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still . If that werent bad enough, Fox studios and a privately owned celestial communications network came up with an even stupider publicity campaign to hype the movie about an alien (Reeves) who visits earth to destroy us for destroying the planet through global warming. They utilized equipment at Cape Canaveral to beam the movie to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth. Experts say it will take four years to receive the transmission. If there is life on Alpha Centauri, lord knows what revenge they might enact in 2012 for inflicting this crap on them. Me, I rushed home after the screening to watch the original Day the Earth Stood Still on DVD, in sparkling black-and-white, to get the bad taste out of my mouth. Am I wrong? Did you find something to like about the remake...

Hot town, scummer in the city Peter Travers is back once again to count down the worst movies of the month, and July was particularly rife with garbage. Our trusty critic says he couldve tossed 25 movies into the Scum Bucket, but hes gracious enough to leave us with only 10. The Best and Worst Movies of 2014 So Far Starting things off is Earth to Echo , a kids movie that thinks its E.T. but doesnt even land in the same universe as Steven Spielbergs classic. Speaking of recycled plots, Very Good Girls finds Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen playing two young girls trying to lose their virginity over summer break, and as Travers succinctly puts it, Its a very bad movie. Next up is the atrocious documentary America: Imagine the World Without Her , in which filmmaker Dinesh DSouza tries to debunk all the myths liberals spew about their homeland doing bad things. Travers points out some of DSouza particularly egregious claims like slavery wasnt bad because black people also owned slave...

I expected the film version of the epically tedious Old English poem to be a craptacular. Director Robert Zemeckis used the same motion-capture process in 2004s The Polar Express and turned live actors into digital humans who looked invaded by body snatchers. Boy, have things changed. The eighth-century Beowulf, goosed into twenty-first-century life by a screenplay from sci-fi guru Neil Gaiman and Pulp Fiction s Roger Avary, will have you jumping out of your skin and begging for more. Be sure to see it in 3-D. I cant vouch for the flat version, but the 3-D Beowulf will debut on a record number of digital screens (1,000, and 90 in IMAX). Put on those plastic glasses and ride, baby, ride. Ive never seen a 3-D movie pop with this kind of clarity and oomph. Its outrageously entertaining. Terrific actors were hired to do the movements and the voices. Ray Winstone, so good in The Departed and, well, everything else, speaks the role of Beowulf like a Viking hero for the ages. The Adonis b...

Call it the black Scarface or the Harlem Godfather or just one hell of an exciting movie, but the fact-based, 1970s-era American Gangster is already looking like a major awards contender. Denzel Washington looms like a colossus as notorious drug lord Frank Lucas, and in the still, watchful center of his volcanic performance youll find the measure of a dangerous man. Theres more good news: A combustible Russell Crowe channels Serpico as Richie Roberts, the honest Jersey cop who aches to take Frank down. Steven Zaillian, sourcing Mark Jacobsons 2000 New York magazine interview with Lucas (The Return of Superfly), brings scrappy life to a script that spans more than a decade. Camera legend Harris Savides shoots on the fly, as if hed sneaked into a Seventies time capsule. And Ridley Scott, at the top of his game, directs like a man possessed. Jay-Z did a hip-hop concept album, unconnected to the soundtrack, to pay tribute. So whats the downside? The movie is long (157 minutes), overstu...

A salute is in order for Peter Berg the man can direct a disaster movie like nobodys business. What strengthens Deepwater Horizon and raises the bar on the possibilities of the genre is that the story he tells is honestly and horrifyingly true. The film depicts the worst oil spill in American history when the BP-leased deepwater drilling rig, owned by Transocean, exploded on April 20, 2010, some 35 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Amid the spray of mud, oil and environmental calamity, 11 lives were lost. Berg creates the cataclysm of that day with unbearable tension and healing compassion. It starts predictably with a few personal details about the 126 men and women of the crew prepping to spend 20 days away from home doing the tech work necessary on the Deepwater Horizon rig. Mark Wahlberg, who teamed admirably with Berg on the Afghan war drama Lone Survivor, is stellar as Mike Williams, the chief electronics technician who grabs a quickie with his wife (Kate Hu...

Heres a brief list of things that happened to Josh Bowmans character, Daniel Grayson, by the end of the first season of ABCs hit nighttime soap Revenge . After starting as an irresistible rich party boy, Daniel had fallen in love, only to break off his engagement with Emily Thorne. He was shot by his best friend, then tried for said friends murder, spending time in jail until the charges were dropped. His model socialite parents werent so model after all, filing for divorce. His sister tried to commit suicide. His mother may or may not have been killed in a plane crash in the season finale. Finally, he began turning into the man hed tried so hard to stay away from, his father, by stepping up to head the family company (which also played a hand in financing 9/11, but Daniel doesnt know this. Yet.) To hear the 24-year-old British actor tell it, these are just a string of normal occurrences on Revenge , which also stars lead vixens Emily VanCamp (as Emily Thorne, ne Amanda Clarke) and Ma...

At Last was more than just the title of Season Sixs fourth episode it was the collective sigh of relief exhaled by all fans (this recapper included) who have been wondering when the hell wed get the True Blood we know and love back. Theres still quite a ways to go though: Im sick of no one having sex on this show anymore, and there has just not been enough Steve Newlin to satisfy this thirsty Truebie. But Id like to think it wasnt a coincidence that there were a couple of homages to Season One in At Last, namely, the return of the GrabItKwik convenience store and its gothy clerk from the opening scene of TB s very first episode, as well as seeing Jason (unwittingly) on V again. The Best of True Blood: The Darkest, Sexiest Moments From Bon Temps and Beyond But what made At Last such a turning point in what has been a relatively tepid season so far were two crucial plot developments. One: After having his story line dragged out since the middle of last season without being able to s...

Peter Travers says that Morgan Spurlocks new documentary, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, is the best and most depressing thing playing at theaters this weekend. Spurlocks film, which Travers declares is the filmmakers most accomplished since Super Size Me , is a hilarious and eye-opening look at the omnipresence of product placement and advertising in movies and pop culture. Its a documentary that tells you even while youre laughing that were all going to hell in a sponsored handbasket. This Weeks Movie Reviews: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Water for Elephants Rio Incendies The Complete Archive: Over 20 Years of Peter Travers Movie Reviews Now Online

Avengers: Age of Ultron explodes into movie theaters May 1st, and to celebrate the Marvel blockbusters arrival, Sesame Street spoofed the superhero tandem to teach kids about healthy eating and the art of focus. In Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon , an Ultron-inspired baddie plots to turn the worlds vegetables into desserts. The only thing that could stop the villains giant chocolate chip cookie spaceship: An enormous, green Cookie Monster-turned-Hulk (via Daily Beast). The Sesame Street spoof also features plenty of parent-friendly Avengers jokes that might elude younger viewers. Thats me secret, me always hungry, Cookie Monster says before transforming into his furry green Hulk, a nod to Bruce Banners Avengers quip, Thats my secret Im always angry. The segment even pokes fun at Jeremy Renners Hawkeye and the marksmans all-around uselessness within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And like the Avengers post-credit sequence, Cookie Monster suggests the gang get some post-battle shawarma. The...

Just the idea of Mark Wahlberg playing a smuggler unable to go straight sounds like a dream popcorn movie. But Contraband , based on Baltasar Kormkur's Nordic hit Reykjavik-Rotterdam , goes down in a sea of Hollywood clichs as Wahlberg ignores his good wife (Kate Beckinsale) and runs counterfeit bills out of Panama. Wahlberg could sleepwalk through this role, and does. See this movie and you'll surely follow his lead. Related Video: Peter Travers Reviews 'The Devil Inside' and 'Joyful Noise' in This Week's 'At The Movies With Peter Travers'

Trainspotting s Rent Boy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie reunite in the latest trailer for Danny Boyles T2 , the sequel to the cult 1996 film that picks up two decades after the original cult classic. Iggy Pops Lust for Life, the quasi-anthem for the original film, is also back to pace the new preview, premiering at Rolling Stone. The clipfinds Ewan McGregors ex-addict Renton attempting to reconcile with Edinburgh buddies after ripping them off in the original film. T2 has already opened in the United Kingdom, where the film was lauded for its kinetic energy and cynical look at nostalgia while retaining the original films unique, biting tone. The sequel hits U.S. theaters March 17th. Choose your future. Choose wishing youd done it all differently. Choose life, Renton says in voiceover, a nod to the 1996 films inner dialogue. The trailer augments the first tease of the new film, which implored viewers to Choose Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and hope that someone, somewhere cares. Although the...

Remember that scene in Disneys animated Fantasia when Mickey Mouse, as an apprentice to the sorcerer Yen Sid (thats Disney spelled backward), stole his masters hat and made brooms dance? That scene is a classic. Now producer Jerry Bruckheimer has fashioned a live-action epic around that moment with Nicolas Cage as the wizard and Jay Baruchel as the apprentice. It would be a gross understatement to note that something is lost in translation. Everything is lost style, substance, wit, character, logic. I could go on. Cage and Baruchel work hard to stay accessible, but the computer-generated effects come on like heavy artillery blowing away any hint of flesh and blood. The Sorcerers Apprentice should be rated U for Untouched by Human Hands.

From Freaks And Geeks to his upcoming This Is 40 , which features Paul Rudd as the founder of an indie record label, Hollywood auteur Judd Apatow has made music a central part of his oeuvre. On Thursday afternoon, Apatow led a panel on music in his work as part of the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference. Career Study with Judd Apatow featured the director, musicians Graham Parker (who plays himself in This Is 40 ) and Michael Penn, as well as composer Mike Andrews and music supervisor Manish Raval, a longtime Apatow collaborator. Most of the 45-minute conversation focused on Apatows current work, This Is 40 , and the HBO series Girls , which features music composed by Penn. But the conversation did steer all the way back to Freaks and Geeks , which includes Apatows one musical regret. He cleared Neil Youngs Only Love Can Break Your Heart for use in the show, but when the series was canceled and NBC wouldnt pay the $30,000 licensing fee, Apatow chose to substi...

Bravo, Joan. She couldnt save those eight murdered student nurses in Chicago, but when Joan kicked her abusive husbands sorry ass out of the house at the end of Mystery Date, she switched the entire tone of the episode from that of fear to empowerment. Its just a shame she wasnt around to help budding teen Sally understand that just because youre young and pretty doesnt mean men are allowed to turn you into a victim. Even Don wasnt immune to the details of the gruesome July 1966 news story, as it manifested itself in one of the most twisted, perverse plot lines yet. You Give Me Fever Its quite an impressive feat when Don can go one day without crossing paths with one of his former conquests. Unfortunately for Megan, who never got the memo that her husband pretty much had a one-sided open marriage with Betty , Don has been bumping into his old flames a little more often than shed like. How many times is this going to happen? she pouts after meeting the flirtatious Andrea Rhodes in the...

If youve seen Cube or Splice , then you knowVincenzo Natali doesnt make easily digestible movies. (And we mean that literally.) The directors latest release, Haunter (available now on demand) isnt for everyone, but its one of the most inventive ghost stories in years, even if it defies conventional descriptions (think Groundhog Day without the comedy and filtered through the spookiness of Coraline and Ti Wests The Innkeepers .) To make better sense of it all, Rolling Stone sat down with Haunter s seventeen-year-old star, Abigail Breslin, who shed some light on scary movies and her upcoming role in Enders Game . See Peter Travers Ranked List of the 10 Best Zombie Movies of All Time How did you get involved with Haunter ? Ive been a huge horror movie fan ever since I was about twelve, so Ive always wanted to do a scary movie I just wanted it to be the right one. I got this script and immediately loved the character and story. I also loved Vincenzos last film, Splice , so I thought ...

The odd-couple joke is right up front: Will Ferrell as Chazz Michael Michaels, the skater as macho slob, and John Heder as Jimmy MacElroy, the twit on ice. You look like a fifteen-year-old girl, only not hot, says Chazz to Jimmy. When a brawl at the 2002 World Figure Skating Championships gets them banned from the sport, they find a loophole that allows them to compete as the first-ever male pair. Thats the one joke, with crotch and gay bits aplenty, on which Ferrell and Heder spin comic variations until the script leaves them dizzy from the strain. Directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck distract us with tricky stunts. And the villains, an incestuous brother and sister played by real-life marrieds Amy Poehler and Will Arnett are a hoot. And Office honey Jenna Fischer is welcome as Jimmys love. But Blades takes a hard fall long before it can even nab a medal for fluff.

For the provocative questions it asks about identity and brute force, David Cronenberg's A History of Violence is the best movie of the year so far. That's what makes the rerelease of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 landmark, The Passenger , such a well-timed companion piece. The script, co-written by Antonioni and Peter Wollen, focuses on a TV journalist (a superb Jack Nicholson) who steals the identity of a dead man and embarks on a new life, only to find violent surprises on his trail. Antonioni and Cronenberg differ greatly as stylists, but their shared gift for expressing the comfort and agony of dislocation is uncanny.

Billy Bob Thornton is the best weapon against cute that a kid baseball movie ever had. Like Bill Murray, Thornton is allergic to uplift. As Morris Buttermaker, the boozing pussy-hound coach of the Bears a losing team of California misfits Thornton cuts the brats no slack. You look like the last shit I took, he drawls. elcome to Bad Santa baseball with Santas writing elves Glenn Ficarra and John Requa reteaming with Thornton to rock the PG-13 rating. In terms of drugs, the film tones down the 1976 original. Unlike Walter Matthau, who created the role of the badass coach, Thornton doesnt tell kids to grab a toke. But the mischief he does make adds up to wild, rowdy fun. Baseball is a dictatorship, and Im Hitler, says the coach, who spikes his beer with hard stuff, passes out on the field and hustles the Bo-Peep strip club to supply the teams jerseys. Its a business, they pay taxes, he tells the lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) who stuck him, a man who once pitched an inning in the majors, wi...