Rock of Ages? More like Rock of Ageless! Eh? Eh?

At what point did Tom Cruise become a wax figurine of himself? It’s as if the Tom Cruise from Madame Tussauds sprang to life and replaced the human Tom Cruise, who has been hidden away in a dark basement to age alone, away from prying eyes. If his youthful appearance in the recent (and very good) Brad Bird directed Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol wasn’t enough to make us wonder if we are living in a House of Wax style nightmare, his recent cover for W Magazine has the 49-year old displaying a physique that appears to not have changed since the Top Gun volleyball scene.

A new clip and trailer for Prometheus have landed.

For a film that has been kept so tightly under wraps, it seems every week we’re getting more and more clips and so-called sneak peaks at Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. In the past 48 hours alone we got a double dose of the non-Alien-related-but-feeling-very-Alien-like-perhaps-prequel, as the first clip and a new television trailer have been released.

Ron Burgundy... forever classy. 

When it comes to releasing teaser trailers, who needs pre-production? Certainly not Ron Burgundy, that's for sure. Yup, even though there's no script yet for Anchorman 2, Mr. Burgundy has confirmed via Twitter that a teaser for the film will be screened in front of the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy, The Dictator. Cue the man:

"Dont get Twirter. Anchorman2 teaser w Dictator tom night. Dont know what a teaser is. World is crazy? Having a scotch."

Albert Nobbs

Movie Rating: 8/10  Disc Rating: 5/10

Headlining this week's DVD picks is the exquisitely nuanced period drama, Albert Nobbs. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Glenn Close), Best Supporting Actress (Janet McTeer), and Best Makeup, Nobbs is a beautifully crafted film whose themes of gender, social identity, secrecy, and self-perception transcend the barriers of time and place. Returning to the nominal role she first played on stage, Close delivers a subtle yet powerful performance as a woman posing as a male butler in late 19th Century Dublin. If you didn't get the chance to see this movie in theatres, I highly recommend you do so now. Despite its slow pace, Albert Nobbs is well worth your time in the end.

In case you haven't heard by now, a new HBO series from Oscar-winning screenwriter and West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is premiering on June 24th. Entitled The Newsroom, the series stars Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, the head anchor of a (fictional) struggling 24-hour news network. As evidenced in the series' newly released trailer, McAvoy is "mad as hell" at the corporate and commercial influence of cable news. Together with his staff, he sets out on a mission to do something about it.

The most pressing question in all of cinema's history: Was the coke in Scarface real?

Just say no to drugs. And to non-tobacco herbal smokes, rock candy and powered Vitamin B. When it comes to on screen drugs the prop department has their job cut out for them, having to create edible illegal substances with none of the side-effects (good or bad). Wired’s blog, Underwire (alternately a great name for a womyn’s interest site) dug around and did the dirty work to figure out what actors really smoke, snort, and shoot in the movies and on television.

Been hungering for more Lizard, have you? Well, starve no more, as The Amazing Spider-Man has released two new video clips featuring Rhys Ifans' character, Dr. Curt Connors, aka The Lizard. The first clip is an intern recruitment video for Oscorp's Animal Dynamics Lab, with a slightly creepy Connors voicing his opinions on the importance of herpetology (the study of reptiles). How's this for a prophetic undertone: "If we could harness a reptile's knack for survival amidst heat, cold, even loss of limb, just think of the possibilities."

A still from Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, whose films are anything but a regular walk in the park.

Ben Wheatley isn’t a household name. Yet. With only two features the British director has already begun to carve (or perhaps bludgeon) a name for himself in the horror film genre. But to reduce Wheatley to just a genre director is a disservice. Creating complex narratives that erupt with shocking violence and dark humour, Wheatley has proven that he has an eye for not merely the macabre but also cinematic expression.

HULK MAKE HAPPY FACE, BILLION DOLLAR HAPPY FACE.

First Instagram, now Marvel’s The Avengers, everyone is making a billion dollars these days. Everyone but us and the other 99.999% of the world. First setting a new record for top grossing opening weekend, now Joss Whedon’s superhero feature has grossed over a billion dollars world wide. Having now solidly shamed Avatar, The Avengers can rest happily knowing somewhere James Cameron is consoling himself by rolling around in his (almost) billion-dollar net-worth. Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows faired moderately well, but not great, which is fair because it's not that great, and for some reason Think Like a Man is still in the top three. The Hunger Games and The Lucky One were fourth and fifth.

A still from Joe Swanberg's Silver Bullets, a meta-werewolf tale.

If you've heard of mumblecore—the uber-indie form of filmmaking—than you've heard of Joe Swanberg. A key figure in the movement that embraces a DIY aesthetic and personal themes, Swanberg has directed, written, and produced over a dozen films since 2005. Six of them in the past year alone. A regular at festivals such as Berlin, SXSW and Sundance, we talked to Swanberg about his recent triology, Full Moon, horror films, and how he manages to not burn out.