fox and director quentin terrentino to appear on the program, but they declined. ppearing on entertainment shows, however. mr. terrentino takes exception to linking his movie with any real life violence like those dead in connecticut. >> i don't think it has anything to do with that. this has gone back down to shakespeare's days, all right, when there is violence in the street. the cry becomes blame the play makers. and, you know, i think that's a very fassel argument to pin on something that's so real life tragedy. >> bill: but is that true? joining us now from philadelphia, dr. chuck williams, teaches at drexel university and studied the question of violence in film. what's your headline, doctor? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on, bill, to talk about this very important issue. quentin taken tie tee know, he's a good director as an adult who understands reality and versus fantasy. i can consume that as many times as i want and i happen to enjoy kill bill somewhat that series. but let me also say that after what happened on friday, everybody has to loo

quentin terrentino's best movie since "pulp fiction."wife but it's only for the adults. it's a masterpiece, my number one film for 2012. i highly recommend you see it. >> brian: let's talk about this movie, before you talk about it, let's watch a little, it's called "this is 40". >> this sounds horrible, but you ever wonder what it would be like if you and your wife were separated by something bigger, like her death? >> i have given it a fair a. thought. >> not in a painful way burks just like a gentle, floating off. >> it's got to be peaceful. i mean, this is the mother of your children. >> and the new wife would be great. >> i can't wait to meet my second wife. hope she likes me better than this one. laugh will have. >> alisyn: i know you guys have never had such thoughts. >> steve: not like that. >> alisyn: what did you think of the movie, kevin? >> here is the problem, that's the funniest scene in the movie. they have no mention of katherine heigle's character. she's the sister of lesley mann would is having a 40th birthday saturday

it's quentin terrentino's seventh film and stars leonardo dicaprio.chained." >> brian: let's talk about "les miserables." am i going to be pleased with this? >> yeah. here is the deal, they did a thing called live singing with this movie. it's very rare in musicals because most musicals, they record the music three or four months prior to going on set. so when the actors get there, they have to mime the lyrics. this time they sing live into the camera. the emotion is happening right there. and what at this was sat down with hugh jackman recently. here is us, we live sing our interview. here is hugh jackman and myself. >> tell me the positives and negatives of singing live ♪ ♪ the negatives are if you don't have a score ♪ ♪ like during this interview ♪ we are pretty much singing the same notes all the time ♪ >> steve: awesome. >> gretchen: very cute. >> we were totally singing. they do live sing. it's the most beloved musical of all time. it's been seen by over 60 million people and opens christmas day. >> gretchen: christmas day also opens "parental g

and quentin terrentino, harvey weinstein also involved in the reelection.ht. and as a matter of fact, the "new york times" referred to warner brothers as a studio with violence in its bones. we're talking movies like "dirty harry," the batman movies the "dark knight rises," the shooter, james holmes, thought he was the joker. and now we have massive effect being talked about because the brother of the shooter had liked it on his facebook page and the early media reports mixed it up and thought he was the guy. but still the central point is that obama is a beneficiary of this industry. just in august, his wife, michelle, was at barry myers' home and that's where people were paying up to $25,000 a plate, top executives at warner brothers, just to give to the obama campaign. >> eric: i know "call of duty," one of the scenes in that literally, it's called first person shooter, which means you're pulling the trigger of the gun. the scene is you can go up an escalator and it opens up into an airport where you can literally shoot, blow away multiple innocent victi