Chic, independent and cosmopolitan. That’s what Scarlett Johansson needed to score a cool modeling gig with Mango Clothes. Guess she’s got that all that in droves!
Here’s a fun little video from CelebTV about the starlet’s new gig for pal Penelope Cruz’s Mango Clothing 2009. You can catch Johansson next in "Iron Man 2," playing Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow opposite Robert Downey, Jr. It’s due in theaters May 7, 2010. Nice way to kick off the summer movie season next year.

You know, some things you shouldn’t mess with. Just the thought of Tom Cruise and John Travolta doing a remake of the classic 1969 western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" makes me want to hurl.
But apparently, that’s the plan. Cruise even got the A-Ok from Paul Newman just a few months before the legend died of lung cancer last September. Cruise intends to produce the film through United Artists, the studio he helped to resurrect as an MGM property in 2006.
Cruise, 46, would play Sundance, the role made famous by Robert Redford, while Travolta, 55, would …read more

What do Joel and Ethan Coen and John Wayne have in common? The Coen brothers are making a new version of "True Grit," the 1969 Western that earned John Wayne and Oscar.
Variety says the Paramount movie won’t be a traditional remake, but rather will stick closer to the Charles Portis book than the original movie did. The story follows a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another lawman, tracks her father’s killer in hostile Indian territory.
It already sounds like a winner, because the project reteams the Coens with Scott Rudin, their partner in crime …read more

Sometimes when a TV show is canceled, the actors fade into obscurity. Not so with Evan Jones, whom you may have seen on ABC’s canceled "October Road."
Jones has two movie projects in the works: "The Book of Eli," a futuristic Western from Warner Bros., and "American Tragic," an indie flick written and directed by Ryan Piers Williams.
In "Eli," Jones will play the leader of a group of bikers. Produced by Joel Silver, the movie also stars Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Beals and Mila Kunis.
In "Tragic," Jones will play an old friend of James (Ryan O’Nan) …read more

In my top five Mickey Rourke movies, I mentioned that “The Wrestler” included plenty of bloody scenes, as well as a few outright sex scenes. Emil called me out on it in the comments section, noting that just because a movie has sex and violence doesn’t make it bad. So true, Emil! Thanks for the reminder.
And thanks for my next Film Gecko Five – Bloodiest Movies. But I need your help, Geckos, because I don’t watch a lot of the blood and gore. What are your favorite bloody movies?
I’ll start with a poll, but feel free to add …read more

Movie: Australia * Official Site
In Theaters: Nov. 26, 2008

Runtime: 165 minutes
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language
Gecko Rating:

“Australia” is a sweeping epic of a movie involving romance, adventure, drama and war. It begins with English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) journeying from London to Australia’s rugged Northern Territory to convince her husband to sell their unprofitable cattle farm known as Faraway Downs.
But when she gets there, she’s immediately a fish out of water among the uncivilized town filled with brawling bar thugs. One of …read more

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Appaloosa opens in theaters Oct. 3, 2008 (limited release on Sept. 19), but it’s making the rounds at film festivals and premiere screenings.
Based on the novel by Robert Parker, it tells the story of two friends hired to police a small town that’s suffering under the rule of a rancher. But their job gets complicated with the arrival of a young widow.
Ever since Lord of the Rings, I’m always interested to see what Viggo Mortensen is doing (seems like he has a “horse” theme to his career, doesn’t it?). This film is written and directed …read more

The DVD: Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood is the intense story about Daniel Plainview (Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis), an oil guy who’s looking for prospects in California at the turn of the 20th century. He’s challenged by a young preacher, Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), who has his own power-hungry ambitions.
Read my review of There Will Be Blood, a story about family, greed, religion, oil and, yes, blood.
THE GIVEAWAY: I have TWO “There Will Be Blood: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition” DVDs to give away. To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this post by …read more

“There Will Be Blood” is new on DVD this week. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it’s the intense story about Daniel Plainview (Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis), an oil guy who’s looking for prospects in California at the turn of the 20th century. He’s challenged by a young preacher, Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), who has his own power-hungry ambitions.
Read my review of There Will Be Blood, a story about family, greed, religion, oil and, yet, blood.
THE GIVEAWAY: I have TWO “There Will Be Blood: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition” DVDs to give away. To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on …read more

Movie: There Will Be Blood / Amazon
In Theaters:
Jan. 11, 2008

Runtime: 158 minutes
On DVD
April 8, 2008

MPAA Rating: R for some violence
Gecko Rating:

Based on the Upton Sinclair novel, “Oil!,” There Will Be Blood takes place at the turn of the 20th century and revolves around an oil man named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis, who won an Oscar for the role). In spite of his impressive skills as a smooth-talking salesman, he doesn’t like people very much. In fact, not at all. Even his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), whom he takes in after his father dies in an oil-rig accident, …read more