• Monday, March 01st, 2010
Dollhouse may have been cancelled, but that doesn't mean Joss Whedon is out of ideas for series' star Eliza Dushku. They're getting back together for a movie.
Duhsku tells Hollywoodlife that they're plotting an unspecified feature film together, somewhere down the road.
Dushku says:
I would say that we would [be working on something new very soon]! I think we’re going to work on a kickass feature together that we’ve been thinking about for a few years.
• Friday, February 13th, 2009
Dollhouse has one big, glaring problem right off the bat. Eliza Dushku can't act. This issue is especially evident in the show's debut episode which is, to say the least, less action-oriented than some later installments promise to be. Maybe we won't notice that Eliza looks like a deer in headlights when she's reciting drama-heavy lines, if she's doing it while enaged in scantily-clad, lingerie karate. Tonight though, there were fewer physical punches thrown than emotional ones. Dollhouse isn't playing to her strengths... whatever those are.
Heavy on emotional development, the debut episode of Joss Whedon's new girls kick ass show asked Dushku to give a performance with real depth, depth Dushku doesn't seem to have in her. But at least we've gotten the introductions out of the way and we know what's going on. Eliza Dushku plays Echo, one of several exceedingly sexy people who live in a mysterious, lavish place called the "Dollhouse". While inside she has no memories, no personality. She stays that way until she's needed by the Dollhouse's owners, who hire out the services of their dolls to wealthy millionaires. When one of the dolls gets a job, she's imprinted with the perfect personality and knowledge to pull that job off. When she's done, that personality is wiped leaving her a blank slate awaiting her next job. more...