Cutaways, Round 16

A movie blog, The House Next Door, muses on the funniest scenes in cinema history.

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Moriarty of Ain't It Cool News has the very preliminary scoop on the new Borat movie, which -- for you uninitiated folks -- is based on Sacha Boron Cohen's character on HBO's "Ali G" show.

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David Fincher is signed on to helm Torso, based on the graphic novel chronicling the post-Al Capone adventures of lengedary gangbuster Eliot Ness.

Reuters notes

" Torso tells the relatively unknown story of Ness' move to Cleveland to become the city's public safety officer. Torsos began appearing in the river, and Ness received notes taunting him to catch the killer. Ness, who had no experience in police work, put together a team of ex-officers to apprehend the serial murderer."

This sounds like vintage Fincher, the sick genius behind Se7en and Fight Club

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Hmm. An animated short premiered at Sundance purports to put an X-rated spin on the 9/11 attacks. Flesh sounds like it is less offensive than it is just very stupid.

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PM Media Reviews weighs in with its list of the 10 sexiest women on TV. And no, "Golden Girls" reruns are not eligible.

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Brokeback to the Future. 'Nuff said.

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Screentalk ranks the top 10 screenplays from 2005.

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Paul Thomas Anderson is on the move again, apparently slated to make a film with the working title There Will Be Blood. Quint reports from Ain't It Cool News that one of the producers describes it as being about "family, greed, religion and oil." No word on who will play George W.