Keri Russell Keri Russell and Alden Ehrenreich in Cocaine Bear The premise of Cocaine Bear is really simple: there is a bear, and it does cocaine—a LOT of cocaine. In this way, Cocaine Bear is exactly what it says on the tin. It is both as stupid and awesome as it sounds, but do not be fooled, it’s By Sarah • Feb 24, 2023 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cocaine Bear is upon us It is here, the time is now—it’s Cocaine Bear week at last. The premiere was last night in Los Angeles, bringing out director Elizabeth Banks, and stars O’Shea Jackson, Jr., esteemed character actress Margo Martindale—who is adorably excited to be in this movie—Jesse Tyler Ferguson, By Sarah • Feb 22, 2023 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alden Ehrenreich comes back Alden Ehrenreich exploded overnight in 2016, selected by the Coen Brothers to anchor the ensemble in Hail, Caesar!, and then named the new-young Han Solo, to headline a Star Wars spin-off centered on that beloved character. But then that all went to sh-t, and Ehrenreich, who has such amazing screen By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Solo isn’t bad, it’s also not necessary After all the behind-the-scenes drama and production strife, Solo: A Star Wars Story turned out okay. Better than okay—parts of it are really good. Unlike Rogue One, which bears the Frankensteinian scars of a multiple-director vision, Solo is cohesive from beginning to end, tonally and narratively consistent. Despite its By Sarah • May 25, 2018 03:07 pm
Style Lando and Han on the Croisette Quiet Cannes, right? There was the women’s march, and Kristen Stewart took off her shoes, and Lars Von Trier predictably annoyed everyone, but it’s been relatively quiet, yes? It’s been quiet enough that The Hollywood Reporter ran an article devoted to Cannes’ “decline”. Frankly, it doesn’t By Sarah • May 16, 2018 08:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alden Ehrenreich gets cusp’d Because everything is happening all of the time, before we can recover from our Avengers hangover—hell, before we can even enjoy the drunk—we’re already warming up the Solo press machine. The new Han Solo (NuHan), Alden Ehrenreich, covers Esquire this month with a profile that is part By Sarah • Apr 26, 2018 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Solo: A Lando Calrissian Story We’ve all just resigned ourselves to Solo happening to us, right? Like a trip to the dentist—it’s just something we have to get through. A jaunty new trailer has been released to encourage us to take our Star Wars fan service with grace and good cheer, but By Sarah • Apr 09, 2018 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Han Solo CATASTROPHE Yesterday it was announced—surprising literally EVERYONE—that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are leaving the young Han Solo movie. Yes, that young Han Solo movie, the one starring Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover. The one that is FIVE MONTHS into production. There’s less than a month left By Sarah • Jun 21, 2017 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Han Solo & Friends The Han Solo spin-off does not yet have a title, so for now I’m calling it Han Solo & Friends. The just-released first cast photo shows off Han (Alden Ehrenreich), Lando (Donald Glover), Chewbacca (now played by Joonas Suotamo), and Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, and Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge By Sarah • Feb 21, 2017 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Warren Beatty in Rules Don’t Apply It’s been fifteen years since Warren Beatty has appeared in a movie, and nearly twenty since he last directed a film, but Beatty returns to film—in front of and behind the camera—with Rules Don’t Apply, his long-gestating Howard Hughes movie. On the one hand, it’s By Sarah • Nov 24, 2016 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Celebration and hope for Rogue One Star Wars Celebration, a sort of mini-Comic Con dedicated solely to all things Star Wars, was held in London over the weekend. (There won’t be a Hall H Star Wars presentation this year, and one wonders how long before Disney starts doing this for Marvel, too.) There wasn’t By Sarah • Jul 18, 2016 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes movie is probably not Citizen Kane Warren Beatty has being trying to get a movie about Howard Hughes made for as long as I’ve cared about movies. I have never known a time when the “Warren Beatty/Howard Hughes movie” wasn’t some mystical idea of the next Citizen Kane. Well, the “Warren Beatty/Howard By Sarah • Jul 14, 2016 01:10 pm
Quiveration Taron Egerton for Han Solo A couple of months ago, it was revealed that a long, LONG list of actors was being considered to play young Han Solo. Click here for a refresher. Then they narrowed it down to a shortlist, supposedly. And one of those actors on the shortlist was Scott Eastwood. You know, By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 04:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney and Josh Brolin in Hail, Caesar! After my review of The Choice, which I hated, I got a slew of “why do you even review movies if you hate everything” emails, including one from a person who suggested that I just “try and put a positive spin” on my reviews. Well, to make up for my By Sarah • Feb 08, 2016 12:37 pm
