http://www.metro.usen-us REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/08/1838-82/index.xml With their characters entangled in such a deep, passionate love affair, it’s only natural that fans would project the same emotions onto “Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and no one understands that better than the actors themselves. “I completely understand why they want us to be together and all of that,” says Stewart, referencing the endless tabloid stories about their supposed real-life romance. “I just have to not think about it.”http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/08/1342-82/index.xml Taylor Lautner wants to clear something up: He has no problem with going shirtless onscreen. “One thing that I have heard recently, which is not true and I didn’t say, was that I will never take my shirt off for a movie again,” says the 17-year-old actor, whose abs and pecs have been under an unprecedented amount of scrutiny since he packed on 30 pounds of muscle for “New Moon,” the second film in the “Twilight” series. “I didn’t say that,” he insists. “If the character requires it, I will.”http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/08/0858-82/index.xml REVIEW. Like most kid flicks, “Planet 51” is aware that it must entertain the little ones and please their rides to the theater. It takes this  mission seriously, cramming adult winks and parent-approved morals into the story: It’s OK to be different, don’t fear the unknown, the burnout in the VW bus doesn’t score the girl, and neither does the nerd who works at the comic book store (get a job with benefits, kiddos).http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/08/0213-82/index.xml REVIEW. The buzz about how great “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is has been quite loud, but it’s not deafening enough to block out how utterly uneven and bizarre it is.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/07/5726-82/index.xml REVIEW. At about what feels like three quarters of the way through “The Blind Side,” massive, mild-mannered high school football phenomenon Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) finally takes the field. (In reality, you’re only halfway through.) http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/07/0252-82/index.xml Bill Nighy has played a plethora of different characters — and species — over his long career, and it’s something he’s rather proud of. “I’ve been a vampire, a zombie, a squid. I’ve been a stoned-out rabbit who sings ‘You’ve Really Got Me’ by the Kinks. I’ve been an albino ex-lab rat with brain damage. I get around,” he says. “I don’t mind when it gets a bit stupid. I kind of like it. And I feel very blessed that I’m able to play a range of parts. Often you don’t.”http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/18/06/3836-82/index.xml Kellan Lutz didn’t want it anyway, the role of Edward in the “Twilight Saga” series, that is. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/18/06/2625-82/index.xml He’s come a long way from “3rd Rock from the Sun,” and it doesn’t seem that there’s anything Joseph Gordon-Levitt is uncertain about. Gradually building a formidable résumé in the last several years with challenging roles in worthy independent films, Gordon-Levitt says his project choices come naturally.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/07/4522-82/index.xml When speaking with Roland Emmerich, a director synonymous with big-budget disaster films, the first question that comes to mind is what, exactly, does he have against the planet Earth? “Nothing,” he insists, sitting in a lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyo., just miles from where he filmed much of his latest movie, “2012,” was filmed. “Sometimes you destroy what you love.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/07/4154-82/index.xml Although Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart (as Edward and Bella) receive the lion’s share of the heart throbbing and tabloid attention for “The Twilight Saga,” the peripheral players in the series have also seen their lives change. And with this weekend’s opening of “New Moon,” co-stars Michael Welch and Anna Kendrick  are getting ready for the next step in their fan mail-soaked careers.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/07/3733-82/index.xml When child star and avid “Twilight” fan Dakota Fanning signed on to play one of the dreaded Volturi in “New Moon,” the second film in the blockbuster vampire franchise, she knew what she was looking forward to most: wearing those creepy red contact lenses. “I was really excited about that,” the 15-year-old says. “It makes anyone look automatically kind of evil.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/07/0457-82/index.xml “The Messenger” isn’t your typical violent war movie, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t gritty. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/06/5521-82/index.xml Over the course of his career, Wes Anderson has established a very specific style of filmmaking — whether he wanted to or not. “Something that I’m not quite able to regulate comes through, I suppose,” he admits.  http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/06/4956-82/index.xml Comedies are to recessions what apocalyptic films are to global warming. Ice caps are melting, the world’s leaders stomp into Copenhagen in December to hammer out a carbon solution, and suddenly there’s an abundance of armageddon scenarios playing out on movie screens (including this season’s “2012” and “The Road”). So why do we love to watch our end-of-world nightmares played out on the big screen?http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/02/5832-82/index.xml REVIEW. Roland Emmerich pieced “2012” together from a stash of stale ingredients hanging around his Disaster Movie Cliche cabinet, and he’s not apologizing for it. Unnatural natural disasters, government coverups, token environmental and/or religious wingnuts, awkward one liners: It should come as no surprise that Emmerich is the writer and director behind “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Independence Day.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/02/5356-82/index.xml Philip Seymour Hoffman is not so enthusiastic about doing press. He even starts to get itchy a few minutes into the process, scratching under his sweater while speaking. Still, the sometimes boisterous 42-year-old gives an equally lively performance as a renegade, sea-faring DJ known as “The Count” in his new film, “Pirate Radio.”http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/02/4917-82/index.xml REVIEW. “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” is the movie Wes Anderson was meant to make. Heartfelt yet witty, hyperstylized yet authentic, the stop-animation retelling of the Roald Dahl book does more than honor its source. It creates a revival of family-oriented storytelling. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/02/4523-82/index.xml Despite his extensive resume, Jeff Bridges doesn’t want to work. “I have sort of a love-hate thing going on,” admits the actor. “The times when I do the gig, it is usually because it was too cool to pass up. ... George [Clooney] calls me up and he says, ‘Hey, we’ve got a lot of cool guys,’ and I said, ‘OK, what’s the story?’ And he starts pitching me the story, and I said, ‘God! That sounds good,’ and I had to go.”http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/06/0954-82/index.xml If it’s November, it must be Christmas in Hollywood. Walt Disney Co.’s high-tech adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” topped the North American box office with lower-than-expected ticket sales of $31 million.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/06/0420-82/index.xml