TV Updates The White Lotus in bloom The White Lotus blooms again this Sunday, and the premiere was last night in Los Angeles. Given the show’s stature three seasons in, and its powerhouse cast, the premiere was a star-studded affair. Returning White Lotus star Natasha Rothwell was there in a beaded gown giving Art Deco vibes, By Sarah • Feb 11, 2025 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Electric State and the cinematic state Since Avengers: Endgame, the Russo Brothers haven’t been able to replicate their Marvel success anywhere else. As directors, their Tom Holland-led TV series Cherry failed to get mainstream notice—to be fair, a common problem for Apple TV+ series—and their Netflix film, The Gray Man is synonymous with By Sarah • Oct 18, 2024 11:38 am
Business of Hollywood Kevin Feige’s big day Comic Con started yesterday, but before heading to San Diego, almost everyone affiliated with Marvel was at Kevin Feige’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles. His ubiquitous baseball cap and general mien of unshakeable pleasantness makes it easy to forget he’s arguably the most powerful producer By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 11:20 am
Equality Issues Chris Pratt's money moves Chris Pratt recently opened up about his early acting days and the struggles he had keeping his earnings in his bank account. During an interview on ’s Sway In The Morning, he revealed that he blew through his first acting paycheck, a whopping $75,000 that he earned from a By Stephanie • May 28, 2024 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Does Garfield work for you? The trailer for The Garfield Movie dropped yesterday—dropping a Garfield trailer on a Monday is a nice touch—and I assume Lainey thought I’d be interested because I love cats, and Garfield is a cat, but Garfield has never been my jam (I’m an Oliver & Company By Sarah • Nov 14, 2023 01:01 pm
Assy Style Rob and Chris: A Tale of Two Dad Styles Rob Lowe’s son, John Owen, celebrated his birthday this weekend and Rob was there but also Chris Pratt. I’m not here to talk about their friendship; rather we are here to do a fashion-off, and it’s not much of a fight, really. Rob of course, no contest. By Lainey • Nov 06, 2023 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guardians’ final foray in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Guardians of the Galaxy go out with a big ole bang in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the final film in Marvel’s weirdest franchise about a bunch of space misfits. Written and directed by James Gunn—to date, the only person to usher a full trilogy through By Sarah • May 05, 2023 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Guardians of the Galaxy comes with a WARNING Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 opens tomorrow. The Super Mario Bros. Movie has reigned supreme over the box office for the last month, topping $1 billion and becoming the highest-grossing animated film from Universal—yes, beating even the Minions—and the highest-grossing video game adaption to date. It’s By Sarah • May 04, 2023 09:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guardians have to pass the test Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 comes out in just two weeks. Chris Pratt is still riding high from the bonanza success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is only a week or so away from hitting one billion dollars. But he’s already onto the next blockbuster, promoting By Sarah • Apr 25, 2023 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt(’s voice) in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Super Mario Bros., the 1993 live-action adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game series of the same name, is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. Thirty years later, Hollywood and Nintendo are back with another attempt to capture that Mario magic and translate it to the By Sarah • Apr 06, 2023 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt’s Mario voice New York Comic Con is happening right now, which isn’t quite the bonanza of stuff that San Diego Comic Con is, but it’s close. One of the new things coming out of NYCC is the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, coming in April 2023. It By Sarah • Oct 07, 2022 12:56 pm
Business of Hollywood Slightly less-worse Chris It is a truth universally acknowledged that Chris Pratt is the worst Hollywood Chris. Most recently entered into evidence was his Instagram story about how The Terminal List, his thoroughly joyless and mediocre Amazon Prime military-porn series, “defied woke critics’ scathing reviews” to become a hit. https://twitter.com/TheKavernacle/ By Sarah • Aug 16, 2022 12:38 pm
Gorgessity All the pretty Thors Here are all the pretty Thors and other assorted beautiful people at the world premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder last night. This is the first time Natalie Portman looks like she’s genuinely enjoying herself at a Marvel premiere, which might be because she isn’t playing an ornament By Sarah • Jun 24, 2022 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews All the Jurassic people in Jurassic World Dominion If you’re going to turn Jurassic Park into a franchise, you have two choices. One is to follow the original film’s point of view that science should be bound by moral limits, and that man oughtn’t meddle in nature. The second Jurassic film, The Lost World: Jurassic By Sarah • Jun 14, 2022 02:08 pm
Business of Hollywood Chris Pratt isn’t going anywhere Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is filming now in Atlanta, and on Monday, photos of Chris Pratt and Karen Gillan, along with a coterie of animal-inspired aliens, were seen on set. Pratt and Gillan, as Star-Lord and Nebula, respectively, are sporting new duds, suggesting the Guardians have a more By Sarah • May 04, 2022 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews More Trek for Chris Pine Chris Pine! Twice in one week! Feels like a good omen to roll into the weekend with. Here’s Chris Pine at an event for Prada in Los Angeles yesterday. Also present: Zachary Quinto, his co-star in the Star Trek franchise, which just got a kick in the pants this By Sarah • Feb 18, 2022 10:37 am
