Last night, Get the Gringo had its official world premiere at the famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.  Directed and co-written by Adrian Grunberg, the film is a hard-boiled blend of action and drama that stars Mel Gibson as Driver, an American criminal attempting to outrun the U.S. Border Patrol.  When he survives a horrific car accident, he finds himself South of the border, in a dangerous Mexican prison.  His only ally in the merciless environment ends up being a ten year-old boy.

IAR attended the Los Angeles theatrical feed of Get the Gringo.  The film itself was followed by a live Q&A session with Gibson, who also contributed to the screenplay, along with director Grunberg and co-star Kevin Hernandez. 

During the Q&A, moderated by Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles, Gibson provided an update on his Untitled Viking Project, as well as his possible involvement in the Machete sequel, and thoughts on Lethal Weapon 5 and the Mad Max franchise.

The rhythms of the buddy cop movie are so familiar that, even when not done spectacularly well, such a movie can function as comfort food, like a more male-oriented romantic comedy.  After all, aren't all stories of mismatched partners forced to work together and gain an abiding respect for one another love stories on one level? 

In John Michael McDonough's new film The Guard, Brendan Gleeson stars as small town Irish police sergeant Gerry Boyle, a profane, racist misanthrope whose love of prostitutes has left him with a serious itch in his crotch.  An international cocaine operation forces him into cooperation with Wendell Everett, a humorless straight-arrow FBI agent played by Don Cheadle.  To celebrate their unconventional but ultimately fruitful partnership, we're happy to present a list of ten buddy cop duos that hit every note just right.

The 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival – a behemoth of a fest that makes Sundance sit at the kids' table – continues unabated, as though a locale like the French Riviera really needs movie stars, models, and other good-looking people to increase its cache.  Monday started off with the hugely anticipated premiere of Terrence Malick's Tree of Life, surprising audiences by now wholly redefining cinema as we know it.  Tuesday included another screening with a surprise reaction: Jodie Foster's The Beaver, which stars Mel Gibson.  Read on to find out more about that, as well as the provocative documentary The Big Fix and a lifetime achievement award for Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Less than a week after attending a press conference talking up the true crime ensemble Gotti: Three Generations, director Nick Cassavetes has exited the project.  The film, a chronicle of the relationship between Gambino crime family head John 'The Teflon Don' Gotti and his son John Gotti Jr, has John Travolta attached to star as the elder Gotti, along with Joe Pesci as his right-hand man.  Lindsay Lohan is also in talks to play an unspecified role that is almost certainly reality television personality Victoria Gotti. 

Cinematic Boston accents are as varied and unique as snowflakes.  Some are big and broad, others are nearly imperceptible.  Some come from actors native to Bean Town, others are the product of dialect coaching.  Despite the innumerable differences, one thing is for sure: fictitious Bostonians love dropping curse words.  Whether it's in The Town, Mystic River, or The Departed, something about the distinctly Boston dialect lends itself to spirited, infectious bursts of everybody's favorite expletives.  For your viewing pleasure, here's a NSFW compilation of Bostonian characters liberally dropping f-bombs, courtesy of Screenjunkies.

Netflix's streaming Watch Instantly service is fast becoming America's favorite way to watch movies.  The library of available titles is so vast and mutable that you, the avid instant watcher, could no doubt use a guide as you navigate the streaming frontier.  Luckily for you, I'll be here every Tuesday to update you on the latest titles available for instant-watching, as well as bringing attention some gems out there in the instantly watchable wilds.

Apparently, when the producers of The Hangover Part II could not satisfy their psychologically-unstable-celebrity-cameo hunger with Mel Gibson, they merely postponed their meal.  Now, according to the one and only Devin Faraci at Badass Digest, they and director Todd Phillips are looking to gorge at the crazy trough of Charlie Sheen.

Summit Entertainment has pushed back the release of the Jodie Foster-directed comedy drama The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson and a buck-toothed hand puppet.  Previously scheduled for a limited release on March 23^rd, it will now open limited on May 6^th, followed by a wide release on May 20^th.

The Beaver keeps getting attention for reasons unrelated to the film itself.  The Jodie Foster-directed comedic drama starring Mel Gibson is due for limited release at the end of March, but it suddenly seems in danger of ending up illegally available before then.  Apparently, a DVD screener of the final cut was stolen from Gibson today.

A serious accident on the set of The Hangover 2 has left stunt driver Scott McLean in a coma.

The Daily Telegraph reports that McLean was involved in an accident on Dec. 17. It states that two cars traveling at high speeds crashed into each other in Bangkok as part of a stunt. Clearly things did not go as planned.