Well, it is hard to pick up the anvils with ham-hands.

Tom Hanks is leading the way to star in the big screen adaptation of bestselling drama novel The Da Vinci Code. According to trade paper Hollywood Reporter, Hanks is the favorite to land the lead role of art historian Professor Robert Langdon in the big screen take of Dan Brown's book. The Oscar-winning actor is reportedly already in talks with Columbia Pictures studio bosses and director Ron Howard about the coveted role. In Brown's book, Langdon is the man who cracks the mystery of the renowned Holy Grail. The film is expected to begin shooting next year.

I think the script needs a folksy mentally-addled quadraplegic for Cuba Gooding Jr. to play.

I love Skin of Our Teeth, but a lot of that's due to playing Mrs. Antrobus in high school. It's a frelling fantastic role.

I think it's a non-stop anvil-fest of ham-handed allegory.

A DINOSAUR APPEARS ON THE LAWN.

I don't think I knew about anvils and ham back then.

It's a lot different if you see it performed--then the allegory becomes more satirical and playful and just right.

Signed,
In The Corner With JZ, Loving On Mr. Wilder

It's a lot idfferent if you see it performed--then the allegory becomes more satirical and playful and just right.

Eh, no. I saw it performed. JZ's theory is that you have to play it very fast, like Howard Hawks screwball so it maintains that lightness. You can't linger over the SYMBOLISM.

JZ's theory is that you have to play it very fast, like Howard Hawks screwball so it maintains that lightness. You can't linger over the SYMBOLISM.

I don't recall any symbolism. My memory of the play is a surreal journey through the trials and tribulations of humanity, jumping from time to time at will. It says what it says. I liked it better than Our Town, which didn't do a whole lot for me until the end of that one MSCL episode.

I have never seen either play.

Incredibles: I did love the fact that Frozone was a speedskater. He had the form, and the suit, and even the helmet. I thought that was awesome. And a really great way to save on rink fees.

Okay, I mentioned it before, but is no one else happy about the new Elektra movie? Seriously? It's just me? Now, admittedly I've never read the comic books, but the trailer is so pretty. And Jennifer Garner kicks all kinds of butt, stylishly. I mean, if that's good enough for me on Alias, it's certainly good enough for me to see on the big screen, when they go to the trouble of making it even prettier when she kicks people's butts.

Also: Blade Trinity-- what is up with the shot in the trailer where Ryan Reynolds shows the tattoo on his hip/tummy that somehow proves he used to be a vampire, and his thumb catches his skin, and all the skin goes with his thumb, like crepe paper. Like he is eighty years old. It's creepy. Why? I want to be happy to be seeing his skin, not creeped out.

I'm looking forward to Elektra because I loved Jennifer Garner in both Alias and 13 Going On 30.

That, and the Serenity trailer is premiering in it. So, yeah.

Apparently there's a rumor going around with Ben Browder as the new Green Lantern.

I have no idea whether this is based in fact or fantasy. OTOH, BB in lycra? I could live with that.