Movie Reviews and Previews Annie in the 80s Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor were seen in Atlanta yesterday on the set of Flowervale Street. As you can see from their costumes, the movie is set in the early 80s, they play parents, and while exact plot details have not been revealed, this is supposed to be some kind By Lainey • Apr 05, 2024 10:02 am
TV Updates Obi-Wan Kenobi is a missed opportunity Spoilers In my review of the first couple of episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mid-quel filler series killing time between the original and prequel trilogies of Star Wars, I called the whole of Star Wars storytelling “all flavor, no substance”. Obi-Wan Kenobi, despite a stellar cast and many exceptional production By Sarah • Jun 23, 2022 12:03 pm
TV Updates Obi-Wan: Two strengths, one weakness Spoilers Obi-Wan, the new Star Wars series that premiered its first two episodes last Friday, has two (2) inherent strengths and one (1) inherent weakness. The first strength is series star Ewan McGregor, reprising the role of young(er) Obi-Wan Kenobi that he played 20ish years ago in the prequel By Sarah • May 31, 2022 12:33 pm
TV Updates The Star Wars Style Show Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, and Hayden Christensen are currently on the Obi-Wan Kenobi press tour – and bringing strong style game. But we’ll come back to that in a minute. Right now let’s talk, in the most non-expert way possible, about Star Wars. As Sarah always says, the biggest By Lainey • May 13, 2022 10:32 am
TV Updates Ewan and Hayden Reunited Even though I was super into Star Wars as a kid, I wouldn’t say that I’m hardcore into it now. But it is definitely interesting to me seeing Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen together again. It’s been a while and now they’re promoting the upcoming Obi-Wan By Lainey • May 11, 2022 02:20 pm
Top Reads Ewan & Mary’s Wedding Day? Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were seen this week out on a walk in their neighbourhood with Ewan’s parents just as Page Six reported that they’re to be married today. It’s been five years since they started dating. And the start was messy. Ewan and Elizabeth By Lainey • Apr 22, 2022 10:27 am
Star Wars Ewan McGregor shoots his second shot A teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi, the upcoming Disney+ series that gives Ewan McGregor a shot at redemption, dropped yesterday. It looks…pretty good. Honestly, I’d be more into it if The Book of Boba Fett wasn’t a goddamn mess, and if the whole vibe of the new By Sarah • Mar 10, 2022 02:04 pm
TV Updates Ewan McGregor is Halston for the world Last week we got a cover profile of Ewan McGregor in advance of his new Netflix series Halston, about the 1970s fashion designer-icon. Now we have a trailer to give us a taste of McGregor as Halston. Look, he seems fantastic. He’s a great actor, the quality of the By Sarah • May 04, 2021 12:46 pm
Equality Issues Ewan McGregor avoids the issue Ewan McGregor covers The Hollywood Reporter to promote his upcoming television projects, Obi-Wan and Halston. Of course, you have to talk about Obi-wan, as McGregor prepares to reprise the role over 20 years after his debut in The Phantom Menace. I’m on board! I was only ever interested in By Sarah • Apr 29, 2021 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is juggling a lot. It’s a sequel/spin-off hybrid of Suicide Squad, a movie it does not drop-kick out an open window but one it does have to push off stage and make the audience forget. It’s By Sarah • Feb 07, 2020 02:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie is now the good Harley Quinn The first trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was very promising. The second trailer has now arrived, and Birds of Prey still looks awesome. This trailer is doing everything right, from the excellent song choice to roller derby Harley to showing Harley blowing By Sarah • Jan 10, 2020 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson in Doctor Sleep Doctor Sleep has an impossible task. It has to be a sequel to The Shining, the Stephen King story, and it has to be a sequel to The Shining, the Stanley Kubrick film, widely regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It is totally possible to adapt By Sarah • Nov 08, 2019 02:25 pm
TV Live Blog Ewan’s do-over Two years ago, when Lucasfilm was in full-on Star Wars spin-off mode, there was a rumor that they were considering a solo film based on the young(er) Obi-Wan Kenobi. At the time, I said I was not interested unless Ewan McGregor reprised the role and finally got to play By Sarah • Aug 16, 2019 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ewan McGregor in Christopher Robin Obviously chasing the Paddington market, Disney has revived Winnie the Pooh and friends in an incredibly creepy live action for a new story about the importance of paid vacation. The movie is called Christopher Robin and it occurs in an alternate universe where Christopher Robin did not resent Winnie the By Sarah • Aug 03, 2018 12:23 pm
Relationship Assumption Ewan & Mary Elizabeth are still together About a month ago, Star Magazine reported that Mary Elizabeth Winstead broke up with Ewan McGregor because she didn’t want to be called a “homewrecker” anymore. The story went wide. As I noted at the time, however, it’s f-cking Star Magazine. They get one thing right all year. By Lainey • Apr 05, 2018 09:53 am
Break Ups Ewan McGregor dumped? So far I’m only seeing this covered by UK outlets – perhaps because the original source of the report is usually so full of sh-t. That would be Star Magazine. Star reports in its latest issue that Mary Elizabeth Winstead broke up with Ewan McGregor because she didn’t want By Lainey • Feb 26, 2018 11:57 am
