Movie Reviews and Previews The Bride! and her hot dead boyfriend Jessie Buckley is about to have a huge six months, with Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet sure to propel her to the top of the Best Actress race, and just as the Oscars will be peaking in 2026, Buckley will be in theaters with another movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! By Sarah • Sep 24, 2025 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal in the random collaboration Jake Gyllenhaal was photographed in Bristol, Rhode Island yesterday on the set of M Night Shyamalan’s new film Remain. More on this in a moment, but first let’s talk about Jake because he’s just been nominated for his first Emmy for his performance in Presumed Innocent. I’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 12:07 pm
Theatre Nerd The Stars come out for Othello The new staging of Othello, the first on Broadway since 1982, set a box office record for a play in previews. They’re coming for Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Shakespeare, probably in that order. Some tickets are going for as much as US$920 – which shouldn’t be a By Lainey • Mar 24, 2025 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews New movie threat assessment Two new projects are on the table, involving high-profile filmmakers and/or actors, so I am here to do a highly scientific and thoroughly researched threat assessment to determine whether or not these potential new films pose any risk to the public. First up, a sequel to Nineties cult classic By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 03:23 pm
TV Updates Award Season Jake? Jake Gyllenhaal had two pretty big wins this year. Road House, despite Sarah’s hesitations about it prior to the release, turned out to be a good movie (you can read her review here) and at the time became Amazon’s biggest streaming debut. Presumed Innocent was also well received By Lainey • Dec 03, 2024 01:29 pm
TV Updates The intense, unknowable Jake G Jake Gyllenhaal has a new series—his first television role—premiering on Apple TV+ next week. Presumed Innocent comes from David E. Kelley and is another adaptation of Scott Turow’s novel of the same name, which previously inspired Alan Pakula’s 1990 film starring Harrison Ford. It looks intense. By Sarah • Jun 06, 2024 01:06 pm
TV Updates Amazon’s traffic jam upfront I used to think the biannual television upfronts, in which TV networks hawk their wares for advertisers, were a relic of a bygone era, but then every streaming service started introducing user tiers that include ads, so now I guess the upfronts are more relevant than ever. To that end, By Sarah • May 15, 2024 11:46 am
Break Ups Taylor Swift: Twins and Double Dates The bait and switch of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is that everyone thought it would be a Joe Alwyn breakup album but it ended up being a Matty Healey breakup album, revealing that when she and Matty were together last year, it was much more By Lainey • Apr 25, 2024 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House (2024) I’m just a girl, standing in front of a movie, asking it to forgive her for repeatedly saying it looks sh-tty both to its face and behind its back. I have been hard on the concept of a Road House remake, in general, and on the remake starring Jake By Sarah • Mar 21, 2024 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal: Batman and the Ultimate Villain Jake Gyllenhaal’s Road House will premiere on Prime Video on Thursday. Early reviews came out very strong and have since levelled off, Sarah’s review will be posted later this week and, spoiler alert, which she’s already hinted at, she will be eating sh-t. Because she’d been By Lainey • Mar 19, 2024 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Road House press tour oh boy Speaking of press tours and people who should stay inside, Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor were photographed at sneaker store Stadium Goods in New York yesterday, “gearing up” for the Road House press tour this month. I need Zendaya to stay inside because every time she steps on a red By Sarah • Mar 07, 2024 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Not my Road House Today in Thanks, I Hate It news, the trailer for the remake of Road House starring Jake Gyllenhaal dropped and thanks, I hate it! It’s not for lack of talent, with Jake G taking over the role of bar bouncer extraordinaire Dalton, and directed by Doug Liman, who has By Sarah • Jan 25, 2024 12:37 pm
Jock Smut Jake, Jeanne, and Tom at the French Open Jake Gyllenhaal was in a pink shirt yesterday at Roland Garros for the French Open men’s final as Novak Djokovic won his 23rd Grand Slam and became the first man to win all four slams at least three times each. Jake was there with his longtime girlfriend, French model By Lainey • Jun 12, 2023 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thanks, I hate it Jake Gyllenhaal is now filming the ill-advised Road House remake, or at least, they’re getting in some photography around a real UFC event, because in this iteration, Dalton is a UFC fighter. I am on the record being opposed to this remake, but as if I didn’t already By Sarah • Mar 06, 2023 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake G is on thin ice Yesterday, Lainey wrote about Jake Gyllenhaal filming his first scripted TV series—as a leading actor and not just a kid guest starring in a case of the week—and mentioned a trailer for Jake G’s new movie with Guy Ritchie was imminent. Well, it’s here now, and By Sarah • Feb 03, 2023 11:48 am
TV Updates Jake’s First Series Jake Gyllenhaal was on set yesterday in LA – he is shooting David E Kelley’s Presumed Innocent for Apple TV+ which will mark his first time doing scripted television for a streaming service. Jake’s been on TV before, nearly 30 years ago, in Homicide: Life on the Street. But By Lainey • Feb 02, 2023 11:31 am
