Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in The Roses Warren Adler’s divorce-themed novel, The War of the Roses, was published in 1981, born of the era in which the introduction of no-fault divorce led to a huge spike in divorces. In 1989, Danny DeVito—an underappreciated director of comedy—adapted Adler’s novel into the similarly titled The By Sarah • Aug 27, 2025 02:55 pm
Cannes 2025 Mia Threapleton’s Cannes moment Cannes is in full swing, but it seems like it’s an unusually muted year, at least on the business side of things. Beyond the festival, Cannes is also a film market, but like Sundance earlier this year, blockbuster deals are not really happening—a recession indicator. Everyone is nervous By Sarah • May 20, 2025 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Roses at war (again) When a remake of The War of the Roses, Danny DeVito’s pitch black 1989 divorce “comedy”—quotes because the film is emotionally and literally violent—was announced last year, I thought why. I mean, besides the fact that you almost can’t get a script greenlit without it stemming By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 12:56 pm
BFFs Benny C in Variety It feels like it’s been forever since we’ve talked about Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2010s staple. Maybe because it’s been a few years since his last big film (2022’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, since then, it’s been shorts and indie stuff), but maybe By Sarah • Jan 24, 2025 11:51 am
Royals Two Princesses, a Pretty Woman, and a Top Gun Princess Kate made her return to Wimbledon yesterday after Kensington Palace confirmed earlier in the weekend that she would be attending the men’s final. This is the first time we’ve seen Kate since Trooping the Colour and, by comparison, since Trooping is about the king, that was a By Lainey • Jul 15, 2024 12:41 pm
TV Updates Benedict Cumberbatch is back It seems like we haven’t seen Benedict Cumberbatch for a while, which isn’t true—Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness came out in 2022, and he was in two of Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winning Roald Dahl shorts last year, as well as Jeymes Samuel’s The Book By Sarah • May 03, 2024 01:04 pm
Scarlett Johansson Can you spot Benny Cumbercubes It’s fashion week in Milan, so that’s where all the celebrities are right now. The Prada show brought out some big names, including Hunter Schafer—obsessed with her chunky shoes—Amanda Gorman, Edward Enninful, Rosalía, Letitia Wright, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson—with the worst LBD on display at By Sarah • Sep 22, 2023 09:45 am
Business of Hollywood Doctor Strange gets summer 2022 off to a healthy start In continuing positive signs for the post-pandemic box office, at least among the blockbuster class, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opened with $185 million in North America this weekend, while netting $265 million everywhere else for a huge $450 million bow. And this is just the estimate on By Sarah • May 09, 2022 09:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Somewhere in the middle of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a sense that this is all a little less wonderful than it should be. A sorcerer and an interdimensional super-being hopping through the multiverse trying to avoid a witch is a pretty awesome concept, but as is By Sarah • May 06, 2022 10:49 am
Style Much better Doctor Strange (and Wanda) The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness press tour has moved onto London, where Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen did another photocall and this is MUCH better than their showing in Berlin. That shade of yellow is really working for Cumbybuns, and his suit! Is actually! Pressed! Maybe it’ By Sarah • Apr 27, 2022 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pants PROBLEMS for Doctor Strange The press tour for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness officially kicked off in Berlin today, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen doing a photocall to which they both dressed as if they are living in different universes, indeed. Cumberbuns is rocking a “philosophy prof after spring break” look, By Sarah • Apr 21, 2022 11:51 am
Oscars 2022 The power of anything but Netflix The anti-Netflix bias in the Academy is REAL. Sure, Netflix logs a lot of nominations, but the Academy is reluctant to hand them a Best Picture win. Apple, in fact, becomes the first streamer to win Best Picture with CODA, despite only being in the game for two years. Jane By Sarah • Mar 28, 2022 07:45 am
Top Reads Will Smith continues his streak Will Smith clocked two more wins this weekend, picking up Best Actor trophies at the BAFTAs and the Critics’ Choice Awards (full disclosure: I am a voting member of the CCA). He seems fairly unstoppable at this point, that “it’s his time” energy coalescing right as final balloting for By Sarah • Mar 14, 2022 11:48 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict’s day after The day after The Power of the Dog got shut out at the SAGs, Benedict Cumberbatch was back on the scene, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was there with his wife, Sophie Hunter, and their three kids. Here is something I appreciate about Cumberbatch: I By Sarah • Mar 01, 2022 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Power of the Shutout The Power of the Dog went into the SAG Awards with the most nominations among films—three but it left with a goose egg. It was a shutout for the Dog. It’s not like the actors are ignoring Dog—they gave it three nominations, after all—but they don’ By Sarah • Feb 28, 2022 11:47 am
Award Season Campaigning It’s Benedict’s time, or is it? Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield has been out and about this week, and now it’s Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn to remind everyone he is one of the frontrunners in the Best Actor race. Here is Barbecue Curlyfries at a screening of The Power of the Dog in London, along with By Sarah • Feb 25, 2022 10:19 am
