tom cruise and ben stiller as grown-up Hardy Boys? get out of here. no… really?

i’ve grown up reading several titles of this popular teenage detective series (i was more of a nancy drew fan though), and all this time i had this vague hope that someday it will find itself in the silver screen. i’ve thought of several actors who could nicely fill the shoes of Frank and Joe Hardy, but please, not these two aging midgets! i wonder what hollywood producers will shove down our throats next… lindsay lohan as nancy drew?! (*gagging sound*)

there’s an upcoming romantic comedy that i’m looking forward to watch (oddly enough). after a string of violent action movies, i’m settling down to a more mellow, comfortable and frothy setting — Music & Lyrics, which stars hugh grant and drew barrymore. i have purposely kept from reading advance notices about this film because i want to be pleasantly surprised this time. i did catch a couple of short trailer spots, and they made me chuckle, particularly after seeing hugh grant sing and grind his way through 1980s pop tunes and deliver his patented witty and wry one-liners. this movie is directed by marc lawrence (Two Weeks Notice).

after scoring well with critics and the box office last year (The Departed, Blood Diamond) and nabbing an oscar Best Actor nom, Leonardo DiCaprio is setting his sights to do Conspiracy of Fools. This upcoming film, which deals with the Enron financial scandal, is based on a book written by NYT journalist Kurt Eichenwald.